Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Daily brief economics and financial market
commentary newsletter are as follows: recession concerns hit
global markets...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 61226Date: November 11, 2008Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Streifel, Shane ;
Kleine, Annette De
This note is organized into three
sections: (a) a context and background section, summarizing
the rationale for off-grid electrification and its
complementarity with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47022Date: November 1, 2008Author:
Terrado, Ernesto ;
Cabraal, Anil ;
Mukherjee, Ishani
This paper comprises of seven parts:
general provisions (first part); registration of the market
participants (second part); valuation of certificates and
incentives...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 69718Date: November 1, 2008
This is the annual report on the
operation of the International Centre for Settlement of
Investment Disputes (ICSID) required by Article 6(1) (g) of
the Convention on...
Type: World Bank Annual ReportReport#: 46686Date: November 1, 2008
In this issue: countdown to Poznan:
global environmental facility (GEF) participation at the
UNFCCC; results of the 34th GEF council meeting and
consultations; the council...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 47628Date: November 1, 2008
The report is about the private
participation in infrastructure database. Energy and
telecommunications drove most of the year's growth.
Energy had growth of 96 percent,...
Type: BriefReport#: 47503Date: November 1, 2008Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina; Perard, Edouard
In the Mediterranean the human footprint
driven by economic growth and, to a lesser extent,
subsistence requirements has drastically increased.
Protecting the environment...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 46553Date: November 1, 2008
The Global Environment Facility (GEF)
unites 178 member governments, in partnership with
international institutions, nongovernmental organizations
(NGOs), and the private...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 46558Date: November 1, 2008
The Clean Development Mechanism, a
provision of The Kyoto Protocol, allows countries that have
pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to gain
credit toward...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4786Date: November 1, 2008Author:
Dinar, Ariel ;
Mahfuzur, Shaikh ;
Larson, Donald ;
Ambrosi, Philippe
This press release announces on October
30, 2008, that the World Bank approved three hundred fifty
million US dollars IDA credit to Bangladesh, designed to
increase...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163782Date: October 30, 2008
The objective of the study was to
develop an adequate policy and governance framework for off-
grid rural electrification by: assessing the effectiveness
and key socio-economic...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 68339Date: October 30, 2008
This press release announces that with
more than forty developing countries asking to become part
of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, the FCPF has
announced that...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163453Date: October 24, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank approved four hundred million US dollars loan to
the Power Grid Corporation of India, designed to increase
reliable...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163899Date: October 21, 2008
This press release announces that the
Directors of the World Bank approved two hundred million US
dollars Development Policy Loan (DPL) on October 21, 2008.
This is...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163857Date: October 21, 2008
Cities represent a major contributor of
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. According to the United
Nations Population Fund,1 half of the world's
population now lives in...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69750Date: October 20, 2008
This study addresses the question with a
rigorous econometric approach and distills global results
from a multitude of evidence. The data set compiled is
unique in its...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 46132Date: October 15, 2008Author:
Gassner, Katharina ;
Popov, Alexander ;
Pushak, Nataliya
On October 13, 2008, the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of
Governors adopted resolution number two hundred and twenty.
It was resolved...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 107829Date: October 13, 2008
This speech was delivered by Robert B.
Zoellick, President of the World Bank, at the 2008 Annual
Meetings in Washington DC. He focuses on the following
topics: a new...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 124791Date: October 13, 2008Author:
Zoellick,Robert B.
This press release announces on October
13, 2008, a consultative meeting on Mobilizing the African
Diaspora for Development was held the day before with
African governments,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163548Date: October 13, 2008
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.
