In the United States, some large
industrial and commercial energy users have sucessfully used
energy performance contractors to effect energy savings in
exchange for...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS109Date: February 28, 1989Author:
Yates, Philip
This paper examines the forces that
determine the allocation of resources which are not subject
to completely private ownership. The paper develops the
distinction between...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV14Date: February 28, 1989Author:
Magrath,William B.
The impacts of reduced oil prices on the
economic viability of selected technologies which utilize
solar, wind and biomass energy sources are examined. The
technologies...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS110Date: February 28, 1989Author:
Terrado, Ernesto ;
Mendis, Matthew ;
Fitzgerald, Kev
This report presents an overview of the
status of today's power system technology and
expectations for future development. It examines the main
areas of the power system:...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 8287Date: February 28, 1989Author:
Barthold, Lionel O.
This paper presents basic background
information on Bank lending in energy, as ready reference
for answering queries from companies, governments, and other
entities...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS111Date: February 28, 1989Author:
Industry and Energy Department
This report examines the evolution of
the US power sector over the past 100 years and explains its
present mix of private and public electric utilities
functioning under...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 8288Date: February 28, 1989Author:
Munasinghe, Mohan ;
Sanghvi, Arun
L'Energie des Pays des Grands Lacs
(EGL) is the energy affiliate of La Communaute Economique
des Pays des Grands Lacs (CEPGL), an organization founded in
1976 to promote...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM98Date: February 28, 1989
The existence of reliable, disaggregated
information on residential fuel consumption and supply is
essential to the formulation of sound household energy
strategies....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS108Date: February 28, 1989Author:
Leitmann,Josef Lloyd
The increasing involvement of the Bank
in short run macroeconomic analyis has made relevant the
identification of a limited set of economic variables with
brief publication...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP32Date: February 28, 1989Author:
Estache,Antonio
This study summarizes the major sources
of industrial and energy pollution in the Mediterranean
region. The report discusses the effects of pollution on the
nonindustrial...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 12260Date: February 28, 1989Author:
Batstone, Roger ;
Kosmo, Mark
Should the United States increase taxes
and tariffs in the energy sector to reduce its federal
deficit? This paper uses a twelve sector general equilibrium
model to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS145Date: February 28, 1989Author:
de Melo, Jaime ;
Stanton, Julie ;
Tarr, David
Total world demand for oil is expected
to increase about 27 percent in the period 1985-2000. Demand
in the centrally planned economies should remain constant.
Oil consumption...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS112Date: January 31, 1989Author:
McKeogh, Kay ;
Escay, Jose ;
Sem, Sompheap
This paper analyzes the impact of
government policies on the magnitude and rate of
deforestation in Brazil's Amazon region. The main
hypothesis is that efforts to slow...
Type: PublicationReport#: 8910Date: January 31, 1989Author:
Mahar, Dennis ;
ENV
In 1986 and 1987 the lower oil prices
called into question many of the fundamental assumptions
that were the stock in trade of energy experts during the
previous ten...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS106Date: January 31, 1989Author:
Munasinghe, Mohan ;
Saunders, Robert J.
This report outlines the first
comprehensive energy strategy for Zambia. It identifies a
priority energy sector investment program for the period
1989-93, reflecting...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM94Date: December 31, 1988
Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation
Limited (ZESCO), Zambia's publicly owned electric
utility, has maintained quality and reliable electricity
service while the cost...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM93Date: December 31, 1988
The Energy Sector Management Assistance
Program (ESMAP) was started jointly by the World Bank and
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 1983. Today,
ESMAP is...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 7972Date: December 31, 1988
This report provides an analysis of the
current structure of Brazil's external debt, and the
factors that determined the increase of total debt stock
over time. It studies...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP34Date: December 31, 1988Author:
Vatnick,Silvina G.
This report summarizes the preparation
of a technically and economically feasible project to
alleviate the woodfuel supply constraints as part of an
overall woodfuel...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM86Date: December 31, 1988
These remarks were delivered by Barber
B. Conable, President of The World Bank, International
Finance Corporation and Multilateral Investment Guarantee
Agency, at the...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 112033Date: December 6, 1988Author:
Conable,Barber B.
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