The development objective of the Emergency Living Conditions Improvement Support Project for the Congo, Democratic Republic of (DRC) is to assist the Government in improving living conditions by strengthening...
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: emerging market equities...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 62171Date: March 30, 2011Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Islam Spivak, Nadia ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Streifel, Shane S. ;
De Kleine Feige, Annette I.
The development objective of the Emergency Living Conditions Improvement Support Project for the Congo, Democratic Republic of (DRC) is to assist the Government in improving living conditions by strengthening...
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: Egypt shares tumble after...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 62166Date: March 23, 2011Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Islam Spivak, Nadia ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Streifel, Shane S. ;
De Kleine Feige, Annette I.
Regional integration is critical to accelerate progress in Africa. Most economies and markets in Africa are relatively small and isolated, and many are landlocked. Linking markets together will unlock...
Type: CAS Progress ReportReport#: 60387Date: March 21, 2011
In 2004 the Central American countries of Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic signed the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA)...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 75643Date: March 17, 2011Author:
Arias Carballo, Diego ;
De Franco, Mario
The Executive Directors approved the Nigeria Lagos State Development Policy Operation (DPO) Project in the amount of SDR 121.1 million ($200 million equivalent) on the payment terms and conditions set...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 60287Date: March 17, 2011
Executive Directors approved an Urban Transport Sector Development Policy Loan Project for the Kingdom of Morocco in the amount of Euro 100 million (US$ 136.7 million equivalent) on the payment conditions...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 60237Date: March 15, 2011
This progress report assesses the implementation of the World Bank Group's Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Georgia for FY10-13. Prepared against the backdrop of the twin crises of the August 2008...
Type: CAS Progress ReportReport#: 58287Date: March 9, 2011
This report describes a city transport strategy for St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. The aim of the transport strategy is to set out how the city government will manage and develop the transport sector...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70769Date: March 6, 2011
Air cargo origin destination flows in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region are heavily concentrated in the largest economies of South America and Mexico. With 32.7 percent of the airfreight...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63702Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Serebrisky, Tomas S. ;
Schwartz, Jordan Z. ;
Pachon, Maria Claudia ;
Ricover, Andres
Despite general economic decline and power supply deficiencies, infrastructure made a modest net contribution of less than half a percentage point to Zimbabwe's improved per capita growth performance in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64739Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Pushak, Nataliya ;
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M.
The development objectives of the Lom Pangar Hydropower Project (LPHP) are to (i) improve the availability, reliability and affordability of electricity supply to increase access for households and businesses,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 67355Date: March 1, 2011
Infrastructure contributed 1.2 percentage points to Malawi's annual per capital GDP growth over the past decade. Raising the country's infrastructure endowment to that of the regions middle-income countries...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5598Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Foster, Vivien ;
Shkaratan, Maria
The World Bank's Logistics Performance Index (LPI) measures different indicators of logistics performance across 155 countries. The score relies on a survey of logistics professionals working in multinational...
Despite the recent slowdown, the underlying growth of the global economy remains solid. After a 4 percent growth in 2010, Russia's real output is expected to grow 4.4 percent in 2011, increasingly driven...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 63753Date: March 1, 2011
This report, Strengthening Management of Natural and Cultural Heritage Assets to Scale-up Tourism and Stimulate Local Economic Opportunity was prepared in March 2011. The principal objective of the assignment...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 68640Date: March 1, 2011
Despite general economic decline and power supply deficiencies, infrastructure made a modest net contribution of less than half a percentage point to Zimbabwe's improved per capita growth performance in...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 64804Date: March 1, 2011
Public facilities and infrastructure can be built in such a way as to reduce disaster risks and serve as disaster risk management facilities. Roads, expressways, and other public facilities helped reduce...
Type: BriefReport#: 80102Date: March 1, 2011Author:
Sagara, Junko
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