Ten years ago, the World Bank and donor
partners established the Asia Alternative Energy Program
(ASTAE) to support the transition to environmentally
sustainable energy...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 31871Date: December 31, 2001
The Philippines Environment Monitor
2001, focuses on solid waste management, which triggered by
the "garbage crisis" of Metro Manila, has emerged
as one of the most...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 23361Date: December 31, 2001
This working paper presents the
proceedings of a national conference organized by the
Nigerian Authorities in Abuja on November 15-16, 2001. The
objectives of the conference...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 28444Date: December 1, 2001Author:
de Nevers, Michele E. ;
Obeng, Letitia A.
The Public-Private Infrastructure
Advisory Facility (PPIAF) is a multidonor technical
assistance facility aimed at helping developing countries
improve the quality of...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 35496Date: December 1, 2001
Energy is vital for social and economic
development. Modern societies depend on reliable energy
supply to sustain their productive capacity and social
cohesion. Many...
Analysts expect China to continue
improving the efficiency of energy production and use,
thereby decoupling the traditional relationship between
gross domestic product...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 23488Date: December 1, 2001
This news release, dated November 21,
2001, announces the World Bank’s Executive Board approved a
23 million dollars loan to support the Government of
Ecuador’s initiative...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 161970Date: November 21, 2001
Taking into account the mixed
development results, the outcome of IDA assistance is rated
as moderately satisfactory. In spite of the large unfinished
reform agenda,...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 23278Date: November 12, 2001
The insufficient, and unsustainable
supplies of energy, constitute what may be called an
"energy poverty" or "resource poverty",
affecting some forty percent of people...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM249Date: October 31, 2001
In the context of the Pakistan Clean
Fuels Program, and subsequent workshops, the study reviews
the proposed timetable for phasing lead out of gasoline,
increasing the...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM246Date: October 31, 2001
The purpose of this Activity Completion
Report is to sumarize the results of support from ESMAP to
Mongolia in the rehabilitation of its electricity and
district heating...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM247Date: October 31, 2001
This paper provides background
information on decentralized electrification, and, attempts
to fulfill two objectives: review methods of decentralized
electrification...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM248Date: October 31, 2001
Air pollution is viewed as a serious
problem in many cities in South Asia. Many city governments
hold transport largely responsible and have adopted, or are
considering,...
Working together: GEF secretariat and
the focal points. GEF action on capacity building. GEF
council constituency meetings. New guidance from the UNFCC.
Spotlight...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37615Date: October 1, 2001
Natural gas (NG) is a clean-burning
alternative fuel, with significant potential for reducing
harmful emissions, especially those of fine particles, from
vehicles. Vehicular...
This paper provides an overview of
current evidence on the nature and magnitude of the access
challenge in developing countries, of the policy options
available to governments...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37559Date: October 1, 2001Author:
Brook,Penelope J. ;
Smith,Warrick P.
Transport-related air pollution is
increasingly contributing to environmental health risks in
many developing country cities. The social costs of poor
urban quality...
Recent World Bank analysis shows that
taxes on petroleum products are a critical source of
government revenue for low-income countries. And if the
experience of industrial...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 23942Date: September 30, 2001Author:
Bacon,Robert W.
the objective of the World Bank's
first workshop on the downstream petroleum sector in
Sub-Saharan Africa was to help countries learn from each
other petroleum sector...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM245Date: September 30, 2001
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