Supply-demand tension has taken its toll
in various countries around the world over the last several
years. Governments and utilities have faced gaps between
electricity...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 81729Date: March 1, 2010Author:
Audinet,Pierre ;
Rodriguez Pardina,Martin Augusto
Open fires and primitive stoves have
been used for cooking since the beginning of human history.
They have come in various sizes and styles, having been
adapted to myriad...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63217Date: March 1, 2010
Under the Kyoto Protocol, developed
countries can only tap mitigation opportunities in
developing countries by investing in projects under the
Clean Development Mechanism....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5239Date: March 1, 2010Author:
Dinar,Ariel ;
Larson,Donald F. ;
Rahman,Shaikh Mahfuzur
The overall objective of this guidance
note is to define more precisely the Strategic Framework for
Development and Climate Change (SFDCC) criteria, by
quantifying,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69083Date: March 1, 2010
Agriculture is one of the major sources
of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting for
approximately 14 percent of total GHG emissions. However,
unlike other sectors...
Type: BriefReport#: 54686Date: March 1, 2010Author:
Dulal, Hari Bansha ;
Brodnig, Gernot
The United States (U.S.) recession can
hurt the South, particularly in oil and apparel exports, and
Latin America and the Caribbean. But South-South trade is
partly...
Type: BriefReport#: 90185Date: March 1, 2010Author:
Canuto,Otaviano ;
Haddad,Mona E. ;
Hanson,Gordon H.
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#: 62385Date: March 1, 2010Author:
Foster, Vivien ;
Pushak, Nataliya
More aggressive efforts to increase the
efficiency of energy use are now an urgent imperative for
Vietnam. Energy demand tripled over the last decade, and it
is likely...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 61153Date: March 1, 2010Author:
Ang Co, Alberto U. ;
Singh,Jasneet ;
Taylor,Robert P.
Globally, an increasing number of mines
and hydrocarbon fields are nearing depletion, following
decades of resource exploitation. These operations and the
associated...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 82720Date: March 1, 2010
This regional study takes twelve
oil-importing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and asks the
following two questions: does each stage in the supply
chain, from import...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 54927Date: March 1, 2010Author:
Kojima, Masami; Matthews, William; Sexsmith, Fred;
In view of the escalating global
problems associated with the environment, energy, and
natural resources, especially the increasing sign of global
climate change, wind...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 54746Date: March 1, 2010
The Africa Infrastructure Country
Diagnostic (AICD) has gathered and analyzed extensive data
on infrastructure in around 40 Sub-Saharan countries,
including the Democratic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62386Date: March 1, 2010Author:
Foster, Vivien ;
Benitez, Daniel Alberto
Infrastructure contributed just over one
percentage point to Ghana's improved per capita growth
performance during the 2000s, though unreliable power
supplies held growth...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62388Date: March 1, 2010
Liberia's 14-year civil war left
much of the country's infrastructure shambles. The
country's 170 megawatt power generation capacity and
national grid were completely...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62390Date: March 1, 2010Author:
Foster, Vivien ;
Pushak, Nataliya
International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (IBRD) support to Turkey's energy
reforms have helped the government turn a monolithic,
state-run sector into a...
International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (IBRD) provided its Partial Credit Guarantee
(PCG) for Botswana in support of the Morupule B power
generation project,...
Infrastructure contributed 1.2
percentage points to the annual per capita growth of
Malawi's gross domestic product (GDP) over the past
decade, thanks mainly to the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62391Date: March 1, 2010Author:
Foster, Vivien ;
Shkaratan, Maria
Developing countries are increasingly
pursuing and benefitting from regional power system
integration (RPSI) as an important strategy to help provide
reliable, affordable...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 77307Date: March 1, 2010
Montenegro has a number of good
opportunities for the development of domestic resources for
electricity generation. In the Government's energy
strategy and action plan,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 58465Date: February 25, 2010
This paper discusses two methods of
linking: one that was actually used in 2005 and another that
was discussed at the February 2007 TAG meeting. The 2005
linking procedure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 90474Date: February 19, 2010Author:
Dikhanov,Yuri M.
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