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East Asia & Pacific is facing some great development challenges today: urbanization, protection of the environment, the need to find renewable energy sources and many others. This site wants to create a conversation around those important issues. More »

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Growing number of families in China making use of solar energy

Submitted by Joe Qian on Wed, 2009-09-02 11:10
Rows of solar collectors line the roofs of many buildings in China.

Driving through Jiangsu and Anhui provinces adjacent to Shanghai, China, last month, I was struck. Not by the sheer number of people and vehicles, or by the seemingly endless number of new buildings under construction with their distinct bamboo scaffolding, but by what was on top of those roofs: continuous rows of solar collectors.

China’s increasing emphasis on renewable energy on a large-scale level can be seen by wind farms in Inner Mongolia and several other green World Bank projects in the country. However, the most pervasive example for the public and individuals has been the explosion of the use of solar water heaters.

New website offers resources for businesses to fight corruption

Submitted by Deborah Perlman on Wed, 2008-07-02 21:46

The new site www.fightingcorruption.org, is a collaboration of a number of stakeholders from the NGO sector, the business community and other stakeholders: the World Bank, the UN Global Compact, the Center for International Private Enterprise, the Global Advice Network, Grant Thornton, Siemens, and Transparency International.  The site includes a guidebook for businesses that are interested in working to fight corruption, particularly through collective action with other stakeholders.  In addition, the site offers country-specific resources on anticorruption, case studies and a business case for addressing corruption.  Scroll down on the “resources” page to find sector-specific anticorruption information and search through the information network to find organizations or individuals working on corruption in your country.