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vulnerability of the economy to these shocks. It helps clarify linkages between the country's economic performance and its water … resources endowment and management. It then uses this analysis to recommend both water resource strategies and economic and …-wide effects of water shocks. This report finds that unmitigated hydrological variability currently costs the economy over one …
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, transport, urban, water, agriculture, and forestry, which were pre-identified by both the Government of Romania and the World … on CC, baseline for Romania, institutional review of Romania and key European Union (EU) requirements, as well as … Europe 2020 and existing EU regulations and policies related to climate change are summarized in section four. Section five …
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This study analyzes a range of energy efficiency options available in Mexico, including supply-side efficiency improvements in the electric power and oil and gas industries and demand-side electricity efficiency measures to limit high-growth energy-consuming activities, such as air conditioning...
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Three billion people will be added to the world ' s population over the next 50 years and 2.8 billion people today already live on less than $2 a day-almost all in developing countries. Ensuring these people have access to productive work and a better quality of life is the core development...
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combat the problems of inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene; urban air pollution; natural disasters; lead exposure … the highest costs are, in decreasing order, inadequate water supply, sanitation, and hygiene; urban air pollution; natural … with the sustainable use of Peru's natural resources, particularly water, forests, biodiversity, and soils. Chapter 8 …
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Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership, Development Research Center of State Council …
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Albania is gradually emerging from the unprecedented economic disruptions caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. As the pandemic is overcome, it is crucial to shift attention back to Albania's long-term objective of building a stronger underlying economic growth model. This...
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's current growth path from implementing a 'green agenda' linked to achieving standards set by European Union (EU) Directives and … available in the European Union (EU) and other emerging international experiences, as well as the relevance of these policy …
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Renewable energy and energy efficiency projects continue to perform strongly in the World Bank Group (WBG) energy portfolio and are increasingly being mainstreamed in the WBG's energy lending. In fiscal 2007 a total of US$1,433 million supported 63 renewable energy and energy efficiency projects...
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