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Addressing China's water scarcity: recommendations for selected water resource management issues
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- This report reviews water scarcity in China, assesses policy and institutional requirements for addressing it, and recommends key areas for strengthening and reform. It brings together the main findings and recommendations from over 30 technical reports, case studies, and background papers prepared for the World Banks Analytical and Advisory Assistance (AAA) programme entitled Addressing Chinas Water Scarcity: From Analysis to Action. The document, report no.47111, was published by The World Bank in 2009.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2585
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China: an evaluation of World Bank assistance
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- This book evaluates the relevance and effectiveness of World Bank assistance to China since the early 1990s. It covers: the evolution of The World Bank assistance strategy; progress on development objectives; programme administration and cross-cutting issues; evaluation of the Bank's assistance; and, lessons learned. Appendices provide background papers on analytical and advisory services, agriculture, decentralisation, energy, finance, poverty, water, transport and health. This report, no.32332, was published by The World Bank in 2005.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/7327
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Connecting East Asia: a new framework for infrastructure
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- This book examines infrastructure development in East Asia, focusing upon the themes of inclusive development, coordination, and accountability and risk management. Countries covered include Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. The book is aimed at senior policy makers and development practitioners who examine infrastructure in the light of countrywide policies and programmes. It is publication no.33526 and was published by The World Bank in 2005.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/7267
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Financing energy efficiency: lessons from Brazil, China, India, and beyond
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- This book examines a number of recent energy efficiency programmes in developing countries and transition economies. It reviews successes and failures and brings together lessons learned. Topics discussed include: the persistence of energy inefficiency; models for delivering energy efficiency investments; identifying and developing energy efficiency investment projects; the delivery of financing; and, investment delivery mechanisms. The country case studies include China and India. This book, no.42529, was published by The World Bank in 2008.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/6349
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Geography of growth: spatial economics and competitiveness
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- This book examines the characteristics of successful cities. It covers: models for analysing growth by geographic concentration; urbanisation; urban growth; different types of industries in different urban sectors; the technological landscape and 'smart cities'; the impact of globalisation and industry clusters on urbanisation; factors influencing recent rapid growth in urbanisation; and examples of individual successful cities. Countries referred to include China, India, Singapore and the Philippines. The book was published by The World Bank in 2012.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/6020
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One goal, two paths: achieving universal access to modern energy in East Asia and the Pacific
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- This flagship report addresses the lack of access to electricity and to modern cooking solutions in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. It discusses: designing and delivering a national electrification programme for universal access; and the statuses and challenges of delivering modern cooking solutions. This report, no.64669, was published by The World Bank in 2011.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2354
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Two dragon heads: contrasting development paths for Beijing and Shanghai
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- This book compares and contrasts the development paths followed by two of China's megacities, Beijing and Shanghai, and considers the policies and strategies that would be required to maintain their growth and development momentum. It covers: factors contributing to success; manufacturing industry; the pitfalls of early de-industrialisation; economic composition, resources and the emerging innovation potentials; and making industries innovative. The book, publication no.52706, was published by The World Bank in 2010.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2402
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World development indicators 2017
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- World Development Indicators 2017 (WDI 2017) provides a compilation of relevant and internationally comparable statistics about global development compiled by the World Bank from officially recognised international sources. The World Development Indicators database has been improved to include more indicators that cover the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and more data disaggregated by sex, age, wealth quintile, and urban or rural location. New data includes access to clean cooking fuels and the number of industrial design applications registered globally. Please note: Data on the SDGs are now presented in a new companion publication, Atlas of SDGs 2017, which analyses and visualises World Development Indicators data to explore progress toward the goals for 2030 and catalyses discussion of measurement issues and data needs. Coverage 1960-2016. Last updated April 2017
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- The World Bank Group
- https://www.dropbox.com/s/fbnl9uyvnzlwpnz/WDI_csv%202017%20%281%29.zip?dl=0
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World development report 2016: Digital Dividends
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- The Digital Dividends report focuses on the impact of digital technologies on economic development across the world, as opposed to the technology itself, and raises essential development questions about growth, equity and service delivery to get the most out of the digital revolution. This report includes UIS data and was published by The World Bank in 2016.
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- World Bank
- http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2016/01/13/090224b08405ea05/2_0/Rendered/PDF/World0developm0000digital0dividends.pdf
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