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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2014

    This paper explores the challenges and opportunities that government officials face in designing coherent 'rules of the game' for achieving urban sustainability during times of growth. Sustainability is judged by three criteria. The first involves elements of day-to-day quality of life, such as having clean air and water and green space. The provision of these public goods has direct effects on the urban public's health and productivity. The second focuses on the city's greenhouse gas emissions.

  2. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    China, Global

    China has an ancient tradition of
    hydraulic engineering but in the past half century the
    intensity of exploitation of water resources has accelerated
    as a result of population and economic growth. The three
    major issues for Chinese water management are water
    shortages, flood control and pollution. The World Commission
    on Dams noted that since 1949 the number of large dams in
    China had increased from 22 to 22,000, almost half the

  3. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Global

    The prototype carbon fund (PCF) is a
    public-private partnership whose mission is to pioneer a
    market for project-based greenhouse gas emission reductions
    within the framework of the Kyoto protocol to the United
    Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). PCF
    seeks to show how project-based greenhouse gas emission
    reduction transactions can lower the cost of compliance with
    Kyoto, promote sustainable development, and mobilize new

  4. Library Resource
    July, 2014
    Ecuador

    The World Bank's revised forest
    policy came into being in 2002 and covers all types of
    forests. It has the following key objectives: (i) harnessing
    the potential of forests to reduce poverty in a sustainable
    manner; (ii) integrating forests effectively into
    sustainable development; and (iii) protecting vital local
    and global environmental services and values. The policy
    enables the bank to fully engage in forestry throughout the

  5. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Costa Rica

    Costa Rica's Program of Payments
    for Environmental Services (Pago de Servicios Ambientales,
    PSA) provides a unique opportunity to evaluate direct
    payments as a conservation policy tool. This paper reports
    evidence on how much more forest has been conserved in Costa
    Rica as a result of PSA contracts with landowners. Such
    evidence requires estimating a counterfactual outcome: how
    much forest would have been preserved if there had been no

  6. Library Resource
    August, 2014
    Colombia

    This document presents the recently
    elected Colombian administration with a set of policy notes
    meant to enrich the debate around critical issues affecting
    the country's development. These notes build mostly
    upon existing research and represent the Bank's
    independent view on topics which are either at the crux of
    ongoing policy discussions or merit a more prominent place
    in this dialogue. This window of opportunity provides a very

  7. Library Resource
    March, 2014

    The report begins with definitions of
    watersheds and watershed management, a characterization of
    the problem of watershed degradation, and a short history of
    watershed management operations and policies (Chapter 1).
    The following four chapters discuss the findings from
    experience with implementing watershed management programs
    over the last 20 years based both on the project review and
    on the literature. The second chapter discusses the findings

  8. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Tanzania

    The policy note builds on experience
    from both Tanzania and other Sub-Saharan African countries
    with similar socioeconomic and environmental contexts. This
    policy note puts forward and discusses a range of policy
    measures along the entire charcoal value chain in Tanzania.
    The development of this policy note benefited from a variety
    of recent studies on charcoal utilization and trade
    conducted in the country. This policy note is structured as

  9. Library Resource
    May, 2014

    Proper stewardship of revenue from the
    oil, gas, and mining industries has tremendous potential to
    lift people out of poverty and contribute to sustainable
    development. These industries create jobs directly and
    indirectly, transfer technologies and knowledge, and
    generate significant income. These benefits provide
    governments with a financial base for infrastructure
    development and social service delivery. The extractive

  10. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Argentina

    The study includes four sections: i)
    brief production background; ii) description of the
    Argentine soybean value chain; iii) evolution of the main
    policies and institutional regimes in Argentina; iv) lessons
    learned related to the political economy and the industrial
    organization. The study describes the main policies
    implemented in Argentina during the last two decades which
    had impact on the structure of the soybean value chain and

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