In this paper the authors compare indicators of development, infrastructure, and living conditions in the slums of Dakar, Nairobi, and Johannesburg using data from 2004 World Bank surveys. Contrary to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5388Date: July 1, 2010Author:
Gulyani,Sumila ;
Jack,Darby Whitfield ;
Talukdar, Debabrata
The Baltic States; Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Poland are situated along strategic trade corridors within Europe, constituting the EU's eastern border with Russia and other CIS countries. EU membership...
Type: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows StudyReport#: 55844Date: July 1, 2010
This study examines the relationship between transport infrastructure and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa using new data obtained from geographic information systems (GIS). First, the authors analyze...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5385Date: July 1, 2010Author:
Dorosh,Paul A. ;
Schmidt,Emily M. ;
Wang,Hyoung Gun ;
You, Liang
As in many countries of the Europe and Central Asia Region (ECA), vehicle ownership in Russia has grown faster in the last decade than the decline in the rate of fatalities per vehicle. At the same time,...
Type: BriefReport#: 56707Date: July 1, 2010Author:
Bliss,Anthony G. ;
Marquez,Patricio V.
The literature on the relationship between economic diversification and development has grown rapidly in recent years, partly due to the surprising finding that diversification rises with gross domestic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5366Date: July 1, 2010Author:
Klinger,Bailey ;
Lederman,Daniel
The goal of the Congo, Democratic Republic of (DRC's) trade policy is to create a regulatory, fiscal and institutional environment in which domestic and foreign trade can develop unhindered, opening up...
Type: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows StudyReport#: 59561Date: July 1, 2010
In this issue: message from the inspection panel chair; the role of the panel process in problem solving; latest request from inspection; cases at eligibility; ongoing investigations; panel investigation...
Sri Lanka's ten-year development framework aims at accelerating economic growth while ensuring a path of sustainable development and prioritizing conservation of the country's natural heritage. It is in...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69084Date: June 30, 2010
One of the major engines for economic growth in Vietnam over the past 15 years has been industry. Since 1990 the industrial sector has grown an average of 10 percent per year, and its share of Gross Domestic...
Vietnam's growing economy relies heavily on its transport infrastructure for a variety of purposes, from meeting the daily needs of its people, to supporting tourism and trade. Since the late 1980s, development...
This note attempts to analyze and tentatively answer these questions by focusing on the drivers of growth and productivity, labor markets and enterprise restructuring, as well as the state system of enterprise...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 54371Date: June 25, 2010
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: renewed concern over Greek...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 61624Date: June 24, 2010Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Islam Spivak, Nadia ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
De Kleine Feige,Annette I.
For the purposes of this book, "open skies" refers to a bilateral or multilateral air service agreement that liberalizes the rules for international aviation markets and minimizes government intervention....
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 55200Date: June 23, 2010Author:
Schlumberger,Charles E.
The policy notes have two objectives: (i) to present the incoming government team with a menu of policy options in areas where the World Bank has local and international experience; and (ii) to provide...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 54939Date: June 22, 2010
This press release announces that Brazil could reduce its gross greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by up to 37 percent between 2010 and 2030, while at the same time maintaining the development goals set out...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169758Date: June 17, 2010
When the G-20 leaders met on 24-25 September 2009 in Pittsburgh, USA, they agreed in their Communiqué that, building on the efforts of many countries to, reduce fossil fuel subsidies while preventing adverse...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 76074Date: June 16, 2010
The Province of Buenos Aires has historically been the most important of all 23 Argentine provinces. Following Argentina's independence in 1816 and the development of the export-oriented agricultural sector,...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 52601Date: June 16, 2010
This press release announces on June 15, 2010, that the World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD) are organizing the first workshop on climate induced migration and displacement in the Middle...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169570Date: June 15, 2010
Across the Western Balkan region, countries exhibit relatively high levels of energy intensity, a high energy savings potential among energy end-users, and heavy dependence on imported hydrocarbons. Energy...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: AAA49Date: June 15, 2010
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