Mapping research and innovation in Lao People's Democratic Republic
| Author | : Lemarchand, Guillermo A. |
| Publisher | : UNESCO Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 237 |
| Release | : 2018-05-21 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9231002716 |
Technical Assistance To The Lao Peoples Democratic Republic For The Power Sector Strategy Study
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Doing A Dam Better
| Author | : Ian C. Porter |
| Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 2010-12-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0821369865 |
This book succinctly describes how a large hydro dam in a poor country with weak capacity was successfully prepared by a truly global development and financial partnership, by turning the natural resource curse on its head and tapping the state of the art to mitigate environmental and social impacts.
OECD Investment Policy Reviews
| Author | : Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| Publisher | : OCDE |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Investments |
| ISBN | : 9789264208391 |
This Investment Policy Review examines Nigerias investment policies in light of the OECD Policy Framework for Investment (PFI), a tool to mobilize investment in support of economic growth and sustainable development. It provides an assessment and policy recommendations on different areas of the PFI: investment policy; investment promotion and facilitation; trade policy; infrastructure investment; competition; corporate governance and financial sector development. It also includes a special chapter analyzing the PFI in Lagos State. The Review follows on the request addressed by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment of Nigeria to the OECD Secretary-General in December 2011. It has been prepared in close co-operation with the Federal Government of Nigeria and Lagos State Government.
Gender Tool Kit: Energy
| Author | : Asian Development Bank |
| Publisher | : Asian Development Bank |
| Total Pages | : 133 |
| Release | : 2012-09-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9290927518 |
This tool kit assists staff and consultants of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in conceptualizing and designing gender-responsive projects in the energy sector. It guides users in key questions to be asked and data to be collected during project preparation. It also offers a menu of entry points in designing project outputs, activities, inputs, indicators, and targets that integrate key gender issues identified during the gender analysis. The tool kit is broken down into key subsectors of ADB's energy sector investments---transmission and distribution, rural electrification, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. Case studies from ADB energy projects have been included to illustrate good practices in mainstreaming gender in energy sector.
Guidelines for Preparing and Using a Design and Monitoring Framework
| Author | : Asian Development Bank |
| Publisher | : Asian Development Bank |
| Total Pages | : 170 |
| Release | : 2020-10-01 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9292623877 |
These guidelines describe how a project-level design and monitoring framework should be developed and used throughout the project cycle for Asian Development Bank (ADB) sovereign operations and technical assistance projects. The design and monitoring framework is a key tool for project design, implementation, and evaluation, and provides the basis for ADB’s project performance management system. The guidelines are intended to help staff of ADB, government officers, consultants, project sponsors and borrowers, and other stakeholders prepare high-quality design and monitoring frameworks. They serve as an effective tool to ensure that ADB-financed projects contribute to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and Pacific region as envisaged in ADB’s Strategy 2030.
Global Trends 2040
| Author | : National Intelligence Council |
| Publisher | : Cosimo Reports |
| Total Pages | : 158 |
| Release | : 2021-03 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781646794973 |
"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.
National Program Coordination
| Author | : National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Office of Program Planning and Evaluation |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 656 |
| Release | : 1980 |
| Genre | : Blood |
| ISBN | : |
The Welfare Impact of Rural Electrification
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2008-01-01 |
| Genre | : Business |
| ISBN | : 0821373684 |
Rural electrification can have many benefits-not only bringing lighting, but improving the quality of health care, spreading information and supporting productive enterprises. The extent of these benefits has been questioned, arguing that they may be insufficient to justify the investment costs. This book quantifies these benefits. It finds that the benefits can indeed be high, substantially outweighing the costs, and that consumer willingness to pay is generally sufficient to achieve financial sustainability. However, benefits could be increased further by providing smart subsidies to assist connections for poorer households, promote productive uses and further consumer education.
Powering the Digital Economy: Opportunities and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Finance
| Author | : El Bachir Boukherouaa |
| Publisher | : International Monetary Fund |
| Total Pages | : 35 |
| Release | : 2021-10-22 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1589063953 |
This paper discusses the impact of the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the financial sector. It highlights the benefits these technologies bring in terms of financial deepening and efficiency, while raising concerns about its potential in widening the digital divide between advanced and developing economies. The paper advances the discussion on the impact of this technology by distilling and categorizing the unique risks that it could pose to the integrity and stability of the financial system, policy challenges, and potential regulatory approaches. The evolving nature of this technology and its application in finance means that the full extent of its strengths and weaknesses is yet to be fully understood. Given the risk of unexpected pitfalls, countries will need to strengthen prudential oversight.
