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Cleaner hearths, better homes: new stoves for India and the developing world
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- In this book, case studies from six Indian states - Maharashtra, Haryana, Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal - and from other stove programmes are used to draw out lessons from Indias best improved biomass stove programmes. Suggestions are made for policies and practical ways to promote the use of cleaner burning, energy efficient and affordable stoves, thereby reducing indoor air pollution. The book, publication no.68279, was published for The World Bank by Oxford University Press, New Delhi, in 2012.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/9366
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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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Growing industrial clusters in Asia: serendipity and science
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- The formation of industry clusters in Asia and the United States is examined by a number of authors with a view to increasing knowledge of how such clusters form and whether policies can be pursued which induce their formation. Clusters studied include Bangalore (India) and Singapore. The chapters in this volume were initially prepared for the conference ICT Industrial Clusters in Asia and the Problems in Japan, held in the City of Kitakyushu, Japan, on 14-16 December 2005. The papers were subsequently revised and updated. This book was published by The World Bank in 2008.
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- The World Bank Group
- https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/6429
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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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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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