This report is intended to inform the international development community about the links between black (BC) carbon and climate change. With growing scientific clarity on the contribution of black carbon...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 67322Date: December 1, 2011Author:
Levitsky, Michael
This case study summarizes the findings of desk reviews and a field visit carried out in January 2011 as part of IEG's evaluation of the 2007 Governance and Anticorruption (GAC) strategy. The case study...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 66765Date: December 1, 2011Author:
DeGroot, David ;
Talvitie, Antti P. ;
Umarov, Uktirdjan
This is the fifth report documenting the progress in implementing Management's Action Plan for the India Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP) following the inspection panel's investigation and management's...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 65752Date: November 10, 2011
Infrastructure development is critical to delivering growth, reducing poverty and addressing broader development goals. Awareness of this fact has resulted in a sustained effort made by the World Bank...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 65364Date: November 3, 2011
The objective of the Assam Agricultural Competitiveness Project (AACP) for India is to increase the productivity and market access of targeted farmers and community groups. The extension will enable the...
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) assistance was requested in early 2003 to fund a study covering cross-sectorial aspects of private participation in infrastructure in Tunisia, as...
Infrastructure made a net contribution of just over two percentage points to Botswana's improved per capita growth performance in recent years. Raising the countrys infrastructure endowment to that of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5887Date: November 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M. ;
Pushak, Nataliya
Trade facilitation can provide important opportunities for Africa by increasing the benefits from open trade, and contributing to economic growth and poverty reduction. Removing trade barriers has contributed...
Type: BriefReport#: 66320Date: November 1, 2011Author:
Rippel, Barbara Christina
Recovering from the August 2008 armed conflict with Russia and the global economic crisis, Georgia now ranks as a lower middle-income country and is an International Development Association and International...
This book examines the state and the fate of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA). The volume has three key objectives: to provide qualitative and quantitative information about the implications of what is...
Type: PublicationReport#: 65456Date: November 1, 2011Author:
Anderson, Kym ;
Blandford, David ;
Borchert, Ingo ;
Bouët, Antoine ;
Brown, Chad P. ;
Gootiiz, Batshur ;
Grant, Jason Hugh ;
Hoekman, Bernard M. ;
Josling, Timothy E. ;
Debucquet, David Laborde ;
Martin, Will ;
Mattoo, Aaditya ;
Meilke, Karl ;
Nelgen, Signe ;
Prusa, Thomas J. ;
Subramanian, Arvind ;
Taylor, Benjamin J. ;
Wilson, John S. ;
Winkler, Deborah Elisabeth ;
Van Der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
In the last 10 years, Mozambique's economy has grown steadily at an impressive rate of 7.7 percent per year, driven by the service sector, light industry, and agriculture. This pace is expected to continue...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5885Date: November 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M. ;
Dominguez Torres, Carolina
The report is divided into seven chapters. Chapter one discusses India's current carbon footprint, the drivers that will contribute to growth in Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, the objectives of the study,...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 54607Date: November 1, 2011
To promote energy efficiency in the delivery of city services, the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) in the World Bank launched a multi-year initiative, the Energy Efficient Cities Initiative...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 63551Date: November 1, 2011Author:
Bose, Ranjan K. ;
Burnett, Kimantha George-Ann ;
Fitzherbert-Brockholes, Susannah ;
Hummerstone, Eppa ;
Jordanou, Michael ;
Ng'Ang'A, Victoria ;
Pestell, Thomas ;
Sharratt, Peter
Green growth is about making growth processes resource-efficient, cleaner and more resilient without necessarily slowing them. This paper aims at clarifying these concepts in an analytical framework and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5872Date: November 1, 2011Author:
Fay, Marianne ;
Hallegatte, Stephane ;
Heal, Geoffrey ;
Treguer, David Olivier
As Vietnam enters a crucial period of urbanization corresponding to its present stage of economic development, the Government of Vietnam has placed strong emphasis on developing its system of cities. In...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 66916Date: November 1, 2011
Inter-Regional Cooperation (IRC) is an instrument for regional development. It is a form of collaboration between several regions aimed at achieving specific and collectively agreed outcomes. Although...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 67591Date: November 1, 2011Author:
Anwar, Makhdonal
The Malaysian economy decelerated as solid domestic demand was not sufficient to offset a weakening external environment. Private consumption growth continued at a healthy pace. Favorable rubber and palm...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 65613Date: November 1, 2011
The focus of trade policy has shifted in recent years from economy-wide reductions in tariffs and trade restrictions toward targeted interventions to facilitate trade and promote exports. Most of these...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5877Date: November 1, 2011Author:
Cadot, Olivier ;
Fernandes, Ana Margarida ;
Gourdon, Julien ;
Mattoo, Aaditya
Some of the headings included in this issue of the World Bank Pakistan newsletter are: achieving results in primary and secondary education in Sindh; empowering women powers nations; rebuilding lives affected...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 66364Date: November 1, 2011
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