This press release announces that the
Russian consumers in at least ten cities will benefit from a
pilot program to improve housing and communal services due
to a partnership...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163621Date: February 26, 2008
This press release announces that to
begin to tackle the complexity of issues surrounding
forests’ role in poverty reduction, economic growth, and the
protection of...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164690Date: February 26, 2008
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the daily brief economics and financial market
commentary newsletter are as follows: U.S. headline
inflation soars to...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60982Date: February 20, 2008Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Ju Kim, Eung ;
Streifel, Shane ;
De Kleine, Annette
This press release announces that the
Sustainable forest management will be a key issue for
Japan’s G8 presidency that year, Japanese Prime Minister
Yasuo Fukuda declared...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164527Date: February 20, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a
Community-Based Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Management
Project (CBCBM)...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163614Date: February 19, 2008
The framework and metrics on which this
evaluation will be based will track the Bank's evolving
approach to increasingly integrated water resources
management. Given...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82222Date: February 18, 2008
Energy for heating, cooling, lighting,
mechanical power, and various chemical processes is a
fundamental requirement for both daily life and economic
development. The...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42529Date: February 8, 2008Author:
Taylor , Robert P ; Govindarajalu , Chandrasekar
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved twelve
million nine hundred forty thousand US dollars loan to the
Philippine government...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163862Date: February 7, 2008
This IEG study of Poverty and Social
Impact Analyses (PSIAs) responds to a request from the World
Bank's Board of Executive Directors for an independent
assessment of...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82204Date: February 5, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank Group President, Robert B. Zoellick, declared the
appointment of Justin Lin as the new Chief Economist and
Senior Vice...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164635Date: February 4, 2008
This document summarizes the environment
impact assessment of the World Bank financed Jiangxi
Shihutang Navigation and Hydropower Complex Project for
China at the Gan...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 43375Date: February 1, 2008
The authors explore the relation between
the establishment of a regulatory agency and the performance
of the electricity sector. The authors exploit a unique
dataset...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4509Date: February 1, 2008Author:
Estache,Antonio ;
Rossi,Martin Antonio
This is the third report to the Board on
progress in implementing the Management Response (MR) to the
reports of the Extractive Industries Review (EIR) and the
World...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 42510Date: February 1, 2008
This press release announces on January
31, 2008, Senior legislators from the G8 countries and from
Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa (the G8+5)
are to...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163360Date: January 31, 2008
These remarks were delivered by Robert
B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, at Addis Ababa on
January 31, 2008 to the African Union Summit. He discusses
the challenges...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 124793Date: January 31, 2008Author:
Zoellick,Robert B.
The Lebanese electricity sector is at
the heart of a deep crisis. The sector is unable to supply
the reliable electricity needed by homes, offices and
industry. It is...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 41421Date: January 31, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank approved the day before thirty-seven million
fifty hundred eighty thousand US dollars loan to support the
Sustainable...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164416Date: January 30, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a loan in
the amount of seventy-five million US dollars to support the
Natural...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163777Date: January 24, 2008
This press release announces on January
24, 2008, that Robert B. Zoellick will begin that week his
first major visit to Africa as President of the World Bank
Group....
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164746Date: January 24, 2008
The World Bank Group (WBG) uses a
variety of guarantee instruments to support its development
objectives. By mitigating risks, WBG guarantee instruments
have the potential...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82221Date: January 18, 2008
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