This report was commissioned with the
aim to assist the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) in its
efforts to develop the mining sector. Thus, the report has
been produced...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 89139Date: July 1, 2014
A 2013 scientific assessment of black
carbon emissions and impacts found that black carbon is
second to carbon dioxide in terms of its climate forcing.
High concentrations...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 86485Date: April 2, 2014Author:
Minjares, Ray ;
Wagner, David Vance ;
Akbar, Sameer
Arab countries hold about 29 percent of
the world's proven gas reserves, but every country
(except Qatar and Algeria) is short of the gas supply needed
to meet its current...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 76114Date: February 1, 2013
The purpose of this handbook is to
provide guidance to stakeholders (including policy makers,
industry, and civil society) in countries currently
implementing, or seeking...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 73831Date: November 26, 2012Author:
Kannan, Sridar P. [editor] ;
Ravat, Anwar [editor]
The World Bank oil, gas and mining unit,
in its capacity as a driver for best practice related to
extractive industry contributions to poverty alleviation,
has a strong...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 71299Date: March 1, 2012Author:
Bocoum, Boubacar ;
Sarkar, Sunrita ;
Gow-Smith, Alastair ;
Morakinyo, Tunde ;
Frau, Roberto ;
Kuniholm, Matthew ;
Otto, James M.
The World Bank oil, gas and mining unit,
in its capacity as a driver for best practice related to
extractive industry contributions to poverty alleviation,
has a strong...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 71299Date: March 1, 2012Author:
Bocoum, Boubacar ;
Sarkar, Sunrita ;
Gow-Smith, Alastair ;
Morakinyo, Tunde ;
Frau, Roberto ;
Kuniholm, Matthew ;
Otto, James M.
The World Bank oil, gas and mining unit,
in its capacity as a driver for best practice related to
extractive industry contributions to poverty alleviation,
has a strong...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 71299Date: March 1, 2012Author:
Bocoum, Boubacar ;
Sarkar, Sunrita ;
Gow-Smith, Alastair ;
Morakinyo, Tunde ;
Frau, Roberto ;
Kuniholm, Matthew ;
Otto, James M.
The Nigerian LP Gas Sector Improvement
Study of 2004, produced by the Oil and Gas Policy Division
with ESMAP funding, lead the Program to draw the lessons
learned from...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 70656Date: January 1, 2012
Regional organizations and national
governments are increasingly focusing on enhancing the
benefits from mining sector investment. The Africa
Union's African Mining...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 66585Date: January 1, 2012
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)
is a global reality. It represents a longstanding and
important livelihood for more than 100 million men and women
around the...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 67520Date: January 1, 2012
This study attempts to quantify the
benefits that could be obtained for the country of
Afghanistan from the developments of the Aynak copper and
Hajigak iron ore deposits...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 68259Date: February 22, 2011
The World Bank oil, gas and mining unit,
in its capacity as a driver for best practice related to
extractive industry contributions to poverty alleviation,
has a strong...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 71299Date: June 1, 2010Author:
Bocoum, Boubacar ;
Sarkar, Sunrita ;
Gow-Smith, Alastair ;
Morakinyo, Tunde ;
Frau, Roberto ;
Kuniholm, Matthew ;
Otto, James M.
The West African Mineral Sector
Strategic Assessment (WAMSSA) is a strategic environmental
and social assessment intended to identify policy,
institutional, and regulatory...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 53738Date: March 31, 2010
This report has been prepared by
Economic Consulting Associates (ECA) under contract to the
World Bank to explore the potential for interconnection and
electricity trade...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 53047Date: October 1, 2009
The petroleum sector is not very well
developed at the present time in Rwanda. The only petroleum
related activity at this time in Rwanda is the extraction of
dissolved...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 70432Date: October 1, 2009
The Sub-Saharan Africa Refinery Study
evaluates the effects of improved fuel specifications on
refiningoperations and air quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). The improved...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 70690Date: September 1, 2009
The Sub-Saharan Africa Refinery Study
evaluates the effects of improved fuel specifications on
refiningoperations and air quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). The improved...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 70690Date: September 1, 2009
The Sub-Saharan Africa Refinery Study
evaluates the effects of improved fuel specifications on
refiningoperations and air quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). The improved...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 70690Date: September 1, 2009
This mineral sector review examines the
mineral sector as a potential source of growth and
development in Malawi. In seeking the World Bank's
assistance the Government...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 50160Date: July 1, 2009
Dependence on the oil sector as a source
of economic growth is no longer sustainable given the rate
at which oil reserves are being depleted. Yemen will come to
rely...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 47985Date: June 1, 2009
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