Indonesia has numerous hydro power
potentials that are not being utilized. The technology for
micro hydro energy is well developed and readily available,
and the application...
Main barriers preventing the uptake of
sustainable energy lending in Thailand are: 1) the high risk
perception by local financial intermediaries (FIs) towards
this asset...
A sustained period of economic growth in
Asia has led to increasing demand for energy infrastructure.
Acknowledging the importance of reducing Greenhouse Gas
(GHG) emission...
Major new investment in generating
capacity will be needed to satisfy Thailands rapid economic
growth. As of 2008, installed capacity was 29.1GW. The
latest power development...
Mexico is one of the most promising yet
untapped areas for wind energy development in Latin America,
with wind energy potential conservatively estimated at more
than...
The IFC Development Goals (IDGs) are
corporate-level development goals inspired by the Millennium
Development Goals, as a way to better integrate IFC's
results measurement...
The government of Timor-Leste requested
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)
support to review the structure of the power sector, with
the aim of...
Following decades of instability and
several natural disasters, Nicaragua has achieved a
remarkable economic turnaround, and is now focused on
innovative ways of reducing...
Commercializing Energy Efficiency
Finance (CEEF) is the scale up of International Finance
Corporation's (IFC's) Energy Efficiency (EE)
lending programs in Hungary, that...
South Africa is the largest contributor
to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Africa. The energy
sector is the single largest source of CO2 emissions,
accounting for...
The sustainable energy project, started
in 2007 in Macedonia was aimed to develop a sustainable
market for energy efficiency and renewable energy by
supporting the development...
United Nations Environment Program
(UNEP) and Global Environment Facility (GEF) along with
CarbonRe, an insurance broker specializing in renewable
energy projects, initiated...
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau
(Guinea-Bissau), with a population of 1.6 million, is
emerging from a prolonged period of civil strife that has
left the country one of...
In Latin America and the Caribbean, a
key barrier to affordable financing for renewable energy
(RE) project developers and small businesses has been high
collateral...
The pilot Advance Market Commitment
(AMC) project in Rwanda was part of DFIDs work program on
AMC for low carbon technologies. The pilot AMC in Rwanda
aims to demonstrate...
GeoFund (the Geothermal Energy
Development Program) is funded by a GEF trust fund and
implemented jointly with International Finance Corporation
(IFC). The aim of GeoFund...
The Thailand energy efficiency revolving
fund (TEERF) was established by the Government of Thailand
and managed by the Ministry of Energy, Department of
Alternative...
This brief talks about the performance
of Ecom Agroindustrial Corporation Ltd. (ECOM) financed by
IFC. ECOM is a global commodity trading and processing
company specializing...
In this issue: restoring the Lustre of
the European economic model; investing in the power sector;
how much does Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increase when
public spending...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 77975Date: August 1, 2012
The Joint Social and Economic Assessment
(JSEA) has been prepared in response to a request from the
Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MoPIC)
in Yemen,...
Type: BriefReport#: 73005Date: August 1, 2012Author:
Engelke, Wilfried
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