Many opportunities for trade of the Mashreq (Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon and Syria) countries are being lost because of inefficient trade facilitation processes and procedures, and to a lesser...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 68678Date: April 11, 2011
This transport sector action plan provides help in the preparation of the transport section of the 11th Five Year Plan. It does this in three areas. The first is on the financial resources available from...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 68746Date: April 7, 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: Moody's cut Portugal's...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 62174Date: April 5, 2011Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Islam Spivak, Nadia ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Streifel, Shane S. ;
De Kleine Feige, Annette I.
This Results Profile talks about strengthening the banking system to promote rural investments in Vietnam. Term lending to rural areas was insufficient to lift a large proportion of the rural population...
International Development Association (IDA) has been Sierra Leones key source of continued and reliable development assistance since the country joined the World Bank in 1962, a year after its independence....
This companion note for gender and infrastructure tools is a joint report of the Sustainable Development Network Gender Group (SDN Gender). It provides insight into why women often suffer disproportionately...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 68745Date: April 1, 2011
A decline in organized public transport systems has led to rapid growth in non-conventional means of public transport, initially provided by minibuses and shared taxi/vans, and more recently by commercial...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 66941Date: April 1, 2011Author:
Kumar, Ajay
Physical infrastructure at ports and port activities may be highly vulnerable to changes in climate. For instance, the risks could manifest through changes in the level or patterns of shipping, increased...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62641Date: April 1, 2011Author:
Stenek, Vladimir
The Kingdom of Morocco has put in place an ambitious energy strategy aimed at addressing energy import dependency through a program of important investments in renewable. The Ouarzazate concentrated solar...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 63550Date: April 1, 2011
The Gender Action Plan (GAP) offered incentives in the form of budget support to well-designed projects in difficult sectors looking to add a gender-lens; it rigorously evaluated the impact of any intervention...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 89694Date: April 1, 2011Author:
Ehrenpreis, Malcolm ;
Brearley, Emily ;
Coblyn, Pamela A. ;
Faber, Anna Kristina
Important economic and structural reforms, supported by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) helped Benin sustain growth rates averaging 4.7 percent annually during the last decade,...
Mongolia was hit hard by the global economic recession, notably the fall in commodity prices. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 1.6 percent in 2009 after growth of 8.9 percent in 2008. The country...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 65163Date: April 1, 2011Author:
Heltberg, Rasmus ;
Reva, Anna ;
Sarantuya, J. ;
Sodnomtseren, Altantsetseg
Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world and faces many development challenges. IDA is supporting Mali in addressing its economic challenges with a focus on education, agriculture, and energy....
This paper provides an update of the sources and uses of International Development Association (IDA) resources during FY10, the second year of the IDA15 replenishment period (FY09-11). While the focus...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 61144Date: April 1, 2011
This appendix to the main report (62641) focuses on observed climate variability and future climate change in Colombia. Physical infrastructure at ports and port activities may be highly vulnerable to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62642Date: April 1, 2011Author:
Stenek, Vladimir
This Global Environment Facility (GEF)-Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) newsletter includes the following headings: national project directors note; NRDA: workshop; planning for pedestrian accessibility,...
This is an executive summary to the main report (62641). Physical infrastructure at ports and port activities may be highly vulnerable to changes in climate. For instance, the risks could manifest through...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62643Date: April 1, 2011Author:
Stenek, Vladimir
The purpose of the report is to disseminate information on the implications of electric vehicle adoption in China. This report is one of a series developed as part of an ongoing multi-year World Bank initiative...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 61259Date: April 1, 2011
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