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Beyond the Sum of Its Parts: Combining Financial Instruments to Support Low-Carbon Development provides greater information and clarity on WBG climate financing instruments and to draw lessons for the broader development community on how resources from different climate financing instruments can be combined for expanded impact, increased leverage,and enhanced efficiency.
Non-revenue water (NRW) includes physical losses (pipe leaks) and commercial losses (illegal connections, unmetered public use, meter error, unbilled metered water, and water for which payment is not collected). NRW levels are high in many developing countries, and they can be expensive to reduce.
In 2009, for the first time since 1992, there was no growth in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel use, cement production and chemicals production. The recent credit crunch drove many industrialised economies into recession,
This paper identifies key challenges and solutions for carrying out project-level economic analysis of adaptation to climate change, both stand-alone and integrated into broader development projects.
This study explores the differences between mountain and non-mountain countries in food security and its determinants. Econometric analysis shows that mountain regions are likely to have lower food security. The findings suggest that people in mountain countries are especially affected by external shocks such as surges in global food prices.
This document is an update to the 202 HED human health risk assessment that was used to prepare the 2002 reregistration eligibility decision document for endosulfan. HED has previously pubublished an addendum that focused on the changes in HED
The main objectives of the TSC are: Bring about an improvement in the general quality of life in the rural areas; Accelerate sanitation coverage in rural areas to access to toilets to all by 2012; Motivate communities and Panchayati Raj Institutions promoting sustainable sanitation facilities through awareness creation and health education; In rural areas, cover schools and Anganwadis by March 20
Mountains are amongst the most vulnerable and hazardous environments in the world: they also harbour rich repositories of biodiversity. Water and other natural resources are supplied to the lowlands through ecosystem services. Some of the world
It is observed that in the State of Rajasthan a number of unauthorized slum areas have come up and there are difficulties in proper development of several of these slums.
