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Reconciling Carbon Pricing and Energy Policies in Developing Countries : Integrating Policies for a Clean Energy Transition
De Gouvello, Christophe - 2020
The focus of the Report Reconciling Carbon pricing and Energy Policies in Developing Countries is how the objective of reducing emissions can be pursued alongside the priorities reflected in the energy policies of developing countries. The Report for Practitioners summarizes the Report's main...
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Energy : Low Carbon Emissions Scenarios in Brazil
Schaeffer, Roberto - 2010
This report synthesizes the findings for the energy sector of a broader study, the Brazil low carbon study, which was undertaken by the World Bank in its initiative to support Brazil's integrated effort towards reducing national and global emissions of greenhouse gases while promoting long term...
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In the Dark : How Much Do Power Sector Distortions Cost South Asia?
Zhang, Fan - 2018
Electricity shortages are among the biggest barriers to South Asia'sdevelopment. Some 255 million people-more than a quarter of the world'soff-grid population-live in South Asia, and millions of households and firmsthat are connected experience frequent and long hours of blackouts.Inefficiencies...
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Securing Energy for Development in West Bank and Gaza
World Bank Group - 2017
The Palestinian Territories face significant energy security challenges, already severe in Gaza, but also emerging in the West Bank. In Gaza, the available power supply only meets half the demand leading to rolling blackouts, alternating between 8 hours on and 8 hours off. Although the West Bank...
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Securing Energy for Development in West Bank and Gaza : Summary Report
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program - 2017
The Palestinian Territories face significant energy security challenges, already severe in Gaza, but also emerging in the West Bank.The Palestinian Territories rely primarily on Israeli imports to meet its electricity needs.The only large scale generation capacity in the Palestinian Territories...
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Energy Security Trade-Offs Under High Uncertainty : Resolving Afghanistan's Power Sector Development Dilemma
World Bank - 2016
This paper develops a number of approaches to power sector planning that respond to the uncertainties that Afghanistan faces. It aims to provide an alternative to the "predict then act" approach to planning, which will allow more robust decision making. The paper is divided into two parts: the...
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Development of Low-Carbon Energy Supply System in Romania
Timilsina, Govinda - 2016
Despite the declining trends in total energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, energy intensity, and emission intensity over the past two decades, Romania still emits more greenhouse gas per unit of output than many other members of the European Union. The country is looking for further...
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Linking top-down and bottom-up models for climate policy analysis : the case of China
Timilsina, Govinda R.; Pang, Jun; Yang, Xi - 2019
Top-down economic models, such as computable general equilibrium models, are the common tools to assess the economic impacts of climate change policies. However, these models are incapable of representing the detailed technological characteristics of the sources of greenhouse gas emissions. The...
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Learning from developing country power market experiences : the case of Colombia
Rudnick, Hugh; Velásquez, Constantin - 2019
successful in providing reliable supply along competitive outcomes. This paper analyzes the experience of Colombia with power … persist regarding market power exercise. The experience of Colombia is important for other developing countries, since it … outcomes, and sustainability. Although key local hydrological conditions were considered in the design of Colombia's capacity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012008143
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Energy Analytics for Development : Big Data for Energy Access, Energy Efficiency, and Renewable Energy
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program - 2017
With unprecedented speed and scale, digital transformation is affecting multiple industries, including energy. A combination of technologies, and a more complex world demanding greater agility and new competences impact all aspects of the energy sector and manifest themselves in changing...
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