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: for the 17th month running,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 61868Date: January 3, 2011Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Islam Spivak, Nadia ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Streifel, Shane S. ;
De Kleine Feige, Annette I.
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)/International Development Association (IDA) trust funds country report FY2009-FY2010 for Seychelles includes: disbursements, approvals,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 59026Date: January 1, 2011
Petroleum products are used across the entire economy in every country. Gasoline and diesel are the primary fuels used in road transport. Oil is used in power generation, accounting for eleven percent...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 61126Date: January 1, 2011
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)/International Development Association (IDA) trust funds country report FY2009-FY2011 Q1 for Azerbaijan includes: disbursements, approvals,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 59973Date: January 1, 2011
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)/International Development Association (IDA) trust funds country report FY2009-FY2011 Q1 for Mexico includes: disbursements, approvals, and...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 60312Date: January 1, 2011
Ministry of Railways has established 'Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL)', to undertake planning, development, construction and operation of the dedicated freight corridors...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 59487Date: January 1, 2011
This paper delineates the role of government in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in the telecommunication sector in the Republic of the Congo. PPPs offer policy makers an opportunity to improve the delivery...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 68702Date: January 1, 2011
This paper challenges the widespread and often indiscriminant use of travel-time savings as a principal metric of economic benefits for evaluating urban transport projects. Time-budget theory and empirical...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70206Date: January 1, 2011Author:
Cervero, Robert
High volatility in the world prices of petroleum has been a characteristic feature of the global economy in the last decade. World petroleum prices increased four-fold between 2004 and 2008 and, and following...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 74577Date: January 1, 2011
Given the growing importance of commitments to foreign investors in services in regional trade agreements, it is important to develop applied general equilibrium models to assess the impacts of liberalization...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5552Date: January 1, 2011Author:
Balistreri , Edward J. ;
Tarr, David G.
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)/International Development Association (IDA) trust funds country report FY2009-FY2010 for Cote d'Ivoire includes: disbursements, approvals,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 58975Date: January 1, 2011
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)/International Development Association (IDA) trust funds country report FY2009-FY2010 for China, this includes: disbursements, approvals,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 59045Date: January 1, 2011
This report summarizes the findings of a study aimed at exploring key elements of a benchmarking framework for urban transport. Unlike many industries where benchmarking has proven to be successful and...
This report gives an account of a workshop to improve the maintenance of roads in Georgia. The workshop was built around a presentation identifying a number of problem areas regarding the maintenance of...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 69280Date: January 1, 2011
Samoa is highly vulnerable to natural hazards. Seventy percent of Samoas population lives on the coast, facing hazards such as cyclones, tsunamis, flooding and storm surges. Cyclones Ofa (1990) and Val...
Type: BriefReport#: 93406Date: January 1, 2011Author:
Papathanasiou, Demetrios
Fay and Yepes (2003) estimated worldwide infrastructure investment requirements by region and income group from a set of 147 countries. Their technique gives an indication of the necessary investment to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62608Date: January 1, 2011Author:
Chatterton, Isabel ;
Puerto, Olga Susana
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)/International Development Association (IDA) trust funds country report FY2009-FY2011 Q1 for Paraguay includes: disbursements, approvals,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 60315Date: January 1, 2011
Good highway infrastructure is essential to economic development. The Colombian government backed this concept in July 2010 when it awarded the concession of the third and final section for the construction...
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)/International Development Association (IDA) trust funds country report FY2009-FY2011 Q1 for Guyana includes: disbursements, approvals, and...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 60308Date: January 1, 2011
Access to affordable, reliable, and safe transportation is critical in improving the welfare of individuals in developing countries. Yet, transport data are limited overall, and data that address the different...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 84388Date: January 1, 2011Author:
Babinard, Julie ;
Scott, Katherine M.
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