The Country Partnership Framework (CPF)
consultation meetings with the Federal Government were held
during August and September 2013 in Islamabad. The World
Bank Group...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 83827Date: November 30, 2013
These remarks were delivered by the
World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, and Japanese and Korean
Journalists at the Media Roundtable in Washington, D.C., on
November...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101904Date: November 22, 2013Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
The World Bank Gender and Extractive
Industries (EI) Program works with governments, communities,
and companies to better understand and address how mining,
oil and...
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining occurs
in approximately 80 countries worldwide. There are
approximately 100 million artisanal miners globally.
Artisanal and small-scale...
This is a summary of the Regional
Environmental Assessment (REA) for the Central Asia South
Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project, which seeks
to link Central...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 82739Date: November 20, 2013
Sustainable Energy for All, a global
coalition of governments, private sector, civil society and
international organizations, aims to deliver universal
access to electricity...
The Republic of Chile is developing a
new system to strengthen the quality and the financial
sustainability of government’s activities in cushioning
consumers from price...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103459Date: November 13, 2013Author:
Dana,Julie
This volume is devoted to an assessment
of the performance and selected aspects of the management
and pedagogical practices of Fe y Alegria, a federation of
Jesuit schools...
Type: PublicationReport#: 83275Date: November 12, 2013Author:
Parra Osorio,Juan Carlos ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
These remarks were delivered by the
World Bank President, Jim Yong Kim, at a Media Roundtable in
Washington, D.C., on November 12, 2013. Mr. Kim begins by
offering...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101901Date: November 12, 2013Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
Lighting Africa recognizes the need to
support manufacturers and distributors of modern off-grid
lighting products in the development of their after-sales
service. This...
The international community recognizes
the need to join forces to avert dangerous climate change.
This requires mobilizing financial resources from a wide
range of sources,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 144283Date: November 1, 2013
The existing electrical energy supply in
Burundi is extremely limited, with an installed capacity of
less than 40 megawatt (MW), plus 15 MW of imported
electricity (1.8...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 85548Date: November 1, 2013
This paper explores the challenges and
opportunities that government officials face in designing
coherent 'rules of the game' for achieving urban
sustainability during...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 84231Date: November 1, 2013Author:
Kahn, Matthew E.
Today more than half of China's
population relies on solid fuels (biomass and coal) for
cooking and heating. Each year, household air pollution
linked to solid fuel...
The aggregate manufacturing energy
intensity of 28 countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
had declined by 35 percent during 1998-2008. This study
reveals strong...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 82834Date: November 1, 2013Author:
Zhang,Fan
In Indonesia, about sixty million people
lack access to electricity, with much of this population
living in remote islands. Committed to scaling up energy
access, the...
Type: BriefReport#: 84314Date: November 1, 2013Author:
Sahai, Dhruva
Environmental stress is a serious
concern in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
Recent years have witnessed important changes that are
pushing the boundaries...
Many Europe and Central Asia (ECA)
countries are faced with a difficult balancing act of
cutting subsidies to the energy sector while protecting
affordability for consumers....
Type: BriefReport#: 83946Date: November 1, 2013Author:
Ruggeri Laderchi,Caterina ;
Olivier,Anne ;
Trimble,Christopher Philip
The existing electrical energy supply in
Burundi is extremely limited, with an installed capacity of
less than 40 megawatt (MW), plus 15 MW of imported
electricity (1.8...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 85816Date: November 1, 2013
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