This press release announces that the
Executive Board of the World Bank approved one grant and one
credit amounting twenty million US dollars for health and
education...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164230Date: June 5, 2008
This press release announces a statement
by World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick at a news
conference in Rome at the High-Level Conference on World
Food Security...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163307Date: June 4, 2008
This press release announces the power
sector, long neglected in Africa now demands urgent
attention and a New Deal, the World Bank said on June 3,
2008. The World Bank...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164642Date: June 3, 2008
This newsletter includes the following
headings: overview; global indicators; United States (U.S.)
stimulus arrives; Japan gross domestic product (GDP) revised
higher;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 88104Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Baffes,John ;
Dow,Betty P. ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Rajadhyaksha, Gauresh ;
Riordan,Elliot Joseph ;
Savsecu, Cristina ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
Timmer,Hans
Oil prices more than tripled between
January 2004 and March 2008. The effects can be hard on
countries with large net oil imports relative to income.
This note sets...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 44610Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Bacon, Robert; Kojima, Masami;
This study provides support to the
Bank's ability to conduct client dialogue on solid
waste management technology selection, and will contribute
to client decision-making....
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 69874Date: June 1, 2008
The Global Gas Flaring Reduction
public-private partnership (GGFR) was launched at the world
summit on sustainable development in August 2002 with
representatives of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71376Date: June 1, 2008
Crude oil prices have dramatically
increased over the past years and are now at a historical
maximum in nominal terms and very close to it in real terms.
It is difficult...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4640Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Alaimo,Veronica ;
Lopez,J. Humberto
The 2005 Gleneagles G8 summit in July
2005 stimulated a concerted effort of the Multilateral
Development Banks (MDBs) to broaden and accelerate programs
on access to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63921Date: June 1, 2008
This scoping study has been written to
assist the government officials who would lead the
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in
Indonesia, should the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 72822Date: June 1, 2008
This report is comprised of a three-part
Brazil Energy Efficiency Study (BREES), which was prepared
by the World Bank. The objective of BREES is to support the
evaluation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69914Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Jannuzzi,Gilberto De Martino ;
Haddad,Jamil ;
Johnson,Todd M. ;
Meyer, Anke Sofia ;
Poole, Alan Douglas ;
Saidel,Marco Antonio ;
Da Silva Filho,Pedro Paulo
The design of regulation for water
supply and sanitation (WSS) services has tended to follow a
check-box approach - diagnose the need, prescribe an
independent regulator...
Type: BriefReport#: 44726Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Ehrhardt, David ; Groom, Eric ; Halpern,
Jonathan ; O'Connor, Seini
The energy sector is sensitive to
changes in seasonal weather patterns and extremes – e.g.
floods, droughts, fire, storm, and landslide, that can
affect the supply of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 111555Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Ebinger,Jane Olga ;
Hamso,Bjorn ;
Gerner,Franz ;
Lim, Antonio ;
Plecas,Ana
This is an internal status report to
ESMAP and Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
which summarizes their ongoing work under a joint energy
study entitled...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 68742Date: June 1, 2008
This document will provide information
on International Finance Corporation (IFC's) role, key
activities and operational results during the period
FY02-FY07. The 2008...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 44066Date: May 30, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved an
Interim strategy note (ISN) and an Economic recovery and
governance grant...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164244Date: May 29, 2008
These remarks were delivered by Robert
B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, on May 28,
2008 in Tokyo at the Fourth Tokyo International Conference
on African...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 124796Date: May 28, 2008Author:
Zoellick,Robert B.
This speech was delivered by Robert B.
Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, at the
Commencement of The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 124795Date: May 23, 2008Author:
Zoellick,Robert B.
This press release announces that the
World Bank Group launched a new transport business strategy
for 2008-2012 that will help partner countries establish the
governance,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164641Date: May 21, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors endorsed Zambia’s
Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for the period 2008-2011
on May 20,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164909Date: May 20, 2008
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