Poorly implemented energy subsidies are
economically costly to taxpayers and damage the environment
through increased emissions of greenhouse gases and other
air pollutants....
Type: PublicationReport#: 73518Date: October 31, 2012Author:
Vagliasindi, Maria
Yemen is undergoing a major political
transition, yet many economic challenges, including fuel
subsidy reform remain highly relevant. To inform the
transition process...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 102466Date: October 30, 2012Author:
Clemens Breisinger ;
Engelke,Wilfried ;
Olivier Ecker
This review examines the implementation
of the FY07-12 China Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) of
FY06 and the CPS Progress Report (CPSPR) of FY09, and
assesses the...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 73440Date: October 26, 2012
The macrobenthos of mangroves is
dominated by crabs and molluscs that have a significant
ecological role in terms of structure and performance. This
research aims at...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 79429Date: October 25, 2012Author:
Ndongo Din,Mr ;
Koum, Guillaume Leopold Essome ;
Ngo-Massou, Vanessa Maxemilie ;
Ngollo,Emmanuel
Doing Business 2013 marks the 10th
edition of the Doing Business series. Over the past decade,
these reports have recorded nearly 2,000 regulatory reforms
implemented...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73512Date: October 22, 2012
This review examines the implementation
of the FY10-FY12 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for the
Republic of Congo and the CPS Progress report (CPSPR) of
FY2011,...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 73357Date: October 19, 2012
Despite an unfavourable global economy,
economic growth in Bangladesh is projected at close to 6
percent in fiscal 2013 (FY13). Adverse external demand and
domestic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73302Date: October 17, 2012
The best path out of poverty is a job.
The new office will also be staffed by representatives from
our private sector arm, the International Finance
Corporation, or...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101842Date: October 15, 2012Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
This review examines the implementation
of the Burundi Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) of FY09 and
the CAS Progress Report (CASPR) of FY11, and assesses the
CAS Completion...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 73625Date: October 15, 2012
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletter are as follows: real
credit growth...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 89794Date: October 11, 2012
Since 2001 Public-Private Infrastructure
Advisory Facility (PPIAF) has been providing technical
assistance to the Government of Rwanda to develop the
country's infrastructure...
The Ministry of minerals and energy and
the ministry of public enterprises requested Public-Private
Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) support in 2000 to
organize...
Biomass is the most important source of
energy in Rwanda, especially for domestic cooking. Today
approximately 86 percent of primary energy comes from
biomass, mainly...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 83037Date: October 1, 2012
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) has provided funding support for two
activities in the energy sector in Jordan. The government
requested PPIAF...
The Republic of Congo covers an area of
342,000 square kilometers (km), of which forests occupy
three-fifths, the rest being dominated by savannah. Oil has
long been...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 74392Date: October 1, 2012
Trung Son is a $411.57 million
medium-sized hydropower and development project located in
Northwest Vietnam that will supply least-cost electric power
for domestic consumption...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 72891Date: October 1, 2012Author:
Gray, Meriem
China promulgated the Medium and
Long-Term Development Plan for Renewable Energy in 2007,
which included targets of 2010 and 2020 for various
renewable energy technologies...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6243Date: October 1, 2012Author:
Chang, Shiyan ;
Timilsina,Govinda R. ;
Xiliang,Zhang ;
Zhao, Lili
This edition of the Middle East and
North Africa (MENA) economic developments and prospects
reports focuses on the economic developments and short-term
outlook for four...
Type: PublicationReport#: 74376Date: October 1, 2012Author:
Freund,Caroline ;
Ianchovichina,Elena
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) has supported four activities in
Montenegro, two in the energy sector, one in the transport
sector, and one in...
Between 1999 and 2008, world oil prices
more than quadrupled in real terms. For oil importers,
vulnerability to oil price increases, defined as the share
of gross domestic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6227Date: October 1, 2012Author:
Kojima,Masami
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