Output-Based Aid (OBA) ties the disbursement of public funding to the achievement of clearly specified results that directly support improved access to basic services. OBA has emerged as an important way...
Type: BriefReport#: 57815Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Tremolet, Sophie Cecile Marie ;
Evans, Barbara
Several governments around the world have recently established delivery units at the center of government to drive performance improvements. This development may be in addition to whole-of-government reforms...
'Empowering' rural India through the strategic provision of all-season road access has emerged as one of the key priorities for the Government of India (GoI). The Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012), and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 58027Date: November 1, 2010
This report discusses the first phase of a study to assess the baseline economic cost of current road traffic congestion in the Greater Cairo Metropolitan Area (GCMA), from which to prepare policy recommendations...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 71845Date: November 1, 2010
Over the past two decades, China has embarked on an ambitious program of expressway network expansion. By facilitating market integration, this program aims both to promote efficiency at the national level...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5479Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Roberts, Mark ;
Deichmann, Uwe Klaus ;
Fingleton, Bernard ;
Shi, Tuo
This Global Environment Facility (GEF) the greenline newsletter has a focus on climate change. It includes some of the following headings: implementing the Poznan strategic program on transfer; transfer...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60588Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Cocca, Patrizia
Cities and the people who live in them account for more than 80 percent of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, more than 80 percent of the overall annual global costs of adaptation...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 57859Date: November 1, 2010
The paucity of qualified health workers in rural areas is a critical challenge for India's health sector. Although state governments have instituted several mechanisms, salary and non-salary, to attract...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 58019Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Rao, Krishna Dipankar ;
Ramani, Sudha ;
Murthy, Seema ;
Hazarika, Indrajit ;
Khandpur, Neha ;
Chokshi, Maulik ;
Khanna, Saujanya ;
Vujicic, Marko ;
Berman, Peter A. ;
Ryan, Mandy
Health experts and policymakers want people to have access to affordable and high-quality medical care. But in some developing countries, making quality healthcare available may first necessitate ensuring...
This document summarizes the environment impact assessment of the Harbin-Jiamusi (HaJia hereafter) Railway Project in China, highlighting the main issues and conclusions of the Environment Impact Assessment...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 59093Date: November 1, 2010
Guatemala is the largest economy in Central America. Since the signing of the peace accords in 1996 that ended the 36-year civil war, Guatemala has made significant progress in undergoing the necessary...
Type: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)Report#: 54242Date: November 1, 2010
Despite the growing importance of commitments to foreign investors in services in regional trade agreements, there are no applied general equilibrium models in the literature that assess these regional...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5481Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Jensen, Jesper ;
Tarr, David G.
Inadequate rural infrastructure creates constraints to economic growth in these areas by limiting productive growth and impeding the development of human capital. Recognition of the rural-poverty-alleviation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 65106Date: November 1, 2010
There is major geographic variation in nurse staffing levels in Liberia with the largest shortages in rural areas. A discrete choice experiment (DCE) was used to test how nurses and certified midwives...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 58020Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Vujicic, Marko ;
Alfano, Marco ;
Ryan, Mandy ;
Wesseh, C. Sanford ;
Brown-Annan, Julie
In Liberia, the maldistribution of health workers is particularly pronounced as 14 years of civil war exacerbated the concentration of experienced health workers in urban areas. The government has identified...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 58021Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Attah, Ramlatu ;
Lievens, Tomas ;
Vujicic, Marko ;
Brown-Annan, Julie
The objectives of this Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) for the Central African Republic, are to provide an analytical basis for the development of policy recommendations, assist in defining priority...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 70050Date: November 1, 2010
Two-thirds of Bangladesh is less than 5 meters above sea level, making it one of the most flood prone countries in the world. Severe flooding during a monsoon causes significant damage to crops and property,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5469Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Dasgupta, Susmita ;
Huq, Mainul ;
Khan, Zahirul Huq ;
Masud, Md. Sohel ;
Ahmed, Manjur Murshed Zahid ;
Mukherjee, Nandan ;
Pandey, Kiran D.
As tariffs and other formal barriers to trade have fallen across developing and industrialized regions, transport and logistics costs have become, in many cases, the biggest cost factor in the final price...
Report#: 88017Date: November 1, 2010Author:
Marcelo Gordillo, Darwin ;
Schwartz, Jordan Z. ;
Stokenberga, Aiga
The Business Incubation Management Training Program was created for business incubator managers and stakeholders in developing countries and emerging markets. Through its network of certified facilitators,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138744Date: October 29, 2010
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