The 2009 World Development Report (WDR) on economic geography aroused interest among policymakers in Thailand and led to an agreement between the Office of the National Economic and Social Development...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63179Date: July 11, 2011
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: French industrial production...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 63610Date: July 11, 2011Author:
Dennis, Allen Curtis K. ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Spivak, Nadia I.
This paper describes the economic importance of the service sector in Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) countries and current barriers to trade in services between CEFTA countries. It looks...
The World Bank's road safety partnership with the Government of China (GOC) is maturing at a time when a deeper awareness of the negative development impacts of road crashes in low and middle-income countries...
Since its launch in 1987, the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program, known as SSATP has proven a highly credible program and gained the confidence of high-level policy makers, transport and non-transport...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 66938Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Thompson, John Bruce Harrison
From 1990-2010, project sponsors from the Republic of Korea implemented nineteen infrastructure projects in low and middle income countries with investment commitments totaling US$4.9 billion. Investment...
Type: BriefReport#: 66323Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Jett, Alexander Nicholas
Transport infrastructure is important for economic growth. In Nepal, about 20 percent of rural residents have to spend more than 3 hours to go to the nearest marketplace or agriculture center. Public procurement...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5736Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Benamghar, Radia ;
Iimi, Atsushi
This paper evaluates the impact of foreign aid to five service sectors (transportation, information and communications technologies, energy, banking/financial services, and business services) on exports...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5728Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Ferro, Esteban ;
Portugal Perez, Luis Alberto ;
Wilson, John S.
In 2010, 93 transport projects with private participation reached financial or contractual closure in 16 low- and middle-income countries, involving investment commitments (hereafter investments) of US$28.3...
Type: BriefReport#: 66321Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Jett, Alexander Nicholas
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIF) assistance to strengthen Mali institutional and regulatory frameworks with the objective of increasing private participation in the water, energy,...
This project can be considered to be an initial process leading to the ultimate objective of identifying and assigning costs associated with the impacts of vehicle-generated dust so that the benefits can...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 81570Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Greening, Tony
This Global Environment Facility (GEF)-Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) newsletter includes the following headings: project update; SUTP events; Ecocabs: Fazilka; Urban Metropolitan Transport...
This note explores the prospects for growth in Zambia's tourism industry, estimates the potential contribution of a larger, more competitive tourism industry, and identifies what it would take for the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 72994Date: July 1, 2011
The Russian Federation Customs Development Project (CDP), launched in 2003, has been helping reform and modernizes the country's federal customs service. Reforms under the CDP have resulted in improved...
Type: BriefReport#: 63650Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Johns, Kimberly D. ;
Kristensen, Jens Kromann ;
Mclinden, Gerard
This guide is written for World Bank staff and development practitioners working on infrastructure projects. It is designed to enhance cooperation and further synergies between the World Bank's social...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70770Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Kende-Robb, Caroline M. ;
Brusberg, Frederick Edmund
The World Bank created the Inspection Panel in 1993, on the eve of its 50th anniversary, to serve as an independent mechanism to ensure accountability in Bank operations with respect to its policies and...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 63741Date: June 30, 2011
Trust funds (TFs) play an increasingly important role in the international aid architecture, reflecting the rapid growth of multi-bilateral aid. Multi-bi aid is bilateral aid targeted for a specific purpose,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 70965Date: June 30, 2011
The annual report of the Inspection Panel for the period July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, has been prepared for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 65378Date: June 30, 2011
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