Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletter are as follows: industrial
production...
This press release announces that the
World Bank on May 12, 2009, approved sixty-two million two
hundred thousand US dollars IDA credit to Bangladesh,
designed to improve...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165654Date: May 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,...
The China Utility-Based Energy
Efficiency Finance Program (CHUEE) was initiated in January
2004 following a request by the Ministry of Finance of the
People's Republic...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82224Date: May 11, 2009
This press release announces that the
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and President Asif Ali
Zardari of Pakistan issued a joint statement on May 8, 2009,
pledging...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 166948Date: May 8, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Directors approved seventy-eight million
US dollars Partial Risk Guarantee for the Albania
Privatization of...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 166989Date: May 5, 2009
Infrastructure investment is a central
part of the stimulus plans of the Latin America and
Caribbean Region (LAC) as it confronts the growing financial
crisis. This...
The West Bengal experience of reforms in
power sector provides key learning on the sequencing, design
and implementation of reforms program. The smooth
restructuring...
Global climate change is occurring at an
accelerating pace, and the global greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions that are forcing climate change continue to
increase. Given...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4938Date: May 1, 2009Author:
MacCracken, Mike
The global database developed as an
integral part of the World Bank's research project on
Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, which is publicly
available, provides...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 55963Date: May 1, 2009Author:
Anderson, Kym ;
Croser, Johanna
The technical workshop on enhancing
development benefits to local communities in hydropower
projects was held in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2008. It
was hosted by...
Type: Other Social Protection StudyReport#: 70282Date: May 1, 2009
The World Bank began a three-year pilot
initiative to develop a framework for enhancing development
benefits to local communities in hydropower projects. There
has been...
Type: Other Social Protection StudyReport#: 70281Date: May 1, 2009
Energy from the sun is abundant and
free. Solar energy is in essence electromagnetic radiation
emitted from the sun. Earth's climate, hydrologic
systems, and ecosystems...
Type: BriefReport#: 49253Date: May 1, 2009Author:
Ahmad, Reyaz A.
The rapid growth of Vietnam's
economy, industry, and consumption has resulted in
unprecedented growth in energy demand, and its
infrastructure for extracting, generating,...
The electricity sector in Albania has
been problematic for many years. The inadequate performance
of the electricity distribution, in particular, has been
affecting...
Over the past year, the global economy
has cooled significantly, a far cry from the boom just a
year ago in various countries and across markets. At the
same time, the...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 48998Date: May 1, 2009Author:
Capoor, Karan ;
Ambrosi, Philippe
Noting that South Africa may be one of
the few African countries that could contribute to
mitigating climate change, the authors explore the impact of
a carbon tax relative...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4933Date: May 1, 2009Author:
Devarajan,Shantayanan ;
Go,Delfin Sia ;
Robinson,Sherman ;
Thierfelder,Karen E.
This economic update highlights the
following in its overview: growth in Aceh's non-oil
and gas economy declined sharply in 2008 as the
reconstruction effort winds...
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is
an offset mechanism designed to reduce the overall cost of
implementing a given global target for greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4931Date: May 1, 2009Author:
Rosendahl, Knut Einar ;
Strand, Jon
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