Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- PART 1 Coverage -- Chapter 2 Trend in Residential Piped Water Coverage -- Introduction -- Utility Data on Coverage -- Household Survey Data on Coverage --...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Editors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- PART 1 Safe Water -- Chapter 2 Access to Improved Water Sources: Quantitative Analysis -- Introduction -- Trends in Access to Water Sources -- Constraints for Access...

This World Bank Study provides a basic diagnostic of residential piped water coverage and affordability in Uganda and its relationship with poverty using a series of nationally representative household surveys for the period 2002-13. The study fi rst analyzes trends in piped water coverage using...

This World Bank Study provides a basic diagnostic of access to safe water and sanitation in Uganda and their relationship with poverty. The analysis relies on a series of nationally representative household surveys for the period 2002-13, as well as on qualitative data collection. The study...

In September 2012, the Government of India approved a financial rescue scheme to revive the power generation sector. This bailout amounted to about Rs 1.9 trillion and came in response to banks and financial institutions with large nonperforming loans to the power sector. This is the second...

India is home to one of the world's largest populations without electricity access. Traditionally, the Government of India has extended rural electrification using two instruments: consumption subsidies and free connections to households below the poverty line (BPL). This study centers on...

This report is an output of the technical assistance activity carried out over 2008-2010 to Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC), which is the nodal renewable energy agency of Nepal. This study has been designed to establish a monitoring system for AEPC to continually measure the results...

Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Overview; Introduction; Perceptions and Impacts of Weather Shocks on Households; Tables; Table O.1 Perceptions of Climate Change, Last Five Years, Five Countries Sample, 2011; Coping and Adaptation Strategies; Table O.2 Economic Impacts of Weather Shocks, Five...

Any analysis of health financing issues has to begin with sound estimates of the level and flow of resources in a health system, including total levels of spending, the sources of health expenditures, the uses of funds in terms of services purchased, and in terms of who purchases them. The...

The purpose of this study is to build a stronger evidence base on the role of faith-inspired, private secular, and public schools in sub-Saharan Africa using nationally representative household surveys as well as qualitative data. Six main findings emerge from the study: (1) Across a sample of...