The Palestinian Authority (PA) is in the
early phase of its e‐government journey and aims to utilize
ICT to deliver services to its citizens and businesses to
improve...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 106200Date: January 1, 2016
The Horn of Africa (HOA) covers
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan,
Sudan, and Uganda. Despite its rich endowment in human,
social, and natural...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: ACS14361Date: June 25, 2015
The purpose of this economic and sector
work (ESW) is to support the Republic Forum for potable
water and sanitation (FOCARD-APS) member countries in
improving the resilience...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: AUS11011Date: June 22, 2015Author:
Rodriguez Serrano,Antonio Manuel
This assessment concludes that
individual nations as well as regional and transnational
organizations now have severely limited to nonexistent
capacities to effectively...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 94471Date: March 1, 2015Author:
Fahlman,Robert C ;
Magrath,William B.
The Africa energy unit (AFTEG) of the
World Bank has obtained financing from the trust fund for
environmentally and socially sustainable development
(TFESSD) funded...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 87913Date: April 27, 2014Author:
Grijsen, Johan ;
Patel, Hrishi
The main objective of the report is to
analyze the current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory
process in Romania, and provide recommendations for
improving the...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 95598Date: April 1, 2014
This green growth country assessment for
Former Yugoslav Republic (FYR) Macedonia aims to define the
outlines of a green growth path and the initial steps along
that...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: ACS8179Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Jorgensen, Erika ;
Shkaratan, Maria
This report has been prepared by the
World Bank for the Government of Romania as an output of the
World Bank advisory services program on climate change and
low-carbon...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 95596Date: December 1, 2013
This report presents the World Bank
Group's experience in climate and disaster resilient
development and contends that it is essential to eliminate
extreme poverty and...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 82648Date: November 18, 2013Author:
Urbano M De Bettencourt,Teresa Sofia ;
Ebinger,Jane Olga ;
Fay,Marianne ;
Ghesquiere,Francis ;
Gitay,Habiba ;
Krausing,Jarl ;
Kull,Daniel Werner ;
Mccall,Kevin ;
Reid,Robert Curle Jesse ;
Simpson,Alanna Leigh
This report presents the World Bank
Group's experience in climate and disaster resilient
development and contends that it is essential to eliminate
extreme poverty and...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 82648Date: November 18, 2013Author:
Urbano M De Bettencourt,Teresa Sofia ;
Ebinger,Jane Olga ;
Fay,Marianne ;
Ghesquiere,Francis ;
Gitay,Habiba ;
Krausing,Jarl ;
Kull,Daniel Werner ;
Mccall,Kevin ;
Reid,Robert Curle Jesse ;
Simpson,Alanna Leigh
Kazakhstan's environmental
situation is at a critical cross-road, where the pressures
of economic growth without adequate environmental controls
and the legacy of industrial...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 83915Date: November 1, 2013
Climate change is happening faster and
in a dramatically more visible way in the Earth's
cryosphere than anywhere else on earth. Cryosphere is
defined as elements of...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 82409Date: October 1, 2013Author:
Bodin, Svante ;
Nordberg, Lars ;
Pearson, Pam ;
Pettus, Ashley
Climate change is happening faster and
in a dramatically more visible way in the Earth's
cryosphere than anywhere else on earth. Cryosphere is
defined as elements of...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 82409Date: October 1, 2013Author:
Bodin, Svante ;
Nordberg, Lars ;
Pearson, Pam ;
Pettus, Ashley
This report includes the letters and the
responses reagarding the Nam Theun (NT2) Multipurpose
Development Project. The Government of Lao, the Nam Theun 2
Power Company...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 72330Date: September 1, 2013
The State of Uttarakhand experienced an
unprecedented high rainfall between June 15 and 17, 2013
that resulted in flash floods and landslides within the
State. The continuous...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 82643Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Dani,Saurabh Suresh ;
Motwani, Anil
This report presents analysis of a
database of global geothermal drilling success. The
database, compiled by IFC, covers geothermal fields that
together supply power...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 78230Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Allen, Mike ;
Avato,Patrick Alexander ;
Gehringer,Magnus ;
GeothermEx ;
Harding-Newman,Tom ;
Levin,Jeremy ;
Loksha,Victor B. ;
Meng,Zhengjia ;
Moin,Sonia ;
Morrow, James ;
Oduolowu,Akin O. ;
Pantelias,Alexios ;
Sanyal,Subir Kumar
The Congo Basin has the largest forest
cover on the African continent. Of the 400 million hectares
that the Basin comprises, about 200 million of them are
covered by...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 77942Date: May 1, 2013Author:
Braune,Loic Jean Charles ;
Doetinchem,Nina ;
Dulal,Hari Bansha ;
Megevand,Carole
This report aims at providing
stakeholders with a good analysis of the potential impacts
of mining development on the Congo Basin forests. It is one
of a series of outputs...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 77944Date: May 1, 2013Author:
Hund, Kirsten ;
Megevand, Carole ;
Gomes, Edilene Pereira ;
Miranda, Marta ;
Reed, Erik
The aim of the rapid assessment is to
support the transition from emergency post conflict recovery
to a development approach. The completion of the water,
sanitation,...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 79923Date: May 1, 2013Author:
Warnakulasuriya Alagappage,Anthony Nihal Fernando ;
Garvey,Walter A.
This report details seven
recommendations from the International Environmental and
Social Panel of Experts for the Nam Theun 2 (NT2)
Multipurpose Project in the Lao...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 81534Date: March 12, 2013Author:
Mcdowell,David K. ;
Scudder, Taylor ;
Talbot,Lee M.
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