Sustainability advisory services are a
small but growing part of International Finance
Corporation's (IFC's) portfolio of advisory
activities. Dedicated to engaging...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 62666Date: September 1, 2009
The five main lessons for Southern
Africa from our review of the experience with
cross-border power trading in other regions of the work are
that: Security of supply...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 70371Date: September 1, 2009
The slowing of global growth, which
preceded the financial crisis by several months, prompted
commodity prices to start falling in mid-2008. The eruption
of the full-blown...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 93892Date: September 1, 2009Author:
World Bank
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
The World Bank Group (WBG) puts
renewable energy and energy efficiency at the heart of its
energy agenda. Millions of people across the world have
gained a better quality...
'Shooting up like a rocket,
drifting downward like a feather in the wind,' or so
goes the perception of petroleum product prices. This became
the focus of public attention...
The FY2006-09 country assistance
strategy (CAS) was aligned with Burkina Faso's poverty
reduction strategy, supporting four pillars: accelerated and
shared growth, access...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 89055Date: August 31, 2009
The FY06-FY09 CPS was relevantly built
around the newly-elected Government's strategic
framework defined in the Economic Development and Poverty
Reduction Program Progress...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 89084Date: August 31, 2009
This approach paper is written for an
upcoming evaluation that will assess the outcome of the
World Bank Group's interventions in Peru from fiscal
years 2003 to 2009...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82244Date: August 21, 2009
This electricity sector strategy note
was prepared by the World Bank, at the request of the
Government of Syria. It identifies options for the
Government to improve...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 49923Date: August 15, 2009
This press release announces on August
13, 2009, the World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick
said that Rwanda has made remarkable progress since 1994,
and illustrates...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168803Date: August 13, 2009
The recent rapid increases in global oil
prices seriously impacted world economies. Despite a more
recent price decrease, many countries are aiming to
transition to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 50034Date: August 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 supports efforts by countries emerging from
conflict in Africa to foster good governance and
transparency in the natural...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168936Date: August 11, 2009
This press release announces on August
6, 2009, the World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick
following week begins a three-nation African tour to
encourage investor...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168933Date: August 6, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank approved one hundred thirty million US dollars
IDA credit to Bangladesh, designed to increase access to
electricity...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167061Date: August 4, 2009
This press release announces that the
first Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement (ERPA) in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was signed with a local
Congolese...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168900Date: August 4, 2009
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: August 1, 2009
Extractive industries (EI) impacts can
be positive and negative, spanning economic, social, and
environmental issues. Oil, gas, and mining projects may
create jobs,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 51114Date: August 1, 2009Author:
Eftimi, Adriana ;
Heller,Katherine C. ;
Strongman,John E.
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