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Global economic crisis and vertical specialization in developing countries

The world has witnessed an impressive increase in trade over the past four decades. World merchandise trade increased from US$217 billion in 1962 to US$22.8 trillion in 2006. While industrialized countries...
Type: Brief Report#: 48378 Date: April 1, 2009 Author: Pitigala,Upali Nihal
Santos Novas Tempos Project : environmental assessment executive summary

This executive summary presents information on: (i) the safeguards policies triggered by the Santos Novos Tempos Project; (ii) environmental and social safeguard-related risks and/or impacts identified...
Type: Board Report Report#: 49485 Date: April 1, 2009
Consumer solutions and support analytics newsletter (Vol. 2, no. 9)

This Consumer Solutions and Support (CSS) newsletter includes some of the following headlines: green Information Technology (IT) World Bank Group (WBG) carbon footprint; building energy use; business travel;...
Type: Newsletter Report#: 48137 Date: April 1, 2009 Author: Stumpf,Michael Heinz
Weathering the storm : investing in port infrastructure to lower trade costs in East Asia

The world economic crisis of 2008 presents clear challenges to prospects for economic growth in developing countries. This is particularly true for emerging economies in East Asia that have relied to a...
Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS4911 Date: April 1, 2009 Author: Abe,Kazutomo ; Wilson,John S.
Making sense of Africa's infrastructure endowment : a benchmarking approach

The paper's objective is to explain factors underlying Africa's weak infrastructure endowment and to identify suitable infrastructure goals for the region based on benchmarking against international peers....
Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS4912 Date: April 1, 2009 Author: Foster,Vivien ; Pierce,Justin ; Yepes Delgado,Tito
An assessment of the investment climate in Uganda

The goal of the Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) of Uganda is to evaluate the investment climate in Uganda in all its operational dimensions and to promote policies to strengthen the private sector...
Type: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) Report#: 53625 Date: April 1, 2009
West Bank and Gaza - Technical assistance in the passenger transport sector development : final report

The 2007 transport sector strategy note identified that transportation in the West Bank and Gaza faces extreme challenges, to the extent that mobility for people and goods is severely curtailed, with consequent...
Type: Other Public Sector Study Report#: T7717 Date: April 1, 2009
Minutes of meeting of the Executive Directors of the Bank and IDA, held on Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Type: Minutes Report#: 48474 Date: March 31, 2009
Directory of partnership programs supported by trust funds as of March 31, 2009

This directory provides information on those partnership programs supported by the World Bank-administered trust funds that are active as of end March 2009. It provides brief information on each partnership...
Type: Directory Report#: 51563 Date: March 31, 2009
Announcement of Building Legitimacy of Government is Key to Security in Afghanistan, says World Bank Managing Director on March 31, 2009

This press release announces on March 31, 2009, that the World Bank Managing Director Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, speaking at the International Conference on Afghanistan in The Hague, Netherlands said that building...
Type: Announcement Report#: 165039 Date: March 31, 2009
Announcement of Strengthening the Supply Chain and Developing the Market for Agro-Sylvo-Pastoral Exports in Niger with World Bank Assistance on March 27, 2009

This press release announces on March 27, 2009 that the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved forty million US dollars International Development Association (IDA) credit to support Niger Agro-sylvo-pastoral...
Type: Announcement Report#: 165570 Date: March 27, 2009
Announcement of World Bank Supports Municipal Development in FYR Macedonia on March 26, 2009

This press release announces that the World Bank approved eighteen million nine hundred thousand euros loan for the Municipal services improvement project for FYR Macedonia on March 26, 2009. This project...
Type: Announcement Report#: 165647 Date: March 26, 2009
Announcement of Strengthening the Supply Chain and Developing the Market for Agro-Sylvo-Pastoral Exports in Niger with World Bank Assistance on March 26, 2009

This press release announces that the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved forty million US dollars International Development Association (IDA) credit to support Niger Agro-sylvo-pastoral exports...
Type: Announcement Report#: 165569 Date: March 26, 2009
Announcement of World Bank Supports the Egyptian National Railways Restructuring Project on March 17, 2009

This press release announces that the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on March 17, 2009, approved a loan in the amount of two hundred sventy million US dollars to support the Egypt National Railways...
Type: Announcement Report#: 165748 Date: March 17, 2009
Announcement of Protectionist Measures Show Worrisome Rise Since Beginning of Financial Crisis on March 17, 2009

This press release announces on March 17, 2009, that since G-20 leaders signed a pledge in November 2008 to avoid protectionist measures, several countries, including seventeen of the G-20, have implemented...
Type: Announcement Report#: 167447 Date: March 17, 2009
An assessment of the investment climate in Kenya

The central objective of this Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is to identify the main impediments to productivity growth Kenyan firms face. This objective is achieved through the analysis of firm-level...
Type: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) Report#: 47716 Date: March 13, 2009 Author: Iarossi,Giuseppe
China - Nanning-Guangzhou Railway Project : resettlement plan (Vol. 1 of 4)

The objective of the Nanning-Guangzhou Railway Project for China is to provide additional transport capacity and reduce transport time between the less developed western region in southwest China and the...
Report#: RP784 Date: March 10, 2009
Announcement of World Bank Approves Ninety Million Loan to Enhance Environmental Management of the Lake Victoria Basin on March 10, 2009

This press release announces that the Executive Board of the World Bank approved the previous week ninety million US dollars loan for the first phase of the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project...
Type: Announcement Report#: 165506 Date: March 10, 2009
China - Nanning-Guangzhou Railway Project : resettlement plan (Vol. 4 of 4) : Resettlement plan for railway from Nanning to Guangzhou

The objective of the Nanning-Guangzhou Railway Project for China is to provide additional transport capacity and reduce transport time between the less developed western region in southwest China and the...
Report#: RP784 Date: March 10, 2009
Bulgaria - Railways policy note

Under a succession of reform-minded governments, the Bulgarian rail sector has achieved some ambitious targets-stable traffic volumes and hard-won financial stability that was endorsed by investor confidence...
Type: Policy Note Report#: 69686 Date: March 3, 2009