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: January 1, 2013Author:
Warnakulasuriya Alagappage,Anthony Nihal Fernando ;
Garvey,Walter A.
This report presents the outcome of the
World Bank's analytical and advisory work to assess the
status of water resources development and the key water
issues and challenges...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 88320Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Jiang, Liping
The Government of Pakistan's
(GoP's) 2011 framework for economic growth seeks to
place Pakistan on a sustained high economic growth path of 7
percent per year through...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 71812Date: December 1, 2012
Biomass is the most important source of
energy in Rwanda, especially for domestic cooking. Today
approximately 86 percent of primary energy comes from
biomass, mainly...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 83037Date: October 1, 2012
Biomass is the most important source of
energy in Rwanda, especially for domestic cooking. Today
approximately 86 percent of primary energy comes from
biomass, mainly...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 83037Date: October 1, 2012
Like other regions, Eastern Europe and
Central Asia is vulnerable to climate change and its
potential socioeconomic impacts. While all countries are
facing warmer temperatures,...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 78416Date: June 28, 2012
The main objective of the assessment is
to determine how Poland's environmental and social
safeguard systems can be used in place of the corresponding
Bank safeguards,...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 78415Date: June 26, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to outline
an approach for Bank engagement in forests, trees, and
woodlands on farms in Sub-Saharan Africa for the coming five
years. The...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 73026Date: June 14, 2012Author:
Bromhead, Marjory-Anne
This study is a joint effort of the
Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), Chinese experts,
and the World Bank to inform the policy-making process in
line with...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70753Date: June 1, 2012
There has been critical concern
expressed about the future of populations in dryland systems
given their current ecological and socio-economic status,
and the likelihood...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 69769Date: January 1, 2012
Climate Friendly Technologies (CFT)
reduces the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) by reducing
the carbon content of economic activity. Climate change due
to greenhouse...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 56564Date: January 1, 2012
The detrimental health effects of
environmental exposure to arsenic have become increasingly
clear in the last few years. High concentrations detected in
groundwater...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 71518Date: January 1, 2012
This report uses new measures of extreme
weather and methodologies to gauge their welfare effects. A
myriad of methodological issues and data constraints plague
empirical...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 69575Date: January 1, 2012
The Ministry of Environment and Natural
Resources of the Government of Sri Lanka is the apex body
under which all environmental issues and policy matters are
addressed....
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70806Date: January 1, 2012
Turkeys macroeconomic policies and
strategies consider industrial growth as a major source of
economic growth. However, industries, such as energy, iron
and steel,...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 69255Date: December 1, 2011
As donors pledge growing support for
protecting and managing forests to address climate change,
the question of how to pay tropical countries to reduce
their emissions...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70510Date: November 1, 2011
The objective of the Functional Review
of the Environment, Water and Forestry sector (FR-EWF) is to
help the Government of Romania (GoR) develop an action plan
for implementation...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 74294Date: June 30, 2011
This study's objectives are: (i) to
present the pros and cons of existing and alternative brick
technologies in Bangladesh with specific focus on pollution
and energy...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 60155Date: June 30, 2011
The objective of the Functional Review
of the Environment, Water and Forestry sector (FR-EWF) is to
help the Government of Romania (GoR) develop an action plan
for implementation...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 74294Date: June 30, 2011
This study aims to strengthen the
understanding of the vulnerability of Kolkata from increased
precipitation caused by climate change effects with a
specific goal to:...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 53282Date: June 1, 2011
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