Documents et rapports
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The costs to developing countries of adapting to climate change : new methods and estimates - the global report of the Economics of adaptation to climate change study : consultation draft (anglais)
Even with global emissions of greenhouse gases drastically reduced in the coming years, the global annual average temperature is expected to be two degree C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. A two degree...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 62408 Date du document: 1 janvier 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Margulis,Sergio,Narain,Urvashi
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Causes of deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon (anglais)
The worldwide concern with deforestation of Brazilian Amazonia is motivated not only by the irreversible loss of this natural wealth, but also by the perception that it is a destructive process in which...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 27715 Date du document: 1 décembre 2003 Auteur: Margulis,Sergio
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Causes of deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon : Causas do Desmatamento da Amazonia Brasileira (portugais)
The worldwide concern with deforestation of Brazilian Amazonia is motivated not only by the irreversible loss of this natural wealth, but also by the perception that it is a destructive process in which...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 27715 Date du document: 1 juillet 2003 Auteur: Margulis,Sergio
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Environmental capacity building : a review of the World Bank's portfolio (anglais)
The purpose of this study is to help improve the design, and effectiveness of Bank financial environmental institutional development projects, since weak institutional capacity is at the root of the problems...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: 20022 Date du document: 31 mai 1999 Auteur: Margulis,Sergio,Vetleseter,Tonje
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Environment matters at the World Bank : annual review - fall 1998 (anglais)
The fall issue of the annual review on the environment highlights the World Bank's work in FY98 in the promotion of sustainable use of resources. Each operational region and the International Finance Corporation...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 18540 Date du document: 1 janvier 1998 Auteur: Watson,Robert T.,Mercier,Jean-Roger Roger,Dore,Giovanna,Eliste,Paavo,Soderstrom,Sari K.,Redwood,John,Collier, J.B.,Arif,Sherif Kamel F.,Brandon,Carter Jeffrey,Miller, Shawn,Doran,Lee D.,Margulis,Sergio,Vetleseter,Tonje,Hirji,Rafik Fatehali,Dixon,John A.,Feinstein,Charles M.,Tunali Payton,Odil,Poore,Kerri Lynne,Bradford,Bonnie,Newcombe, Ken,Blaser,Juergen,Canby,Kerstin Stephanie,Rees,Colin P.,Hanrahan,David C.,Wheeler, David,Keene,Michelle L.,Shaman,David I.
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National environmental strategies : learning from experience (anglais)
Environmental strategies are living documents that need to change as new problems arise and our understanding of the links between the economy and natural ecosystems grows. To identify good practice and...
Type de document: Bulletin d’information Numéro du rapport: 18283 Date du document: 31 août 1995 Auteur: Margulis,Sergio,Bernstein,Janis D.
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Making development sustainable : from concepts to action (anglais)
Since the establishment of the Environment Department in 1987, the Bank has made a concentrated effort to incorporate environmental concerns into its lending and advisory activities. In January of 1993...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 13547 Date du document: 30 septembre 1994 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Serageldin,M. Ismail,Steer,Andrew D.,Cernea,Michael M.,Dixon,John A.,Lutz,Ernst,Margulis,Sergio,Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan,Rees,Colin P.
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Back of the envelope estimates of environmental damage costs in Mexico (anglais)
For developing countries, budget constraints help set the agenda on mitigating environmental damage, one of the indelible marks of our era. Political considerations often dictate the measures taken. There...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS824 Date du document: 31 janvier 1992 Auteur: Margulis,Sergio