The Global Environment Facility (GEF), carbon finance, and the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) constitute the bulk of dedicated funding for low-carbon development. To achieve the largest possible impact, practitioners...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 55329Date: June 1, 2010Author:
Hosier,Richard H. ;
Kulichenko,Nataliya ;
Maheshwari,Aditi ;
Toba,Natsuko ;
Wang,Xiaodong
The World Bank (WB) initiated a pilot project - dubbed "Guangzhou Green Trucks Pilot Project" in support of Guangzhou's efforts to improve air quality in preparation for the 2010 Asian Games. The goal...
This Note is a review of the literature on the connection between infrastructure and health; specifically, it reviews evidence on how public expenditures in these two sectors contribute to: (a) growth:...
Type: BriefReport#: 69396Date: June 1, 2010Author:
Diez,Sylvia Michele ;
Vandycke,Nancy L.
This paper aims to review the export incentives currently implemented in Syria including the free zone system, identify the main weaknesses, and suggest measures to strengthen them. In particular, drawing...
Type: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows StudyReport#: 69120Date: June 1, 2010
The objective of the Sichuan Small Towns Development Project for China is to contribute to the sustainability of development in the participating small towns in Sichuan province through improvements to...
A good investment climate for tourism, underpinned by a sound tax regime, can play a central role in a government's growth and development strategy. Yet in many countries, tax systems for the tourism sector...
Type: BriefReport#: 59819Date: June 1, 2010Author:
Corthay,Laurent Olivier ;
Loeprick,Jan
This case study was two years in the making based on a study by the World Bank assisted by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP). The...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 77312Date: June 1, 2010Author:
De Gouvello,Christophe
This document sets out a draft framework for the national climate change strategy and action plan to reduce Papua New Guinea (PNG's) vulnerability to the impact of climate change while also limiting the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69781Date: June 1, 2010
This book provides an overview of the World Bank's Eco2 Cities Initiative. The objective of the program is to help cities in developing countries achieve a greater degree of ecological and economic sustainability....
Type: PublicationReport#: 54432Date: May 7, 2010Author:
Suzuki,Hiroaki ;
Dastur,Arish Adi ;
Moffatt, Sebasti
The sustainable development of ger areas in Ulaanbaatar (UB), the capital city of Mongolia, is one of the critical development issues facing the country. The transitions to a market economy and a series...
Type: City Development Strategy (CDS)Report#: 55028Date: May 3, 2010Author:
Kamata,Takuya ;
Reichert,James A. ;
Tsevegmid,Tumentsogt ;
Kim,Yoonhee ;
Sedgewick,Brett
Under the Kyoto Protocol, industrialized countries (called Annex I countries) have to reduce their combined emissions to 5 percent below 1990 levels in the first commitment period of 2008-12. Efforts to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5309Date: May 1, 2010Author:
Kee,Hiau Looi ;
Ma,Hong ;
Mani,Muthukumara S.
This report highlights deficiencies and indicates priorities for a prospective national transport strategy and action plan for further consideration by key stakeholders. The overall objective should be...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 54406Date: May 1, 2010
The population of Senegal is about 12 million. Over 3 million people live in the Dakar metropolitan region, which is growing at twice the pace of the country as a whole (the population growth rate of Dakar...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 66939Date: May 1, 2010Author:
Kumar, Ajay ;
Diou,Christian
This report highlights deficiencies and indicates priorities for a prospective national transport strategy and action plan for further consideration by key stakeholders. The overall objective should be...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 54406Date: May 1, 2010
The problem of our time is not how to keep nations peacefully apart, but how to bring them actively together, wrote David Mitrany in 1943. With that in mind, think about developing the concept for a regional...
Type: BriefReport#: 55876Date: May 1, 2010Author:
Ristic,Lazar
This report highlights deficiencies and indicates priorities for a prospective national transport strategy and action plan for further consideration by key stakeholders. The overall objective should be...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 54406Date: May 1, 2010
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