The publication includes a set of
technical papers developed under the Low Carbon Technology
Roadmap for Indian Cement Industry project, which is
implemented with support...
Type: Commodity Working PaperReport#: 78155Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Confederation of Indian Industry ;
National Council for Cement and Building Materia
The objective of this briefing note is
to provide World Bank energy task teams a brief overview of
the key issues, resources and tools to help integrate gender
considerations...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 76571Date: January 1, 2013
Rwanda is one of the first countries to
use a Sector Wide-Approach (SWAp) in the energy sector to
increase access to electricity. The SWAp emerged in the
1990s as an...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 76572Date: January 1, 2013
Between 2003 and 2012 the average annual
world prices of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene in 160
countries more than doubled, while the prices of liquefied
petroleum gas...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 79283Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Kojima,Masami
The Congo Basin represents 70 percent of
the African continent's forest cover and constitutes a
large portion of Africa's biodiversity. The objective
of the two-year...
The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN)
and the World Bank have agreed to carry out a Climate Change
Assessment (CCA) within the framework of the Bank's
Country Partnership...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78281Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Cervigni, Raffaello [editor] ;
Dvorak, Irina [editor] ;
Kaenzig, Robin ;
Rogers, John Allen [editor]
The World Bank, in collaboration with
the Afghanistan ministry of mines and Australian aid, is
planning to develop a number of resource corridors across
Afghanistan...
Type: Other Financial Sector StudyReport#: 79751Date: January 1, 2013
International investment law and
international investment arbitration are relatively new
disciplines: the first bilateral investment treaty was
signed by Pakistan and...
Type: World Bank Annual ReportReport#: 81806Date: January 1, 2013
Twenty million people in Central America
cook with biomass using open fires or rudimentary stoves.
The number of people using biomass for cooking in the region
will...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 76222Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Wang, Xiaoping ;
Franco, Janina ;
Masera, Omar R. ;
Troncoso, Karin ;
Rivera, Marta X.
This Lighting Africa newsletter includes
the following headings: (i) in focus; (ii) lighting Africa
news; (iii) associate news; (iv) resources; (v) energy
decade; and...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 115082Date: January 1, 2013
This case study presents evidence of a
significant correlation between the doing business
indicators and flows of foreign direct investment (FDI).
Although this does...
Type: BriefReport#: 80647Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Anderson,John Millies ;
Gonzalez,Adrian Francisco
Public Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) continues to do a good job of originating
and executing work with low-income countries and fragile
states to...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 84306Date: January 1, 2013
In Cameroon, like in other countries,
public hearings are the most common method of citizen
involvement mentioned in Environmental and Social Impact
Assessment (ESIA)....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 79433Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Bitondo, Dieudonne ;
Menang Evouna,Emeran Serge M. ;
Ngouana Kengne,Cyrille Valence
This report identifies the circumstances
when results-based financing (RBF) approaches might be an
appropriate energy sector intervention in developing
countries, especially...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 77080Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Vivid Economics
This paper is organized in following
headings: water nationalization and service quality;mass
media and public policy: global evidence from agricultural
policies; liability...
Type: PublicationReport#: 113047Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Borraz,Fernando ;
González Pampillón, Nicolás ;
Olarreaga,Marcelo ;
Olper,Alessandro ;
Swinnen,Johan F. M. ;
Carpena,Fenella ;
Cole,Shawn Allen ;
Shapiro,Jeremy ;
Zia,Bilal Husnain ;
Cull,Robert J. ;
Demirgüc¸Asli ;
Yifu Lin,Justin ;
Demirguc-Kunt,Asli ;
Song,Fenghua ;
Thakor,Anjan ;
De La Torre Anglada,Jordi ;
Feyen,Erik H.B. ;
Ize,Alain ;
Xu,L. Colin
One of the key indicators in the little
green data book, Adjusted Net Savings (ANS), allows
countries to do just that. Also known as genuine savings,
ANS shows whether...
Type: World Development IndicatorsReport#: 79264Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Cui, Liu ;
Eshragh-Tabary, Mahyar ;
Jain, Sonu ;
Lange, Glenn-Marie ;
Naikal, Esther ;
Narain, Urvashi ;
Prince, William ;
Tariku, Jomo
The sixth Annual Country Portfolio
Evaluations Report (ACPER) provides a synthesis of the main
conclusions and recommendations emerged from the evaluative
evidence contained...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 83989Date: January 1, 2013
Increases in world oil prices since 2004
have challenged consumers and oil-importing countries across
the world. Oil prices temporarily fell sharply in 2009, only
to...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 79284Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Kojima, Masami
Credibly and consistently reporting
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cities and urban areas
enables policy makers and practitioners to contribute to
addressing the...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 79016Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Ibrahim, Nadine ;
Sugar, Lorraine ;
Hoornweg, Dan ;
Kennedy, Christopher
The tradeoffs between energy and water
have been gaining international attention in recent years as
demand for both resources mount and governments continue to
struggle...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 78923Date: January 1, 2013Author:
DeLaquil, Pat ;
Delgado Martin,Anna ;
Rodriguez,Diego Juan ;
Sohns,Antonia Averill
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