Non-energy commodity prices fell by 4.7
percent in May, in part due to dollar appreciation against
major currencies early in the month. There were decreases in
all main...
What transforms a desirable project on a
government wish list to an attractive investment opportunity
in the eyes of a potential private sector partner? This
guide seeks...
Report#: 59461Date: June 14, 2011Author:
Torres De Mastle,Clemencia ;
Encinas, Javier ;
Farquharson, Edward ;
Yescombe,Edward Raymond
India has 150 GW of renewable energy
potential, about half in the form of small hydropower,
biomass, and wind and half in solar, cogeneration, and
waste-to-energy. Developing...
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletter are as follows: Global
Gross Domestic...
In this paper authors present a
preliminary approach to the evaluation of policies and
projects based on current thinking on cost benefit analysis
and real option methodology...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62487Date: June 9, 2011Author:
Knudsen,Odin K. ;
Scandizzo,Pasquale L.
The objectives of this study are to
develop a taxonomy of the existing power market structures,
as shown by the extent of vertical and horizontal unbundling
found among...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 63223Date: June 9, 2011
The Executive Directors approved the
loan in the amount of EUR 750 million (US$ 1.11 billion
equivalent) for the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Development Policy...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 62449Date: June 7, 2011
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
daily brief economics and financial market commentary
newsletter are...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 63596Date: June 6, 2011Author:
Dennis, Allen ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Spivak, Nadia
The Committee on Development
Effectiveness (CODE) considered the report Climate Change
and the World Bank Group: The Challenge of Low Carbon
Development prepared by...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 62294Date: June 2, 2011
This paper provides a first analysis of
optimal offset policies by a "policy bloc" of
fossil fuel importers implementing a climate policy, facing
a (non-policy) fringe...
Report#: WPS5675Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Strand,Jon
The purpose of the report is to review
the performance of the policy and human resources
development (PHRD) technical assistance (TA) and Japan World
Bank Partnership...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123681Date: June 1, 2011
This report focusses on developing the
understanding of the solar water heater (SWH) sector, and
examining the practical and technical issues and
constraints, as well...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70306Date: June 1, 2011
The question of whether biofuels help
mitigate climate change has attracted much debate in the
literature. Using a global computable general equilibrium
model that explicitly...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5672Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Mevel,Simon ;
Timilsina,Govinda R.
This report identifies good practices
for managing the key environmental and social issues
associated with wind power development and provides advice
on how best to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63480Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Ledec, George C. ;
Rapp, Kennan W. ;
Aiello, Roberto G.
Concentrating solar thermal (CST)
technologies have a clear potential for scaling up renewable
energy at the utility level, thereby diversifying the
generation portfolio...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63670Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Kulichenko, Nataliya ;
Wirth, Jens
This study examines recent effective
rates of protection across the Egyptian economy, using an ad
valorem price wedge introduced by nontariff barriers and
energy subsidies,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5685Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Foster,William ;
Valdes, Alberto
Cape Verde stands out in West Africa as
a country whose economic geography poses major and unique
challenges for infrastructure development. Its small
population of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5687Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Benitez,Daniel Alberto ;
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M.
Between 2000 and 2005 infrastructure
made a net contribution of less than a third of a percentage
point to the improved per capita growth performance of
Niger, one of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5698Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Dominguez Torres,Carolina ;
Foster,Vivien
This report evaluates opportunities for
South Africa to adopt a low carbon development pathway
through a standard offer model. South Africa faced an acute
power crisis...
After five consecutive years of robust
growth, the total value of the global carbon market stalled
at $142 billion. Suffering from the lack of post-2012
regulatory clarity,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 63270Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Linacre, Nicholas ;
Kossoy, Alexandre ;
Ambrosi, Philippe
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