The main objective of this report is to
assess the likely macroeconomic and welfare impacts promoted
by a policy of gradually removing fuel and utility price
subsidies...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 42043Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Carneiro,Francisco Galrao ;
Silva,Emilson Caputo Delfino
Cameroon is a rural country. More than
70 percent of its people live in rural areas. In 1995, of
13,000 villages in Cameroon, only about 1,500 were connected
to the...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 47731Date: December 1, 2005
This news release, dated December 1,
2005, announces the World Bank approved a United States
(U.S.) 200 million dollars development support credit (DSC)
to support a...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169524Date: December 1, 2005
Indonesia's commitment to reform is
continuing to accelerate economic growth, yet a staggering
one third of its people live without access to electricity.
It is difficult...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 49787Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Jayawardena, Migara; Wang, Leiping; Putra,
Eka; Sundakov, Alex; Hilman, Helianti; Guzman, Alfonzo;
Rasuanto, Sati Bur; Barfield, Rod; Panggabean, Lolo;
This study presents the results of a
survey and analysis of the data available on private
participation in the power sector in the period 1990-2002,
pointing to a series...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 35992Date: December 1, 2005
The problems facing the fuel wood sector
in Nicaragua can be summarized as follows: First, almost all
harvest or production is based on non-sustainable forestry,
with...
Renewable energy (RE) and energy
efficiency (EE) can help meet increased demand for energy at
the least economic, financial, and environmental cost, and
they must be...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 34547Date: December 1, 2005
This study describes the Energy
Efficiency for Sustainable Development (EEfSD) action plan,
to scale up energy efficiency operations in client
countries. The EEfSD strategy...
This report studies the impact that
gender differences in Bangladesh have on access to energy
and energy services and the consequences of these impacts
based on review...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 68609Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Fatema,Naureen
Indonesia's commitment to reform is
continuing to accelerate economic growth, yet a staggering
one third of its people live without access to electricity.
It is difficult...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51380Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Jayawardena, Migara
This report aims to offer our current
and potential donors information relative to the
Program's performance in FY05. It offers analysis of
The Sustainable Business...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 36278Date: December 1, 2005
China expects its gross domestic product
in 2020 to be four times that of 2000. Limits on energy
resources and China's environmental needs require that
electricity use...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM314Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Zhao,Jianping ;
Moskovitz,David ;
Zhaoguang Hu
Over two thirds of Nigeria's
population resides in rural areas. Increasingly, poverty in
the country is wearing a rural face. From 28.3 percent in
1980, poverty among...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 35994Date: December 1, 2005
This report analyzes the principal
environmental and social problems associated with the mining
sector in Peru, examining the technical aspects of
environmental impacts...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 33545Date: December 1, 2005
The main aim of this World Bank-ESMAP
project has been to pave the way for picohydro to become
accessible to low-income households in Ecuador, with the
view to replicating...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 35993Date: December 1, 2005Author:
FUENTES, MANUEL A. ;
Green, John ;
Rai,Kavita ;
Taylor, Simon
The main objective of this report is to
assess the likely macroeconomic and welfare impacts promoted
by a policy of gradually removing fuel and utility price
subsidies...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 42043Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Carneiro,Francisco Galrao ;
Silva,Emilson Caputo Delfino
The Electricity Authority of Cambodia
(EAC) is in its nascent stage of development. However, it
has undertaken initial steps toward increasing public
awareness of electricity...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 44215Date: December 1, 2005
This proposal seeks approval to amend
the Honduras Rural Infrastructure Project (Credit No.
40990-HO; report no. 32463), whose objectives are (1) to
improve access,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 34535Date: November 30, 2005
This news release, dated November 30,
2005, announces the World Bank Group (WBG) progress on
renewable energy and energy efficiency annual report,
released, shows that...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167102Date: November 30, 2005
This news release, dated November 29,
2005, announces the World Bank approved a United States
(U.S.) 12 million dollars credit from the International
Development Association...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169744Date: November 29, 2005
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