Brazil has one of the world's
cleanest energy portfolios, with 85.3 percent of overall
energy production coming from renewable sources (compared
with the worldwide average...
Type: BriefReport#: 85060Date: February 24, 2014Author:
Jordan Antoine,Rhonda Lenai ;
Madrigal,Marcelino
Aquaculture is projected to be the prime
source of seafood by 2030, as demand grows from the global
middle class and wild capture fisheries approach their
maximum take....
The main purpose of CCPE and the new
approach to country evaluations is twofold: (i) help improve
the sparse country coverage that is currently afforded by
IEGCCs...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 88410Date: February 4, 2014
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period February - April
2014, specifying the Boards' engagements, such as
meetings and briefings,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 84440Date: February 3, 2014
Increasing energy demands and concerns
about global warming call for an increase in energy
generation from renewable sources. Small hydropower plants
represent a significant...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS8417Date: February 1, 2014
This paper exploits unique features of a
recently introduced tariff schedule for natural gas in
Buenos Aires to estimate the short-run impact of price
shocks on residential...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6785Date: February 1, 2014Author:
Bastos,Paulo S. R. ;
Castro,Lucio ;
Cristia, Julian ;
Scartascini, Carlos
Governments invest billions of dollars
annually in long-term projects. Yet deep uncertainties pose
formidable challenges to making near-term decisions that
make long-term...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6765Date: February 1, 2014Author:
Bonzanigo,Laura ;
Kalra,Nidhi Rajiv
At the request of the Global Environment
Facility (GEF) Council, the Evaluation Office conducts
country portfolio evaluations (CPEs) every year. CPEs aim to
provide...
Russia's exports, imports, and
ability to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) continue
to grow. In December 2011, after eighteen years of
negotiations, the World...
Report#: 83505Date: February 1, 2014Author:
Bachurova,Ana Hristoslavova ;
Böhringer, Christoph ;
Damianova,Adriana Jordanova ;
Meisner,Craig M. ;
Nekrasov,Boris ;
Nemova,Vladislava I. ;
Rutherford,Thomas F. ;
Tarr,David ;
Tourdiyeva, Natalia ;
Turilova,Kristina
This report summarizes the findings of a
World Bank study on India's recent experiences in rural
feeder load segregation, undertaken at the request of
India's Ministry...
The updated debt sustainability analysis
indicates that Liberia continues to have a low risk of debt
distress. Although debt accumulation has accelerated during
2012-13,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 88705Date: January 31, 2014
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. He
discusses on the way the government of Myanmar has taken the
lead to drive...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101922Date: January 27, 2014Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
Logistics is the backbone of industry
and commerce. As a discipline, it describes the management
and coordination of activities along supply chains. These
activities...
Report#: 85826Date: January 26, 2014Author:
Fransoo,Jan Cornelis
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. He
visited the township hospital in Myanmar. He believes that
everyone should...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101921Date: January 26, 2014Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank. He
visited the township hospital in Myanmar. He believes that
everyone should...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101920Date: January 26, 2014Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
This report presents a summary of the
projected global economic growth for 2014. Global growth is
projected to accelerate at a greater rate in 2014 than the
previous...
Type: PublicationReport#: 83731Date: January 24, 2014Author:
World Bank
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
daily economics and financial market commentary newsletter
are as follows:...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 84462Date: January 16, 2014Author:
Chen, Derek ;
Kambou, Gerard ;
Kim, Eung Ju
Rural Africa's low level of
electrification is a topic of much discussion. One widely
cited estimate is that only fourteen percent of rural
households in Sub- Saharan...
Type: PublicationReport#: 84042Date: January 10, 2014Author:
Greacen,Chris ;
Knuckles,James Albert ;
Siyambalapitiya,Tilak ;
Tenenbaum,Bernard W.
In declaring 2012 the
"international year of sustainable energy for
all," the United Nations (UN) general assembly (2011)
established at the personal initiative of the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 85415Date: January 8, 2014Author:
Adair-Rohani, Heather ;
Angelou, Nicolina ;
Elizondo Azuela,Gabriela ;
Banerjee,Sudeshna Ghosh ;
Benoit,Philippe Charles ;
Bhatia,Mikul ;
Brown,Adam ;
Bruce,Nigel ;
Bushueva,Irina ;
Cozzi, Laura ;
Dobrotkova,Zuzana ;
Dora, Carlos ;
Dorner, Dan ;
Frankl, Paolo ;
Gielen, Dolf ;
Inon,Javier Gustavo ;
Jaques Goldenberg,Ivan ;
Kempener, Ruud ;
Kesicki, Fabian ;
Lins, Christine ;
Otto, Martina ;
Park, Taejin ;
Pasquier,Sara Munro Bryan ;
Portale,Elisa ;
Sarkar,Ashok ;
Schers, Jules ;
Selmet, Nora ;
Subratty, Djaheezah ;
Trace,Simon ;
Tromop,Robert Wilfred ;
Trudeau, Nathalie ;
Wilburn, Susan ;
Zyzniewski, Anna
This is a post-conference summary of the
CPS Consultations with the Government of Gilgit-Baltistan,
January 7, 2014 in Islamabad, Pakistan. The objective was to
exchange...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 84647Date: January 7, 2014
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