This press release announces on December
16, 2009, that the three countries in Asia are poised to
integrate new efforts for low-carbon growth in their
national development...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165036Date: December 16, 2009
This press release announces on December
15, 2009, that with developing countries bearing the brunt
of climate change, World Bank Group President Robert B.
Zoellick...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169153Date: December 15, 2009
This press release announces that a
unique program to support the scaling-up of renewable energy
in low-income countries was launched on December 14, 2009,
in Copenhagen.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165460Date: December 14, 2009
One of the most compelling reasons for
pursuing low-carbon development is that the potential
impacts of climate change are predicted to be severe, for
both industrial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 52458Date: December 14, 2009Author:
Johnson, Todd M. ;
Alatorre, Claudio ;
Romo, Zayra ;
Liu, Feng
This press release announces that the
World Bank Managing Director Juan Jose Daboub paid an
official visit to Egypt to reaffirm the partnership between
the Bank and...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165142Date: December 13, 2009
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 press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Directors approved two grants for a
total of twenty-four million five hundred thousand US
dollars to support...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167345Date: December 8, 2009
The general question of alternatives to
Trung Son examined in this report has four parts: (1) could
the need for additional peaking power be met by more
aggressive energy...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 59940Date: December 3, 2009Author:
Meier,Peter
This press release announces on December
3, 2009, a new poll of fifteen nations, most of them in the
developing world, finds that majorities of the people
canvassed...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165458Date: December 3, 2009
This press release announces that the
Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank has on
December 3, 2009, approved four million US dollars IDA grant
for the Mining...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165666Date: December 3, 2009
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#: 61506Date: December 2, 2009Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Islam Spivak, Nadia ;
Ju Kim, Eung ;
Streifel, Shane ;
De Kleine, Annette
Private activity in infrastructure in
Latin America and the Caribbean showed mixed results in
2008, according to just-released data from the Private
Participation in...
Type: BriefReport#: 53067Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina ; Jett, Alexander Nicholas
The purpose of this working paper is to
evaluate the future of the aluminum industry in West and
Central Africa, with a focus on aluminum smelting and its
relationship...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 54719Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Husband, Charles ;
McMahon, Gary ;
Veen, Peter van der
Private activity in infrastructure in
Europe and Central Asia showed mixed results in 2008,
according to just-released data from the Private
Participation in Infrastructure...
Type: BriefReport#: 53066Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina ; Fitzgerald, Rossa
Private activity in infrastructure in
the Middle East and North Africa declined sharply in 2008,
according to just-released data from the Private
Participation in Infrastructure...
Type: BriefReport#: 53068Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina ; Perard, Edouard
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
clean technology fund investment plan proposes co-financing
of $750 million and mobilizes an additional $4.85 billion
from other...
Type: BriefReport#: 52480Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Coma-Cunill, Roger ;
Govindarajalu, Chandra ;
Pariente-David, Silvia ;
Walters, Jonathan
Earlier this year, Consultative Group to
Assist the Poorest (CGAP) teamed up with the Global System
for Mobile Communications (GSM) Association (GSMA) (a global
trade...
Type: BriefReport#: 56724Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Pickens, Mark
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved two hundred
million US dollars Development Policy Loan (DPL) for Belarus
to support...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167277Date: December 1, 2009
Private activity in infrastructure in
South Asia showed mixed results in 2008, according to
just-released data from the private participation in
infrastructure project...
Type: BriefReport#: 53069Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina ; Fitzgerald, Rossa
The World Bank Group (WBG) Sustainable
Infrastructure Action Plan (SIAP), discussed at the Board of
Directors in July 2008, outlined infrastructure funding
guidelines...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 53228Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Navarro, Fernando; Revels, Catherine;
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