This paper describes the World Bank
Group's strategic perspective on three particularly
important challenges related to the supply and use of energy
in the new century:...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 28086Date: September 1, 2002Author:
Feinstein,Charles M.
This manual for calculating adjusted net
savings is meant to provide a step-by-step description on
how to update the adjusted net (genuine) savings
calculations. Following...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 40665Date: September 1, 2002Author:
Bolt, Katharine ;
Clemens,Michael A. ;
Matete, Mampite
This newsletter in the Development
Outreach covers the following topics: 1) what our readers
think; 2) development reach; 3) special report: sustaining
the earth; 4)...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 25271Date: September 1, 2002Author:
Djumena,Sascha ;
Gama, Chris ;
Haidar,Mona ;
Johnson, Ian ;
Koro,Emmanuel ;
Leautier,Frannie A. ;
Mestrallet, Gerard ;
Michon, Louis ;
Shalizi,Zmarak ;
Svensson,Bent R. ;
Woicke,Peter Lutz ;
Zurayk,Rami Ahmed
This report presents the status of
ongoing ESMAP projects for the six-month period ending June
30, 2002. Its primary audience is the community of ESMAP
donors and partners....
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 25723Date: August 31, 2002
Since 1998, the EAP Program, initially
sponsored by the Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)
and the World Bank, has evolved into a response by the
stakeholders...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 25221Date: August 31, 2002Author:
Santiago, Miguel Angel ;
Potes, Veronica ;
De laCruz, Rodrigo ;
Mayorga Alba, Eleodoro
This report summarizes two years of
intense activity dedicated to the study of the issues
confronted by the refining industry in Latin America and the
Caribbean. Following...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 25220Date: August 31, 2002Author:
Tierno, Andres ;
Garcia, Jose Felix ;
Torres, Guille
The fieldwork for this report consisted
of a household energy survey of households living in 180
villages in six states (Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh,
Maharashtra,...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM258Date: August 31, 2002
Jatropha curcas is a plant of Latin
American origin, now widespread through arid, and semiarid
tropical regions of the world. It is a drought-resistant
perennial, that...
In 1996, the Primer Minister of Vietnam
directed the Ministry of Industry (MOI) to establish a
program and plan to draft the Electricity Law for Vietnam.
After six years...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM259Date: August 31, 2002
This news release, dated August 8, 2002,
announces the World Bank discussed the interim poverty
reduction strategy paper (I-PRSP) and the World Bank-
International Monetary...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162250Date: August 8, 2002
This news release, dated August 6, 2002,
announces the World Bank approved a loan of 202.02 million
dollars to support Mexico’s efforts to promote sustainable
development,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162241Date: August 6, 2002
This newsletter provides information on
PPI-related news in the Maghreb and Mashrek regions on
telecommunications, energy, water and sanitation, transport.
It includes...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 36314Date: August 1, 2002Author:
Speakman,John F.
A Regional Workshop on Household Energy,
Air Pollution and Health was held on 9-10 May 2002 in New
Delhi, India. The two-day event provided a forum to exchange
information...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 28443Date: August 1, 2002
The note analyzes electricity,
productivity, and empowerment in Char Montaz, an isolated
rural island in southern Bangladesh, as the setting for a
model project, to...
This article sums up the report
reviewing the Global Environment Facility (GEF) projects,
combining approaches to remove supply-side and demand-side
barriers to markets...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 24985Date: July 31, 2002Author:
Harstad, Jarle [editor]
Adulteration of gasoline, and diesel
with lower-priced materials is common in South Asia: some
adulterants increase emissions of harmful pollutants from
vehicles, worsening...
Type: BriefReport#: 24743Date: July 31, 2002Author:
Tharby, Ronald [editor]
The report reviews the Global
Environment Facility (GEF) projects, combining approaches to
remove supply-side, and demand-side barriers to markets for
energy-efficient...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 24712Date: July 31, 2002Author:
Birner,Sabrina ;
Martinot,Eric
This paper discusses the reasons for the
slow improvements involving air pollution in China. In this
study, the authors examine the use of lead, urban air
pollution...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 27850Date: July 22, 2002
This news release, dated July 19, 2002,
announces the World Bank will disburse all 19.5 million
dollars of remaining funds from a regulatory reform sector
adjustment...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162044Date: July 19, 2002
This news release, dated July 16, 2002,
announces the World Bank approved a United States (U.S.)
108.2 million dollars credit to support a project which will
help poor...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162233Date: July 16, 2002
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