• Afghanistan economic update
    Afghanistan's economy is growing strongly. The growth drivers in recent years have been above-average agricultural production, strong growth in construction and transportation, and security spending enabled...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 71931 Date: October 1, 2011
  • Making it to the school : improving access to learning through educational and transportation policies for children in South East Europe - guideline
    Providing at least basic education to all children especially those coming from poor or disadvantaged families is an important factor for increasing chances to improve their lives in the future. Many countries...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 81566 Date: October 1, 2011 Author: Teodorovic, Jelena ; Depolo, Vladimir ; Vukanovic, Svetlana ; Aleksic, Ivana
  • Income distribution, product quality, and international trade
    The authors develop a framework for studying trade in horizontally and vertically differentiated products. In their model, consumers with heterogeneous incomes and tastes purchase a homogeneous good and...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS5843 Date: October 1, 2011 Author: Fajgelbaum, Pablo David ; Grossman, Gene M. ; Helpman, Elhanan
  • Standard request for proposals : selection of consultants
    This Standard Request for Proposals (SPDP) was prepared by the World Bank and is based on the Master Document for Selection of Consultants (the Master Document). The Master Document was prepared by the...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 83123 Date: October 1, 2011
  • The World Bank economic review 25 (3)
    This paper is organized in following headings: what constrains Africa's exports?; does the internet reduce corruption? evidence from United States and across countries; do labor statistics depend on how...
    Type: Publication Report#: 80518 Date: October 1, 2011 Author: Andersen, Thomas Barnebeck ; Bardasi, Elena ; Beegle, Kathleen G. ; Bentzen, Jeanet ; Chavis, Larry W. ; Dalgaard, Carl Johan ; Dillon, Andrew S. ; Freund, Caroline ; Gine, Xavier ; Klapper, Leora F. ; Lederman, Daniel ; Love, Inessa ; Mansuri, Ghazala ; McKenzie, David J. ; Picon, Mario G. ; Rocha Gaffurri, Nadia Patrizia ; Rodriguez-Clare, Andres ; Selaya, Pablo ; Serneels, Pieter Maria ; Woodruff, Christopher Marshall ; Xu, Yi Daniel ; De Mel, Suresh
  • PPIAF assistance in the Republic of The Gambia
    In 1996 the Republic of The Gambia (Gambia) formulated a broad reform program ‘Gambia Inc. Vision 2020’ that aimed to establish a globally competitive export and processing sector in the country. Limited...
    Type: Brief Report#: 75621 Date: October 1, 2011
  • Evaluation of PNPM RESPEK : village infrastructure and institutional capacity
    This study is conducted to evaluate the implementation of PNPM RESPEK Program in Papua and West Papua. This program is part of PNPM Mandiri, the nation-wide community driven development (CDD) program in...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 93416 Date: October 1, 2011 Author: Sari, Yulia Indrawati ; Rahman, Harmein ; Sjari Manaf, Dewi Ratna
  • Estimating the long-term impacts of rural roads : a dynamic panel approach
    Infrastructure investments are typically long-term. As a result, observed benefits to households and communities may vary considerably over time as short-term outcomes generate or are subsumed by longer-term...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS5867 Date: October 1, 2011 Author: Khandker, Shahidur R. ; Koolwal, Gayatri B.
  • Saudi Arabia - Madinah Airport
    Madinah, Saudi Arabia, is a major destination point for pilgrims and a designated center for knowledge-based industry in the country. The Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport, which serves...
    Type: Brief Report#: 72717 Date: October 1, 2011
  • ECCAS's infrastructure : a regional perspective
    Sound infrastructure is fundamental for growth across the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). During 1995-2005, improvements in infrastructure boosted growth in Central Africa by 1 percentage...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS5857 Date: October 1, 2011 Author: Foster, Vivien ; Ranganathan, Rupa
  • Minutes of meeting of the Executive Directors of the Bank and IDA, held on Tuesday, September 13, 2011
    Type: Minutes Report#: 65262 Date: September 13, 2011
  • Minutes of joint meeting of the Executive Directors of the Bank and IDA, and the Boards of Directors of IFC and MIGA, held on Tuesday, September 13, 2011
    Type: Minutes Report#: 65263 Date: September 13, 2011
  • Test document number 2 Color (Vol. 1 of 2)
    Type: Brief Report#: IDP204 Date: September 9, 2011
  • Mineral resource tenders and mining infrastructure projects guiding principles
    Numerous recent changes in the mining industry have led governments to an increased interest in the tender process as a means of awarding mineral rights. High demand and high mineral prices driven by rapid...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 65503 Date: September 1, 2011 Author: Mikhaylova, Ekaterina ; Stanley, Michael C.
  • South Sudan's infrastructure : a continental perspective
    Newly independent South Sudan faces a challenge in making its own way in infrastructure development. Despite earning $6 billion in oil revenues since 2005, South Sudan's spending has not been proportional...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS5814 Date: September 1, 2011 Author: Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M. ; Ranganathan, Rupa
  • Sudan's infrastructure : a continental perspective
    Improvements in infrastructure across Sudan in recent years have contributed 1.7 percentage points to the country's per capita growth. Consistent with trends in other countries, the ICT revolution that...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS5815 Date: September 1, 2011 Author: Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M. ; Ranganathan, Rupa
  • Egypt, Arab Republic of - Additional Financing for the Giza North 3x750 MWe Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Project
    This project is an integral part of Egypt's strategy which aims to expand the uses of natural gas as a clean source of energy. This project aims to provide natural gas to the North Giza power station and...
    Type: Board Report Report#: 64623 Date: September 1, 2011
  • When starting with the most expensive option makes sense : use and misuse of marginal abatement cost curves
    This article investigates the use of expert-based Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACC) to design abatement strategies. It shows that introducing inertia, in the form of the "cost in time" of available...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS5803 Date: September 1, 2011 Author: Hallegatte, Stephane ; Vogt-Schilb, Adrien Camille
  • Yemen : The mineral sector - analysis of potential and governement action needed to spur development
    Yemen's dependence on the oil sector as a source of economic growth is no longer sustainable given the rate at which oil reserves are being depleted. This study was conducted to assess the potential contribution...
    Type: Brief Report#: 64471 Date: September 1, 2011 Author: Pugachevsky, Alexandra
  • World Bank gender transport surveys : an overview
    Between 2008 and 2010 the transport sector initiated several country surveys to measure road transport needs and the constraints of both men and women, and more specifically how transport is facilitating...
    Type: Brief Report#: 65599 Date: September 1, 2011 Author: Babinard, Julie
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