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Fertiliser Investment and Production Costs, report of the World Bank to the 9th Session of the FAO Commission on Fertilizers, Rome, Feb. 1985. 

Market Size and Distribution. The market for PV modules has grown at an average annual rate of more than 15% since the 1980s to approximately 68 yr (1994) (45). With increased involvement of utilities and lending institutions, such as the World Bank, this rate is expected to... 

Manual of Industrial Hazard Assessment Techniques, The World Bank, October 1985. 

Contaminated solid wastes are generally incinerated, and the flue gases are scrubbed. The emissions levels cited in Table 4 are those recommended by the World Bank Organization that should be achieved. 

Bernstein, Janis D. Alternative Approaches to Pollution Control and Waste Management Regulatory and Economic Instruments. Washington The World Bank, 1993. 

Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook 1998 — Toward Cleaner Production. Washington The World Bank Group, 1999. 

A Planner s Guide for Selecting Clean Coal Technologies for Power Plants, Technical Paper No. 387. Washington The World Bank, 1997. 

Manual of Industrial Hazard Assessment Techniques, Office of Environmental and Scientific Affairs, The World Bank, Oct., 1985, London. 

Eaiz, A. Weaver, C. Walsh, M. (1996). Air Pollution from Motor Vehicles. New York The World Bank. 

Established in 1946, with a subscribed capital fund of 7.67 million, the primary mission of the World Bank is to combat poverty by securing low cost funding for sustainable development. The largest shareholder is the U.S., followed by the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, and Eranee. 

The World Bank grants financing for fossil fuel electricity generation, yet finances only facilities that have advanced emission control equipment. And although the World Bank has never financed a nuclear power plant, a zero carbon emitter, it is vciy active in evaluating hydropower projects, helping to establish the World Commission on Large Dams. 

The World Bank also looks tor energy effieiency improvement opportunities by pushing for the elimination of fossil fuel subsidies (estimated at over 200 billion a year in the developing world), improving demand-side efficiency, and making the energy supply system more cost conscious. 

U.S. homes are powered entirely by PV. A large number of homes in Japan, where consumer electricity rates are three times higher than in the U.S., have roof-integrated PV systems. Half a million PV systems have been installed in developing countries by the World Bank. More than 10,000 have been installed in Sri Lanka, 60,000 in Indonesia, 150,000 in Kenya, 85,000 in Zimbabwe, 40,000 in Mexico, and... 

The World Bank, Washington, DC Railway Passenger Sei vice... 

Gertler P, Van der Gaag J (1990) The willingness to pay for medical care. The World Bank, WA... 

Emissions levels for the design and operation of each pulp and paper mill project must be established through the environmental assessment (EA) process on the basis of national legislation and handbooks1 2 36 37 as applied to local conditions. The emissions levels selected must be justified in the EA and acceptable to the World Bank Group. 

World Population Projection, 1994-5 Edition The World Bank... 

Roll Back Malaria —a partnership between the World Health Organization, the UN Development Program, UNICEF and the World Bank. Available at http //mosquito.who.int. 

J. Rovira Forns Senior health economist, The World Bank Health, Nutrition and Population, Washington and lecturer, University of Barcelona... 

Quaak, R, H. Knoef, and H. Stassen, 1999. Energy from Biomass. A Review of Combustion and Gasification Technologies. World Bank Technical Paper No. 422, Energy Series, The World Bank, Washington D.C. 78 pp. 

Strategic planning and review discussion paper 1, October, The World Bank, Washington, DC Comer S, Ekanem E, Muhammad S, Singh SP, Tegegne F (1999) Sustainable and conventional farmers a comparison of socio-economic characteristics, attitude, and belief. J Sustain Agric 15(l) 29-45... 

World Resources Institute (1999). World Resources 1998-1999. The World Bank and the United Nations Environment Program, www.wri.org. 

Volumes Estimated Using Satellite Data. Final Report to the World Bank, Earth Observation Group. Boulder, Colorado NOAA National Geophysical Data Centre. www.ngdc.noaa.gov/dmsp/interest/DMSP flares 20070530 b.pdf. 

Leautier, F. A. (ed.) (2006). Cities in a Globalizing World. Governance, Performance Sustainability. WBI Learning Research Series. Washington, DC The World Bank Institute, The World Bank. 

West RJ, Jarvis MJ, Russell MA, Carruthers ME, Feyerabend C (1984) Effect of nicotine replacement on the cigarette withdrawal syndrome. Br J Addict 79 215-219 World Bank (1999), Curbing the epidemic governments and the economics of tobacco control. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank, Washington, DC World Health Organization (1992) The ICD-10 classification of mental behavioural disorders. World Health Organization, Geneva... 

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