The data includes the protected areas national parks, World Heritage Site, reserves in DRC. The World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) is a joint project between the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International...

Climatescope 2017 tracks the conditions for clean energy investment on and off the grid, and provides a wealth of publicly-available information on 71 emerging markets in Africa, Asia and Latin America & the Caribbean. To learn more,...

The database contains four new indicators related to trade facilitation covering 112 countries over the 2004-2007. The indicators are scaled on a range of 0 (lowest performer) to 1 (top performer) and are obtained using factor analysis...

The Global Electrification Platform (GEP) is a multi-phase project led by the World Bank to standardize and simplify the use of geospatial tools for least-cost electrification planning....

For the urban and peri-urban area of St. Louis, three main flood scenarios have to be considered: a. Fluvial floods (seasonal floods from the Senegal River) after heavy tropical rains in the...

Data repository for solar and meteorological ground measurements from a network of weather stations in West Africa. The data is provided in the framework of the West African Power Pool project: "Solar Development in Sub-Saharan Africa -...

The MTF survey is a global baseline survey on household access to electricity and clean cooking, which goes beyond the binary approach to look at access as a spectrum of service levels experienced by households. Resources included are...

The products within the water quality service provide the parameters (a) Chlorophyll concentration (CHL), (b) Total suspended matter concentration (TSM), (c) Dissolved organic matter absorption (CDOM), and (d) Signal depths (Z90). They...

The Global Electrification Platform (GEP) is a multi-phase project led by the World Bank to standardize and simplify the use of geospatial tools for least-cost electrification planning....

Data collected and prepared from the Kazakhstan’s National Transmission Grid map, for a WBG published report Stuck in transition: reform experiences and challenges ahead in the Kazakhstan power sector. Includes transmission lines,...

This paper studies the impact of transport infrastructure projects of the Belt and Road Initiative on shipment times and trade costs. Based on a new data on completed and planned Belt and Road transport projects, Geographic Information...

The transmission network map is obtained from the OpenStreetMap (OSM) database version 06.Feb.2017. The level of completeness varies across different areas due to poor satellite/aerial imagery and/or resolution in some areas, and due to...

Survey data from Mexico, 1995, which provides detailed information on environmental performance and determinants, including plant, firm and market characteristics, pollution control costs, relationships with regulators, and measures to...

The Global Electrification Platform (GEP) is a multi-phase project led by the World Bank to standardize and simplify the use of geospatial tools for least-cost electrification planning....

The Global Electrification Platform (GEP) is a multi-phase project led by the World Bank to standardize and simplify the use of geospatial tools for least-cost electrification planning....

Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) is a parastatal organization under the Ministry of Energy and Minerals. The Company generates, transmits, distributes and sells electricity to Tanzania Mainland and sells bulk power to...

Probable informal settlements over Karachi (Pakistan) contains spatial explicit information about position of slums as identified in 2005 and 2010 from ancillary data sources and in 2017 by interpretation of VHR satellite imagery. The...

The Transport Infrastructure information product shows the classification of three road types: Arterial Roads, Collector Roads and Local Roads. The Transport Infrastructure dataset is based on Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery...

Data repository for solar and meteorological ground measurements from a network of weather stations in West Africa. The data is provided in the framework of the West African Power Pool project: "Solar Development in Sub-Saharan Africa -...

The Global Electrification Platform (GEP) is a multi-phase project led by the World Bank to standardize and simplify the use of geospatial tools for least-cost electrification planning....