The price of oil could play a
significant role in influencing the expansion of biofuels.
However, this issue has not been fully investigated yet in
the literature. Using...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5673Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Mevel,Simon ;
Shrestha,Ashish-000526736 ;
Timilsina,Govinda R.
This study was commissioned to analyse
the cost efficiency and economic viability of an ethanol
programme, for reducing disease, and protecting the forests
in Madagascar....
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 69982Date: June 1, 2011
This note examines changes in
vulnerability to oil price increases over a five-year period
ending in 2008. A decomposition analysis applied to one
hundred and fifty-eight...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 83517Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Kojima, Masami
The objectives of this Strategic
Environmental and Social Assessment (SESA) are as follows:
To identify the social and environmental impacts which could
be generated...
Type: Strategic Environmental Assessment/AnalysisReport#: 70484Date: June 1, 2011
The Government of Timor-Leste (GOTL) is
committed to the development of the non-oil economy by
enabling the diversification of domestic production and
trade integration....
Type: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows StudyReport#: 61814Date: June 1, 2011
This study is a product of the Africa
Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed
to expand the world's knowledge of physical
infrastructure in Africa....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64737Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Ranganathan, Rupa ;
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M.
This study is a product of the Africa
Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed
to expand the world's knowledge of physical
infrastructure in Africa....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64736Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Dominguez-Torres, Carolina ;
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia
Better access to improved infrastructure
services is an important engine for economic growth. The
poor state of infrastructure is a key bottleneck to growth
in African...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64735Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Dominguez-Torres, Carolina ;
Foster, Vivien
This studys broad goal was to identify
opportunities for promoting productive uses of electricity
in existing as well as among new small and medium
enterprises (SMEs)...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 70224Date: June 1, 2011
The global financial crisis is no longer
the major force dictating the pace of economic activity in
developing countries. The majorities of developing countries
has,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 63253Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Burns,Andrew ;
Riordan, Elliot (Mick)
Many recent studies and reports on the
performance of the energy sector have focused on the
employment generated by investment. Governments, planning
their energy futures,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 82732Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Bacon,Robert W. ;
Kojima,Masami
Infrastructure development in Sierra
Leone contributed about half a percentage point to the
economy's per capita growth rate in 2003-07. But if
Sierra Leone could upgrade...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5713Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Foster,Vivien ;
Pushak,Nataliya
Despite external shocks, Mali's
economy grew by 5.3 percent per year between 2003 and 2006,
driven primarily by the telecommunications sector. But
Mali's landlocked...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5688Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Dominguez Torres,Carolina ;
Pushak,Nataliya
In recent years Mali's economy has
grown steadily at a rate of more than 5 percent per year,
driven by developments in gold mining, cereal harvests, and
telecommunications....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62755Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M ;
Dominguez, Carolina ;
Pushak, Nataliya
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) could
have significant impact as a carbon mitigation technology in
greenhouse gas- (GHG-) emitting industries. Given the
nascence of...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 64543Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Kulichenko, Nataliya ;
Ereira, Eleanor
This briefing note captures lessons from
international experience in dealing with power shortages
including key options and issues for implementing a PCP in
South Africa....
Between 2000 and 2005, infrastructure
contributed less than 1 percentage point to the Central
African Republic's annual per capita GDP growth,
despite substantial spending...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5697Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Dominguez Torres,Carolina ;
Foster,Vivien
A carbon tax is an efficient economic
instrument to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide released
from fossil fuel burning. Its impacts on production of
renewable energy...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5678Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Csordas,Stefan ;
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.
Improvements in infrastructure in all
parts of Sudan in recent years have had a strong impact on
per capita growth, contributing 1.7 percentage points.
Consistent with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64738Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Ranganathan, Rupa ;
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia
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