A programmatic Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) project activity is a CDM project activity
where the emission reductions are achieved by multiple
actions executed over...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 76941Date: November 29, 2005
This news release, dated November 29,
2005, announces the World Bank’s Board of Executive
Directors approved a United States (U.S.) 30 million dollars
loan for the Kazakhstan...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168845Date: November 29, 2005
A programmatic Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) project activity is a CDM project activity
where the emission reductions are achieved by multiple
actions executed over...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 76941Date: November 29, 2005
This news release, dated November 25,
2005, announces illegal logging is a significant problem for
many countries in the Europe and North Asia region, where
forests...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 166851Date: November 25, 2005
This news release, dated November 15,
2005, announces the World Bank Board of Directors approved
an International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(IBRD) loan...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167322Date: November 15, 2005
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank.
He honored the Bambang Harymurti who is truly a courageous
hero of journalism...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101329Date: November 9, 2005Author:
Wolfowitz,Paul
The Role of the World Bank in Carbon
Finance and the proposed Umbrella Carbon Facility highlights
the development of its engagement in the carbon market. The
approach...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 34287Date: November 9, 2005
This news release, dated November 2,
2005, announces the World Bank approved a United States
(U.S.) 7 million dollars Power Access and Diversification
Project for the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169658Date: November 2, 2005
The Government of Bangladesh has
established a goal of providing electrical power to all its
citizens. Renewable energy is a key component of the
initiative, and Bangladesh...
This paper tracks Thailand's
economic performance for 2005-2006, particularly its
economic growth rate, poverty headcount, oil pricing
impacts, investment environment,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37438Date: November 1, 2005Author:
Atsavasirilert,Wallada ;
Bhaopichitr,Kirida ;
Luangpenthong,Angkanee ;
Thongampai,Ruangrong
The objectives of the study include:
conducting biomass resource assessment; estimating technical
and economically viable biomass energy potential to provide
power and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AsiaDate: November 1, 2005Author:
Kjaer Jepsen, Mmes. Frands ;
Openshaw, Keith ;
Wang, Xiaodong ;
Peng, Ximing
As the chief provider of funding for
renewable energy projects in developing countries, the
Global Environment Facility (GEF) is having a significant
effect on accelerating...
In 2000, the Global Environment Facility
(GEF) launched a project to create a sustainable technical,
institutional, and financial infrastructure to support the
market...
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is the coldest
capital city in the world, with average winter low
temperatures of -20° Celsius. Many families there live in
gers, traditional...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM313Date: November 1, 2005Author:
Cowlin, Shannon ;
Edwards, Rufus ;
Kaufmann,Rachel Beth ;
Smith,Kirk Robert
In this issue: Highlights of upcoming
Council Meetings. GEF Resource Allocation Framework. Focal
Point News. Country Dialogue News. Focal Area News. GEF-NGO
Network...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37627Date: November 1, 2005
Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company
(CEPALCO), the third largest electric distribution utility
in the Philippines, is supplying energy through a Global
Environment...
Chinese leaders recognized early on that
accelerating the transition to efficient and renewable
energy would bring enormous economic, social, and
environmental benefits....
For the Global Environment Facility
(GEF), capacity building is first and foremost about
providing people, institutions, and developing countries
with the tools and...
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