Documents et rapports

Indonesia daily economic update (anglais)

This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for May 11, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: the government plans to sell the Saving Bond Retail (SBR) via the e-SBN online platform. The SBR...

The sunflower sector in Tanzania – A great potential for industrial competitiveness (anglais)

Tanzania has great potential in the sunflower oil seeds sector, which can be scaled-up as one of its key sectors for industrial development. This policy note provides an overview of the government policies...

Drawing a roadmap for reforming oil pricing policy : Feuille de route pour la reforme de la politique des prix des produits petroliers (français)

Between 2003 and 2012 the average annual world prices of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene in 160 countries more than doubled, while the prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) used for cooking and heating...

Drawing a roadmap for reforming oil pricing policy (anglais)

Between 2003 and 2012 the average annual world prices of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene in 160 countries more than doubled, while the prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) used for cooking and heating...

Drawing a roadmap for reforming oil pricing policy : Dibujo de una hoja de ruta para la reforma de la politica de precios del petroleo (espagnol)

Between 2003 and 2012 the average annual world prices of gasoline, diesel, and kerosene in 160 countries more than doubled, while the prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) used for cooking and heating...

Reforming fuel pricing in an age of $100 oil (anglais)

Increases in world oil prices since 2004 have challenged consumers and oil-importing countries across the world. Oil prices temporarily fell sharply in 2009, only to triple three years later. The oil import...

Fuel pricing and subsidies in Indonesia : reaching an equitable and sustainable policy (anglais)

Indonesia is an oil producing country and is the only East Asian member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Over the years, this endowment of oil resources has been steadily exploited...

Petroleum product markets in Sub-Saharan Africa : comparative efficiency analysis of twelve countries (anglais)

Petroleum products are used across the entire economy in every country. Gasoline and diesel are the primary fuels used in road transport. Oil is used in power generation, accounting for eleven percent...

Kazakhstan - Minimizing environmental impacts of industrial growth: Case study of petrochemical industry in Kazakhstan (anglais)

Revival and development of the petrochemical industry in Kazakhstan is possible without serious damage to the environment, so long as measures by investors in plant revival include best available techniques...

Alleviating fuel adulteration practices in the downstream oil sector in Senegal (anglais)

The World Bank is supporting a number of initiatives to rationalize the downstream oil sector of Sub-Saharan African countries. Such initiatives include the phasing-out of leaded gasoline (part of the...

Congo Republic - Post Conflict - Economic Rehabilitation Credit (anglais)

Yemen economic update (7) (anglais)

This is the fifth issue of a bi-monthly economic monitoring report on Yemen. The report consists of four sections. The first section highlights key political, and major economic and policy developments...

Global energy sector reform in developing countries : a scorecard (anglais)

This assessment is based on a questionnaire to establish if crucial steps had been taken - by 1998 - to obtain the maximum benefits for energy sector reform. Questions focused on privatization, regulatory...

A scorecard for energy reform in developing countries (anglais)

Only a handful of developing countries have fully reformed their energy sectors - oil, gas, and power. A World Bank survey of 115 developing countries shows that on average in mid-1998 just 39 percent...

Water pollution abatement by Chinese industry : cost estimates and policy implications (anglais)

Using factory-level data provided by China's National Environmental Protection Agency and the Tianjin Environmental Protection Bureau, the authors of this report estimate the costs of water pollution abatement...

An assessment of the energy toolbox planning model (anglais)

This study evaluates the performance of Energy Toolbox (ETB), a wide-energy model. For purposes of this assessment two case studies were developed: a case for Haiti that assesses ETB's performance at the...

Agro-industry profiles : coconut (anglais)

The objective of this Profile is to provide a technical review of the coconut processing industry. It explores the coconut industry from raw materials to primary processes performed on the coconut fruit...

Announcement of Zimbabwe to Study Petroleum Fuel Supply with IDA Support on October 4, 1982 (anglais)

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of one million twenty thousand US dollars for Zimbabwe...

Announcement of Economic Report on Nigeria on August 14, 1974 (anglais)

This press release announces on August 14, 1974, that the importance of rising oil production to Nigeria's economy is emphasized in a new World Bank publication, Nigeria : Options for Long-Term Development...

Announcement of IFC Supports Philippine's Industrial Growth by Investing More than Two Million US Dollars for a Chemical Plant on May 4, 1973 (anglais)

This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the World Bank, investing approximately two million two hundred thousand US dollars on May 4, 1973 in Victorias...