The African Development Bank (AfDB) is
currently implementing the Gazetted Forests Participatory
Management Project for REDD+, with the objective of
improving the carbon...
The Trung Son dam is a medium-sized
hydropower dam (260 megawatts) that was developed with the
aim of achieving social and environmental sustainability.
Experience gained...
Type: ReportReport#: 152332Date: September 1, 2020Author:
Nguyen,Nghi Quy ;
Lenihan,Martin Henry ;
Saint-Pierre,Claude ;
Phuong,Nguyen Thi Minh ;
Dan,Phan Huyen
The emission reduction (ER) program aims
to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from deforestation
and forest degradation, and to foster conservation,
sustainable...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 153290Date: September 1, 2020
Major oil and gas discoveries are often
associated with excitement and jubilation among citizens and
government officials. But the extent to which discoveries
substantially...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9372Date: August 31, 2020Author:
Cust,James Frederick ;
Mensah,Justice Tei
This study on Securing Forest Tenure
Rights for Rural Development aims to contribute to efforts
worldwide to reduce poverty and strengthensustainable
management in forest...
Type: ReportReport#: 152337Date: August 31, 2020Author:
Segura Warnholtz,Gerardo ;
Fernandez,Mercedes ;
Smyle,James W. ;
Springer,Jenny
This report is a compendium of two
separate reports. Section I evaluates opportunities and
risks of forest tenure devolution enshrined in Zambia’s
legal framework to...
Climate threatens development progress
in MNA. Last two years show warmest global temperatures on
record. Achieving climate mainstreaming across policies,
programs and...
MDBs (AfDB, ADB, EBRD, EIB, IDB and WBG)
track and report climate finance based on a harmonized
methodology for climate mitigation and adaptation since
2012. Climate...
Type: ReportReport#: 152230Date: August 27, 2020Author:
Sieghart,Lia Carol ;
Al-Naber,Helena Munir Freih ;
Abbas,Syed Adeel ;
Clement,Viviane Wei Chen
Four different classroom observation
instruments -- from the Service Delivery Indicators, the
Stallings Observation System, the Classroom Assessment
Scoring System,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9365Date: August 25, 2020Author:
Filmer,Deon P. ;
Molina,Ezequiel ;
Wane,Waly
The COVID-19 crisis is causing massive
suffering across the globe. In addition to the human
consequences of the disease, containment measures to slow
down and control...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 152081Date: August 25, 2020Author:
Fargher,Samuel John ;
Hallegatte,Stephane
Liberia is one of the most forested
countries in West Africa, with more than two thirds of its
land surface covered by forest. The National Forest
Inventory, conducted...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001831Date: August 21, 2020Author:
Hooda,Neeta ;
Ahuja,Naysa ;
Costa,Valentina ;
Gourlay,Sydney ;
Kishor,Nalin M. ;
Murray,Siobhan ;
Verheijen,Lesya
The High-Frequency Phone Survey of Firms
(HFPS-F) interviews a sample of firms in Addis Ababa every
three weeks for a total of eight survey rounds. This
high-frequency...
This report provides a brief overview of
the role of energy storage against the background of current
trends in power systems with a particular emphasis on
developing...
This study report 'Planning for
Efficient Dispatch' was developed within the framework
of the project 'Variable Renewable Energy Integration
and Planning: Pakistan'...
Type: ReportReport#: 152814Date: August 17, 2020Author:
Schreider, Achim ;
Schmitt, Karsten ;
Reithe, Georg
To promote the development and diffusion
of electric vehicles, central and local governments in many
countries have adopted various incentive programs. This
study examines...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9359Date: August 13, 2020Author:
Li,Shanjun ;
Zhu,Xianglei ;
Ma,Yiding ;
Zhang,Fan ;
Zhou,Hui
In the future, green hydrogen—hydrogen
produced with renewable energy resources—could provide
developing countries with a zero-carbon energy carrier to
support national...
Type: ReportReport#: 151984Date: August 12, 2020Author:
De Sisternes Jimenez,Fernando Jose ;
Jackson,Christopher Paul
Nutrition Smart Agriculture: When Good
Nutrition is Good Business. Nutrition smart agriculture
(NSmartAg) is a set of agriculture and agro-processing
technologies and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 151605Date: August 11, 2020
Nutrition smart agriculture (NSmartAg)
is a set of agriculture and agro-processing technologies and
practices that contribute to the improvement of nutrition
and increase...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 151562Date: August 10, 2020
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