Harbin (pop. 10.6 million) and Mudanjiang, a smaller city (pop. 2.8 million) bordering Russia, share common transportation problems of growing cities in China. With inadequate capacity and an aging bus...
Turkey has considerable renewable energy potential. However, substantial public and private investment is needed to fully exploit this resource. Securing sufficient and reliable energy to a growing economy...
China is experiencing rapid urbanization, with projected 300 million people migrating to urban areas over the next 20 years. As a result, energy use in buildings is projected to triple by 2030 contributing...
Urbanization and urban sprawl in China have been accompanied by changes in the overall travel patterns of urban residents. Cities have rapidly spread as a result of increased real estate costs, incentives...
As other medium-size cities in western China, Xiangyang (Hubei Province, population 1.2 million) is still struggling to make adequate investments in basic road infrastructure, and is only beginning to...
China’s forestry sector was traditionally focused on the extraction of timber for income generation. In 2008, the Central-Southern parts of China suffered from an exceptionally severe ice storm that affected...
Over half of Jamaica’s population of 2.7 million resides in urban areas. Seventeen percent lives below poverty. Inadequate land use and urban planning has resulted in imbalanced region development, inequitable...
Global animation is a growing industry currently valued around 220 billion US dollars per year. International companies are increasingly looking at Jamaica as a country of choice for outsourcing animation...
In many agricultural regions of Morocco irrigation is crucial as it contributes to increasing agricultural productivity and securing greater income for farmers. However, water scarcity, accentuated by...
The Diannan area (Southern Yunnan province), in the western provinces, is expected to become a regional hub of logistics, tourism, energy, and trade connecting the South Asian and Southeast Asian countries....
Agriculture in Albania is economically important, contributing 21 percent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and accounting for 58 percent of employment in the country. Although Albania is favored by water...
While Armenia has made progress in achieving nearly universal enrollment in primary and middle school, pre-school enrollment (for children ages 3-6) is currently only sixty five percent. In addition, improvements...
Quito, Ecuador’s capital, is located in a valley surrounded by volcanoes which limits construction of modern wide roads. Limited infrastructure has meant traffic jams and increased greenhouse gas emissions....
Costa Rica is a small, middle-income country with substantial exposure to natural disasters, including earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides, and volcanic eruptions. According to a World Bank funded...
Type: BriefReport#: 81173Date: August 25, 2016Author:
Navarro-Martin,Miguel
Colombia needed a customized loan that the national student loan agency, ICETEX, could on-lend to low-income students. IBRD structured a loan with a longer grace period, longer than average maturity, disbursement-linked...
The government of China has made food safety a top priority in recent years and is taking clear actions to upgrade their food safety system. It passed the Law on Agricultural Product Quality and Safety...
The State of Sao Paulo accounts for 33 percent of Brazil’s total GDP; its 41 million inhabitants have the highest per capital income in the country. Yet, the state still faces excessive economic concentration...
Historically, over several decades following Independence, progress in agriculture has been a major driver of Indonesia's impressive economic growth and reduction in poverty. In spite of rapid urbanization...
In recent years, the country’s demand for power has risen so dramatically that supply can’t keep up. Load shedding has caused widespread blackouts that reached peak levels in 2011 when power cuts occurred...
Fondo de Estabilización Energética (FEE) is a mechanism established by the Government of Uruguay to reduce the impact of drought on Government and electricity utility finances. IBRD Investment Project...
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