Energy from the sun is abundant and
free. Solar energy is in essence electromagnetic radiation
emitted from the sun. Earth's climate, hydrologic
systems, and ecosystems...
Type: BriefReport#: 49253Date: May 1, 2009Author:
Ahmad, Reyaz A.
The report finds that the Inland
Waterway Transport (IWT) sector in China has great economic
importance and unrealized potential with a fundamentally
sound institutional...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 54962Date: May 1, 2009
This report has been prepared by
TERI-Europe for the International Finance Corporation (IFC)
in accordance with terms of reference agreed in July 2008.
The report has...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 52192Date: May 1, 2009Author:
Kumar, Ritu ;
Siddy,Daniel
Noting that South Africa may be one of
the few African countries that could contribute to
mitigating climate change, the authors explore the impact of
a carbon tax relative...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4933Date: May 1, 2009Author:
Devarajan,Shantayanan ;
Go,Delfin Sia ;
Robinson,Sherman ;
Thierfelder,Karen E.
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is
an offset mechanism designed to reduce the overall cost of
implementing a given global target for greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4931Date: May 1, 2009Author:
Rosendahl, Knut Einar ;
Strand, Jon
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Directors approved on April 30, 2009,
two billion one hundred twenty-five million US dollars loan
for the Kazakhstan...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165660Date: April 30, 2009
This result profile talks about
Southwest Corridor Road Rehabilitation Project in
Kazakhstan. The project will help upgrade the trade route
linking China to Russia and...
The purpose of this review is to provide
Executive Directors with information on the findings of the
Project Appraisal Documents (PAD) review exercise, which was
carried...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 48363Date: April 29, 2009
This report presents the problem,
describes the analytical framework, the African and World
context and the characteristics that need to be present for
a responsible...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 44354Date: April 29, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved
two key transport loans to China, the first on March 31 for
one hundred...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165753Date: April 16, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved one hundred
thirty million US dollars loan for the Brazil Federal
District multisector...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 166046Date: April 9, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on April 7, 2009,
approved the Roads and Safety Improvement Project for
Ukraine in the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165712Date: April 7, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank Group launched forty million US dollars
multi-donor trust fund to help countries improve their
competitiveness and reduce...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167226Date: April 7, 2009
This press release announces on April 3,
2009, that the representatives of the World Bank Group’s
Board and Senior Management are visiting Iraq the following
week to...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169185Date: April 3, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Executive Board of Directors has approved
additional financing of two hundred fifty-three million US
dollars to enable...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165938Date: April 2, 2009
The purpose of the review of the 106
Policy and Human Resources Development (PHRD) Technical
Assistance (TA) grants, which closed in Fiscal Year (FY)
2008, is to provide...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 48415Date: April 1, 2009
Much attention has focused on the impact
of the current crisis on goods trade; hardly any on its
impact on services trade. Using new trade data from the
United States,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4917Date: April 1, 2009Author:
Borchert, Ingo ;
Mattoo, Aaditya
Over the past two decades,
globalization, and more specifically the increased exposure
to competition from low-price producers in China and India,
has created a new...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4894Date: April 1, 2009Author:
Fernandes, Ana M. ;
Paunov, Caroline
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