This paper intends to provide an
assessment of the size and number of the small scale mining
workings in the industrial mineral sector in Albania. The
Kruja zone, on...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70195Date: November 15, 2009Author:
Seferaj, Nikolla ;
Bakallabashi, Jani ;
Cukalla, Martin
This press release announces on November
13, 2009, that close to five million in grant money has been
awarded to twenty-six innovative climate adaptation
projects, through...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169253Date: November 13, 2009
This press release announces on November
12, 2009, that a study conducted in twenty-four African
countries shows that the poor state of infrastructure in Sub
Saharan...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165465Date: November 12, 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
developing countries can shift to lower-carbon paths while
promoting development and reducing poverty, but this depends
on financial...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167439Date: November 9, 2009
This press release announces that
African efforts to invest in clean energy and prepare for
the devastating consequences of climate change have received
a boost with...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167069Date: November 5, 2009
This press release announces on November
4, 2009, that the reducing the amount of energy required to
produce a unit of gross domestic product (GDP), particularly
in...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165464Date: November 4, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on November 3,
2009, approved three million thirty-five hundred thousand US
dollars global...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165828Date: November 3, 2009
Some of the headings included in this
newsletter of the World Bank in India are: India needs to
expand its secondary education; development dialogue: can an
agreement...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 53860Date: November 1, 2009
This newsletter highlights:
Infrastructure Recovery and Assets (INFRA) event at the
annual meetings: greening recovery, seizing opportunities;
guidance note: "greening"...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 54844Date: November 1, 2009
The development objective of the Second
Phase of the Punjab Barrages Improvement Project for
Pakistan is to prevent the failure of Jinnah barrage and
ensure its sustainable...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 52212Date: November 1, 2009
Moroccos economy is growing rapidly in
all its sectors (tourism, agriculture, industry , etc.)
Consequently, the energy demand has been increasing steadily
in the period...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 69837Date: November 1, 2009
The Syrian Arab Republic has been a
long-standing partner of the Global Environment Facility
(GEF), having received GEF financial support since 1994 for
a variety of...
Most economic analyses of climate change
have focused on the aggregate impact on countries of
mitigation actions. The authors depart first in
disaggregating the impact...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5121Date: November 1, 2009Author:
Mattoo, Aaditya ;
Subramanian, Arvind ;
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique ;
He, Jianwu
There is growing clamor in industrial
countries for additional border taxes on imports from
countries with lower carbon prices. The authors confirm the
findings of other...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5123Date: November 1, 2009Author:
Mattoo, Aaditya ;
Subramanian, Arvind ;
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique ;
He, Jianwu
The brief includes the following
headings: Middle East and North Africa (MENA) vulnerability
to climate change; World Bank program - overall approach;
reducing vulnerability;...
Type: BriefReport#: 51802Date: November 1, 2009Author:
Cervigni, Raffaello ;
Pariente-David, Silvia ;
Rigaud, Kanta K. ;
Holten, Johanne ;
Coma Cunill, Roger
China is experiencing rapid and large
scale urbanization, and the resulting local and global urban
environmental challenges are unprecedented. The Chinese
Government...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 59012Date: November 1, 2009Author:
Chen, Mansha ;
Dastur, Arish ;
Zhang, Yabei ;
Filewood, Richard ;
Al-Jamal, Khairy ;
Randale, Monali ;
Pinnoi, Nat ;
Peterson, Charles ;
Baeumler, Axel
Djibouti is characterized by a large
urban population. About 70 per cent of the population lives
in the main town of Djibouti-Ville, 11 per cent live in
secondary towns...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69203Date: November 1, 2009
Djibouti is characterized by a large
urban population. About 70 per cent of the population lives
in the main town of Djibouti-Ville, 11 per cent live in
secondary towns...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69203Date: November 1, 2009
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