Indonesia has enormous potential and challenges in terms of development and renewable energy. Significant developments will necessitate using new energy sources such as solar, water, wind, and geothermal. However, renewable energy production and transition affect, and are affected by, the...

This handbook provides an overview of the main topics that need consideration when managing the supply of biomass to large biomass power plants. It will help investors in China to develop, with assistance of local biomass supply experts, their own solutions. The focus is on biomass residues, in...

This report aims to strengthen the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) aspects of HIV/AIDS components in road projects. Result-based M&E helps decision makers assess whether and how goals are being achieved over time, while at the same time identify problems that need to be tackled. The report...

The objective of this assignment was to develop a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system for watershed management in the Loess Plateau area. The M&E system for the China Watershed Management Project (CWMP) has been developed on the base of the M&E system that has been implemented during the...

The development plan of the Federal Government of Ethiopia emphasized low-cost energy supply as a prerequisite to the enhancement of industrial and economic development for the period 1984-1993. Current power planning studies have estimated Ethiopia's hydropower potential at 30,000 MW, which...

An emphasis on primary education, especially in the rural areas, has been demonstrated to be an effective instrument in tackling poverty. The Government of Guinea's National Education for All Program, adopted in 1990, aimed to expand the gross primary school enrollment rate from 28 percent to 53...

To improve upon the traditionally weak relationship between the Non Government Organizations (NGOs) and the government, and to build a basis for partnership in the delivery of services to the poor. The Mali pilot project has been chosen, due to its innovative nature and successful planning...

The objective of the project is to improve the environmental management capacity in Madagascar through the implementation of institutional development and emergency actions. Project components included: (i) protection and management of biodiversity; (ii) community-based soil conservation and...

Locating and identifying the uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to benefit education in developing countries is a tedious, difficult, time-consuming, and ad hoc task. No standard reference or methodology exists for identifying such investments. Observations and conclusions...