• Curbing fraud, corruption, and collusion in the roads sector
    The World Bank's Integrity Vice-Presidency (INT) investigates misconduct in Bank-funded projects and advises World Bank staff and borrowing country personnel on corruption prevention measures. When INT...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 64283 Date: June 1, 2011 Author: Messick, Richard E.
  • Powering up productivity in rural Lao PDR - Stimulating small and medium enterprises to use electricity for income generation
    This study’s broad goal was to identify opportunities for promoting productive uses of electricity in existing as well as among new small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the rural villages of Lao PDR...
    Type: Other Infrastructure Study Report#: 70224 Date: June 1, 2011
  • World Bank Climate Resilient Ningbo Project : local resilience action plan (Vol. 1 of 2) : Final report
    Ningbo serves as the Chinese pilot city for the World Bank Climate Resilient Cities (CRC) Program. The CRC program aims to, prepare local governments in the East Asia region to better understand the concepts...
    Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) Report#: 70205 Date: June 1, 2011
  • Sierra Leone's infrastructure : a continental perspective
    Infrastructure development in Sierra Leone contributed about half a percentage point to the economy's per capita growth rate in 2003-07. But if Sierra Leone could upgrade its infrastructure to the level...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS5713 Date: June 1, 2011 Author: Foster, Vivien ; Pushak, Nataliya
  • Tanzania - Privatization impact assessment : infrastructure
    This report is the output of a technical assistance and dialogue mission financed by the Private Participation in Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) at the request of the Government of the United...
    Type: Country Infrastructure Framework Report#: 68869 Date: June 1, 2011
  • Mali's infrastructure : a continental perspective
    Despite external shocks, Mali's economy grew by 5.3 percent per year between 2003 and 2006, driven primarily by the telecommunications sector. But Mali's landlocked condition, together with the uneven...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS5688 Date: June 1, 2011 Author: Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M. ; Dominguez Torres, Carolina ; Pushak, Nataliya
  • Mali infrastructure : a continental perspective
    In recent years Mali's economy has grown steadily at a rate of more than 5 percent per year, driven by developments in gold mining, cereal harvests, and telecommunications. Mali's landlocked condition,...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 62755 Date: June 1, 2011 Author: Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M. ; Dominguez Torres, Carolina ; Pushak, Nataliya
  • Enhancing the recent growth of cross-border trade between South Sudan and Uganda
    This note describes the recent trend and the pattern of trade between South Sudan and Uganda, which showed a dramatic growth initially but remains vulnerable to changing local security conditions. It analyzes...
    Type: Brief Report#: 63809 Date: June 1, 2011 Author: Yoshino, Yutaka ; Ngungi, Grace Muthoni ; Dereje, Ephrem Asebe
  • The Central African Republic's infrastructure : a continental perspective
    Between 2000 and 2005, infrastructure contributed less than 1 percentage point to the Central African Republic's annual per capita GDP growth, despite substantial spending in the road sector. Raising the...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS5697 Date: June 1, 2011 Author: Dominguez Torres, Carolina ; Foster, Vivien
  • Multilateral development banks infrastructure action plan : G20 documents (Vol. 2 of 2) : Supporting infrastructure in developing countries
    The Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) action plan reflects extensive analysis and collaboration among the multilateral development banks and follows on a background report on infrastructure issues in...
    Type: Board Report Report#: 65561 Date: June 1, 2011
  • Senegal's infrastructure : a continental perspective
    Between 2000 and 2005 infrastructure made a contribution of 1 percentage point to Senegal's improved per capita growth performance, placing it in the middle of the distribution among West African countries...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 63100 Date: June 1, 2011 Author: Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M. ; Dominguez Torres, Carolina ; Torres De Mastle, Clemencia
  • Sudan infrastructure : a continental perspective
    Improvements in infrastructure in all parts of Sudan in recent years have had a strong impact on per capita growth, contributing 1.7 percentage points. Consistent with trends in other countries, the information...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 64738 Date: June 1, 2011 Author: Ranganathan, Rupa ; Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M.
  • Emergency wardens : reminder of duties
    This fire life and safety you newsletter includes the following headings: evacuation definition; Wardens role during an evacuation; evacuation drills; Shelter-In Place(SIP) definition; Wardens role during...
    Type: Newsletter Report#: 65058 Date: June 1, 2011
  • Under what conditions does a carbon tax on fossil fuels stimulate biofuels ?
    A carbon tax is an efficient economic instrument to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide released from fossil fuel burning. Its impacts on production of renewable energy depend on how it is designed -- particularly...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS5678 Date: June 1, 2011 Author: Csordas, Stefan ; Mevel, Simon ; Timilsina, Govinda R.
  • World Bank Climate Resilient Ningbo Project : local resilience action plan (Vol. 2 of 2) : Appendices
    Ningbo serves as the Chinese pilot city for the World Bank Climate Resilient Cities (CRC) Program. The CRC program aims to, prepare local governments in the East Asia region to better understand the concepts...
    Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) Report#: 70205 Date: June 1, 2011
  • Russia - Reshaping economic geography
    The report has three main chapters discussing modernization, diversification and competitiveness. The chapters examine problems and barriers facing households, private firms and public agencies to achieving...
    Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth Study Report#: 62905 Date: June 1, 2011
  • Transport Activity Measurement Toolkit (TAMT) for on-road vehicles : practitioners' guide
    Although urbanization is frequently cited as a major cause of greenhouse gas and local air pollution emissions growth, it could be better understood as one of the crucial links between climate and development....
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 84188 Date: June 1, 2011 Author: Rogers, John Allen
  • The air connectivity index : measuring integration in the global air transport network
    The authors construct a new measure of connectivity in the global air transport network, covering 211 countries and territories for the year 2007. It is grounded in network analysis methods, and is based...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS5722 Date: June 1, 2011 Author: Arvis, Jean-François ; Shepherd, Benjamin A.
  • Nepal : Public expenditure review - Roads
    The report, Nepal Public Expenditure Review - Roads, was completed June 2011. The report states that the Government of Nepal has achieved several of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), while maintaining...
    Type: Public Expenditure Review Report#: 66303 Date: June 1, 2011
  • India - Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor Project : summary of discussion
    Executive Directors expressed support for the objectives of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor Project, noting that additional rail transport capacity, improved service quality and higher freight throughput...
    Type: Board Summary Report#: 62273 Date: May 31, 2011
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