The scale of investment needed to slow
greenhouse gas emissions is larger than governments can
manage through transfers. Therefore, climate change policies
rely heavily...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4761Date: October 1, 2008Author:
Larson, Donald F. ;
Ambrosi, Philippe ;
Dinar, Ariel ;
Rahman, Shaikh Mahfuzur ;
Entler, Rebecca
An update of the World Bank Group's
privatization database shows that in 2007 privatizations in
developing countries amounted to US$133 billion a record in
nominal terms....
Type: ViewpointReport#: 49115Date: October 1, 2008Author:
Kikeri,Sunita ;
Phipps-Ebeler,Verena
South Africa's participation in the
Global Environment Facility (GEF) started after the GEF
pilot phase, when South Africa submitted its instrument of
participation...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 57540Date: October 1, 2008Author:
Volonte, Claudio
All European Union Ten (EU10) countries
and Croatia have ratified the Kyoto Protocol, which came
into force in 2005. In addition to the commitments to the
Kyoto Protocol,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 46690Date: October 1, 2008
This note states that in 2007 investment
commitments to energy projects with private participation
almost doubled in real terms compared with the activity in
2006, according...
Type: BriefReport#: 47229Date: October 1, 2008Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina ; Mirzagalyamova, Alfiya
At the request of the World Bank, the
Center for Energy Economics at the University of
Texas-Austin (CEE) undertook a broad survey of national oil
companies (NOCs) to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47115Date: October 1, 2008
Many countries have been affected by
food and oil price shocks. Rising energy costs have
manifested themselves through higher prices of gas at the
pump and through price...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4741Date: October 1, 2008Author:
Parra Osorio,Juan Carlos ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
The overall purpose of a regulatory
review of power purchase agreements (PPAs) is to ensure that
the terms of the PPAs are "fair and balanced" to
all parties who will...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 46334Date: October 1, 2008Author:
Besant Jones, John; Tenenbaum, Bernard; Tallapra
Asia Sustainable and Alternative Energy
Program (ASTAE) had a successful year in FY08, with a 50
percent increase in disbursements compared to FY07, and a
milestone...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 61147Date: October 1, 2008
At the request of the World Bank, the
Center for Energy Economics at the University of
Texas-Austin (CEE) undertook a broad survey of national oil
companies (NOCs) to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47115Date: October 1, 2008
The Dokan and Derbandikhan hydropower
plants are the two largest power plants in the Kurdistan
Regional Governorate of Iraq. Both connect to the national
power grid...
This annual report is the synthesis of a
series of country portfolio evaluations focused on
Sub-Saharan Africa produced by the Evaluation Office of the
Global Envir...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 57529Date: October 1, 2008Author:
Volonte, Claudio
Technology transfer is seen as playing a
critical role in the global response to the challenges of
climate change. Indeed, the transfer of Environmentally
Sound Technologies...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 46555Date: October 1, 2008
Rising food and fuel prices may
negatively impact human development in four dimensions: by
increasing poverty; worsening nutrition; reducing the
utilization of education...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45652Date: September 26, 2008Author:
Grosh, Margaret; del Ninno, Carlo; Daniel
Tesliuc, Emil;
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Directors approved the day before the
new Country Partnership Strategy with Guatemala, covering
the period...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163452Date: September 24, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank Africa Region on September 22, 2008, announced
the launch of a new blog from its Chief Economist Shanta
Devarajan. The...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164593Date: September 22, 2008
This document provides guidance on
quantifying flare and vent rates at oil and natural gas
facilities. While the focus is primarily on continuous vent
and flare systems,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71380Date: September 18, 2008
This press release announces that
International efforts to combat climate change received a
boost with consensus amongst a diverse group of global
forest leaders on...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163443Date: September 17, 2008
This press release announces on
September 17, 2008, that the World Bank Group committed
loans, grants and credits worth four billion five million to
support development...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164750Date: September 17, 2008
Croatia applied for European Union (EU)
membership in February 2003 and in June 2004 the European
Council granted Croatia candidate status. Accession
negotiations were...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 45615Date: September 16, 2008
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