In developing countries, governments
know the importance of broadband for development and
promoting broadband as a way to boost knowledge in society
has now entered...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 102959Date: November 1, 2015Author:
Garcia,Jose Marino
This is a statement by Nhlanhla Musa
Nene, Minister of Finance at the ninety-second meeting of
the Development Committee held on October 10, 2015. He
discusses that...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 100185Date: October 10, 2015Author:
Nene, Nhlanhla Musa
The authors have assembled 1960–2012
infrastructure stock data from 145 countries to estimate the
demand for infrastructure services in emerging markets and
developing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7414Date: September 17, 2015Author:
Ruiz Nunez,Fernanda ;
Wei,Zichao
The connections between transport
infrastructure and economic development have been
extensively analyzed in previous research, but little is
known about the cost of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7408Date: September 2, 2015Author:
Collier,Paul ;
Kirchberger,Martina ;
Söderbom,Måns
This paper quantifies the contributions
to poverty reduction observed in Sri Lanka between 2002 and
2012 to 2013. The methods adopted for the analysis gen This
paper...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125421Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Rodrguez-Lesmes,Paul ;
Trujillo,Jose Daniel ;
Valderrama,Daniel
The Hubei Xiaogan Logistics
Infrastructure Project (herein after ‘the Project’) is
located in the Xiaonan District of Xiaogan City in the Hubei
Province of central China....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 104242Date: September 1, 2015
Africa has experienced economic growth
of more than 5 percent per annum during the past decade, but
to sustain this growth, investment in infrastructure is
fundamental....
Type: PublicationReport#: 96040Date: September 1, 2015Author:
Cervigni,Raffaello ;
Liden,Mats Johan Rikard ;
Neumann,James L. ;
Strzepek, Kenneth M.
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic
Note contains economic highlights, including: In Q2 2015,
GDP grew at 4.7 percent yoy, the same rate as in the first
quarter and...
This note explores the Bangladesh
experience in implementing the widespread use of a private
operator model for building and operating rural piped water
schemes. Since...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 106426Date: August 1, 2015Author:
Leigland,James ;
Motaleb,Abdul ;
Islam,A.K.M Waliul
The highlights of this Turkey regular
economic note for July 2015 are: public spending offset
weaker private demand to keep growth solid in the first
quarter; despite...
The highlights of this Turkey regular
economic note for July 2015 are: public spending offset
weaker private demand to keep growth solid in the first
quarter; despite...
This paper is organized into three main
sections. Section one presents the background, objectives,
scope, and limitations of the study. It also provides a
general definition...
Report#: 100435Date: June 29, 2015Author:
Salomonsen,Andreas Tore Holst ;
Diachok,Myrtle Laura
The water and sanitation sector in India
is at the threshold of major transformation. This report
details the process, outputs, and intermediate outcomes of
the technical...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS13315Date: May 29, 2015Author:
Srivastava,Manish Kumar
This synthesis report details the
process, outputs, and intermediate outcomes of the water and
sanitation program (WSP) - World Bank technical assistance
(TA) strengthening...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS7093Date: May 21, 2015Author:
Kacker,Suneetha Dasappa
Global debate over alternative
approaches to governing the internet has been wide ranging,
but increasingly has pivoted around the wisdom of
multistakeholder governance....
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 102960Date: May 16, 2015Author:
Dutton,William Harold
The Second Village Investment Project
for the Kyrgyz Republic received a satisfactory outcome
rating with moderate risk to development outcome. The Bank
received a moderately...
This is a statement by Michel Sapin,
Minister of Finance and Public Accounts at the ninety first
meeting of the Development Committee held on April 18, 2015.
The paper...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 95914Date: April 18, 2015
The highlights of this Turkey regular
economic note for April 2015 are: growth slowed to 2.9
percent in 2014 and short-term prospects remain subdued; the
fall in energy...
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