WASHINGTON, May 11, 2017--The World Bank today approved an International Development Association (IDA)* credit of $26.3 million for the Hydropower Development on the Sanaga River Technical Assistance Project....
Date: May 11, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Following the successful completion of the Paraguay Biodiversity Project, (supported by Global Environment Facility) which has contributed to the preservation of one of the region's largest biological...
Date: May 9, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
The rehabilitation of the Nurek Hydropower Plant will help secure electricity supply in winter and boost economic productivity. WASHINGTON, May 3, 2017 – The people of Tajikistan and local enterprises...
Date: May 3, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
PHYSICAL WORKS Construction Progress: The VPHEP generating scheme will be constructed primarily through two large EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contracts, one for civil works and hydro-mechanical...
Date: January 13, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ISLAMABAD, September 20, 2016 ─ The World Bank approved today an Additional Financing (AF) of $390 million to help sustainable expansion of Pakistan’s electricity generation capacity. The AF under...
Date: September 20, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In Central Asia, energy and water security are critical to boosting income levels, reducing poverty, and ensuring sustainable development for all citizens across the region. This cannot be achieved, however,...
Date: June 28, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
By enabling regional electricity trade and paving the way for other trade/transit infrastructure investments in the region, CASA-1000 will help alleviate poverty in some of the poorest parts of the world...
Date: May 31, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Your Excellencies:Mr. Emomali Rahmon, President of the Republic of Tajikistan Mr. Sooronbay Zheenbekov, Prime-Minister of Kyrgyz Republic Mr. Abdulla Abdulla, Chief Executive of the Islamic...
Date: May 12, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Frequently Asked Questions 1. What is the objective of the CASA-1000 project? The CASA-1000 project is the first step towards creating the Central Asia-South Asia Regional...
Date: May 10, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
The China Water and Electric Corporation (CWE), EPC Contractor for the Isimba Hyropower Project in Uganda, which the World Bank is not financing, ran a paid advertisement in The Daily Monitor, a Ugandan...
Date: March 21, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Energy underpins every aspect of economic development. The world acknowledged that by adopting a dedicated UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 7) that aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, modern...
Date: February 17, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MASERU, December 1, 2015 – Mamosala was devastated when she found out that she was HIV positive. As a 35-year-old woman, her worry was not for herself but for her unborn child. Pregnant and living in a...
Date: December 1, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Micro hydropower plants (MHPs), starting as small turbine mills in the hills of Nepal in the early 1960s, have slowly increased in number and capacity to become a major source of off-grid electricity in...
Date: September 27, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 25, 2015 – The World Bank today approved a credit of US$ 20 million for the Government of Nepal to implement the Power Sector Reform and Sustainable Hydropower Development Project. ...
Date: September 25, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
PHYSICAL WORKS Construction Progress: The VPHEP generating scheme will be constructed primarily through two large EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) contracts, one for civil works and hydro-mechanical...
Date: August 12, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NEW YORK, May 18, 2015—The world is heading in the right direction to achieve universal access to sustainable energy by 2030 but must move faster, says a new report that tracks the progress of the Sustainable...
Date: May 18, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
A decade ago, the international community came together with a commitment to help Lao PDR – one of the world’s poorest countries – develop a better kind of hydropower project, one that generates power...
Date: May 14, 2015
Type: Opinion
Language: English
WASHINGTON, March 4, 2015—The Niger River is one of the few perennial sources of water in the arid and semi-arid lands of Africa’s Sahel region. For thousands of years, the river has supported communities...
Date: March 4, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, December 9, 2014—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$75 million IDA* Credit and US$25 million grant from the Government of Sweden to Zambia for the Kariba Dam...
Date: December 9, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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