Niger is one of the ten poorest
countries in the world. To improve key infrastructure
sectors and foster economic growth, the government of Niger
created in 1999 the...
Some of the headings included in this
newsletter of the World Bank in India are: Mumbai introduces
modern traffic management system; development dialogue: The
Global...
Between 2000 and 2005 infrastructure
made a modest net contribution of less than one percentage
point to the improved per capita growth performance of the
Central African...
Report#: 62799Date: May 1, 2011Author:
Domínguez-Torres, Carolina ;
Foster,Vivien
Urban sources of greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions in Brazilian cities are growing. At the national
level, the dominance of greenhouse gas emissions from
deforestation...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 70186Date: May 1, 2011
This edition of the Middle East and
North Africa (MENA) regional economic update foresees
opportunities to reshape the economic playing field to
include greater openness...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 63658Date: May 1, 2011Author:
Ianchovichina, Elena
The objective of the Energy Efficiency
Project for Poland is to increase public and private sector
investments in energy efficiency in buildings. The project
is only...
This Results Profile talks about
building a better growth foundation in Mali. Mali is a vast
landlocked country located in the heart of the Sahel, a
region threatened...
Bulgaria has come a long way from its
turbulent political and economic transition in the 1990s to
become a member of the European Union in January 2007. The
objective...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 60604Date: April 20, 2011
This Results Profile talks about the
effective use of energy, increased energy self-reliance and
reduced environmental emissions in Belarus. Social
Infrastructure Retrofitting...
This Results Profile talks about
promoting safe and clean heating, and increasing renewable
energy generation in Armenia. Around 36 percent of residents
of multi-apartment...
This Results Profile talks about
supporting the dual transition to a middle income country,
Sri Lanka. For over five and a half decades, the
International Development...
This Results Profile talks about
lighting up the rural communities in Bangladesh. Only about
40 percent of the rural households in Bangladesh had access
to grid electricity....
This report provide review of the prices
of the various commodities in the commodity markets such as
non-energy commodity, crude oil, natural gases, agricultural
products,...
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....
The Objectives of the El-Tebbin Power
Project for Egypt are to assist the Government of Egypt
(GoE) in enhancing energy supply in a sustainable manner and
strengthening...
This Results Profile talks about the
agricultural biodiversity in Yemen. Agro-Biodiversity in
Yemen was important for sustaining the livelihoods of rural
communities....
Economic consulting associates (ECA) has
been engaged by the World Bank, with funding from
public-private infrastructure advisory facility (PPIAF), to
carry out a project...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 96517Date: April 1, 2011
The government of Sierra Leone is
committed to enhancing the use of public-private
partnerships (PPPs) as a mechanism for procuring and
financing infrastructure projects...
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Country Portfolio Studies (CPSs) are an addition to the GEF
Country Portfolio Evaluations (CPEs) which is one of the
main evaluation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71421Date: April 1, 2011
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