This press release announces on May 13,
2010, that in the last fifteen years, countries in Latin
America and the Caribbean (LAC) opened the doors of
development to an...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169745Date: May 13, 2010
This press release announces that
despite the global financial crisis and the resulting
economic downturn, the past year has witnessed unprecedented
demand from developing...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169502Date: May 11, 2010
This book provides an overview of the
World Bank's Eco2 Cities Initiative. The objective of
the program is to help cities in developing countries
achieve a greater degree...
Type: PublicationReport#: 54432Date: May 7, 2010Author:
Suzuki,Hiroaki ;
Dastur,Arish Adi ;
Moffatt, Sebasti
The Inspection Panel had received a
request for inspection for the South Africa Eskom Investment
Support Project. The Management had requested for extension
of Management...
What is the human cost of the global
economic crisis? How many people will the crisis prevent
from escaping poverty, and how many will remain hungry? How
many more infants...
Type: PublicationReport#: 54438Date: May 4, 2010Author:
Go, Delfin Sia.
Highlighted in the 2009 annual impact
report of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) is an
evaluation undertaken by the GEF's Evaluation Office to
assess the impact...
Under the Kyoto Protocol, industrialized
countries (called Annex I countries) have to reduce their
combined emissions to 5 percent below 1990 levels in the
first commitment...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5309Date: May 1, 2010Author:
Kee, Hiau Looi ;
Ma, Hong ;
Mani, Muthukumara
You don't have to be a psychologist
to find yourself having to change or influence people's
behavior. And that is a challenge, especially when the
change involves costs...
Type: BriefReport#: 55874Date: May 1, 2010Author:
Pearlman, Rob;
This paper sheds light on an implicit
dimension of the climate policy debate: the extent to which
supply-side response (emission-reducing energy technologies)
may substitute...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5298Date: May 1, 2010Author:
Hourcade, Jean-Charles ;
Nadaud, Franck
The privatization of the Metropolitan
Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) and subsequent
investments have dramatically improved water and sewerage
services for the...
There are currently a large number of
proposed cross-border generation and transmission projects
in Southern Africa that are not moving forward, despite
being technically...
This handbook provides an overview of
the main topics that need consideration when managing the
supply of biomass to large biomass power plants. It will
help investors...
This document was devloped as it
initiated a pilot project - dubbed Guangzhou Green Trucks
Pilot Project in support of Guangzhou's efforts to
improve air quality in...
The purpose of these guidelines is to
define the Bank’s policies and procedures for selecting,
contracting, and monitoring consultants required for
projects that are...
Type: PublicationReport#: 95663Date: May 1, 2010Author:
Milyutin,Andrey
This paper describes the study
undertaken to assist the government of Sri Lanka in
identifying a path toward sustainable power development. The
timing of the report...
It is very likely that an energy crunch
could hit several countries in Eastern Europe and Central
Asia (ECA) in the next five or six years. Before the
financial crisis...
Interests in obtaining carbon offsets in
host countries for Clean Development Mechanism projects may
serve as an obstacle to implementing more stringent general
environmental...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5296Date: May 1, 2010Author:
Strand, Jon
A significant objective for the
government of China is to share with other countries,
particularly those in the initial stages of developing
carbon finance portfolios,...
Report#: 55080Date: May 1, 2010Author:
Warwick,Edward Charles
The objective of this study is to review
international experience in offshore wind power development
and draw on the lessons learned from the experience of
different...
Hydropower has been the major source of
electricity in Peru, traditionally supplying more than 80
percent of electricity requirements, and serving as a source
of independent...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 53719Date: May 1, 2010Author:
Crousillat, Enrique ;
Bogach, Susan V.
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