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Data Against Natural Disasters : Establishing Effective Systems for Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction

Amin, Samia; Goldstein, Markus - Economics Research, World Bank Group

derive from the six country (Guatemala, Haiti, Indonesia, Mozambique, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) case studies that constitute …

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Green Infrastructure Finance : Leading Initiatives and Research

Baietti, Aldo; Shlyakhtenko, Andrey; Rocca, Roberto La; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Investments in green projects are constrained by multiple factors: 1) numerous financial and institutional constraints; 2) pronounced risks; 3) unfavorable structure of cash flow profiles; 4) anti-green market distortions. In order to boost investment flows private financing is essential, but...

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Breathing Clean : Considering the Switch to Natural Gas Buses

Kojima, Masami - Economics Research, World Bank Group

In response to emerging epidemiological evidence of the toxicity of diesel vehicular emissions, there is growing interest in substituting conventional diesel with much cleaner natural gas in cities where ambient concentrations of particulate matter are markedly higher than what is...

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Climate Change and the World Bank Group : Phase II - The Challenge of Low-Carbon Development

Group, Independent Evaluation - Economics Research, World Bank Group

The first volume of Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) series (IEG 2009) examined World Bank experience with the promotion of the most important win-win (no regrets) energy policies, policies that combine domestic gains with global greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions. These included energy pricing...

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Strong, Safe, and Resilient : A Strategic Policy Guide for Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific

Jha, Abhas K.; Stanton-Geddes, Zuzana - Economics Research, World Bank Group

Experiencing both recurrent small-scale events as well as devastating large-scale catastrophes, no other region in the world is affected by disasters as is East Asia and the Pacific. In the last decade, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Manila, and many other cities have been repeatedly hit by floods....

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Low-Carbon Development for Mexico

Johnson, Todd M.; Alatorre, Claudio; Romo, Zayra; Liu, Feng - Economics Research, World Bank Group

One of the most compelling reasons for pursuing low-carbon development is that the potential impacts of climate change are predicted to be severe, for both industrial and developing countries, and that reducing greenhouse gas emissions can reduce the risk of the most catastrophic impacts. The...

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Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2000

Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank

in the developing world. First, the crisis has increased poverty in the East Asian crisis countries, Brazil, and the … developing countries, and addresses the broader issue of the impact of external shocks on poverty in developing countries. Second …

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State and Trends of the Carbon Market—2004

Lecocq, Franck - Economics Research, World Bank Group

This study describes the status of the emerging carbon market, as of May 2004. The carbon market encompasses trades of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission allowances (under the European Union (EU) Emissions Trading Scheme), and project-based transactions, whereby a buyer participates in the financing...

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Egypt - Positive Results from Knowledge Sharing and Modest Lending : An IEG Country Assistance Evaluation 1999-2007

Group, Independent Evaluation - Economics Research, World Bank Group

development indicators improved significantly. However, progress in poverty reduction has been disappointing, with a deterioration … in the poverty headcount, particularly in Upper Egypt. Future Bank strategy needs to reflect Egypt's middle-income status … assistance. The Bank can further strengthen the partnership by focusing on: (i) the persistent issue of poverty and inequality …

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Making a Visible Difference in Our Wrld

Economics Research, World Bank Group; Global …

the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and presents its perspectives for the future. This publication comprises of the …

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