Documents et rapports

Particulate Matter Ambient Air Pollution and Respiratory Disease in Egypt (anglais)

Air pollution is known to be a risk factor for personal health and an important determinant of various diseases. Numerous studies exist that examine the effects of an increase in air pollution on the risk...

Project Information Document-Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet - Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project - P172373 (anglais)

Sustainable Land Management and Restoration in the Middle East and North Africa Region : Issues, Challenges, and Recommendations (anglais)

Land management in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) is facing important challenges with degradation and needs to learn from others in order to make progress at scale. Sustainable land management...

Project Information Document-Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet - Egypt: Sustainable POPs Management Project - P172373 (arabe)

Implementation Completion and Results Report (ICR) Document - MA-Partnership for Market Readiness - P128654 (anglais)

Ratings of Partnership for Market Readiness Project for Morocco were as follows: outcome was moderately unsatisfactory, Bank performance was moderately satisfactory, and monitoring and evaluation quality...

Sand and Dust Storms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region : Sources, Costs, and Solutions : SAND AND DUST STORMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (MENA) REGION - SOURCES, COSTS, AND SOLUTIONS (anglais)

Dust storms are capable of transporting sediment over thousands of kilometers, but due to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s proximity to the Sahara Desert, the region is one of the dustiest...

Motor Vehicle Density and Air Pollution in Greater Cairo : Fuel Subsidy Removal and Metro Line Extension and their Effect on Congestion and Pollution? (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - MA-Partnership for Market Readiness - P128654 - Sequence No : 04 (anglais)

From uneven growth to inclusive development : Romania’s path to shared prosperity - systematic country diagnostic (anglais)

Romania’s transformation has been ‘a tale of two Romania’s’, one urban, dynamic, and integrated with the EU; the other rural, poor, and isolated. The reforms spurred by EU accession boosted productivity...

Romania – Systematic Country Diagnostic : background note – natural capital (anglais)

Wealth accounting, including natural capital accounting (NCA), is a more appropriate metric for measuring sustainable growth. The common measure of economic growth is Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However...

Environmental perspective of Russia's accession to the world trade organization (anglais)

Russia's exports, imports, and ability to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) continue to grow. In December 2011, after eighteen years of negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) invited Russia...

Environmental perspective of Russia's accession to the world trade organization (russe)

Russia's exports, imports, and ability to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) continue to grow. In December 2011, after eighteen years of negotiations, the World Trade Organization (WTO) invited Russia...

Reducing the human and environmental risks of obsolete pesticides : a GIS-based tool for priority-setting (anglais)

Obsolete pesticide stocks have accumulated in most of the world's developing countries and economies in transition in recent decades. International organizations estimate that some 500,000 tons are stockpiled...

The economics of renewable energy expansion in rural Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)

Accelerating development in Sub-Saharan Africa will require massive expansion of access to electricity -- currently reaching only about one-third of households. This paper explores how essential economic...

Stockpiles of obsolete pesticides and cleanup priorities : a methodology and application for Tunisia (anglais)

Obsolete pesticides have accumulated in almost every developing country or economy in transition over the past several decades. Public health and environmental authorities are eager to reduce health threats...

Country stakes in climate change negotiations : two dimensions of vulnerability,Country stakes in climate change negotiations : two dimensions of vulnerability (Participation des pays aux négociations sur le changement climatique : deux dimensions de vulnérabilité),Country stakes in climate change negotiations : two dimensions of vulnerability (anglais)

Using a comprehensive geo-referenced database of indicators relating to global change and energy, the paper assesses countries' likely attitudes with respect to international treaties that regulate carbon...

The impact of sea level rise on developing countries : a comparative analysis,The impact of sea level rise on developing countries : a comparative analysis,The impact of sea level rise on developing countries : a comparative analysis (Impact de la hausse du niveau de la mer dans les pays en développement : analyse comparative) (anglais)

Sea level rise (SLR) due to climate change is a serious global threat. The scientific evidence is now overwhelming. Continued growth of greenhouse gas emissions and associated global warming could well...

Welfare measurement bias in household and on-site surveying of water-based recreation : an application to Lake Sevan, Armenia (anglais)

Studies comparing household surveys with on-site interceptor surveys have typically accounted for over-sampling avid users in the on-site interceptor surveys (that is, endogenous stratification). However...

Health effects and pesticide perception as determinants of pesticide use : evidence from Bangladesh (anglais)

In a recent survey of 820 Boro (winter rice), potato, bean, eggplant, cabbage, sugarcane, and mango farmers in Bangladesh, over 47 percent of farmers were found to be overusing pesticides. With only 4...

Pesticide traders' perception of health risks : evidence from Bangladesh (anglais)

As pesticide traders are important sources of information about the health impacts of pesticides, a crucial understanding of their perception is necessary to guide further pesticide information dissemination...