The Environmental, Health, and Safety
(EHS) Guidelines are technical reference documents with
general and industry specific examples of Good International
Industry Practice...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112796Date: December 10, 2007
In October 2007, the Global Gas Flaring
Reduction (GGFR) public-private partnership coordinated by
the World Bank Group co-hosted a forum in Moscow to discuss
Associated...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71382Date: December 10, 2007
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
of Vietnam is anticipated to surpass 8 percent for a third
year running. Domestic investment and private consumption
have been...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 43509Date: December 7, 2007Author:
Dinh,Viet Tuan
In order to increase the capacity of
electricity production, the ministry of power, energy and
mineral resources, the government of Bangladesh GOB has
planned to establish...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 44462Date: December 1, 2007
Improving energy efficiency (EE) is one
of the most promising approaches for achieving
cost-effective global greenhouse gases (GHG) reductions.
However, it is severely...
This report is part of the Energy and
Water Department's commitment to providing new
techniques and knowledge which complement the direct
investment and other assistance...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 43099Date: December 1, 2007
Uganda’s first large scale Independent
Power Producer (IPP) project, the Bujagali Hydropower, will
double power generation sources in Uganda, thus reducing
significantly...
The global environment facility (GEF)
trust fund is replenished once every four years by a varying
number of donors who negotiate their contributions in a
multi stakeholder...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 47630Date: December 1, 2007
The World Health Organization's
2004 Global and Regional Burden of Disease Report estimates
that acute respiratory infections from indoor air pollution
(pollution from...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4422Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Dasgupta, Susmita ;
Huq, Mainul ;
Khaliquzzaman, M. ;
Wheeler, David
The study aims to present information
about specific countries which have initiated gas
distribution projects rather than suggestions. However, by
drawing on the experience...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM328Date: December 1, 2007
The objective of this study is to
analyze the opportunities and strategic options available to
the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) to implement the
hydropower projects...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 42096Date: December 1, 2007
The FY05 Country Assistance Strategy
(CAS) sought to support the government's development
priorities for FY05-FY07, defined by two pillars: European
Integration and...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 88915Date: November 30, 2007
As the country assistance strategy (CAS)
was a joint strategy between the Bank and International
Finance Corporation (IFC), this review of the CAS completion
report...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 88930Date: November 28, 2007
Ghana has done increasingly well in
recent years. This report has analyzed these issues in
considerable depth, making it a prime reference on
Ghana's growth and poverty...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 40934Date: November 28, 2007Author:
Bogetic, Zeljko
The Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust
Fund (ARTF) received total donor pledges of US$687.53
million in SY1386, comprising US$374.34 million (54 percent)
without preference...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 91257Date: November 21, 2007
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Daily brief economics and financial market
commentary newsletter are as follows: further reports on
sub-prime related...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60893Date: November 14, 2007Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Streifel, Shane ;
De Kleine, Annette
Non-oil commodity prices jumped 3.3
percent in October, with strong gains in most indices.
Supply constraints, the falling dollar, and shifting of
assets to select commodities...
This review assesses the implementation
of the FY08-11 Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) CPS, as well as
the CPS completion report. The strategy was jointly
implemented by...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 112891Date: November 1, 2007Author:
Independent Evaluatio Group (IEG)
In this issue: Country achievements from
recent national dialogues. African constituency host
meetings. Etosha centenary celebrations Springboard SPAN
activities. Conserving...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 41925Date: November 1, 2007
The objectives of the Morupule B
Generation and Transmission Project are to expand domestic
power generation capacity that will support sustained
economic growth in...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 48448Date: November 1, 2007
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