The estimate of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development is that more than 80 percent or close to 8 million tons in 2007, of world freight is transported by sea. Most, if not all, freight...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 57967Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Kruk, C. Bert ;
Donner,Michel Luc
The aim of this paper is to review the state of the productive infrastructure of Uruguay and the development policies that govern it and to propose policy options for the long term contribution to achieving...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 41884Date: January 1, 2010
This Trade and Transport Integration Project corridor newsletter includes some of the following headlines: cargo throughput in the Port of Ploce; port community system; port of Ploce container terminal...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 58467Date: January 1, 2010
Employees of a new, International Finance Corporation (IFC)-financed, Greenfield cement plant in Karnataka, India, won't have long commutes: they will have the option of moving into a new live-work community...
Accelerating development in Sub-Saharan Africa will require massive expansion of access to electricity -- currently reaching only about one-third of households. This paper explores how essential economic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5193Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Deichmann,Uwe Klaus ;
Meisner,Craig M. ;
Murray,Siobhan ;
Wheeler, David
In the aftermath of the 2007 cyclone sidr in Bangladesh, the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the World Bank provided the necessary financial support as well as technical...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 53002Date: January 1, 2010
Considering its long term socioeconomic benefits, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) should consider making a strategic decision to develop the trans-java highway project. As one possible option, the GoI...
This report presents the findings of the second edition of Connecting to Compete, a report on the new dataset for the 2010 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) and its component indicators. Based on a worldwide...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 55852Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Hoekman,Bernard M. ;
Haddad,Mona E. ;
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Antoci,Monica Alina ;
Ojala,Lauri M. ;
Shepherd,Benjamin A. ;
Saslavsky,Daniel Mario
IFC and BNDES, the Brazilian development bank, served as lead advisors to the Brazilian Ministry of Planning and the National Transport Agency (ANTT) for an innovative concession to expand, rehabilitate,...
This paper develops a global model of climate policy, focusing on the choice between tax and cap-and-trade solutions. The analysis assumes that the world can be split into two regions, with two fuels that...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5171Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Strand,Jon
The objective of the Giza North 2x750 Mega-Watt electrical (MWe) Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Project is to assist the Government of Egypt to improve the security and efficiency of electricity supply...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 52961Date: January 1, 2010
This study reviews and discusses how the promotion of cycling as an affordable and clean means of transport, is related to the promotion of road safety. It presents a critical review of current practices,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70170Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Godefrooij, Tom ;
Schepel, Steven
Over the past year, the response to the global financial crisis has continued to dominate development and the work of international institutions, including the World Bank Group. Challenges of poverty and...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 58116Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Apfalter,Stefan ;
Pirozzi,Stephen Francis ;
Kumar,Anjali
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a unique partnership among 181 countries, international institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector. As the financial mechanism...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 55037Date: January 1, 2010
The Xinao Group, a leading private energy concern in China, utilizes a new production process that converts coal into dimethyl ether (DME), a clean liquid fuel. The fuel can be used in households to replace...
This study aims to ask questions essential to forming policy for short-term, economic stimulus in Jamaica. How do public works and construction investments filter through to other sectors? What skill levels...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 70062Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Marcelo Gordillo,Darwin ;
Stokenberga,Aiga ;
Schwartz,Jordan Z.
Communities around the world are faced with natural hazards-extreme environmental events such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes, fires, and tsunamis. For some communities, these natural hazards turn into...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 83997Date: January 1, 2010
This paper discusses the development of appropriate private sector participation (PSP) to optimize the provision of air transport infrastructure (ATI). It is aimed primarily at government policy makers...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 116466Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Allen Hamilton,Booz ;
Zakir Hussain, Mustafa (Editor)
Contingent liabilities create management problems for governments. They have a cost, but judging what the cost is and whether it is worth incurring is difficult. Except in the case of contingent liabilities...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 101491Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Irwin, Timothy ;
Mokdad, Tanya
The primary objective of the Southern Gobi Regional Environmental Assessment (REA) is to provide guidance for sustainable management of environmental resources in the future development of the Southern...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 59703Date: January 1, 2010
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