Recent sector work on air transport in Yemen found the Yemeni air transport sector to be relatively small compared to that of other countries of similar size, population, and Gross Domestic Product (GDP)....
Type: BriefReport#: 64473Date: September 1, 2011Author:
Schlumberger, Charles E.
The development objective of the Third Ulaanbaatar Urban Service Improvement Project for Mongolia is to to support the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar (MUB) in developing a system for priotizing infrastructure...
This Fire life safety and you newsletter includes the following headings: electrical safety; circuit protection; electrical cords; lamps; electrical outlets; warning signs; and outdoor power.
Type: NewsletterReport#: 65059Date: September 1, 2011
Effective responses to non-communicable disease: Embracing action beyond the health sector focuses on solutions, indicating opportunities for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs)...
The road sector is the dominant mode of transport in Argentina carrying nearly 80 percent of total freight volume. The road network has a total length of about 630,000 km (11 percent paved), divided in...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 81597Date: September 1, 2011Author:
Liautaud, Gerard L. ;
Silva, Maria Marcela
Yemen should be credited for achieving an ambitious road building program over the last 25 years, and establishing a large primary road network given its level of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and population...
Type: BriefReport#: 64472Date: September 1, 2011Author:
Crochet, Jean-Charles
Vietnam's economic emergence is perhaps best experienced along its rural roads: over 175,000 kilometers of pavement, rubble, and dirt track extend to two-thirds of the country's population, including nearly...
Type: BriefReport#: 65281Date: September 1, 2011Author:
Tran, Phuong Thi Minh
Thailand needs to avoid the high-carbon growth path of many developed countries and, instead, take a low-carbon growth path. A green low-carbon growth path is in Thailand's own interest as it can simultaneously...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 66220Date: September 1, 2011Author:
Wang, Xiaodong
The private sector is in a unique position to contribute to the safety and welfare of communities. This Guide is intended for those firms concerned with the welfare of their communities and provides information...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 78709Date: September 1, 2011Author:
Cavanaugh, Jonathan
Infrastructure contributed 1 percentage point to Senegal's improved per capita growth performance between 2000 and 2005, placing it in the middle of the distribution among West African countries. Raising...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5817Date: September 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M. ;
Dominguez Torres, Carolina ;
Torres De Mastle, Clemencia
The introduction of urban rail transit and high performance, quality, capacity bus transit systems throughout the world has dramatically improved the mobility of residents of cities in which they operate....
Type: Other Public Sector StudyReport#: 69719Date: September 1, 2011
Despite general economic decline and power-supply deficiencies, infrastructure made a modest net contribution of just less than half a percentage point to Zimbabwe's improved per capita growth performance...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5816Date: September 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M. ;
Pushak, Nataliya
Infrastructure made a net contribution of around 1 percentage point to Angola's improved per capita growth performance in recent years, despite unreliable power supplies and poor roads, which each holding...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5813Date: September 1, 2011Author:
Foster, Vivien ;
Pushak, Nataliya
Based on quantitative and qualitative data, this paper attempts to identify the main reasons why cargo dwell time in Durban port has dramatically reduced in the past decade to a current average of 3-4...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5794Date: September 1, 2011Author:
Ittmann, Hans W. ;
Kgare, Tshepo ;
Raballand, Gael J. R. F.
The objective of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Medium Cities Development Project for Vietnam is to increase access to improved urban infrastructure services in the project cities in a sustainable...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 65022Date: September 1, 2011
The poor state of Cameroon's infrastructure is a key bottleneck to the nation's economic growth. From 2000 to 2005, improvements in information and communications technology (ICT) boosted Cameroon's growth...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5822Date: September 1, 2011Author:
Dominguez Torres, Carolina ;
Foster, Vivien
Infrastructure contributed 1.3 percentage points to Burkina Faso's annual per capita gross domestic product (GDP) growth over the past decade, much of it due to improvements in information and communication...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5818Date: September 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M. ;
Dominguez Torres, Carolina
This newsletter includes the following heading: new developments: expanding the investor base; highlighted project: Colombia sustainable urban transport; understanding the green bond project cycle; interview...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 65748Date: September 1, 2011
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