Documents & Reports
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Romania - Climate change and low carbon green growth program : component B sector report - transport sector rapid assessment : Romania - Programul privind schimbarile climatice si o crestere economica verde cu emisii reduse de carbon : raportul sectorial al componentei B - evaluarea rapida a resurselor a sectorului transporturilor (Romanian)
The Europe 2020 strategy and the legislative package from the European commission provide European Union (EU) member states a framework and means for moving towards a greener and more competitive low carbon...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 84265 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Monsalve,Maria Carolina,Ayland, Nick,Nutu,Ana Otilia,Shah,Jitendra J.,Peszko,Grzegorz
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Insurance against climate change : financial disaster risk management and insurance options for climate change adaptation in Bulgaria (English)
Bulgaria is exposed to nearly all types of climate extremes, including floods, droughts, and others, as well as earthquakes. The combination of insurance products, early warning systems, information campaigns...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 89101 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shah,Jitendra J.,Milova,Eolina Petrova,Murisic,Maja,Kpundeh,Sydnella E.,Murthi,Mamta,Repnik,Markus,Ahmed,Kulsum
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Insurance against climate change : financial disaster risk management and insurance options for climate change adaptation in Bulgaria (Bulgarian)
Bulgaria is exposed to nearly all types of climate extremes, including floods, droughts, and others, as well as earthquakes. The combination of insurance products, early warning systems, information campaigns...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 89101 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shah,Jitendra J.,Milova,Eolina Petrova,Murisic,Maja,Kpundeh,Sydnella E.,Murthi,Mamta,Repnik,Markus,Ahmed,Kulsum
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Romania - Climate change and low carbon green growth program : component B sector report - transport sector rapid assessment (English)
The Europe 2020 strategy and the legislative package from the European commission provide European Union (EU) member states a framework and means for moving towards a greener and more competitive low carbon...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 84265 Document Date: January 1, 2014 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Monsalve,Maria Carolina,Ayland, Nick,Nutu,Ana Otilia,Shah,Jitendra J.,Peszko,Grzegorz
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Kyrgyz Republic - Overview of climate change activities (English)
This overview of climate change activities in the Kyrgyz Republic is part of a series of country notes for five Central Asian countries that summarize climate portfolio in a number of sectors, namely agriculture...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 85561 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shah,Jitendra J.,Murisic,Maja,Rinnerberger,Nina,Levine,Tamara Ashley,Srivastava,Jitendra P.
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Kyrgyz Republic - Overview of climate change activities (Russian)
This overview of climate change activities in the Kyrgyz Republic is part of a series of country notes for five Central Asian countries that summarize climate portfolio in a number of sectors, namely agriculture...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 85561 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shah,Jitendra J.,Murisic,Maja,Rinnerberger,Nina,Levine,Tamara Ashley,Srivastava,Jitendra P.
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Tajikistan - Overview of climate change activities (English)
This overview of climate change activities in Tajikistan is part of a series of country notes for five Central Asian countries that summarize climate portfolio of the major development partners in a number...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 85563 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shah,Jitendra J.
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Kazakhstan - Overview of climate change activities (Russian)
This overview of climate change activities in Kazakhstan is part of a series of country notes for five Central Asian countries that summarize climate portfolio of the major development partners in a number...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 85559 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Levine,Tamara Ashley,Murisic,Maja,Rinnerberger,Nina,Shah,Jitendra J.,Srivastava,Jitendra P.
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Turkmenistan - Overview of climate change activities (English)
This overview of climate change activities in Turkmenistan is part of a series of country notes for five Central Asian countries that summarize climate portfolio in a number of sectors, namely agriculture...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 85564 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shah,Jitendra J.
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Tajikistan - Overview of climate change activities (Russian)
This overview of climate change activities in Tajikistan is part of a series of country notes for five Central Asian countries that summarize climate portfolio of the major development partners in a number...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 85563 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shah,Jitendra J.
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Kazakhstan - Overview of climate change activities (English)
This overview of climate change activities in Kazakhstan is part of a series of country notes for five Central Asian countries that summarize climate portfolio of the major development partners in a number...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 85559 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Levine,Tamara Ashley,Murisic,Maja,Rinnerberger,Nina,Shah,Jitendra J.,Srivastava,Jitendra P.
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Uzbekistan - Overview of climate change activities (English)
This overview of climate change activities in Uzbekistan is part of a series of country notes for five Central Asian countries that summarize climate portfolio in a number of sectors, namely agriculture...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 85566 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shah,Jitendra J.
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Turkmenistan - Overview of climate change activities (Russian)
This overview of climate change activities in Turkmenistan is part of a series of country notes for five Central Asian countries that summarize climate portfolio in a number of sectors, namely agriculture...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 85564 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shah,Jitendra J.
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Uzbekistan - Overview of climate change activities (Russian)
This overview of climate change activities in Uzbekistan is part of a series of country notes for five Central Asian countries that summarize climate portfolio in a number of sectors, namely agriculture...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 85566 Document Date: October 1, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shah,Jitendra J.
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Phasing out polluting motorcycles in Bangkok : policy design by using contingent valuation surveys (English)
The authors use a contingent valuation method to study the design of economic incentives to phase out polluting motorcycles in Bangkok. Like in many other cities, the government of Bangkok has been considering...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS3402 Document Date: June 1, 2003 Author: Capannelli,Elisabetta,Xie,Jian,Shah,Jitendra J.,Wang,Hua
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Improving urban air quality in South Asia by reducing emissions from two-stroke engine vehicles (English)
While vehicular air pollution is common to growing metropolitan areas throughout the world, it is particularly severe in South Asia, where about half of all vehicles are two- and three-wheel vehicles with...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 21911 Document Date: December 31, 2000 Author: Kojima,Masami,Brandon,Carter Jeffrey,Shah,Jitendra J.
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Urban air quality management strategy in Asia : Jakarta report (English)
Tremendous growth in the human population, numbers of vehicles, and industrial development in the Jabotabek region have led to a significant deterioration in air quality in Jakarta. Near the main roads...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WTP379 Document Date: December 31, 1997 Author: Shah,Jitendra J.,Nagpal, Tanvi [editors]
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Urban air quality management strategy in Asia : Metro Manila report (English)
Eighty percent of the Metro Manila population live in areas where the national standard for air quality is exceeded, where average TSP (total suspended particle) concentrations are frequently five times...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WTP380 Document Date: December 31, 1997 Author: Shah,Jitendra J.,Nagpal, Tanvi [editors]
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Urban air quality management strategy in Asia - guidebook (English)
Urban Air Quality Management Strategy (URBAIR) aims to assist in the design and implementation of policies, monitoring, and management to restore air quality in Asian metropolitan areas. This Guidebook...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 17370 Document Date: November 30, 1997 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shah,Jitendra J.,Nagpal,Tanvi,Brandon, Carter J. [Editors],Larssen, Steinar ,Gronskei, Knut Erik,Hanegraaf, M. C.,Jansen, Huib,Kuik, O. J.,Oosterhuis, F.H.,Olsthoorn, Xander A.
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Clean fuels for Asia : technical options for moving toward unleaded gasoline and low-sulfur diesel (English)
Expanding motor vehicle population is a major cause of air pollution in many Asian cities. This report describes strategies, incentives, and methods to increase the use of clean fuels and focuses on the...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WTP377 Document Date: September 30, 1997 Author: Walsh,Michael P.,Shah,Jitendra J.