This report describes PROESCO, an
innovative program of Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento
Economico e Social (BNDES) to support greater access to
financing for energy...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69699Date: September 30, 2007
In fiscal year 2007, the rapid expansion
of the ICSID caseload continued unabated. With the
registration of twenty-six new arbitration proceedings, the
number of ICSID...
Type: World Bank Annual ReportReport#: 41751Date: September 28, 2007
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Daily brief economics and financial market
commentary newsletter are as follows: fed drops funds rate a
full 50 basis...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60745Date: September 19, 2007Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Streifel, Shane ;
De Kleine, Annette
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the daily brief economics and financial market
commentary newsletter are as follows: U.S. producer prices
fall sharply...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60744Date: September 18, 2007Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Ju Kim, Eung ;
Streifel, Shane ;
DeKleine, Annette
This newsletter includes some of the
following headlines: can we provide 250 million people in
Africa with access to low cost, reliable lighting and energy
by 2030?...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60429Date: September 1, 2007
Global Environment Facility (GEF) helps
developing countries undertake win win projects to mitigate
the effects of climate change by reducing concentrations of
Greenhouse...
The world is witnessing a sudden growth
in production of biofuels, especially those suited for
replacing oil like ethanol and biodiesel. This paper
synthesizes what...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4341Date: September 1, 2007Author:
Rajagopal, Deepak ;
Zilberman,David
This study analyzes CO2 emissions
reduction targets for various countries and geopolitical
regions by the year 2030 in order to stabilize atmospheric
concentrations...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4352Date: September 1, 2007Author:
Timilsina,Govinda R.
The world is faced with considerable
risk and uncertainty about climate change. Particular
attention has been paid increasingly to hydropower
generation in recent years...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4344Date: September 1, 2007Author:
Iimi,Atsushi
Jharkhand, India's youngest and
28th state came into existence in November 2000 pursuant to
the reorganization of the erstwhile State of Bihar by the
Bihar State Reorganization...
Type: Integrative Fiduciary AssessmentReport#: 70425Date: September 1, 2007
The Executive Directors approved a
credit in the amount of SDR 26.3 million (US dollar 40
million) equivalent) to the Republic of Benin to finance a
Fourth Poverty Reduction...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 148300Date: August 30, 2007
During the 2007 spring meetings, the
development committee endorsed the World Bank Group's
action plan on the Clean Energy Investment Framework (CEIF).
This progress...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 68801Date: August 28, 2007
As highlighted in the World Bank Group
(WBG) Clean Energy for Development Investment Framework
(CEIF), the carbon market is an important tool to mitigate
climate change...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 40750Date: August 27, 2007
The main objectives of the Uruguay
Methane Recovery Demonstration Project were to (i) reduce
Uruguay's emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by
capturing methane from...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 39212Date: August 24, 2007
This paper presents the results of a
sector analysis and research that is published to encourage
discussion and comment within the electricity regulation and
power market-oriented...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45302Date: August 21, 2007
This project looks at how conventional
structured finance methods applied to natural tropical
forest may give forest managers greater ability to access
long term finance....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112051Date: August 6, 2007Author:
Petley, Simon ;
Grayson, Jon ;
Gillespie, Nick Moss ;
Turnbull, Susannah ;
Gaines, Andrew ;
Wackernagel, Andreas
This media conference was held by Robert
B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, in Cambodia on
August 5, 2007. He spoke on his visit to the Genocide
Memorial Museum,...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 125084Date: August 5, 2007Author:
Zoellick,Robert B.
This speech by Robert B. Zoellick,
President of the World Bank, was given at Coolum, Australia
on August 2, 2007. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines
of the APEC...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 125103Date: August 2, 2007Author:
Zoellick,Robert B.
This report on investing in oil in the
Middle East and North Africa asks the question: how can
oil-producing countries maximize the contribution of the oil
industry...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 40405Date: August 1, 2007
Using a comprehensive geo-referenced
database of indicators relating to global change and energy,
the paper assesses countries' likely attitudes with
respect to international...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4300Date: August 1, 2007Author:
Buys, Piet ;
Deichmann, Uwe ;
Meisner, Craig ;
Ton-That, Thao ;
Wheeler, David
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