Energy efficiency in public buildings in
Turkey is currently at a low level. Energy use in the
country’s public and service sectors experienced a five-fold
increase...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 159163Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Canpolat,Ezgi ;
Casabonne,Ursula
The Directorate of Law Enforcement, Sub
Directorate Forensic and Evidence of Indonesia has developed
a program of quality assurance for digital evidence. The
Directorate’s...
Small dams play an important role in the
provision of many kinds of benefits, such as drinking and
irrigation water supply, flood control, small/mini
hydropower generation,...
Mountains are hard to govern. National
boundaries rarely reflect mountain geography and carve
mountains into ecologically and socially incomplete
sections. Mountain...
Type: BriefReport#: 158689Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Pillai,Aditya Valiathan
The aim of this publication is to
provide an international framework which defines the basic
requirements and performance criteria needed for an
industrial park to qualify...
Type: ReportReport#: 156450Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Tas,Nilgun ;
Tyrkko,Klaus ;
Susan,Christian R. ;
Demir Duru,Sinem ;
Kechichian,Etienne Raffi ;
Boll,Mareike ;
Felix,Steffen
The OPEC+ decision to delay an easing of
production cuts in February and March supported oil prices,
with crude oil prices rising 15 percent in December and
continuing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 156265Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Sanghi,Apurva ;
Nagle,Peter Stephen Oliver ;
Wheeler,Collette Mari ;
Emelyanova,Olga ;
Levitanskaya,Katerina ;
Rostovtseva,Irina
Costa Rica ratified the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994 and
has since developed and implemented national climate
policies in accordance...
The last year saw a surge of climate
change impacts across the globe, ranging from rising sea
levels to uncontrolled wildfires. Developing countries and
emerging economies...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 168569Date: January 1, 2021
Tailings storage facilities (TSFs) are
engineered structures that comprise the confining
embankments (commonly referred to as tailings dams) and
associated works and...
This article explores the trend toward
increased disclosure and participation in the negotiation
and implementation of investment contracts. Termed as open
contracting,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157243Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Marchessault,Lindsey ;
Jarvis,Michael
Georgia has made impressive progress in
reforming the power sector, but still has large untapped
energy efficiency potential. Despite progress with creating
an enabling...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 157737Date: January 1, 2021
The World Bank and the Liberian
government, through the Liberia Institute of Statistics and
Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and the Forestry
Development Authority...
Melting glaciers and the loss of
seasonal snow pose significant risks to the stability of
water resources in South Asia. The 55,000 glaciers in the
Himalaya, Karakoram,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 160004Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Mani,Muthukumara S.
This annual report covers the ongoing
activities co-financed by the Partnership for Infrastructure
Development Multi-Donor Trust Fund (PID MDTF) for the period
July...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 163283Date: January 1, 2021
IFC, Australia and New Zealand have been
partners in the Pacific since 1990. Through the
Partnerships, Australia, New Zealand, and IFC are helping to
stimulate private...
This Powered by Women report was
developed by International Finance Corporation (IFC) as part
of its commitment to mainstream gender into its programs. By
building the...
Type: ReportReport#: 156857Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Lazarus,Kate M. ;
Khatun Tamot,Sophia
As the world moves away from fossil
fuels, mining-dependent regions that once provided the
foundation for employment and economic growth now face the
post-mining prospect...
Type: PublicationReport#: 159198Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Dobbin,James A. ;
Marquez,Tatiana Paola ;
Rietbergen-Mccracken,Jennifer Ann
This is the first of the series of debt
reports for 2021 to be published online, at regular
intervals, over the course of the year. Their aim is to
provide users with...
Most people don’t give much thought to
the issue of food quietly spoiling in warehouses and trucks
around the world. Yet the cost of such waste is massive,
whether it...
Type: BriefReport#: 156661Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Ksoll,Christian Daniel ;
Pulido,Daniel ;
Gupta,Harsh
This paper presents a comparative
analysis of the investment rules affecting foreign direct
investment (FDI) in ten middle-income countries—Brazil,
China, India, Indonesia,...
Type: ReportReport#: 159026Date: January 1, 2021Author:
Kher,Priyanka ;
Eltgen,Maximilian Philip
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