This Results Profile focuses on Georgia Roads Project which improved the connectivity of Kakheti Region. The road was an important link between Kakheti, the capital Tbilisi, and the rest of the country...
The Executive Directors approved the additional financing and restructuring of the High Priority Roads Reopening and Maintenance Project (Pro-Routes) for the Democratic Republic of Congo in the amount...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 63058Date: June 28, 2011
The five countries of Central Asia expanded their trade significantly since beginning their transition with exports quadrupling to almost USD70 billion between 2003 and 2008 but without substantial diversification....
Type: PublicationReport#: 63435Date: June 24, 2011
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been a remarkable success in Africa. Across the continent, the availability and quality of service have gone up and the cost has gone down. In just...
Type: PublicationReport#: 63251Date: June 23, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M. ;
Foster, Vivien ;
Mayer, Rebecca ;
Minges, Michael ;
Williams, Mark David John
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: U.S. treasuries gain before...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 63601Date: June 22, 2011Author:
Dennis, Allen Curtis K. ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Spivak, Nadia I.
The report has a high quality and discusses the main issues of regulation. The overall aim is that it reflects best practice regulation. Furthermore, AERA is an independent regulator accountable to democratic...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 70160Date: June 22, 2011
The development objectives of Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina were to: (i) improve the availability, quality and reliability of basic municipal services and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 105253Date: June 20, 2011
Ratings for the Lagos Urban Transport Project for Nigeria were as follows: outcomes were highly satisfactory; the risk to development outcome was low or negligible; the Bank's performance was highly satisfactory;...
What transforms a desirable project on a government wish list to an attractive investment opportunity in the eyes of a potential private sector partner? This guide seeks to enhance the chances of developing...
Report#: 59461Date: June 14, 2011Author:
Torres De Mastle, Clemencia ;
Encinas, Javier ;
Farquharson, Edward ;
Yescombe, Edward Raymond
This progress report assesses the implementation to date of the Joint Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group for FY 2009-2011. The...
Type: CAS Progress ReportReport#: 59772Date: June 2, 2011
Infrastructure made a net contribution of around one percentage point to Nigeria's improved per capita growth performance in recent years, in spite of the fact that unreliable power supplies held growth...
Report#: WPS5686Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Foster, Vivien ;
Pushak, Nataliya
Over the last decade, Kenya's society and economy have changed fundamentally and these deep trends will continue. Rapid population growth and urbanization will create many new challenges which need to...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 63265Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Dobronogov, Anton ;
Kiringai, Jane Wangui ;
Fengler, Wolfgang
The purpose of the report is to review the performance of the policy and human resources development (PHRD) technical assistance (TA) and Japan World Bank Partnership grants that closed in fiscal year...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123681Date: June 1, 2011
Buses are the most common form of urban transit but, in the developing world, are often seen as inefficient and polluting. It is well known that buses that are properly tuned and adjusted tend to be cleaner,...
This paper offers an empirical evaluation of the output contribution of infrastructure. Drawing from a large data set on infrastructure stocks covering 88 countries and spanning the years 1960-2000, and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5682Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Calderon, Cesar ;
Moral Benito, Enrique ;
Serven, Luis
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