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Romania - Functional Review : Environment, Water and Forestry, Volume 2. Forestry
World Bank - 2013
The objective of the Functional Review of the Environment, Water and Forestry sector (FR-EWF) is to help the Government … integrated view of the sector as currently configured around environmental management, water, and forestry, and the second volume … dedicated to a detailed review of the forestry sector. Volume 1 is organized as follows: Part I provides an overall introduction …
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Romania - Functional Review : Environment, Water and Forestry, Volume 1. Main Report
World Bank - 2013
The objective of the Functional Review of the Environment, Water and Forestry sector (FR-EWF) is to help the Government … integrated view of the sector as currently configured around environmental management, water, and forestry, and the second volume … dedicated to a detailed review of the forestry sector. Volume 1 is organized as follows: Part I provides an overall introduction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557948
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Local Financing of Water Utilities : Challenges and Opportunities - The Case of Peru
World Bank - 2012
This report identifies opportunities and challenges for local financing of water utilities in Peru and suggests recommendations for removing barriers and creating incentives for scaling-up local financing to local water utilities. It was developed with an understanding that meeting the...
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Water Partnership Program : Strategic Action Plan 2012-2016
World Bank - 2014
Water is a fundamental platform for economic and social development, and contributes to reducing multiple dimensions of poverty. It is essential to food and energy security, industrial growth, and the protection of ecosystems. Water has been going through unprecedented pressures as growing...
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Deep Wells and Prudence : Towards Pragmatic Action for Addressing Groundwater Overexploitation in India
World Bank - 2012
India is the largest groundwater user in the world, with an estimated usage of around 230 cubic kilometers per year … water supplies dependent on it, groundwater is a vital resource for rural areas in India. Reliance of urban and industrial … waste supplies on groundwater is also becoming increasingly significant in India. Through the construction of millions of …
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Using Natural Resources in an Optimal Way
World Bank - 2014
To ensure sustainable and optimal use of its common property natural resources, Mexico will need to strengthen its focus on enhancing stewardship in three key sectors-forests, water, and energy resources. The key objectives include the following: 1) identifying options that would contribute to...
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Mapping Carbon Pricing Initiatives : Developments and Prospects 2013
World Bank - 2013
The Mapping Carbon Pricing Initiatives Report maps existing and emerging carbon pricing initiatives around the world. It does not provide a quantitative, transaction-based analysis of the international carbon market since current market conditions invalidate any attempt to undertake such an...
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Carbon Pricing Watch 2015
World Bank - 2015
Significant progress in carbon pricing has been made over the last ten years. In 2015, about 40 national and over 20 subnational jurisdictions, representing almost a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), are putting a price on carbon. Together, the carbon pricing instruments in these...
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Thailand Environment Monitor : Integrated Water Resources Management - A Way Forward
World Bank - 2012
Water is everyone's business. Beside a necessity for living, water has implications on public health and, most importantly, can cause social conflicts. This is because water is limited, is difficult to control, and can easily be polluted. The Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) process...
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Managing Water for Sustainable Growth and Poverty Reduction : A Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy for Zambia
World Bank - 2012
The country water resources assistance strategy for Zambia provides an analysis of the role of water in the economy and identifies the specific challenges, development opportunities and policies which inform an agreed framework for priority areas of assistance. Zambia lies entirely within the...
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