This study investigates whether
sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) posed -- and will continue to pose
-- a special challenge in the Bank's lending for power
sector development....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 14961Date: October 16, 1995
This report is about the hydro
industry’s transition to sustainable energy and ranks new
energy sources in an effort to distinguish better dams from
worse. The report...
Since 1990, the World Bank has assisted
the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
(CEE) in implementing actions to improve the environment.
The World...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 52901Date: October 1, 1995
This report covers the World Banks
fiscal year 1995 (FY95), the third complete fiscal year of
operation of the Asia Alternative Energy Unit (ASTAE).
ASTAEs work program...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 89517Date: October 1, 1995
This paper explores the intersection
between institutional economics and development practice.
Intent on shaping development policy and overcoming
implementation dilemmas,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP304Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Picciotto,Robert
The Hungarian economy is coming out of a
four-year recession after going through several important
structural changes. More than 60 percent of output is now
produced...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14970Date: September 30, 1995
This publication comes three years after
the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when almost all
the countries in the world endorsed the concept of
environmentally...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15024Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Mason,Jocelyn T.
This report is a summary of the
publication "Mainstreaming the environment," which
came three years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. It documents how...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15014Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Mason,Jocelyn T.
The author argues that since competition
is more effective than regulation in promoting efficiency,
separating the potentially competitive parts of the industry
from...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16913Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Newbery,David M.
This priority-setting study elevates, as
a first principle, maintaining the representation of all
ecosystem and habitat types in regional investment
portfolios. Second,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14996Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Bookbinder, Marnie P. ;
Dinerstein, Eric ;
Graham,Douglas J. ;
Ledec,George Campos ;
Olson, David M. ;
Primm, Steven A. ;
Webster, Avis L. ;
World Wildlife Fund
The report outlines the principal
outcomes of implementing the Renewable Energy Strategy for
Africa (RESA), namely development benefits associated with
the use of energy,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 21116Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Clement-Jones, Robert ;
Mercier, Jean-Roger
The purpose of this Activity Completion
report is to present a concise account of the activities and
recommendations of the Project of Efficient Energy in
Buildings...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM175Date: September 30, 1995
Many economists advocate the use of
tradable water rights as the most efficient system for
allocating scarce water resources among alternative economic
uses. According...
There are important gaps in our
understanding of the facets of environmentally sustainable
development, but there are also areas in which data
collection could be streamlined....
Type: PublicationReport#: 15023Date: September 30, 1995
International oil markets have evolved
significantly, and a competitive market has emerged that is
setting internationally accepted prices for crude and
refined products....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17622Date: September 30, 1995Author:
BAM ;
Mayorga-Alba, Eleodoro
This final report updates an April 1995
interim report presented at a workshop on power sector
reform that took place in Hanoi, May 11-12, 1995. The
workshop was sponsored...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM174Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Vietnam
Ultimately, to be sustainable, cities
must function for peoples, protect their health, provide
shelter, and offer opportunities for employment and cultural
expression....
Type: PublicationReport#: 15022Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Serageldin, Ismail ;
Barrett, Richard ;
Martin-Brown
Bolivia is the first emerging market
economy to attempt privatization of the electricity supply
industry through the capitalization process, a process which
aims at...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 21520Date: September 12, 1995
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