Retrofitting coal-fired power plants in middle-income countries: What role for the World Bank? / Nigel Purvis, Abigail Jones and Cecilia Springer. Brookings Institution, July 2014, 12 p. http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2014/07/coal-fired-power-plants-middle-income-countries-world-bank-purvis Presentation (© Brookings Institution) : In July 2013, the World Bank decided to phase-out lending for new coal-fired power plants in middle-income countries, except in rare circumstances where ...