Developing local industries connected to the gas value chain: What can...
Joining with our World Bank Group teams in the field in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania, I was pleased to recently see first-hand evidence of the strong impact that our Global Practice on Trade and...
View ArticleOn World Energy Day, Applauding an Energy Breakthrough: Innovation Through...
At a moment when good economic news is in short supply, this week’s observance of World Energy Day provides a chance to celebrate some positive news– positive, at least, from the viewpoint of the...
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The Genie in a Bottle: How Bottled Biogas Can Contribute to Reducing Kenya’s...
Growing up, I always dreaded to enter my grandmother’s kitchen in the village. She used firewood to cook: There was such a dark, thick smoke in the room that I couldn’t breathe or keep my eyes open. I...
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Davos Sees Challenges, ‘Smart Cities’ Seize Opportunities: Finding...
As the world’s policymakers and business leaders converge in Davos, Switzerland for tomorrow’s opening of the World Economic Forum, there’s certainly no shortage of global threats for them to worry...
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Newest private participation in infrastructure update shows growth and...
In 2013, investment commitments to infrastructure projects with private participation declined by 24 percent from the previous year. It should be welcome news that the first half of 2014 (H1) data –...
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If you want to go far, go together
A new global network of Climate Innovation Centers will support the most innovative private-sector solutions for climate change. Pop quiz: What does an organic leather wallet have in common with a...
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It’s Heating Up: Industry Needs Climate-Friendly Policies to Keep Cool and...
Emiko Kashiwagi / Flickr Industries account for nearly one-third of direct and indirect global greenhouse-gas emissions, and they will be playing an increasingly important role in achieving the global...
View ArticleActivist strategies to sharpen economies' competitive edge: When Bernanke &...
So much for the myth that Washington empties out during the month of August. A standing-room-only throng flocked to a Monday-morning Brookings Institution seminar this week featuring a relative...
View ArticleClimate of hope, amid a season of summitry: Anticipation builds for vital...
Speeding through a season of summitry, the world’s policymakers now have sustainability at the forefront of their autumn agenda – and the private sector, as well, must rise to the sustainability...
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The War is Over. What Do We Do Now? Post-Conflict Recovery of the Private...
The White Nile in South Sudan. Photo by Steve Utterwulghe. As I was landing in Juba, the bustling capital of South Sudan, I couldn’t help but reminisce about my days working in Khartoum for the UN...
View ArticleVigorous ideas for ‘Powering Up Growth’ through energetic policy reforms
In an era of chronically slow economic growth, what steps can policymakers take to help jump-start productivity, spur employment and build long-term wealth? Recognizing that the private sector must...
View ArticleTaxing ‘public bads’ and investing in ‘public goods’: Constructive tax...
To tax, or not to tax? That is the question that preoccupied a thought-provoking panel at a recent World Bank Group conference on “Winning the Tax Wars” – along with such pragmatic policy questions as:...
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Start talking, and let’s get to work: Dialogue and climate action in industries
Bangkok, Thailand — November 25, 2011: A flooded factory in the Nava Nakorn Industrial Estate at Pathumthani. Photo @ photonewman“No one can tackle climate change alone.” Those words, by Abdelouahed...
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Transforming markets, one fan at a time: Punjab and the drive for more...
Surrounded by hardened fan manufacturers in the city of Gujranwala, 70 kilometers north of Lahore, the task facing our World Bank Group team was to convince them that more efficient fans, to be...
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Powering up Africa through innovation
Recent World Bank investment climate surveys find that the top two constraints for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Africa are access to finance and access to energy. Given that SMEs contribute...
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