This series showcases how the
Multilateral Development Banks’ collaboration supports the
development and implementation of infrastructure investment.
This support comes...
Type: BriefReport#: 104847Date: April 6, 2016Author:
Ghannam,Nadine Shamounki
This Seventh Edition of the Uganda
Economic Update discusses the importance of accompanying
fiscal strategy with sound public investment management
systems. Indeed,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 106178Date: April 1, 2016
Over the last decade, the countries of
the Latin America and the Caribbean region experienced a
deep economic and social transformation which lifted
millions out of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104764Date: April 1, 2016Author:
Palladini,Eric
Infrastructure services are significant
determinants of economic development, social welfare, trade,
and public health. As such, they typically feature strongly
in national...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 105056Date: April 1, 2016Author:
Marcelo Gordillo,Darwin ;
Mandri-Perrott,Xavier Cledan ;
House,Ruth Schuyler
Urbanization is a source of dynamism
that can enhance productivity and increase economic
integration, a principle evident from the experience of
today’s high-income...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104729Date: April 1, 2016
This paper examines the effects of
market integration on household consumption using data on
seven food and two energy markets across South Sudan. The
analysis reveals...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7564Date: February 16, 2016Author:
Varela,Gonzalo J. ;
Cali,Massimiliano ;
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Rojas,Esteban
This paper provides a brief overview of
the progress and challenges of the Multi-functional Economic
Zones in Zambia, as well as some possible policy
interventions for...
Report#: 115143Date: February 1, 2016Author:
Zeng,Zhihua
This report aims at providing key
recommendations toward the use of innovative designs in
small infrastructure in Romania. The overall aim is to
compare Romanian and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103461Date: January 20, 2016Author:
Czapski,Radoslaw
Although Turkey’s economy continues to
face headwinds which warrant a cautious medium-term outlook,
the new government is well positioned to implement its
structural...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 102800Date: January 19, 2016Author:
Bartsch,Ulrich ;
Yilmaz,Ayberk
As it prepared the first School
Infrastructure Census (2014 CIE), the Ministry of Education
of Perú was given advice from the World Bank for the
purposes of analyzing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 120257Date: January 1, 2016
Big data can sound remote and lacking a
human dimension, with few obvious links to development and
impacting the lives of the poor. Concepts such as
anti-poverty targeting,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107751Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Fernandes,Erick C.M. ;
Jimenez,Daniel Regis ;
Delerce,Sylvain ;
Harten,Sven ;
Kaiser,Kai-Alexander ;
Kelm,Kathrine M. ;
Krambeck,Holly ;
Lemieux,Victoria Louise ;
Gaba,Kwawu Mensan ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Rodriguez,Camila ;
Villaveces,Andres ;
Wang,Wei Winnie ;
Adelman,Melissa Ann ;
Gonzalez,Alvaro S. ;
Hernandez Ore,Marco Antonio ;
Khokhar,Tariq Afzal ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy
The Middle East and North Africa region
is in turmoil. Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen are in civil
war, causing untold damage to human lives and physical
infrastructure....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102936Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Devarajan,Shantayanan
In Bangladesh, urban water supply and
sanitation (WSS) service delivery is inefficient and
inadequate and arsenic contamination has made water quality
a major concern,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102604Date: January 1, 2016
The transition from the National Program
for Community Empowerment (PNPM) to the Village Law
implementation has brought with it the potential for immense
gains in reducing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107873Date: December 31, 2015
The 2014-2015 Romania Regional
Development 2 Program is the continuation of the World
Bank’s technical assistance to the Ministry of Regional
Development and Public...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104755Date: November 26, 2015
This report addresses two questions:
what explains Ethiopia’s growth acceleration?; and how can
it be sustained? In brief, the authors find that Ethiopia’s
rapid economic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 99399Date: November 18, 2015Author:
Moller,Lars Christian
Evidence illustrates that investment in
infrastructure is essential to accelerate inclusive growth.
Indeed, a number of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries have
begun...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 100636Date: November 1, 2015Author:
Beguy,Olivier ;
Dessus, Sébastien ;
Garba,Abdoulahi ;
Hayman,Jason Joaquin ;
Herderschee,Johannes
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