To meet the growing demand for
electricity, the Government of Yemen (GoY) is planning to
develop gas-based electricity generation, to utilize
renewable energy resources...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 70582Date: March 30, 2009
This press release announces that Russia
is better positioned to weather the worldwide recession than
many countries given its prudent fiscal policies, and should
now...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168879Date: March 30, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Directors approved an Efficient
Lighting Project for the City of Lomé for Togo on May 28,
2009. This project...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167210Date: March 28, 2009
Energy efficiency improvements in the
urban context should take a holistic approach of both
supply, and demand-side measures. When thinking about water
utilities, for...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 48660Date: March 25, 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 on March 5,
2009, that the World Bank Board of Directors approved one
billion three million US dollars loan to Brazil for the
First Programmatic...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165568Date: March 5, 2009
This press release announces that the
developed and developing countries endorsed a Clean
Technology Fund (CTF) funding envelope of five hundred
million US dollars for...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167217Date: March 5, 2009
Environmental and social concerns about
public and private sector investments in developing
countries have increased significantly in recent decades
with a growing societal...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82217Date: March 5, 2009
The extractive industries week held by
the World Bank's Oil, Gas, and Mining Policy Division
(COCPO), seeks to examine the roles of natural resources and
corresponding...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 82912Date: March 5, 2009
This press release announces that the
Lower middle-income countries were found over a 10-year
period to be more dependent on oil imports than low-income
countries, making...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165420Date: March 4, 2009
Changes to the world's climate that
were once imperceptibly slow are now clearly visible and
happening quickly. Dying coral reefs, the disappearing
arctic ice sheet,...
Type: BriefReport#: 49144Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Rippey, Paul;
Carbon Finance Assist (CF-Assist) is a
capacity building and technical assistance program
established by the World Bank to help develop national
capacities of developing...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 69445Date: March 1, 2009
This report is the primary output from
the climate change impact and adaptation study for the
Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) produced for the Bangkok
Metropolitan...
Type: Strategic Environmental Assessment/AnalysisReport#: 50898Date: March 1, 2009
This study reviews regulatory
instruments designed to reduce environmental externalities
from the transport sector. The study finds that the main
regulatory instruments...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4867Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Timilsina, Govinda R. ;
Dulal, Hari B.
Hydropower accounts for one fifth of the
world's electricity supply and have helped shape and
promote economic growth in such countries as Canada, Norway,
and the United...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 54727Date: March 1, 2009
This study, the first to concentrate on
Bangladesh's energy systems and their effects on the
lives of rural people, drew on these background studies, as
well as other...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 48017Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Asaduzzaman, M.; Barnes, Douglas F.;
Khandker, Shahidur R.;
Lack of access to electricity is one of
the major impediments to growth and development of the rural
economies in developing countries. That is why access to
modern...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4859Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Khandker, Shahidur R. ;
Barnes, Douglas F. ;
Samad, Hussain A.
This report is the primary output from
the climate change impact and adaptation study for the
Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) produced for the Bangkok
Metropolitan...
Type: Strategic Environmental Assessment/AnalysisReport#: 50898Date: March 1, 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: March 1, 2009
Sub-Saharan Africa will require
substantial investments in the power sector on the order of
4 percent of the region's gross domestic product (GDP)
annually before 2015...
Report#: 61811Date: March 1, 2009Author:
Rosnes, Orvika ;
Vennemo,Haakon
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