With respect to the East-West Roads Project (Almaty-Khorgos Section): Western Europe-Western China International Transit Corridor (CAREC 1b), Executive Directors approved the loan in the amount of US$1,068...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 68562Date: May 1, 2012
The World Bank Group Bulgaria Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) 2011-2014 is a truly 'European' strategy. It is designed to partner with Bulgaria as a European Union (EU) member, and in particular to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 72298Date: May 1, 2012
Soil bioengineering is a useful and effective technology for slope stabilization and soil conservation. Soil bioengineering is defined as 'the use of living plant materials to construct structures that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73666Date: May 1, 2012
The international community has been increasing investment in projects that promote trade facilitation and improve logistics in the developing world, including in ports. In Africa, a key motivation for...
Type: BriefReport#: 68665Date: May 1, 2012Author:
Raballand, Gael J. R. F. ;
Refas, Salim ;
Beuran, Monica ;
Isik, Gozde
In Europe, it can be estimated that hydro-meteorological information and early warning systems save several hundreds of lives per year, avoid between 460 million and 2.7 billion Euros of disaster asset...
Report#: WPS6058Date: May 1, 2012Author:
Hallegatte, Stephane
In 2001 Ethiopia adopted a national water strategy aimed at providing safe and sufficient water supply and adequate sanitation services to the population. The government requested Public Private Infrastructure...
Vietnam, a country of about 87 million people, sustained average growth rates of over 7 percent between 1994 and 2008. This growth, driven by trade and the private sector, has cut poverty from 58 percent...
The report estimated that in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region alone about US$80 billion a year of additional investments would be required in low-emission projects (green investments), resulting...
Type: PublicationReport#: 68491Date: April 30, 2012
The greater metropolitan area of Beirut has a population of about 1.3 million, and suffers from severe traffic congestion, which results in lost productivity and deteriorating air quality. With World Bank...
The World Bank is helping the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to prepare a resource growth corridor strategy anchored to upcoming large mining investments. The latest large scale mining...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 79685Date: April 22, 2012
The World Bank Group (WBG) fiscal year 2012 air transport portfolio includes nearly 30 projects or project components in all six World Bank region, as well as 20 active International Finance Corporation...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 77963Date: April 19, 2012Author:
Schlumberger, Charles E. ;
Weisskopf, Nora
This story highlights a multi-sector and inclusive responses are shaping the country's response to the road injury crisis in Mexico, responsible for over 22,000 deaths and 250,000 hospital admissions every...
The highway from Charikar across the Salang mountain range to Khenjan and Doshi is the most critical link of the north-south corridor and can be described as the lifeline of the Afghan economy. The traffic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 79689Date: April 18, 2012
Drawing on IBRD funding, the Government of Georgia rehabilitated the Vaziani-Gombori-Telavi road, reducing the original 122-km journey from Tbilisi to Telavi, and to the region’s cultural heritage sites,...
Drawing on IBRD funding, the Government of Georgia rehabilitated the Vaziani- ombori-Telavi road, reducing the original 122-km journey from Tbilisi to Telavi, and to the region's cultural heritage sites,...
Drawing upon funding from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), the World Bank supported a government program in Mexico to develop the regulatory, monitoring, and financial...
This Progress Report shows that the FY10-13 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Kenya remains relevant and that progress has been made in achieving its objectives. The CPS, dated March 23, 2010, departed...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: 67224Date: April 5, 2012
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