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Nepal Development Update, July 2020 : Post-Pandemic Nepal - Charting a Resilient Recovery and Future Growth Directions

World Bank Group - 2020

The global COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic imposed both a supply and a demand shock on Nepal's economy, which adversely … affected growth. The global crisis induced by the pandemic initially impacted Nepal through the tourism sector, with arrivals … to tourism. On March 21, the Government of Nepal announced a nationwide lockdown, which affected industrial and …

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Nepal Energy Infrastructure Sector Assessment

World Bank Group - 2019

The purpose of this report is to identify how to maximize finance available to Nepal in the electricity sector. This …

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Energy in Europe and Central Asia : a sector strategy for the World Bank Group

Lovei, Laszlo - 1998

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Vietnam : Maximizing Finance for Development in the Energy Sector

World Bank Group - 2018

Vietnam has successfully developed the electricity and gas sectors that have contributed substantially to the economic development of Vietnam. To date, near universal electrification has been achieved, and the industrial, commercial, and residential sectors benefit from increasingly reliable...

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Croatia Energy Sector Note

World Bank Group - 2018

Croatia joined the European Union (EU) in 2013, and the energy sector has been undergoing liberalization, deregulation, and unbundling of state-owned energy utilities. Croatia haswelcomed a number of new public and private energy companies. The Croatian power exchange was established in 2014 and...

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Economic Aspects of the Energy Transition

Heal, Geoffrey - 2020

I make three points relating to the transition from fossil fuels to non-carbon energy. One is that the economic cost of moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy in electricity generation is very low, and probably lower than many estimates of the economic benefits from this change. The second...

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Buffering Volatility : A Study on the Limits of Germany’s Energy Revolution

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2016

Squaring hourly demand and wind-solar production data for Germany and a number of neighbouring countries with the results of the EU's ESTORAGE project, this paper studies the limits of Germany's energy revolution in view of the volatility of wind and solar power. In addition to pumped storage,...

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Energy Policy with Externalities and Internalities

Allcott, Hunt - 2012

We analyze optimal policy when consumers of energy-using durables undervalue energy costs relative to their private optima. First, there is an Internality Dividend from Externality Taxes: aside from reducing externalities, they also offset distortions from underinvestment in energy efficiency....

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Energy Sector Decarbonization in Vietnam : Background Note to the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR)

World Bank Group - 2022

Vietnam has made remarkable economic progress over the past 30 years; however, growth was supported by increasing reliance on coal-based energy. The energy sector would continue the expansion of coal-based energy with the significant increase in the installed capacity of coal power plants under...

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Emerging Equity Markets and Economic Development

Bekaert, Geert - 2000

We provide an analysis of real economic growth prospects in emerging markets after financial liberalizations. In contrast with previous research, we identify the financial liberalization dates and examine the influence of liberalizations while controlling for a number of other macroeconomic and...

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