The Committee expressed strong support
for the World Bank Group (WBG)Infrastructure Strategy
Update, FY12-15 and commended the management for the
uniqueness of this...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 66225Date: November 30, 2011
The Executive Directors of International
Development Association (IDA) approved the IDA Guarantee to
Cameroon in the amount of up to Chartered Financial Analyst
(CFA)...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 65581Date: November 10, 2011
Infrastructure made a net contribution
of just over two percentage points to Botswana's
improved per capita growth performance in recent years.
Raising the countrys...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5887Date: November 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Pushak,Nataliya
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) assistance was requested in early 2003 to
fund a study covering cross-sectorial aspects of private
participation...
There is a consensus that jobs are vital
in translating economic growth into lasting poverty
reduction and social cohesion. But who creates jobs is an
understudied field....
Type: BriefReport#: 65644Date: November 1, 2011Author:
Ghani, Ejaz ;
Kerr, William R. ;
O'Connell, Stephen D.
Recovering from the August 2008 armed
conflict with Russia and the global economic crisis, Georgia
now ranks as a lower middle-income country and is an
International...
The Philippines is well on its way to
achieving the sanitation target, which is part of a combined
drinking water and sanitation target within the Millennium
Development...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 72418Date: November 1, 2011
In the last 10 years, Mozambique's
economy has grown steadily at an impressive rate of 7.7
percent per year, driven by the service sector, light
industry, and agriculture....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5885Date: November 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Dominguez Torres,Carolina
Statistics from the UN Joint Monitoring
Program show sanitation progress in Indonesia to be
off-track coverage has to increase by more than 13
percentage points nationally...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 72417Date: November 1, 2011
The enterprise surveys focus on the many
factors that shape the business environment. These factors
can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an
important...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 65105Date: October 21, 2011
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) has funded nine activities in the united
republic of Tanzania. The transport sector has been the
biggest beneficiary...
Infrastructure contributed half a
percentage point to the Republic of Congo's annual per
capita GDP growth from 2001 to 2006. If the country's
infrastructure were improved...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5838Date: October 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Pushak,Nataliya
Lao People's Democratic Republic
(PDR) is one of the least developed countries in the East
Asia and the Pacific region. Public-Private Infrastructure
Advisory Facility...
Sound infrastructure is critical for
growth in East Africa. During 1995-2005, improvements in
infrastructure boosted growth by one percentage point per
year, due largely...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5844Date: October 1, 2011Author:
Foster,Vivien ;
Ranganathan,Rupa
Togolese government sought technical
assistance from Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) in 2009 to develop a suitable reform
strategy for Compagnie...
In 1996 the Republic of The Gambia
(Gambia) formulated a broad reform program Gambia Inc.
Vision 2020 that aimed to establish a globally competitive
export and processing...
Madinah, Saudi Arabia, is a major
destination point for pilgrims and a designated center for
knowledge-based industry in the country. The Prince Mohammed
Bin Abdulaziz...
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