It is in this context that this study has been undertaken to document BRT case studies in terms of the political setting, institutions/governance, public involvement and communications, service/operations/management...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 69308Date: January 1, 2012
The EBRD-World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) is a joint initiative of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank. The BEEPS has...
Cities currently account for about two-thirds of the world's annual energy consumption and about 70 percent of the world's Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. In the coming decades, urbanization and income...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 74789Date: January 1, 2012
The Nairobi Metropolitan Services Improvement Project is aimed at addressing some of the challenges faced by the metropolitan region including inadequate solid waste collection and environmental hazardous...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 66373Date: January 1, 2012
Regional organizations and national governments are increasingly focusing on enhancing the benefits from mining sector investment. The Africa Union's African Mining Vision 2050 outlines a new resource-based...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 66585Date: January 1, 2012
The Pacific Islands include some of the smallest and most remote countries in the world. The population of these islands ranges from 12,000 in Tuvalu and 20,000 in Palau to 849,000 in Fiji and even the...
Type: BriefReport#: 67878Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Horscroft, Virginia Ann
This guide details considerations for planning a meeting or event in line with the World Bank Group's commitment to minimize the environmental impacts of how we run our business day-to-day. The guide is...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69010Date: January 1, 2012
The report estimates Middle East and North Africa's (MENA's) infrastructure investment and maintenance needs through 2020 at 106 billion dollars per year or 6.9 percent of the annual regional gross domestic...
Type: BriefReport#: 67730Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Freund, Caroline ;
Ianchovichina, Elena
New private activity in infrastructure in developing countries declined in the first semester of 2011, but remained strong and continued to be highly selective, according to data from the private participation...
Local populations' economic opportunities can be enhanced through special arrangements governing movement of people and goods in neighboring areas. For instance, in the Tajikistan-Uzbekistan border-crossing...
Over the past several years the World Bank and other development agencies have worked on numerous trade and transport corridor projects, building considerable knowledge and experience in the area. There...
Type: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows StudyReport#: 69997Date: January 1, 2012
The EBRD-World Bank Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) is a joint initiative of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the World Bank. The BEEPS has...
This Global Environment Facility (GEF)-Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) quarterly newsletter includes the following headings: project update; looking back 2011; looking forward 2012; develop...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 75950Date: January 1, 2012
The objective of the Additional Financing for the Third East-West Highway Improvement Project for Georgia is to assist the project affected populations (PAPs) in restoring their livelihoods at least to...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 67212Date: January 1, 2012
The overall objective of this program is to explore ways in which China's economic and investment policy experiences can inform Africa's efforts to accelerate its economic and social progress. This year's...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 68922Date: January 1, 2012
The paper proposes a set of new initiatives for G20 Leaders' consideration, including the development of an umbrella toolkit to guide policy-makers in charge of urban planning to make transport decisions...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73333Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Vandycke, Nancy L. ;
Wright, Lloyd
The report is focused on showing a wide range and variety of ways in which Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) solutions could play a transformative role, and so the bulk of the report provides...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 70436Date: January 1, 2012
The (World Development Report) WDR 2012 focuses on three dimensions of gender equality: endowment, economic opportunity and agency. It argues that outcomes for women can improve through accumulation of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70180Date: January 1, 2012
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