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DC2006-0002 April 5, 2006

CLEAN ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT: TOWARDS AN INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK

Attached for the April 23, 2006, Development Committee Meeting is a paper entitled “Clean Energy and Development: Towards an Investment Framework,” prepared by the staff of the World Bank. This item will be considered under Item I of the Provisional Agenda.

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CLEAN ENERGY AND DEVELOPMENT: TOWARDS AN INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK

Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Vice Presidency Infrastructure Vice Presidency THE WORLD BANK APRIL 5, 2006

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
AAA AfDB ADB CAS CC CCS CCS CDM CEFV CF Analytical and Advisory Activities African Development Bank Asian Development Bank Country Assistance Strategy Climate Change Clean Coal Systems Carbon Capture and Storage Clean Development Mechanism Clean Energy Financing Vehicle Carbon Finance JI IADB IDB IEA IF IFIs IGBP IGCC IIASA IPCC ISDR INF MDGs MIGA “G+5” Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa Joint Implementation Inter-American Development Bank Islamic Development Bank International Energy Agency Investment Framework International Financial Institutions International Geosphere Biosphere Program Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change International Strategy for Disaster Reduction Infrastructure Vice Presidency Millennium Development Goals Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency Non-Governmental Organizations Natural Resource Management Public-Private Partnerships Poverty Reduction Strategy Overseas Development Assistance Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Renewable Energy... [continues]

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