This paper has been prepared in
accordance with the terms of reference for a study on power
system planning in India: incorporating externality costs
and benefits. ...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 68151Date: April 11, 2007
The power sector in India plays a
fundamental role in the economic development process. The
country faces formidable challenges in meeting its energy
needs in an environmentally...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 68152Date: April 11, 2007
The project was set out to provide
electricity to seven poor rural provinces of Lao
People's Democratic Republic (PDR) and strengthen the
capacity of the country's sole...
Seven million Peruvians - 23 percent of
the country's population - lack access to modern energy
services. Most of these residents are located in the
Peruvian Amazon,...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 40241Date: April 1, 2007
A paradox of plenty and resource curse
have become two most commonly used phrases to describe the
impact of oil wealth on the economies of producing
countries. Why does...
In this issue: a letter from the CEO;
stories from agencies; news from the GEF evaluation office;
sub regional exchange workshops; conference on
(International Year...
This paper investigates the extent to
which structural change in China's economy has
contributed to changes in energy intensity. It uses a new
province-level data set...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 41858Date: April 1, 2007Author:
Hofman,Bert ;
Labar,Kelly
Emission permit trading is a centerpiece
of the Kyoto Protocol which allows participating nations to
trade and bank greenhouse gas permits under the Framework
Convention...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4215Date: April 1, 2007Author:
Zhang,Fan
Projects and reforms targeting
infrastructure services can affect consumer welfare through
changes in the price, coverage, or quality of the services
provided. The benefits...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4217Date: April 1, 2007Author:
Klytchnikova,Irina I. ;
Lokshin,Michael M.
The project's objectives were to
(i) increase the efficiency and sustainability of
Ethiopia's power sector and to increase electricity use
for economic growth and improved...
Type: BriefReport#: 39604Date: April 1, 2007Author:
Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
It is generally believed that
Afghanistan has one of the lowest levels of access to
electricity in the world; the figure of 6 percent access on
the national level is...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 68400Date: April 1, 2007
One of the contentious issues in
electricity reform is whether there are significant gains
from restructuring systems that are moderately well run.
South Africa's electricity...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4197Date: April 1, 2007Author:
Bogetic,Zeljko ;
Kessides,Ioannis N. ;
Maurer,Luiz T. A.
Haiti suffers from a serious
deterioration of its natural environment and, in particular,
from a heavy pressure on its natural resources. The reasons
for this deterioration...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 40239Date: April 1, 2007Author:
Van der Plas, Robert
Latvia has an unprecedented opportunity
to capture several hundred million Euros of additional
public revenues by selling units of national greenhouse gas
emissions...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 39743Date: April 1, 2007
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent
Organic Pollutants requires that countries develop and
implement a National Implementation Plan (NIP) that
describes how they...
Part 1 of the paper reviews recent
trends in fossil fuel use and associated externalities. It
also argues that the recent run-up in international oil
prices reflects...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4209Date: April 1, 2007Author:
Shalizi,Zmarak
In the late 1990s the World Bank Group
together with a number of US-based charitable foundations
initiated an ambitious new financing and advisory services
vehicle aimed...
This report is a sequel to the Nigerian
LP Gas Sector Improvement Study of 2004, which was
produced by the World Bank Oil and Gas Policy Division with
funding under...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 70674Date: March 31, 2007
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the daily brief economics and financial market
commentary newsletter are as follows: global stock markets
rebound from...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60496Date: March 15, 2007Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Ju Kim, Eung ;
Streifel, Shane ;
DeKleine, Annette
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. He
discusses on an urgent issue on the global development
agenda, which is...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101376Date: March 13, 2007Author:
Wolfowitz,Paul
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