Thailand's policy makers are
seeking to strengthen the foundations for sustainable
economic and social development. Responding to the threat of
climate change, the aim...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 80237Date: February 1, 2013
Feed-in tariffs have become the most
widely used policy instrument to promote renewable energy
deployment around the world. This paper examines the
relation between...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6376Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Zhang,Fan
This brief includes the following
headlines: does the Bank finance commercial logging in
ancient primary forests? What is the Bank’s position on
commercial logging in...
The objective of the Kali Gandaki A
Hydropower Plant Rehabilitation Project for Nepal is to
improve the reliability of power supply of the existing Kali
Gandaki A Hydropower...
This review examines the implementation
of the FY07-FY10 Malawi Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) of
FY07 and the CAS Progress Report (CASPR) of FY09, and
assesses the...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 74937Date: January 17, 2013
This study is designed to analyze the
energy efficiency policies in seven countries that were
successful in achieving low energy intensities or in
reducing their energy...
This report is the result of two working
group meetings on permits and water resources fees, held on
December 21, 2012, and January 10, 2013, at the Department
of water...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114448Date: January 10, 2013
This report is the result of two working
group meetings on permits and water resources fees, held on
December 21, 2012, and January 10, 2013, at the Department
of water...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114448Date: January 8, 2013
Today and in the coming decades, the
world faces the challenge of meeting the needs of a still
growing human population, and of doing it sustainably-that
is, without...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 84959Date: January 2, 2013Author:
Bierbaum, Rosina M. ;
Matson, Pamela A.
In order to have both dynamic and better
balanced growth, Serbia needs to rely more on exports. In
the last decade, Serbia's growth has depended primarily
on demand...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 76217Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Miovic,Peter ;
Sestovic,Lazar
Renewable energy and energy efficiency
projects continue to perform strongly in the World Bank
Group (WBG) energy portfolio and are increasingly being
mainstreamed in...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 78267Date: January 1, 2013
This paper provides a first analysis of
a 'policy bloc' of fossil fuel importers which
implements an optimal coordinated climate policy, faces a
(non-policy) fringe...
Report#: 79476Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Strand,Jon
This study estimates the impact on jobs
from power transmission lines constructed by Power links
Transmission Limited (PTL), a joint venture company
supported by IFC,...
Type: BriefReport#: 81999Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Datta,Namita ;
Khanna,Mahima ;
Casadevall Massuet,Ferran ;
Timilsina,Govinda R.
In 2008, Global Partnership on
Output-Based Aid (GPOBA) adopted a vision statement that set
out two main objectives: that OBA, as an approach, become
regularly incorporated...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 82137Date: January 1, 2013
In Ukraine there are three main
mechanisms for stimulating the generation of energy from
renewable resources: (1) a green tariff (GT); (2) tax
benefits; and (3) preferential...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134331Date: January 1, 2013
Transaction costs (TCs) must be taken
into account when assessing the performance of policy
instruments that create markets for the diffusion and
commercialization of...
Report#: 79431Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Mansoz, Mathilde ;
Mundaca, Luis ;
Neij, Lena ;
Timilsina,Govinda R.
Under the global climate negotiations, a
REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation and enhancing conservation, sustainable
management of forests,...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 82850Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Choi,Esther Sekyoung ;
Park, Mi Sun ;
Youn, Yeo-Chang
The electricity sector in Bangladesh has
been facing unprecedented challenges, with severe capacity
constraints and sector subsidies that quadrupled from 0.2
percent...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 76441Date: January 1, 2013
Current LPG consumption in West Africa
is estimated to be about 360,000 tonnes per year.
Utilization of LPG as household fuel has been expanding in
several countries...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 83186Date: January 1, 2013
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