Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
Technical Assistance to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the Promotion of Private Sector Involvement in Oil and Gas Exploration
Author: Technical Assistance to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the Energy Sector Master Plan
Author: R. StroemPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Technical Assistance to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the Power Distribution Restructuring and Regulation Project
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Asian Development Bank
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors on Proposed Loans to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the Power Sector Development Program
Author: Asian Development BankPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
World Development Report 1994
Author: Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780195209921
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
World Development Report 1994 examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision and the quality of infrastructure services. In recent decades, developing countries have made substantial investments in infrastructure, achieving dramatic gains for households and producers by expanding their access to services such as safe water, sanitation, electric power, telecommunications, and transport. Even more infrastructure investment and expansion are needed in order to extend the reach of services - especially to people living in rural areas and to the poor. But as this report shows, the quantity of investment cannot be the exclusive focus of policy. Improving the quality of infrastructure service also is vital. Both quantity and quality improvements are essential to modernize and diversify production, help countries compete internationally, and accommodate rapid urbanization. The report identifies the basic cause of poor past performance as inadequate institutional incentives for improving the provision of infrastructure. To promote more efficient and responsive service delivery, incentives need to be changed through commercial management, competition, and user involvement. Several trends are helping to improve the performance of infrastructure. First, innovation in technology and in the regulatory management of markets makes more diversity possible in the supply of services. Second, an evaluation of the role of government is leading to a shift from direct government provision of services to increasing private sector provision and recent experience in many countries with public-private partnerships is highlighting new ways to increase efficiency and expand services. Third, increased concern about social and environmental sustainability has heightened public interest in infrastructure design and performance.
Report and Recommendation of the President to the Board of Directors on a Proposed Program Cluster for and Loans and Technical Assistance Grant to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the Private Sector Development Program
Author: Asian Development BankPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Global Trends 2040
Author: National Intelligence CouncilPublisher: Cosimo Reports
ISBN: 9781646794973
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.
Gender Tool Kit: Energy
Author: Asian Development BankPublisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9290927518
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
This tool kit assists staff and consultants of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in conceptualizing and designing gender-responsive projects in the energy sector. It guides users in key questions to be asked and data to be collected during project preparation. It also offers a menu of entry points in designing project outputs, activities, inputs, indicators, and targets that integrate key gender issues identified during the gender analysis. The tool kit is broken down into key subsectors of ADB's energy sector investments---transmission and distribution, rural electrification, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. Case studies from ADB energy projects have been included to illustrate good practices in mainstreaming gender in energy sector.
Deepening Economic Cooperation between India and Sri Lanka
Author: Indra Nath MukherjiPublisher: Asian Development Bank
ISBN: 9292541706
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This book analyzes the performance and impact of the India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement over the past decade and suggests the way forward. India became an important source of imports for Sri Lanka immediately after the implementation of the free trade agreement. Bilateral trade between the countries increased steadily thereafter, with Sri Lankan commodities finding a large market in India. The composition of trade also changed with an increased number of new goods being traded. The book computes indices and suggests scope for deepening economic cooperation between the two countries by pruning the negative lists for trade in goods, identifying potential investment, and suggesting policies for expanding cooperation in services.
Sri Lanka 2010
Author: World Trade OrganizationPublisher: Bernan Press
ISBN: 9781598884623
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
he Trade Policy Review Mechanism, a permanent feature of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is designed to contribute to improving adherence by all WTO members to rules, disciplines, and commitments made under the Multilateral Trade Agreement. This volume in the series provides information on the trade policies, practices, and macroeconomic situations of the United States. Each Trade Policy Review is expertly prepared after in-depth analysis of an individual nation by the WTO s Trade Policy Review Board."