The use of carbon-intense fuels by the
power sector contributes significantly to the greenhouse gas
emissions of most countries. For this reason, the sector is
often...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4957Date: June 1, 2009Author:
Considine , Timothy J. ;
Larson, Donald F.
The role of hydropower and multi-purpose
water infrastructure is expanding, with important
opportunities for poverty alleviation and sustainable
development. The World...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 49017Date: June 1, 2009Author:
Fields, Daryl ; Odegard, Lars ; French,
Laura ; Revell, Geoff
This paper applies a decomposition
technique using a log mean Divisia index to two sets of
household surveys taken several years apart in Indonesia and
Pakistan. The...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 49968Date: June 1, 2009Author:
Bacon, Robert ;
Bhattacharya, Soma ;
Kojima, Masami
Providing electricity to poor households
in rural areas in Ethiopia is critical to improving the
health and living conditions of the population, reducing
poverty, and...
Type: BriefReport#: 49571Date: June 1, 2009Author:
Maurer, Luiz; Nonay, Carmen;
The action plan has the target of
increasing the percentage of households with electricity
access in Sub-Saharan Africa from 25 percent in 2005 to 35
percent in 2015...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 70566Date: June 1, 2009
This report provides a summary of Energy
Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) supported
activities in Mexico focused on the creation of a pooled
financing program...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 52127Date: June 1, 2009Author:
Johnson, Brad
Top news flared in this issue:
editorial; Indonesia moves forward; Azerbaijan endorses
Global Gas Flaring Reduction (GGFR) voluntary standard;
Nigeria: dialogue goes...
This paper includes the following
articles: Thailand to fight global warming with two new
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects; and World
Bank's response to the...
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved financing
of six hundred million US dollars for Turkey’s Private
Sector Renewable...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167000Date: May 28, 2009
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletter are as follows: Germany
and Japan...
This evaluation is the first of a series
that seeks lessons from the World Bank Group's
experience on how to carve out a sustainable growth path.
The World Bank Group...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48897Date: May 28, 2009Author:
Chomitz,Kenneth M.
Worldwide, about 1.6 billion people lack
access to electricity services. There are also large
populations without access in the poorer countries of Asia
and Latin America,...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 70565Date: May 25, 2009
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
played a key role in helping the Republic of Albania
structure and implements it first large public-private
partnership (PPP)...
Type: BriefReport#: 48827Date: May 21, 2009Author:
Sobek, Martin
The 2009 edition of the little green
data book includes a focus section, four introductory pages
that focus on a specific issue related to development and
the environment....
Type: World Development IndicatorsReport#: 54164Date: May 21, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Directors approved an Efficient
lighting project for urban areas of Benin on May 21, 2009.
Supported by a...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167195Date: May 21, 2009
This press release announces on May 20,
2009, that the day before the World Bank’s Board of
Executive Directors approved a loan of eighty million US
dollars to help...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165747Date: May 20, 2009
This press release announces that cities
and their residents are the main drivers of global warming,
yet also offer the best means for slowing the rate and
impact of...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165416Date: May 15, 2009
This press release announces on May 15,
2009, that the World Bank released the annual report on its
carbon finance activities showing that developing countries,
particularly...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165132Date: May 15, 2009
The re-rolling mill (RRM) industry,
which turns scrap material into finished steel, is one of
the most important suppliers to the construction industry in
Bangladesh....
Type: BriefReport#: 48823Date: May 15, 2009Author:
Mohammed, Sheikh Hasan Iqbal ; Taif,
Muhammad Ul Islam ; Hossain, Mustahid
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Directors approved an additional credit
to Moldova in the amount of ten million US dollars for the
Second Rural...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167285Date: May 14, 2009
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