On February 23, 2006, World Bank Group
President Paul Wolfowitz will visit Prague on February 28 to
celebrate the Czech Republic’s
'graduation' from the World...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164257Date: February 23, 2006
The 2001-2004 CAS focused on five
objectives: accelerating broad-based growth; consolidating
gains in human development; formulating and implementing an
integrated approach...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 89016Date: February 22, 2006
This Country Assistance Evaluation for
Pakistan needs a clear strategy and a defined program to
support it. The Bank has recently been working with the
government on...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 34942Date: February 17, 2006
On February 16, 2006, the World Bank
today approved a US 5.0 million dollars Grant for an
Infrastructure Pre-Investment Facility (IPF) Project for Georgia.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167978Date: February 16, 2006
This is the ninth report of the
International Environmental and Social Panel of Experts (POE
or the Panel) for the Second Nam Theun (NT2) Project in the
Lao People's...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70892Date: February 15, 2006Author:
Mcdowell,David K. ;
Scudder,Thayer ;
Talbot,Lee M.
On February 14, 2006, Latin American
countries need to fight poverty more aggressively if they
want to grow more and compete with China and other dynamic
Asian economies,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164773Date: February 14, 2006
On February 7, 2006, the World Bank
today approved an 86.33 million dollars loan to scale up
China’s use of renewable energy as the country’s demand for
power increases.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168259Date: February 7, 2006
This note is a summary of a study to be
published by ESMAP and the Energy and Mining Sector Board in
2006. The study proposes four principles for regulatory
systems...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 37485Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Reiche,Kilian A. ;
Tenenbaum,Bernard W. ;
Torres De Mastle,Clemencia
This study evaluates the current energy
situation in the member states of the Organization of
Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and identifies selected
investment options...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM317Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Hertzmark,Donald I.
This integrated river basin management
case study focuses on main water management concerns as they
pertain to the Senegal River basin and the Senegal River
Basin Authority....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 41170Date: February 1, 2006
This note is based on a longer report
published by ESMAP in 2005. The report responds to the
increasing number of requests from developing countries to
help assess the...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 37486Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Johnson,Todd M. ;
Kojima,Masami
On February 1, 2006, ahead of an
international conference on renewable energy to be held in
Mexico this week, the World Bank urgedboth developed and
developing countries...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164444Date: February 1, 2006
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment-the
comprehensive study of the state of the world's
ecosystems, which the Global Environment Facility (GEF)
supported-concludes that...
The phenomenon of poverty has
traditionally been measured based on the individual's
income. However, more recently, the debate over poverty has
evolved beyond income...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 36003Date: February 1, 2006
The four studies in this technical paper
series deal with complementary themes and propose solutions
to the same problems that all of them perceive in the
Mexican electricity...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 36002Date: February 1, 2006
The objectives of the Landfill
Gas-to-Energy (LFGTE) Initiative in Latin America and the
Caribbean are to. 1) contribute to the maximization of
methane emissions reductions...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM318Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Terraza, Horacio ;
Grajales, Francisco
There are very few absolute certainties
in investment. Even the most basic methods for valuing
stocks have been the focus of intense debate for years. And
yet, one thing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 52195Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Brown,Melissa
Land degradation is recognized as a
major threat to biodiversity, the global climate, and
trans-boundary waters. Although the direct causes of land
degradation are geographically...
This paper commences with an overview
that provides the following observations: China's GDP
growth hardly slowed in 2005, with domestic demand firmly
taking the lead...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37737Date: February 1, 2006
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