Prudential regulation of infrastructure
investment plays an important role in creating an enabling
environment for mobilizing long-term finance from
institutional investors,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131044Date: October 10, 2018Author:
Jobst,Andreas Alexander
To analyze the effect of an increase in
the quantity or quality of public investment on growth, this
paper extends the World Bank’s Long-Term Growth Model
(LTGM), by...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8604Date: October 9, 2018Author:
Devadas,Sharmila ;
Pennings,Steven Michael
The objective of capital budgeting
institutions and practices is to ensure linkages between key
policy objectives and actual budget resource allocation
related to public...
The objective of this note is to set-out
the rationale and priorities for strengthening public
capital budgeting practices at the sub-national levels in
China. The audience...
The main objective of the Reimbursable
Advisory Services (RAS) was to provide evidence-based advice
to the Chilean Government on theadvantages and disadvantages
of the...
Getting to Gender Equality in
Electricity Infrastructure: Lessons from Electricity
Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Projects examines
the social and gender...
This report describes Private
Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) as indicated in the
Private Participation in Infrastructure Database. The
database records investment...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 125640Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Saha,Deblina ;
Hong,Seong Ho ;
Shao,Alex ;
Modi,Akhilesh ;
Zemlytska,Iuliia
This study argues that public
infrastructure is an important though previously neglected
driving mechanism of the structural transformation process.
To assess its significance...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8285Date: December 19, 2017Author:
Perez Sebastian,Fidel ;
Steinbuks,Jevgenijs
Since 2013, a new legislation was being
drafted by the Senate of Brazil, in response to the
perception that the Agencies often lack financial,
administrative and decision...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 122076Date: December 15, 2017
China has experienced rapid urbanization
in the past three decades, which has successfully brought
unparalleled economic growth, employment creation and
improvement...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 121427Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Reja,Binyam ;
Campanaro,Alessandra
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank in
this high-level roundtable on recovery and resilience in the
Caribbean. ...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 129832Date: October 13, 2017Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
This is a statement by the Honourable
Bill Morneau, Minister of Finance, at the 96th meeting of
the Development Committee held on October 14, 2017. He spoke
about how...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 120495Date: October 7, 2017
Port corporatization has become the
model of choice for countries that have been reluctant to
entirely privatize their port authorities. Today, the most
commonly pursued...
This brief is about improving the
infrastructure in Tajikistan. The government is investing in
improving infrastructure to connect communities, improve
economic outcomes,...
The Thai economic recovery has continued
to broaden and gain momentum, reflecting an increase in
external demand amid global growth and a recovery from
severe drought....
Most transition countries in Central and
Eastern Europe face enormous challenges in developing a
viable land structure. Due to restitution processes and
socially engaged...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124667Date: July 14, 2017Author:
Holst, Frank van
The planning and analysis of
infrastructure investments is complex as it is both
strategic and long-term in nature, involves large capital
expenditures, and affects...
Latin America can dramatically narrow
itsinfrastructure service gap by spending efficiently on the
right things. It remains to be seen whether spending better
will be...
Type: PublicationReport#: 117647Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Fay,Marianne ;
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Fox,Charles James Edward ;
Narloch,Ulf Gerrit ;
Straub,Stephane ;
Slawson,Michael Alan
Why does Brazil continue to lag its
peers in the quality of physical infrastructure? What are
the implications for growth prospects? What could be done to
close the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 117392Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Raiser,Martin ;
Clarke,Roland N. ;
Procee,Paul ;
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Kikoni,Edith ;
Mubiru,Joseph Kizito ;
Vinuela,Lorena
This report evaluates the use of rural
electrification concessions in Africa. It provides a
comprehensive overview of successful and failed cases and
identifies the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 119820Date: June 30, 2017Author:
lar de Ferrenback ;
Richard H. Hosier, Morgan Bazilian, Tatia Lemond ;
zhava, Kabir Malik, Mitsunori Motohashi
David Vi
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