Niger is one of the ten poorest countries in the world. To improve key infrastructure sectors and foster economic growth, the government of Niger created in 1999 the Autorite de Regulation Multisectorielle...
The report would include a focused data set on costs of flagship road construction inputs, and average national costs based on samples, availability of heavy machinery to lease, and profiles of construction...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 71797Date: May 1, 2011
Kinshasa-Brazzaville, currently the third largest urban agglomeration in Africa, is predicted to become Africa's largest, and the world's eleventh largest, city by 2025. With an international border running...
Type: BriefReport#: 63807Date: May 1, 2011Author:
Brulhart, Marius ;
Hoppe, Mombert
Between 2000 and 2005 infrastructure made a modest net contribution of less than one percentage point to the improved per capita growth performance of the Central African Republic (CAR), despite high expenses...
Report#: 62799Date: May 1, 2011Author:
Domínguez-Torres, Carolina ;
Foster, Vivien
Some of the headings included in this newsletter of the World Bank in India are: Mumbai introduces modern traffic management system; development dialogue: The Global Tiger initiative; Implementation Completion...
Urban sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Brazilian cities are growing. At the national level, the dominance of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in Brazil masks the fact that emissions...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 70186Date: May 1, 2011
The Country Assistance Strategy Progress Report (CASPR) reviews the relevance of the Bank's FY08-11 Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Mali. The CAS supports Mali's second poverty reduction strategy,...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: 61307Date: April 28, 2011
In the ICP classification, the category machinery and equipment is broken down into two groups, metal products and equipment and transport equipment, and these are further disaggregated into eight...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 90925Date: April 21, 2011
The Executive Directors approved financing for the Kenya Transport Sector Support Project in the amount of US$ 300 million on the payment terms and conditions set out in the President's memorandum. Directors...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 61410Date: April 21, 2011
The International Comparison Program (ICP) is responsible for the production of Purchasing Power Parities (PPPs) for both national GDP and for sub-components of GDP. PPPs are alternatives to market exchange...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 90928Date: April 21, 2011
Bulgaria has come a long way from its turbulent political and economic transition in the 1990s to become a member of the European Union in January 2007. The objective of this Country Partnership Strategy...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: 60604Date: April 20, 2011
Film actress Michelle Yeoh, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Kenyan road safety advocate Casey Marenge joined World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick on April 19 to boost a joint initiative by...
This Results Profile talks about rehabilitating roads to connect people to prosperity in Sri Lanka. More than 50 percent of the national roads had very poor surface condition and many were seriously congested....
This Results Profile talks about Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens, who benefitted from better water, sanitation, transport, and housing in cities and municipalities. Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery...
This Results Profile talks about empowering local women, and delivering better-maintained roads in rural Vietnam. The rapid expansion of the road network in rural areas had created new challenges in terms...
This study is a product of the Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed to expand the world's knowledge of physical infrastructure in Africa. The AICD provides a baseline against...
Type: PublicationReport#: 61309Date: April 11, 2011Author:
Eberhard, Anton Adriaan ;
Rosnes, Orvika ;
Shkaratan, Maria ;
Vennemo, Haakon
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