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Pollution prevention and abatement handbook, 1998 : toward cleaner production
1999
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Thailand : Clean Energy for Green Low-Carbon Growth
World Bank Group - 2011
degradation, global climate change, and energy security challenges. It can also position Thailand as a regional leader in green … growth while adjusting the country's economic structure toward a less energy, and carbon-intensive economy; 2) achieving … greater urbanization while shifting toward green livable low-carbon cities; 3) meeting the huge thirst for energy while …
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Somalia Country Environmental Analysis : Diagnostic Study on Trends and Threats for Environmental and Natural Resources Challenges
World Bank Group - 2020
Somalia's natural capital is under substantial pressure from inappropriate land uses, conflict, and climate change. In its Ninth National Development Plan (Somalia NDP-9), the government of Somalia has identified vulnerability to environmental shocks as one of the six major causes of poverty....
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The demand for Oil Products in Developing Countries.
Gately, D.; Streifel, S.S. - World Bank Group - 1997
Oil and energy markets have experienced dramatic changes over the past two decades-steep price increases in the 1970s … 1971-93 period, analyzing the relationships and changes over time for income, population, and demand for energy and oil …
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Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner's Handbook
World Bank Group - 2016
energy-efficiency issues as this is the particular focus of the World Bank's Climate Competitive Industries program, and is …
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Technology for Small-Scale Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa. Experience with Food Crop Production in Five Major Ecological Zones.
Carr, S.J. - World Bank Group - 1989
This study draws together information on the technology which is available to small-scale farmers in Africa and assesses its applicability in the context of the financial, economic and manegerial constraints which face rural households. It also draws on the experience of the World Bank through...
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Technology Institutions and Policies. Their Role in Developing Technological Capability in Industry
Goldman, M.; Ergas, H.; Ralph, E.; Felker, G. - World Bank Group - 1997
This study of six industries in eight economies examined the role in building industrial technological capability played by outside sources particularly technology institutions (TIs) such as research and standards organizations and by directed policies such as tax incentives. It concluded that...
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A PLanner's Guide for Selecting Clean-Coal Technologies for Power Plants
Oskarsson, K.; Berglund, A.; Deling, R.; Snellman, U.; … - World Bank Group - 1997
This report has been prepared as a technology selection guide for the use of power system planners and engineers to facilitate the selection of cost-effective, environmentally friendly technologies for coal-based power generation in countries grappling with impending power and capital shortages...
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Innovations for Scaling Green Sectors
World Bank Group - 2017
InfoDev - innovation and entrepreneurship report green sectors, such as renewable energy and sustainable agriculture …
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Connecting Green Technology Entrepreneurs : Implications for Public Program Design
World Bank Group - 2016
In face of growing concern related to climate change, green technology entrepreneurs are critically needed to develop the businesses and ideas behind climate mitigation in developing countries - but they frequently collide with challenges endemic to such environments. The purpose of this study...
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