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Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Supply for the G-7 Countries, with Emphasison Germany
Strand, Jon - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
This paper discusses structure, impact, costs, and efficiency of renewable energy supply in the eight largest advanced economies (the G-7 plus Spain), with focus on Germany. Renewables production costs are compared to benefits, defined as reductions in net carbon emissions; technological...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605334
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Global Risks and Collective Action Failures: What Can the International Community Do?
Otker-Robe, Inci - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2014
Abstract What do climate change, global financial crises, pandemics, and fragility and conflict have in common? They are all examples of global risks that can cross geographical and generational boundaries and whose mismanagement can reverse gains in development and jeopardize the well-being of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959476
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Financing the Response to Climate Change
Pattillo, Catherine A.; Bredenkamp, Hugh - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
This note outlines a scheme for mobilizing financing to help developing countries confront the challenges posed by climate change. The idea is to create a “Green Fund†with the capacity to raise resources on a scale commensurate with the Copenhagen Accord ($100 billion a year by 2020)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123888
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Maldives; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
The Seventh National Development Plan of the Maldives envisages sustainable development with economic growth, social equity, environment protection, and good governance. The report assesses the policies and strategies needed to achieve the goals as well as the agencies responsible to implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011245176
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Republic of Moldova; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This paper examines Moldova’s Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (EGPRSP) covering 2004–06. The EGPRSP has the potential to become an effective tool for continuous strategic planning, and for providing for the prioritization of strategic objectives and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005591643
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Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper: Summary Report
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2006
This Summary Report describes Afghanistan's Interim National Development Strategy (I-ANDS). It assesses the overall policy objectives, analyzes the context of and constraints to the achievement of those objectives, summarizes the government's key strategies and programs, and also reviews...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242459
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Liberia; Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2007
Liberia’s Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy (iPRS) sets out the emerging process and framework for recovery and reconstruction in the context of post-conflict Liberia. The iPRSP sets out the national socio-economic context, the preparatory process, dimensions of the emerging policy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243129
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Cape Verde; Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy Paper – II
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2008
This paper focuses on Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy Paper–II (GPRSP II) for Cape Verde. The GPRSP II is formulated with reference to five major strategic aims concerning good governance, human capital, competitiveness, infrastructure building, and social cohesion. In identifying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011243221
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Malaysia; Publication of Financial Sector Assessment Program Documentation—Detailed Assessment of Observance of the CPSS-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures...
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This report is an assessment of the CPSS-IOSCO Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures (PFMI) in Malaysia. The … and securities. The payment and security systems are elaborated along with the roles of Bursa Malaysia Securities Clearing …, Bursa Malaysia Depo, and the Bursa Malaysia Derivative Clearing mechanism. The Executive Board comments that Malaysia shows …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244525
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Malaysia: Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2015
background on the structure of energy production and trade in Malaysia, and presents results from empirical analysis of the oil …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011244725