The World Bank has worked for many years
to integrate environmental and social sustainability into
our operations and our interactions with stakeholders. This
second...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 40219Date: January 1, 2007
China is short of clean energy,
particularly conventional natural gas. The proven per
capital natural gas reserve is only 1/12th of the world
average. However, China...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69537Date: January 1, 2007
Analysis using data on household energy
use from Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) surveys
can help policymakers to identify which households are
affected by...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 38061Date: January 1, 2007Author:
O'Sullivan, Kyran ;
Barnes, Douglas F.
Energy Intensive Sectors of the Indian
Economy: Path to Low Carbon Development is the product of a
collaborative effort between the World Bank and the
Government of...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 77153Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Lvovsky,Kseniya
This report contributes to government
efforts by reviewing current standings of the electricity
and gas sectors and developing policy recommendations in
order to mitigate...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 43559Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Myroshnychenko, Yuriy
HIV and AIDS are having a devastating
effect in Sub-Saharan Africa. Of the 10.8 million deaths
estimated to have occurred in the year 2000, HIV caused over
20 percent...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 43638Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Shekar,Meera ;
Seifman,Richard M.
The Public Private Infrastructure
Advisory Facility (PPIAF) funding for projects in fiscal
2007 totaled $17.4 million and went to 36 countries as well
as to regional...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 43137Date: January 1, 2007
In July 2005, the leaders of the G8
countries, meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland, launched a new
dialogue on climate change, clean energy, and sustainable
development...
Type: Energy-Environment ReviewReport#: 46793Date: January 1, 2007
A public-private partnership initiative
to rationalize the distribution of power in Delhi has proved
to be a success. From a situation where losses were
humongous and...
This report outlines the findings of a
post implementation impact assessment of the Bwindi
Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National
Park Conservation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 116771Date: January 1, 2007
This report addresses the issues
associated with trade in liquid biofuels is a second Energy
Sector Management Assistance Program report on biofuels, and
part of a broader...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 40238Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Kojima, Masami ;
Mitchell, Donald ;
Ward, William
The 2006 Annual Meeting of the
Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP)
Stakeholders took place in Maseru, Lesotho, from 28 October
to 3 November 2006, hosted...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 39225Date: January 1, 2007
This report proposes the development of
a coordinated and comprehensive national policy within the
Energy Law that is presently under preparation based on four
foundational...
Some of the environmental impacts of the
India Rampur Hydropower Project are: the land acquisition
and resettlement impacts of this project are small compared
to similar...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 38535Date: January 1, 2007
This report covers what World Bank
Institute and development partners achieved in tackling
climate change and supporting economic development during
the fiscal year...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 43425Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Godin, Julie; Heister, Johannes;
Platonova-Oquab, Alexandrina; Peterson, Charles W; Ranade, Monali;
This annual reports highlights
ESMAP's activities for the year 2006. It was a
significant year for ESMAP as it was the midpoint of
ESMAP's 2005-2007 Business Plan and...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 41003Date: December 31, 2006
The economic impact of increase in gas
prices has been the topic of much analysis. Researchers are
hampered in their efforts by the lack of transparency in the
energy...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47375Date: December 29, 2006Author:
Raiser, Martin; Piontkivsky, Ruslan;
The Bank, in coordination with the Iraqi
Ministry of Electricity (MoE), has agreed to finance the
rehabilitation of two generating units (currently out of
order) in...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 38303Date: December 27, 2006
The objective of this Country
Environmental Analysis was to help strengthen the
environmental policy implementation framework, to meet the
challenges of a rapidly growing...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 38292Date: December 22, 2006
On December 20, 2006, the World Bank’s
Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved
implementation of a Sustainable Energy Project for the
Former Yugoslav Republic...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167419Date: December 20, 2006
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