Global demand continues to be driven by Asian economies. India will increase its influence in coal markets thanks to large reserves

Global coal demand will rise 2.6 per cent annually in the next six years and challenge oil as the top energy source, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Coal consumption will climb to 4.32 billion tonnes of oil equivalent by 2017, compared with about 4.4 billion for oil, the Paris-based agency said on Tuesday in its first Medium-Term Coal Market Report. Usage will rise in all regions except the US, where cheap natural gas has damped demand, the IEA said.

The malaria burden is concentrated in 14 endemic countries, which account for an estimated 80% of malaria deaths and India is the most affected country in South-East Asia, reveals this World Malaria Report 2012 released recently

Publication of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) is a landmark event and we hope, for health. The collaboration of 486 scientists from 302 institutions in 50 countries has produced an important contribution to our understanding of present and future health priorities for countries and the global community. What is the GBD 2010? Launched in 2007, it is a consortium of seven partners: Harvard University; the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington, Seattle; Johns Hopkins University; the University of Queensland; Imperial

Other than in China, where the reduction in poverty has been spectacular, progress in poverty reduction in the world during the past three decades has been modest. This slow progress and the decline in infl uence of the Washington Consensus has prompted new thinking on poverty and its reduction.

A massive 15-year-long international study, with significant contribution from Indian doctors has found that the most common drug against breast cancer — Tamoxifen, used in women with ERpositive (o

The aim of this report is to examine the problem of changing climate patterns in dry land areas and its effect on rural populations and offer some practical solutions, as input the Conference of Conference of the Parties (COP18) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Higher temperatures and unpredictable weather events are disrupting life-sustaining agriculture in many parts of the world, derailing efforts to reduce hunger and poverty in the world’s poorest regions.

In recent years, one of the oldest asset classes in investment – land – has become an issue of international concern and scrutiny. Land acquisitions are being announced at a breakneck pace as companies look to produce more food, wood fiber, minerals and energy.

Climate change presents the greatest challenge ever faced by our domestic and international institutions, and great deal of the difficulty lies in the science of the issue.

This learning note is published by the Operational Communications Division in the World Bank’s External Affairs Vice Presidency. It aims to help task managers communicate with service providers as they prepare for an urban water supply reform project.

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