Madinah, Saudi Arabia, is a major
destination point for pilgrims and a designated center for
knowledge-based industry in the country. The Prince Mohammed
Bin Abdulaziz...
The next several years are critical for
achieving lasting results in China's relatively new
energy efficiency program for public institutions. Public
institutions in...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 82372Date: January 1, 2012
Indonesia is an oil producing country
and is the only East Asian member of the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Over the years, this
endowment of...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 70420Date: January 1, 2012
The increase in oil prices has created a
growing economic pressure in Nicaragua. The electric power
industry, especially, has generated controversy, because
electricity...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69670Date: January 1, 2012
This report breaks new ground by
estimating that there is a $37 billion market opportunity
for improved energy services at the base of the pyramid. It
profiles companies...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 72695Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Bardouille,Pepukaye
This report is a follow-up to the green
paper on renewable energy policy in Russia: Waking the Green
Giant. It provides a legal analysis of financing mechanisms
for...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 76925Date: January 1, 2012
The East Asia region is home to more
than half the worlds stock of pigs and more than one-third
of the worlds poultry a population that is expected to grow
rapidly...
This report argues that sustained growth
is necessary to achieve the urgent development needs of the
world's poor and that there is substantial scope for
growing cleaner...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 69125Date: January 1, 2012
This report evaluates the outcomes of
World Bank Group support to Liberia from its postwar
reengagement in 2003 through 2011. Following re-engagement
in 2003, the World...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73794Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Breeding,Mary E. ;
Claro,Jorge ;
Freeman,Peter Nigel ;
Kavalsky,Basil G. ;
Kelly,Lauren ;
Leecher, Chad ;
Martinez,Albert ;
Martinez Angulo,Ursula Milagros ;
Ooi,Wee Ling ;
Pazce,Carla Lizette ;
Redwood,John
The status of Solid Waste Management
(SWM) in the Gaza Strip (GS) is associated with many
environmental, health and social shortcomings. The
Environmental and Social...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 71593Date: January 1, 2012
By the time this edition of environment
matters hits the stands, the international community will be
gathering in Rio, taking stock of what has been accomplished
since...
The demand for electricity in Indonesia
has grown quickly in the last decade. Facing greater
consumption by industry, increasing residential demand, and
a push to bring...
The last Green Power for Mobile Africa
Regional Working Group was successfully hosted by the GSMA
and Tigo (Millicom Group) on the 6th and 7th November 2012
in Accra....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129079Date: January 1, 2012
It is difficult to know if programs have
succeeded or failed if the expected results are not clearly
articulated. An explicit definition of results, precisely
what is...
Type: PublicationReport#: 139580Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Roberts,Dawn ;
Khattri,Nidhi
The Ministry of Environment and Natural
Resources of the Government of Sri Lanka is the apex body
under which all environmental issues and policy matters are
addressed....
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70806Date: January 1, 2012
Ensuring food security under changing
climate conditions is one of the major challenges of our
era. Agriculture must not only become increasingly
productive, but must...
Type: BriefReport#: 68189Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Braimoh, Ademola
Doing Business in Hargeisa 2012 measures
business regulations and their enforcement in Hargeisa,
Somaliland. It is the first Doing Business city profile in
Somaliland....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 74663Date: January 1, 2012
Country Portfolio Evaluation (CPE) is
among the main streams of work of the GEF Evaluation Office.
By capturing aggregate portfolio results and performance of
the GEF...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 84005Date: January 1, 2012
This report documents the Lao
People's Democratic Republic's success story in
rapid national electrification integrated within a broader
strategy of national and rural...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 69661Date: January 1, 2012
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