The upcoming Country Assistance
Evaluation (CAE) will evaluate the relevance of Bank
objectives in the context of the development constraints
facing Ukraine at the time...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82247Date: April 26, 2006
On April 23, 2006, the global community
needs to be working towards meeting the energy needs that
are essential for economic growthand fighting poverty, while
at the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164440Date: April 23, 2006
On April 19, 2006, the Board of
Executive Directors of the World Bank yesterday approved a
US50 million dollars loan to the Republic of Belarus for an
energy efficiency...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169269Date: April 19, 2006
On April 18, 2006, the World Bank today
approved a Nutrient Reduction Project for Hungary. The
Project is expected to improve the water quality of the
Danube River and...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168736Date: April 18, 2006
Egypt is a country rich in natural gas.
But because of the high subsidies on LPG and the relatively
high connection charges for natural gas, most urban and
semiurban...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 37361Date: April 7, 2006Author:
Gerner,Franz ;
Sinclair,Scott
This newsletter is a quarterly
publication of the Lebanon Country Office. This issue
features: Editorial: Modernizing Lebanon's Public
Procurement; Oil Boom Marked by...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37138Date: April 1, 2006Author:
Brickell,Julia Claire Hazelton ;
Dessus,Sebastien C. ;
El Khalil,Zeina ;
Bou Habib,Chadi ;
Nicolas,Georges Spiridon ;
Razzaz,Omar M. ;
Saba,Joseph P. ;
Stone,Andrew H. W. ;
Ziade,Mona
Cambodia's energy sector is facing
major challenges. Despite considerable progress in expanding
the capacity and coverage of electricity supply in recent
years, electricity...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 43349Date: April 1, 2006
In this issue: Removing Barriers in
Russia. ENI's CDM Project Advances. Shell/SPDC Moving
Forward with Afam Project. GGFR Delivers Results in Algeria.
Kazakhstan Gears...
Armenia's power sector has suffered
many setbacks: in the late 1980s an earthquake that took its
major nuclear plant off-line, and in the early 1990s the
collapse of...
Type: BriefReport#: 37538Date: April 1, 2006Author:
Sargsyan, Gevorg ;
Balabanyan, Ani ;
Hankinson, Denzel
Subsidies to residential utility
customers are popular among policymakers, utility managers,
and utility customers alike, but they are nonetheless the
subject of much...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3878Date: April 1, 2006Author:
Abdullah,Roohi ;
Foster,Vivien ;
Halpern,Jonathan D. ;
Komives,Kristin ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
This report begins by examining the
characteristics and relative merits of living standards
measurement studies (LSMS) and specialized household energy
surveys. It then...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 37479Date: April 1, 2006Author:
Barnes,Douglas French ;
O'Sullivan,Kyran
Energy interview with Kenneth Rogoff:
no country should plan on us $70 oil forever. World crude
oil markets : monetary policy and the recent oil shock, by
Noureddine...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37148Date: April 1, 2006Author:
Ahrend, Rudiger ;
Egorov, Georgy ;
Jiang,Kejun ;
Jurajda,Stepan ;
Krichene, Noureddine ;
Lissovolik, Bogdan ;
Lissovolik, Yaroslav ;
Paligorova, Teodora ;
Semikolenova,Yadviga Viktorivna ;
Guriev,Sergei M. ;
Sonin, Konstantin ;
Tompson, William ;
Volchkova,Natalia ;
Zelenyuk, Valentin ;
Zingales,Luigi G.
This Thailand Economic Monitor includes
the following: (1) an overview which reports the main issues
in the economic situation of Thailand; (2) recovery and
outlook...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37439Date: April 1, 2006Author:
Atsavasirilert,Wallada ;
Bhaopichitr,Kirida ;
Charoenphol, Kulatida Ch. ;
Luangpenthong,Angkanee ;
Thongampai,Ruangrong
The project's goal is to configure
realistically the potential business units that are likely
to be awarded in concessions to private operators. These
conditions are...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 36869Date: April 1, 2006
This paper lays out the big issues that
affect regional cooperation and development in the wider
Central Asia region, and analyzes in greater detail areas
where there...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35922Date: April 1, 2006Author:
Byrd, William ;
Raiser, Martin ;
Dobronogov, Anton ;
Kitain, Alexander
This report looks at the current status
of energy in Africa, analyzes the current trends, and
proposes strategic options to increase energy access. The
level of investments...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 36004Date: April 1, 2006Author:
Davidson, Ogunlade ;
Conteh, Michael
This is a statement by Ms. Jiayi Zou at
the executive directors' meeting of March 30, 2006
concerning Clean Energy and Development Towards an
Investment Framework.
Type: Executive Director's StatementReport#: 121347Date: March 30, 2006
Kosovo is entering a decisive phase in
its history, as discussions on resolving its final political
status begin; this is happening as domestic governmental
institutions...
Type: Interim Strategy NoteReport#: 35262Date: March 30, 2006
On March 29, 2006, the World Bank’s
Board of Executive Directors today discussed a new Interim
Strategy for Kosovo. This strategy, spanning Fiscal Years
2006 and 2007,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169270Date: March 29, 2006
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