This guide has been written to assist
anyone interested in running small stationary diesel powered
engines on coconut oil. It is intended to be a
'how-to' guide to provide...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51384Date: December 1, 2009
With the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto
protocol on global warming looming large, emerging markets,
which have begun to surpass the United States (U.S.) as some
of the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 111689Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Banerjee, Alka
The purpose of this report is to assess
the status of past and current energy efficiency initiatives
in Lebanon and, in conjunction with key stakeholders,
prepare an...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 70302Date: December 1, 2009
This country level trade brief
summarizes insights from the world trade indicators database
as well as analyzes national impacts and responses to the
food crisis and...
Private activity in infrastructure in
East Asia and Pacific slowed in 2008, according to
just-released data from the Private Participation in
Infrastructure Project...
Type: BriefReport#: 53065Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina ; Park, JangHo
Top news flared in this issue: Qatar
petroleum Global Gas Flaring Reduction (GGFR) kick off
flaring workshop; progress in Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan;
Uzbekistan moves...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 53037Date: December 1, 2009
Energy security is a key concern in
Albania, which relies on hydropower for about 90 percent of
its electricity production. While renewable energy resources
like hydropower...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 53331Date: December 1, 2009
Private activity in infrastructure in
Sub-Saharan Africa showed mixed results in 2008, according
to just-released data from the private participation in
infrastructure...
Type: BriefReport#: 53070Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina ; Perard, Edouard
Global economic growth, particularly
from 2004 to 20071, has fueled an expansion in the
construction of industrial, power plant, and manufacturing
facilities in the...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 81725Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Pauschert, Dirk
More than 90 percent of total household
energy used in rural Cambodia comes from wood and charcoal,
which will continue to be the primary energy source for many
more...
Type: Other Rural StudyReport#: 69639Date: December 1, 2009
Climate change policies and trade policy
are on a collision course. Border tax adjustments are at the
center of the debate and are being considered in many
Organization...
Type: BriefReport#: 52821Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Jensen, Michael Friis;
The objectives of this Country
Environmental Analysis (CEA) were to assess the
environmental quality in the Philippines with a focus on how
this affects human welfare...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 52389Date: December 1, 2009
Ghana's oil will start to flow in
2011, maybe even before, and most of its known reserves will
be extracted in the immediate years after. The promise of
oil generates...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 47321Date: November 30, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Directors approved a new Country
Assistance Strategy (CAS) for El Salvador on November 24,
2009, covering...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165960Date: November 24, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a loan in
the amount of sixty million US dollars for additional
financing to...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167066Date: November 19, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Directors approved additional
financing in the amount of four million US dollars for the
Emergency Energy...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165759Date: November 19, 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#: 61500Date: November 18, 2009Author:
De Kleine Feige,Annette I. ;
Islam Spivak, Nadia ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Riordan,Elliot Joseph ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Streifel,Shane S.
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Directors approved two loans totaling
three hundred million US dollars to support reforms aimed at
improving...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167332Date: November 17, 2009
This press release announces that the
Global gas flaring has declined by a total of 22 billion
cubic meters (bcm) over the past three years despite five
percent rise...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167526Date: November 17, 2009
This report documents the activities and
findings the legislative and regulatory advisor during his
visits made between 19th October and 17th November 2009 to
the Ministry...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70435Date: November 17, 2009
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