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The performance of Bulgarian food markets during reform

Food policy often depends on markets and markets depend on institutions. But how good do institutions have to be before reforms can be launched? Relying on well timed surveys of agricultural prices and...
Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS4876 Date: March 1, 2009 Author: Larson,Donald F. ; Sarris,Alexander H
The Trade and Transport Integration Project corridor newsletter

This Trade and Transport Integration Project corridor newsletter includes some of the following headlines: record cargo throughput in the port of Ploce; new mobile harbour crane triples the bulk cargo...
Type: Newsletter Report#: 49239 Date: March 1, 2009
A review of regulatory instruments to control environmental externalities from the transport sector

This study reviews regulatory instruments designed to reduce environmental externalities from the transport sector. The study finds that the main regulatory instruments used in practice are fuel economy...
Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS4867 Date: March 1, 2009 Author: Timilsina,Govinda R. ; Dulal,Hari Bansha
Listing of business establishments in Cambodia's provincial towns and selected urban areas

Although Cambodia's private sector provides 92 percent of all jobs, has contributed greatly to Cambodia's average of 10 percent growth for last five years, and has helped to bring poverty rates down, surprisingly...
Type: Working Paper Report#: 54407 Date: March 1, 2009 Author: Bishop,Ann Josephine Louise
Thailand - Making transport more energy efficient (Vol. 2 of 2) : Executive summary

The recent rapid increases in global oil prices seriously impacted world economies. Despite a more recent price decrease, many countries are aiming to transition to more energy efficient technologies,...
Type: Working Paper Report#: 50034 Date: March 1, 2009
Public transport funding policy in Madrid : Is there room for improvement?

This report provides an analysis of urban transport funding and distributional issues in Madrid. It consolidates some of the key findings of the existing literature, and complements it with an additional...
Type: Journal Article Report#: 70725 Date: March 1, 2009 Author: Munoz-Raskin,Ramon ; Perez De Villar, Pablo ; Serebrisky,Tomas S. ; Vassallo,Jose Manuel
Russian Federation - Volgograd Oblast - review of feasibiilty study of a proposed by-pass around the city of Volgograd

This feasibility study report was prepared for a proposed by-pass around Volgograd city, to be done under a public-private partnerships (PPP) arrangement, with the objectives of securing both federal government...
Type: Working Paper Report#: 70111 Date: March 1, 2009
Climate change impact and adaptation study for Bangkok metropolitan region : final report (Vol. 1 of 3)

This report is the primary output from the climate change impact and adaptation study for the Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR) produced for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) with financial...
Type: Strategic Environmental Assessment/Analysis Report#: 50898 Date: March 1, 2009
Gaining ground : integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into investment processes in emerging markets : Gaining ground : integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment processes in emerging markets

Since 2002, International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private arm of the World Bank Group, has supported sustainable investment initiatives in the financial industry. IFC sponsors publications, tools,...
Type: Working Paper Report#: 52194 Date: March 1, 2009 Author: Birgden, Helga ; Guyatt,Danyelle ; Jia, Xinting
Djibouti - Mitigating the opportunity cost of status quo

This diagnosis and advocacy policy note highlights key issues in the Djiboutian telecommunications sector and suggests possible recommendations for policy and regulatory reform. In Djibouti the sector...
Type: Policy Note Report#: 68709 Date: March 1, 2009
New private infrastructure projects in developing countries continue to take place but projects are being affected by the financial crisis

Throughout the financial crisis, new private activity has continued to take place in developing countries with projects being tendered and brought to financial closure. In the first months of the full-scale...
Type: Brief Report#: 51763 Date: March 1, 2009 Author: Bradley,Ada Karina Izaguirre
Announcement of the World Bank Adopts a New Country Assistance Strategy for Benin on February 26, 2009

This press release announces that the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a new Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Benin on February 26, 2009. Designed to cover a four-year period (2009-2012),...
Type: Announcement Report#: 167542 Date: February 26, 2009
Philippines - Transport for growth : an institutional assessment of transport infrastructure

Infrastructure needs in the Philippines must be addressed to ensure long term economic growth. After several years of fiscal pressure, the Philippines is now in a position to address these needs. Despite...
Type: Public Expenditure Review Report#: 47281 Date: February 24, 2009
An assessment of the investment climate in Nigeria

Nigeria's vision of 2020 is a bold desire to be among the top twenty economies by the year 2020. The economy has posted impressive growth figures since 2003 driven by higher oil prices and a series of...
Type: Publication Report#: 47607 Date: February 24, 2009 Author: Iarossi,Giuseppe ; Mousley,Peter J. ; Radwan,Ismail
Public investment management in the new EU member states : strengthening planning and implementation of transport infrastructure investments

The primary purposes of this study were two-fold: i) to identify some of the key issues and challenges being faced by New Member States (NMS) in the management of their public investment programs; and...
Type: Other Public Sector Study Report#: 47611 Date: February 20, 2009 Author: Laursen,Thomas Blatt ; Myers,C. Bernard
Climate resilient cities : a primer on reducing vulnerabilities to disasters

This primer is a tool for city governments in the East Asia Region to better understand how to plan for climate change impacts and impending natural disasters through sound urban planning to reduce vulnerabilities....
Type: Publication Report#: 46680 Date: February 19, 2009 Author: Prasad,Neeraj ; Ranghieri,Federica ; Shah,Fatima Zehra ; Trohanis,Zoe Elena ; Kessler,Earl ; Sinha,Ravi
Announcement of World Bank Loan of Three hundred Thirty million US Dollars for Peru to Support the Environment on February 17, 2009

This press release announces that the World Bank Board of Executive Directors on February 17, 2009, approved three hundred thirty million US dollars to Peru to strengthen the new Ministry of the Environment...
Type: Announcement Report#: 165762 Date: February 17, 2009
Scaling-up climate change mitigation efforts

In recent years, the case for scaling up mitigation efforts discussed in terms of Giga-tons of needed reductions in greenhouse gas emissions per year or tens of billions of dollars of required annual investments...
Type: Working Paper Report#: 47308 Date: February 3, 2009
The Republic of Rwanda investment climate assessment : Strategy for sustained employment and export growth

This Investment Climate Assessment is based on a survey of 340 enterprises in Kigali and Butare that includes micro-enterprises with less than five employees, formal manufacturing firms, retail, construction,...
Type: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) Report#: 69746 Date: February 2, 2009
Valuing mortality and morbidity in the context of disaster risks

Benefit-cost analyses of disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects are an important tool for evaluating the efficiency of such projects, and an important input into decision making. These analyses, however,...
Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS4832 Date: February 1, 2009 Author: Cropper,Maureen L. ; Sahin,Sebnem