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The Scaling Up to Phase Down approach is a contribution by the World Bank to the ongoing debate on how to accelerate …. The approach is intended to be a bridge between the challenges facing World Bank clients who are seeking to transition … millions of people; and protect vulnerable customers from unaffordable energy prices. For the first time, the World Bank has …
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Thailand needs to avoid the high-carbon growth path of many developed countries and, instead, take a low-carbon growth path. A green low-carbon growth path is in Thailand's own interest as it can simultaneously tackle local environmental degradation, global climate change, and energy security...
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The Philippine economy outperformed its regional peers, expanding by 6.4 percent in the first quarter of 2023. The continued release of pent-up demand as well as recovering labor market, steady remittances, and tourism rebound supported domestic activity. Weak global conditions, however,...
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This working paper commissioned by the World Bank Carbon Markets and Innovation Practice (GCCMI) critically examines …
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A team of energy experts from 15 agencies worked under the leadership of the World Bank and the International Energy …
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Increasing private investment is critical to meeting the growing energy needs in developing countries. Foreign direct investment (FDI) can contribute significantly-by bridging the financing gap but also by facilitating knowledge and technology transfer. A key factor impeding the ability of...
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renewable energy (solar and wind) infrastructure projects procured through PPPs. It complements the World Bank Group's Climate …
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identified in the Environmental Action Programme for Central and Eastern Europe. It continues and builds on the World Bank's work …
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In response to emerging epidemiological evidence of the toxicity of diesel vehicular emissions, there is growing interest in substituting conventional diese with much cleaner natural gas in cities where ambient concentrations of particulate matter are markedly higher than what is internationally...
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This is a comparative study of the legal framework for water users' associations (WUAs) in six countries, namely, Colombia, India, Mexico, Nepal, the Philippines and Turkey. The study postulates that, since water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource and irrigation is the single largest...
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