The world is facing its most severe
economic crisis in living memory, which began in the
developed world's financial sector in mid-2008 and has
since spread to many...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82216Date: September 15, 2009
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#: 167440Date: September 15, 2009
The FY2006-09 assistance strategy, which
sought to support the government's program, had a
cross-cutting focus on governance and institutional
strengthening in the two...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 89071Date: September 10, 2009
This press release announces on
September 10, 2009, that the World Bank Group declared that
its financing of renewable energy and energy efficiency
projects and programs...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167450Date: September 10, 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’s Board of Directors approved five million US
dollars grant to improve the quality of electricity services
in Haiti...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 166988Date: September 8, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank-led Communities and Small-scale Mining initiative
(CASM) and the Ministry of Mineral Resources of Mozambique
are co-hosting...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168809Date: September 3, 2009
This press release announces on
September 2, 2009, that China is taking decisive action to
help stabilize the world economy and is persisting with
efforts to re-balance...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165071Date: September 2, 2009
Access to electricity is crucial for
economic development and there is a growing body of
literature on the impact of rural electrification on
development. However, most...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5057Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Barnes,Douglas French ;
Khandker,Shahidur R. ;
Nguyen,Minh Huu ;
Samad,Hussain A.
Mainstreaming the principles of
environmental improvement into sustainable development
strategies is central to the World Bank's mission of
overcoming poverty. The poor...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51945Date: September 1, 2009
Overall, the macroeconomic indicators
for FY09 suggest that Bangladesh has weathered the global
economic crisis well so far. Low integration with the world
economy helped...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51606Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Hussain, Zahid ;
Moorty,Lalita M.
The Bangladesh foundry industry is a
crucial element of the country's light engineering
sector, but it suffers from reliance on outdated
technologies, inefficient production...
Type: BriefReport#: 51648Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Taif Ul Islam, Muhammad ;
Gopal, Rajeev ;
Hossain, Mustahid
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: September 1, 2009
The Sub-Saharan Africa Refinery Study
evaluates the effects of improved fuel specifications on
refiningoperations and air quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). The improved...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 70690Date: September 1, 2009
Climate change is anthropogenic - the
product of billions of acts of daily consumption. That
solutions need to be anthropogenic too is well accepted.
Yet, suggested...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5058Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Liverani, Andrea
Mitigation investments in long-lived
capital stock (LLKS) differ from other types of mitigation
investments in that, once established, LLKS can lock-in a
stream of emissions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5063Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Shalizi, Zmarak ;
Lecocq, Franck
This issue of Afghanistan Reconstruction
Trust Fund (ARTF) newsletter includes the following
headings: letter from the editor; introducing the ARTF;
development in depth:...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 50859Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Zia,Abdul Raouf
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: September 1, 2009
There is now strong consensus that
climate change presents an urgent challenge to all
countries' well-being, and that effective climate
action requires a two-pronged...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51939Date: September 1, 2009
The recent food, fuel, and economic
crises, which have severely impacted poor countries around
the world, have re-emphasized the need for a sustainable
energy access...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51944Date: September 1, 2009
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