Investment commitments to infrastructure
projects with private participation in Europe and Central
Asia amounted to US$45.5 billion in 2007, reaching a new
peak, according...
Type: BriefReport#: 47885Date: December 1, 2008Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina; Mirzagalyamova, Alfiya
Investment commitments to infrastructure
projects with private participation in Latin America and the
Caribbean grew by 28 percent to US$38.3 billion in 2007,
according...
Type: BriefReport#: 47889Date: December 1, 2008Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina; Jett, Alexander Nicholas
The main objectives of the project for
the sampling, testing and mapping of Polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCB) inventory and contamination are: 1) to map
out the more realistic...
Type: Global Environment Facility Working PaperReport#: 50879Date: December 1, 2008Author:
Experco International inc.
Investment commitments to infrastructure
projects with private participation in East Asia and Pacific
grew by 11 percent to US$21.5 billion in 2007, according to
just-released...
Type: BriefReport#: 47890Date: December 1, 2008Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina; Jett, Alexander Nicholas
This study evaluates the potential
demand for oil and oil products transport via the existing
rail corridor in the Caucasus, taking into consideration the
competition...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 68693Date: December 1, 2008
Amid rising oil prices and the adverse
effects of global climate change, Sub-Saharan Africa has an
unprecedented opportunity: choosing a cleaner development
pathway...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47319Date: December 1, 2008Author:
Gouvello, Christophe de; Dayo, Felix B.;
Thioye, Massamba;
In 1992, the newly elected government
inherited a bankrupt economy and embarked on an aggressive
economic development program. Power sector reform was an
integral part...
The purpose of this document is to
present activities and outcomes of the first year operation
of the Lighting Africa Program. Africa is a World Bank Group
initiative...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47098Date: December 1, 2008
China's current strategy for the
development of its coal industry is based on policies
developed and implemented in accordance with the state
council's detailed opinions....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47131Date: December 1, 2008Author:
Zhao, Jianping ;
Creedy, David
In 1997 International Finance
Corporation (IFC) advised the Government of Panama on the
privatization of its utility Instituto de Recursos
Hidraulicos y de Electrificacion...
Investment commitments to infrastructure
projects with private participation in the Middle East and
North Africa grew by 7 percent to US$12.8 billion in 2007,
the highest...
Type: BriefReport#: 47886Date: December 1, 2008Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina; Perard, Edouard
IFC is helping to introduce private
sector efficiency in power generation in off-grid areas
covered by the Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG), which is
already yielding...
Environmental degradation in the
southern part of the West Bank, i.e. Bethlehem and Hebron
governorates, has reached alarming levels mainly due to
pollution caused by...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 46769Date: November 25, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Directors approved IDA credit and
grant in the total amount of eleven million US dollars to
Kyrgyz Republic...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163663Date: November 25, 2008
This press release announces on November
19, 2008, that an effort to improve energy efficiency and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of natural
gas worldwide,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164908Date: November 19, 2008
This press release announces on November
19, 2008, that the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors
the day before approved four million US dollars grant from
the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163765Date: November 19, 2008
This press release announces that
seventy senior legislators from across the Americas will
gather in Mexico City from November 21 to 23, 2008, to
examine how to overcome...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163355Date: November 18, 2008
This paper explores two propositions
regarding international river basins: 1) cooperative
development of international rivers offers unique economic
advantages over...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 46456Date: November 13, 2008Author:
Yu, Winston;
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 the World
Bank approved fifty million US dollars for Argentina to
support the Renewable energy in the rural market project
(PERMER), an...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163607Date: November 11, 2008
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