In the past half a century, Egypt has experienced remarkable progress in the provision of infrastructure in all areas, including transportation, telecommunication, power generation, and water and sanitation....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5177Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Odawara,Rei
The report is part of a broader study, the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC), which has two objectives: (a) to develop a global estimate of adaptation costs for informing international climate...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 68650Date: January 1, 2010
The primary objective of this report is to provide brief, relevant, and practical tools for World Bank task teams and their country counterparts to facilitate their work in addressing gender issues in...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 68750Date: January 1, 2010
Kenya's tourism product lines and its source markets function in a cross-sectoral context, which leads to cross-cutting public and private sector issues. Tourism has played a major role in Kenya's development...
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 69687Date: January 1, 2010
This note highlights a major reason to limit climate change to the lowest possible levels. This reason follows from the large increase in uncertainty associated with high levels of warming. This uncertainty...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5179Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Hallegatte, Stephane ;
Dumas, Patrice ;
Hourcade,Jean Charles
The interview guide for the Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment (TTFA) is used by the assessment team members involved in both phases of the assessment. It is divided into four sections. The first...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 56310Date: January 1, 2010
About 20 percent of firms in the Eastern Europe and Central Asia region are victims of crime during a year. While losses to firms from crime incidents average 0.5 percent of a firm's annual sales, expenses...
Type: BriefReport#: 60342Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Amin,Mohammad
This Yemen quarterly economic update includes the following headings: recent economic developments; macroeconomic developments; structural reforms and policies outlook; economic and sector dialogue; new...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 59534Date: January 1, 2010
Under the sponsorship of the Norwegian Trust Fund for Private Sector and Infrastructure (NTFPSI), a grant for Central America was established: 'infrastructure and small scale private sector development...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73181Date: January 1, 2010
Urbanization and climate change will define much of the 21st century. Urbanization leads to improvement in standards of living, and through the increased density and service delivery efficiency of cities,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 76917Date: January 1, 2010
This report is part of a broader global study, the Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC), which has two principal objectives: (a) to develop a global estimate of adaptation costs for informing...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70264Date: January 1, 2010
In the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, countries show great variations in their levels of openness and how intensively they trade. There is a strong and positive correlation in export and...
Type: BriefReport#: 60353Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Seker, Murat
This paper discusses short-run and long-run effects of "green stimulus" efforts, and compares these effects with "non-green" fiscal stimuli. Green stimulus is defined here as short-run fiscal stimuli that...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5163Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Strand,Jon ;
Toman,Michael A.
This paper provides an overview of the major current debates on infrastructure policy. It reviews the evidence on the macroeconomic significance of the sector in terms of growth and poverty alleviation....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 57748Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Estache,Antonio ;
Fay,Marianne
The sustainable development of ger areas in Ulaanbaatar (UB), the capital city of Mongolia, is one of the critical development issues facing the country. The transition to a market economy and a series...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63484Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Kamata,Takuya ;
Reichert,James A. ;
Tsevegmid,Tumentsogt ;
Kim,Yoonhee ;
Sedgewick,Brett
This Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) has been developed by the World Bank in cooperation with the Government of Jordan. It aims to integrate environment into development and poverty reduction priorities....
Trends suggest Indonesia's already rapid urbanization will accelerate. The cities that emerge from this process will determine Indonesia's economic competitiveness. It is critical to create cities that...
Doing Business in Colombia 2010 is the second subnational report of the Doing Business series in Colombia. In 2007, quantitative indicators on business regulations were created for 13 cities and departments....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 74682Date: January 1, 2010
This final report describes the tasks undertaken, and the methodology used, for the implementation of the monitoring program on small scale mining in Albania.The tasks were: exploring the riverbed chosen...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70196Date: December 31, 2009Author:
Cukalla,Martin
Maize is the most important staple food in the Eastern Africa region and the most widely traded agricultural commodity. Therefore, the performance of grain markets has a significant impact on people's...
Type: Other Agricultural StudyReport#: 49831Date: December 31, 2009
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.
