The objective of the Chittagong Water Supply Improvement and Sanitation Project for Bangladesh is to increase the sustainable access to safe water and improved sanitation, as well as support the establishment of a long term water supply, sanitation and drainage infrastructure development and operational management program in Chittagong. There are...
In the light of the prevailing country practices and conditions and with the objective of aligning better with the country systems, there will be an extension of the timeline of the submission of the audits in the India portfolio from six to nine months for all active projects, starting with...
The additional financing from the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) for India Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Security through Innovations in Land and Ecosystem Management Project will support the development and implementation of innovations in agriculture through collaboration among fanners, private sector, civil society, and public sector organizations. This GEF project has been...
The objective of the project is to support Bangladesh's efforts to raise levels of social development and economic growth by increasing access to electricity in remote rural areas and to reduce atmospheric carbon emissions by overcoming market barriers for renewable energy development.
The objective of this project for the large scale deployment of Compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) is to support Bangladesh’s efforts to raise levels of social development and economic growth by increasing access to electricity, particularly in rural areas where both access and availability is low. This will be achieved by...
The overarching objectives of this project are: (a) to support the rehabilitation of the areas affected by adverse natural disasters; (b) to strengthen the country's capacity to manage natural disaster risks and better respond to emergencies resulting from adverse natural events; and (c) to reduce the vulnerability of communities through...
The Adaptation Coalition Toolkit was developed to promote the World Bank's strategic priority to empower people by creating more inclusive, cohesive, and accountable societies in the face of climate change. The purpose of this toolkit is to guide facilitating groups or teams of development practitioners in pursuing participatory collaboration with...
Urban sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Brazilian cities are growing. At the national level, the dominance of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in Brazil masks the fact that emissions from other sectors, like Energy, Transport and Waste, are growing quite rapidly in cities. Compared to other cities around...
The development objective of this project is to demonstrate the technical viability of Concentrated Solar Power development in cold, dry, and high latitude conditions.
China’s economy has experienced remarkable growth over the past several decades, but this growth has been accompanied by an increase in social and environmental challenges. Intensive agricultural farming and the expansion of livestock production in the rural areas are considered viable means for creating rural income and employment and secure...