The private sector has emerged as the
most powerful force for development and the key for creating
the jobs that poor people desperately need. To help
governments build...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101344Date: May 31, 2006Author:
Wolfowitz,Paul
Korea is a country with a remarkable
story to tell about successful development. Only 50 years
ago, Korea was a small poor country with a closed economy.
It was emerging...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101343Date: May 31, 2006Author:
Wolfowitz,Paul
The main objectives of the FY2002
country assistance strategy (CAS) were to: (i) reduce
poverty and raise living standards, and (ii) support
Bulgaria's move towards...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 89040Date: May 25, 2006
With the aim of supporting the
Government of India and interested states to advance the
implementation of the Electricity Act 2003, in 2005-06 the
Bank commissioned...
The objectives of the 2006 Independent
Evaluation Group (IEG)-Multilateral Investment Guarantee
Agency (MIGA) annual report are to inform Committee on
Development Effectiveness...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 53813Date: May 24, 2006Author:
Siy,Aurora Medina ;
Tarazona,Ethel I. ;
Wegner,Stephan R.
On May 23, 2006, the World Bank today
approved a Credit to the Republic of Yemen for SDR35 million
(US50 million dollars equivalent) to help finance the Power
Sector...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 166983Date: May 23, 2006
On May 12, 2006, In spite of the
downward trend in prices of carbon commodities in the
European market in recent weeks, government officials,
private sector brokers,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164400Date: May 12, 2006
On May 11, 2006, Leading legislators
from the global coalition of legislators concerned with the
environment , GLOBE , representatives from the business
community, international...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164676Date: May 11, 2006
On May 10, 2006, Amid the excitement
generated by a record carbon market valued in 10 billion
dollars in 2005, and an increased participation of
developing countries...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164277Date: May 10, 2006
On May 10, 2006, a new development
model, ‘development with identity’, was called for today by
Indigenous Peoples leaders andrepresentatives of the
international development...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164837Date: May 10, 2006
On May 9, 2006, Carbon dioxide (CO2)
emissions continue to rise with a mix of old and new
polluters, according to the Little Green Data Book 2006,
launched today on...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164258Date: May 9, 2006
On May 3, 2006, small rural communities
throughout Nepal will reap the benefits of the carbon market
with the signing today of an emission reductions purchase
agreement...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167424Date: May 3, 2006
This study aimed to examine the impact
of changing availability of different energy sources and
their price levels on household energy choice, consumption,
and expenditures....
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM320Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Kojima,Masami
Measuring consumer's surplus is an
increasingly popular approach to quantifying the monetary
benefits of energy projects at the World Bank. This paper
provides a brief...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 37487Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Peskin,Henry M.
Some of the headings included in this
newsletter of the World Bank in India are: new World Bank
report on the potential of Indian forests; Bank board
endorses Mumbai...
The Philippines has introduced an
output-based aid (OBA) subsidy scheme to improve electricity
supply on remote islands as a way to enhance living
standards in the poor...
Type: BriefReport#: 37357Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Bayking, Julie ;
Grewal, Sanjay ;
De Guzman,Alfonso F. ;
O'Connor, Seini ;
Venkataraman,Shobana
The Global Environment Facility (GEF)
has a robust tradition in reporting on its project
portfolio. Since 1996, project performance reports have been
submitted annually...
Through its projects, the Global
Environment Facility (GEF) deals with problems hampering the
transformation of markets for renewable energy: lack of
supportive policy...
This report presents the findings and
recommendations of a Pre-electrification Survey done in
preparation for the Asmara Power Distribution and Rural
Electrification...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 70557Date: April 28, 2006
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