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  Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to save civilization

  Earth Policy Institute, 2008

  This publication argues that the roots of the current environmental dilemmas lie in the enormous growth of the human enterprise over the last century. The author presents an alternative plan to save civilisation, which is ambitious not only in scale, but also in the speed with which it must be implemented.
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  Nam Theun trip 2 report and project update

  International Rivers Network, 2007

  This trip report provides information on the implementaiton of the Nam Theum 2 (NT2) agreement with respect to hydropower development in Laos. The report summarises the social and environmental impacts of the hydro project implemented by the World Bank and the Asia Development Bank (ADB) and provides recommendations for resettlement and the restoration of livelihoods.
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  Global trends in sustainable energy investment 2007: analysis of trends and issues in the financing of renewable energy and energy efficiency in OECD and developing countries

  United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2007

  This report presents the current status of sustainable energy development, including the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors. The information is intended to provide financiers and policy makers with an overview of the status of the sustainable energy market to help them weigh their commitments to the sector. Key findings that emerge from the report include:
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  Supporting provision of regional public goods in the Asia and Pacific region

  Asian Development Bank, 2007

  Regional public goods (RPGs) form a key pillar to the Regional Cooperation and Integration strategy in the Asia and Pacific region by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The strategy aims to help manage global imbalances, help lagging regions, reduce carbon intensity and check the spread of disease in the Asia. The key RPG areas in the strategy discussed in the paper are:
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  The emergence of the Gulf of Guinea in the global economy

  Global Development Network, 2004

  The Gulf of Guinea enjoys wide geographical, geological and cultural diversity, and its potential is increasingly attracting the attention of economic powers and other major consuming markets of the globe. One main characteristic of the region is its abundance of natural resources, notably oil, forestry and mining.
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  Power failure: how the World Bank is failing to adequately finance renewable energy for development

  Friends of the Earth, 2005

  Last year, the World Bank committed to increasing its renewable energy financing by 20 percent each year for the next five years, and this year, the G8 has asked the Bank to "finance a framework for climate change." The World Bank Group itself has also emphasised the global leadership role it hopes to play in addressing climate change and financing for renewable energy.Friends of the Earth (FOE
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  Fuel tax in Mozambique

  PRSP Monitoring and Synthesis Project, 2003

  This study considers the impact of a possible rise in fuel tax in Mozambique, which is bound to increase poverty and analyses the magnitude of this effect. In terms of a producer response, it argues that some economic activities are more vulnerable to fuel prices and could collapse more rapidly than a corresponding fall in demand.
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  Energy price increases in developing countries : case studies of Malaysia,Indonesia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Colombia and Turkey

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  Six case studies show that raising energy prices to eliminate subsidies does not harm the poor, growth, inflation, or industrial competitiveness. And public revenues improve.When domestic energy prices in developing countries fall below opportunity costs, price increases are recommended to conserve fiscal revenue and to ensure efficient use of resources.
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  Oil price increase [in the Philippines]: can something be done to minimize its adverse effects?

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2000

  In 2000, petroleum products had gone through several rounds of price increases in the Philippines.
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  The California electricity crisis: overview and international lessons

  Public Services International Research Unit, PSIRU, 2001

  This article discusses the disasterous effect of the deregulation of the Californian electricity system and the crisis this has caused.The article concludes that:many in California have come to the conclusion that liberalisation does not work.

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