This paper focused on the delivery
mechanisms for bilateral, multi-lateral, host government
subsidy, and consumer cross-subsidy funding to enhance
private sector investment....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 75060Date: September 1, 2012Author:
Etienne,Catherine ;
Hussain,Mustafa Zakir
The Plurinational State of Bolivia
(Bolivia) is a landlocked country in South America that is
bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay and
Argentina to the...
Top news flared in this issue: Mexico:
significant drop in flaring volumes; Republic of Congo Joins
Global Gas Flaring Reduction (GGFR); Iraq: following up on
Iraq National...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 72610Date: August 31, 2012
This is the Global Program Review (GPR)
of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF). The
objectives of the Facility are: (a) to assist eligible
Reduced Emissions...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 73472Date: August 27, 2012
A positive international environment
favors growth of the several economies in a given region,
but does not assure that the differences in the economic
potential of...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 79437Date: August 21, 2012Author:
Baumann,Renato ;
Ng,Francis K. T.
In recent years, small modular reactors
(SMRs) have been attracting considerable attention around
the world. SMR designs incorporate innovative approaches to
achieve...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 102481Date: August 14, 2012Author:
Kessides,Ioannis N. ;
Kuznetsov,Vladimir
The objective of this activity is to
better inform commercial banks in the identification and
appraisal of energy efficiency projects in the SME and
building sectors....
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS1288Date: August 14, 2012
Traditional power sector models in Sri
Lanka are based on a large central generation model not
amenable to distributed generation (DG), the small scale
production of...
The Government of Uruguay is concerned
about the country's dependence on imported fossil
fuels. As a consequence, it is seeking to increase the share
of domestic resources,...
This paper analyzes the public
infrastructure trends and gaps in Pakistan, especially by
placing the Pakistani experience in an international
context. It examines the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 86246Date: August 1, 2012Author:
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Wada, Tomoko
Indian Renewable Energy Development
Agency (IREDA) is a public limited Government company
established in 1987, under the administrative control of
Ministry of New and...
In Burkina Faso, rural electrification
and expansion is the responsibility of a single national
distribution company, while isolated grid projects are done
by local...
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia) has
accomplished a great deal since the 1995 Dayton Peace
Accords helped bring an end to the worst bloodshed on
European soil since Second...
United Nations Environment Program
(UNEP) worked together with Marsh in assessing the
feasibility of a reinsurance facility for large and medium
scale wind farms in...
There were uncertainties regarding the
future of international climate regime for the post 2012
period. In addition, the short term, compliance driven
buying interests...
Financial intermediaries in Turkey do
not typically have the expertise and technical capacity to
evaluate or identify sustainable energy projects. They also
have limited...
This paper investigates the optimal
timing of greenhouse gas abatement efforts in a
multi-sectoral model with economic inertia, each sector
having a limited abatement...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6154Date: August 1, 2012Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Meunier,Lola Guylaine Dany J C L S P P ;
Vogt-Schilb,Adrien Camille
Companhia energética do Maranhão
(CEMAR), is the power distribution company servicing
Brazil’s northeastern state of Maranhão. Maranhão is one of
the poorest states...
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility's (PPIAF's) support to Senegal's
policy-enabling environment in the power sector led to the
structuring of rural electrification...
The regulatory framework in many Asian
developing countries has been reformed to promote private
sector investments in power generation. Asian developing
countries that...
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