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Clean Fuels for Asia: Technical Options for Moving toward Unleaded Gasoline and Low-Sulfur Diesel.

Walsh, M.; Shah, J.J. - World Bank Group - 1997

Air pollution has become a serious issue in many Asian cities. A major cause is the expanding motor vehicle population …

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Review and Outlook for the World Oil Market.

Streifel, S.S. - World Bank Group - 1995

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Photovoltaic Applications in Rural Areas of the Developing World.

Foley, G. - World Bank Group - 1995

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China: Power Sector Regulation in a Socialist Market Economy.

Shiwei, S.; Zhengyong, L.; Berrah, N.; Tenenbaum, B.; … - World Bank Group - 1997

This paper discusses issues and explores options related to the reform of the power sector regulatory system in China. It reviews the power sector's current situation and impediments to reform, examines the relationship between power sector structure and regulation, and suggests several...

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The Niger Household Energy Project. Promoting Rural Fuelwood Markets and Village Management of Natural Woodlands.

Foley, G.; Floor, W.; madon, G.; Lawali, E.M.; Montagne, P. - World Bank Group - 1997

A radical new strategy for dealing with the problems of energy and the environment in the Sahel is being implemented in Niger. Rather than have urban wood traders go into the countryside to cut the wood and truck it back to the cities, the government is giving village communities control over...

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Measuring and Apportioning Rents from Hydroelectric Power Development.

Rothman, M. - World Bank Group - 2000

Hydro resources are provided by nature. The exploitation of such resources can generate significant economic rent to the owners. In the past, governments have usually claimed ownership of hydroelectric resources and passed on the rents to their state-owned utilities, which have used them to...

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Financing of Private Hydropower projects.

Head, C. - World Bank Group - 2000

Concerns about global warming and the availability of clean renewable sources of energy are increasing. However, as private companies take over state power utilities, the demand for profit has stifled those concerns. Currently the private sector is building over 40 megawatts of fossil-fuel...

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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 and 1980s followed by a decrease in 1986 and large declines in demand in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. But despite considerable uncertainty about future...

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Pollution prevention and abatement handbook, 1998 : toward cleaner production

1999

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Where is the Value in the Chain? : Pathways out of Plastic Pollution

World Bank Group - 2022

omnipresence in the environment. Marine litter and plastic pollution have attracted much attention and commitments from governments … and the private sector alike in the past few years. Policies to curb plastic pollution have had limited success in many … address plastic pollution. By examining the economic and financial implications of plastic management, the report provides key …

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