Aid for trade is a means to help developing countries, especially low-income countries, integrate into the world economy as a way to spur growth. The recent financial crisis and global recession have,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 88024Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe ;
Gamberoni,Elisa ;
Malouche,Mariem ;
Newfarmer,Richard S.
Finland-based Botnia, a leading forest products company and International Finance Corporation (IFC) client, has a better handle on the carbon footprint of its Uruguay pulp mill and where it should focus...
The project aims to modernize Panama's land administration system and addresses policy, legal, and institutional reforms; modernizes the country's geodetic network and mapping capabilities; and builds...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 63742Date: January 1, 2009
The municipality of Milan has about 1,305,000 inhabitants, of which less than 8 percent live downtown. It is the second largest city in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. The Milan metropolitan...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47802Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Prasad,Neeraj ;
Ranghieri,Federica ;
Shah,Fatima Zehra ;
Trohanis,Zoe Elena
Makati City is one of the constituent cities of metro Manila, Philippines. Metro Manila consists of 16 cities and the municipality of Manila. Makati City is located in the central part of the metropolitan...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47805Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Prasad,Neeraj ;
Ranghieri,Federica ;
Shah,Fatima Zehra ;
Trohanis,Zoe Elena
Six emerging economies, including Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa, are proactively seeking to identify opportunities and related financial, technical, and policy requirements...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 52124Date: January 1, 2009
The main objective of the Andhra Pradesh Road Sector Project for India will be to further improve the state road network by providing better quality and safer roads to the users in a sustainable manner....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 48081Date: January 1, 2009
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#: 58466Date: January 1, 2009
This book covers the early years of the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), commonly known as the World Bank when it first confronted the issue of development as a fundamental...
Type: PublicationReport#: 55403Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Alacevich,Michele
The transport sector is especially vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Transport workers including long distance truck drivers, seafarers, airline crews and infrastructure construction workers spend long periods of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 51746Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Babinard,Julie ;
Gause,Sachiko N.
According to the World Bank's sustainable infrastructure action plan FY2009-2011, the gaps in infrastructure service delivery are significant: worldwide 884 million people lack access to safe water, more...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 53161Date: January 1, 2009
King County and its largest city, Seattle, Washington, along with the emergency preparedness bureau, have been deemed major contributors to the discourse on climate change impacts and cities. King County...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47809Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Prasad,Neeraj ;
Ranghieri,Federica ;
Shah,Fatima Zehra ;
Trohanis,Zoe Elena
The main objectives of the meeting were to enable a core group of professionals and stakeholders to discuss the implementation of the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) Second Development...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71877Date: January 1, 2009
When the Board of the World Bank created the Inspection Panel 15 years ago, the primary objective was clear and important: to strengthen our accountability to the people affected by Bank financing and...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 51372Date: January 1, 2009
The main objective of the Andhra Pradesh Road Sector Project for India will be to further improve the state road network by providing better quality and safer roads to the users in a sustainable manner....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 48081Date: January 1, 2009
Economic progress is accompanied by a fundamental spatial transformation where the economic landscapes of countries become increasingly uneven. The journey from low incomes to high incomes involves rising...
Type: PublicationReport#: 63706Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Lall,Somik V. ;
Astrup,Claus Pram
The main objective of the Andhra Pradesh Road Sector Project for India will be to further improve the state road network by providing better quality and safer roads to the users in a sustainable manner....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 48081Date: January 1, 2009
The main objective of the Andhra Pradesh Road Sector Project for India will be to further improve the state road network by providing better quality and safer roads to the users in a sustainable manner....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 48081Date: January 1, 2009
Dongtan on Chongming Island will be the world's first carbon-neutral city built intentionally. Dongtan is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River on Chongming Island, situated on 8,600 hectares of agricultural...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47800Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Prasad,Neeraj ;
Ranghieri,Federica ;
Shah,Fatima Zehra ;
Trohanis,Zoe Elena
In this paper, the author attempts to identify the characteristics of the business climate in India that can help explain the different performance of individual states in terms of investment and growth....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4817Date: January 1, 2009Author:
Iarossi,Giuseppe
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