Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
economies display large variation in terms of income per
capita. The richest APEC economies have an income per capita
about...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 56563Date: January 31, 2011
Parts of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), the
northeastern most administrative region of Pakistan, have
been undergoing a dramatic transformation over the last
three decades....
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 55998Date: December 2, 2010
Drawing on several studies on APEC
economies, this report discusses economic policy choices for
mitigating and adapting to climate change effects. It
highlights that...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 56562Date: November 17, 2010
Economic growth in Solomon Islands since
the end of civil conflict in 2003 has been driven by rapid
expansion of the forestry sector and large increases in
international...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 57795Date: October 1, 2010
This paper's objective is to focus
on the fiscal dimension of HIV/AIDS, in order to highlight
and assess fiscal policy challenges arising from the
response to HIV/AIDS,...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 70113Date: August 31, 2010
This report is a first-person account of
the authors mission to Uzbekistan in 2009 to review their
tax policy and administration. The mission was tasked to
conduct...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 70580Date: November 25, 2009Author:
Baurer, Lews I.
As a follow-up to the December 2008 CPIA
mission to discuss the World Bank's technical
assistance on improving the CPIA ratings, a mission led by
Mr. Ian Storkey, World...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 70581Date: November 25, 2009
Thailand's economy is expected to
contract by 2.7 percent in 2009 before expanding by 3.5
percent in 2010, adjusting to a lower level of external
demand in the aftermath...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 66282Date: November 1, 2009
Heavily indebted low-income countries
benefited from significant debt relief over the past decade.
Under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative
and the...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 51570Date: October 2, 2009Author:
Primo Braga, Carlos A. ;
Domeland, Dorte
Remittances constitute financial flows
that affect the receiving country's economy and its
development through diverse channels, including income,
consumption, investment,...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 69426Date: September 30, 2009Author:
Adams, Richard ;
van den Bosch, Marie Alienor ;
Keller, Jennifer ;
Mottaghi, Lili
This report is intended to support the
analysis and implementation of reforms aimed at a
strengthening of the intergovernmental system in Colombia.
In mid-2007 congress...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 39832Date: August 1, 2009
Since the Arab World Initiative (AWI)
was first announced in October 2007, the World Bank Group
has had extensive consultation with country authorities and
other stakeholders,...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 69411Date: August 1, 2009
This report is intended to support the
analysis and implementation of reforms aimed at a
strengthening of the intergovernmental system in Colombia.
In mid-2007 congress...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 39832Date: August 1, 2009
The issue of regional differences in
development has moved to the center of the development
debate in Sri Lanka, partly after the release of regional
poverty data. For...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 48968Date: May 12, 2009
Policymakers in developing countries are
increasingly recognizing the necessity of developing
strategies and identifying specific investment programs to
reduce spatial...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 70398Date: May 5, 2009
The world has entered the first global
recession since the Second World War. The impact of the
crisis worldwide is proving far deeper and broader than
previously thought....
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 48576Date: March 1, 2009
The aim of this survey is to provide a
conceptual framework to help understand economic informality
in Turkey, as an input to further analysis and the
formulation of...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 70572Date: January 1, 2009
This public expenditure analysis for
Aceh in 2008 states that the Government of Aceh has received
a Special Autonomy Fund to give greater opportunities to
build infrastructure...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 46305Date: November 1, 2008
The study on the sources of rural growth
in Burundi results from a meticulous work carried out by
eminent experts of the World Bank in response to a request
of the Government...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 44649Date: July 3, 2008Author:
Baghdadli, Ilhem ;
Harborne, Bernard ;
Rajadel, Tania
This report is designed to provide
policymakers with estimates of the likely outcomes of an
array of potential changes in transportation sector policy.
To this end,...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 40020Date: July 1, 2008
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