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#: 61731Date: July 20, 2010Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Islam Spivak, Nadia ;
Ju Kim, Eung ;
Streifel, Shane ;
De Kleine, Annette
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#: 61726Date: July 13, 2010Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Islam Spivak, Nadia ;
Ju Kim, Eung ;
Streifel, Shane ;
De Kleine, Annette
This report provides a review of the
prices of the various commodities in the commodity markets
such as non-energy commodity, crude oil, natural gases,
agricultural...
This review examines the implementation
of the FY2006-09 Albania country assistance strategy (CAS),
joint with International Finance Corporation (IFC), and
evaluates...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 89001Date: July 8, 2010
Some governments are considering taxes
on imports based on carbon content from countries that have
not introduced climate change policies. Such carbon border
taxes appeal...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5359Date: July 1, 2010Author:
Moore,Michael Owen
This paper reviews recent developments
in biofuel markets and their economic, social and
environmental impacts. Several countries have introduced
mandates and targets...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5364Date: July 1, 2010Author:
Shrestha,Ashish-000526736 ;
Timilsina,Govinda R.
Carbon accounting and labeling for
products are new instruments of supply chain management that
may affect developing country export opportunities. Most
instruments...
Type: BriefReport#: 56669Date: July 1, 2010Author:
Brenton, Paul ;
Edwards-Jones, Gareth ;
Jensen, Michael F.
Water and sanitation utilities in Africa
operate in a high-cost environment. They also have a mandate
to at least partially recover their costs of operations and
maintenance...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5384Date: July 1, 2010Author:
Banerjee,Sudeshna Ghosh ;
Foster,Vivien ;
Skilling,Heather ;
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Ying, Yvonne
The 2006-08 commodity price boom was one
of the longest and broadest of the post-World War II period.
Apart from strong and sustained economic growth, the recent
boom...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5371Date: July 1, 2010Author:
Baffes,John ;
Haniotis, Tassos
This report includes four chapters:
annual flow specific calculation 1; reservoir analysis and
simulation 12; water supply demand for downstream 40; and
reservoir and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 59895Date: July 1, 2010
Top news flared in this issue: Global
Gas Flaring Reduction (GGFR), Masdar co- hosted first Middle
East and North America (MENA) forum on gas utilization;
Indonesia's...
During the past several months, the
Ministry of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development
of Colombia has been researching potential indicators that
would be...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 70198Date: June 30, 2010
This report presents an overview of
current and projected market trends for off-grid lighting.
It was commissioned and coordinated by Lighting Africa,a
joint initiative...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115059Date: June 30, 2010
This evaluation assesses the performance
of International Finance Corporations (IFC's) energy
efficiency finance program in China aimed at stimulating
energy efficiency...
Type: PublicationReport#: 55549Date: June 30, 2010Author:
Hatashima,Hiroyuki
The Asia Sustainable and Alternative
Energy Program (ASTAE) were created in 1992 as a Global
Partnership Program (GPP). Its mandate is to scale up the
use of sustainable...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 61148Date: June 30, 2010
In 2006 agriculture, forestry, and
fisheries accounted for 20 percent of the Vietnam's
gross domestic product (GDP), 54 percent of its employment,
and 30 percent of...
One of the major engines for economic
growth in Vietnam over the past 15 years has been industry.
Since 1990 the industrial sector has grown an average of 10
percent...
Vietnam's urban population is
growing 4.4 percent annually, industry is growing 17 percent
annually, and the agriculture sector continues its steady
growth. As a result,...
Rapid growth in Vietnam's economy,
industry, and consumption has resulted in unprecedented
growth in energy demand, and the infrastructure required to
extract, generate,...
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