This study explores the short-term welfare and distributive effects of selected fuel tax and subsidy reforms in six countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region that are aimed at promoting...
The development objective of the Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) in Zambia Project is to increase access to clean energy in rural and peri-urban areas of Zambia...
The development objective of Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation in Ethiopia Project is to increase access to sustainable and clean energy in Eastern and Southern Africa. This...
Oil price increases that began in late 2020 led to a global proliferation of liquid fuel subsidies and price controls as governments tried to reduce, redistribute, or delay the impact of rising and volatile...
Oil prices have been increasingly volatile since 2004. However, the impact of this volatility on domestic end-user prices differs significantly by fuel and country. Some countries fully pass through global...
The Country Program Evaluation (CPE) will assess the performance of the World Bank Group’s support to the Arab Republic of Egypt from FY 2015 to FY25. The evaluation will focus on the relevance, coherence...
Zambia aspires to be a prosperous middle-income country by 2030. To that end, the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) has set out an aggressive economic diversification and industrialization agenda...
Zambia aspires to be a prosperous middle-income country by 2030. To that end, the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) has set out an aggressive economic diversification and industrialization agenda...
This Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory Management Plan (IMP) supports the World Bank Group's FY23 GHG emissions accounting results from its internal global business operations, as reported in the...
This paper takes stock of the literature on infrastructure and jobs published since the early 2000s, using a conceptual framework to identify the key channels through which different types of infrastructure...
Ratings of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Project for Kosovo were as follows: outcome was highly satisfactory, Bank performance was satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation quality was substantial...
The development objective of Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation in Mozambique Project is to increase access to sustainable and clean energy in Eastern and Southern Africa...
In fiscal year 2024 (FY24), the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) issued a record $8.2 billion in new guarantees across 40 projects. Through these projects, MIGA remained focused on encouraging...
Moldova’s climate and development challenges are inextricably linked. Weak and volatile growth, high levels of poverty, near total energy import dependence, and a strong reliance on drought-prone agriculture are...
Este documento tiene por objeto brindar orientación sobre la fijación del precio en función del costo de oportunidad para CRE ajustados. Los CRE ajustados son créditos de reducción de emisiones que...
The Clean Cooking Background Note developed under the United Republic of Tanzania’s Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR), accentuates the importance of scaling access to clean cooking regarding...