This country level trade brief summarizes insights from the world trade indicators database as well as analyzes national impacts and responses to the food crisis and global recession. The trade at a glance...
This country level trade brief summarizes insights from the world trade indicators database as well as analyzes national impacts and responses to the food crisis and global recession. The trade at a glance...
This country level trade brief summarizes insights from the world trade indicators database as well as analyzes national impacts and responses to the food crisis and global recession. The trade at a glance...
This country level trade brief summarizes insights from the world trade indicators database as well as analyzes national impacts and responses to the food crisis and global recession. The trade at a glance...
This country level trade brief summarizes insights from the world trade indicators database as well as analyzes national impacts and responses to the food crisis and global recession. The trade at a glance...
At the request of the National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS), the Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS, a multi-donor facility of the World Bank Group) provided assistance...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 51708Date: December 1, 2008Author:
Coolidge, Jacqueline ;
Ilic, Domagoj ;
Kisunko, Gregory
Investment commitments to infrastructure projects with private participation in the Middle East and North Africa grew by 7 percent to US$12.8 billion in 2007, the highest level since 1990, according to...
Type: BriefReport#: 47886Date: December 1, 2008Author:
Bradley, Ada Karina Izaguirre ;
Perard, Edouard
In 1997 International Finance Corporation (IFC) advised the Government of Panama on the privatization of its utility Instituto de Recursos Hidraulicos y de Electrificacion (IRHE) and its restructuring...
The first phase of the strategic assessment for spatial planning in Papua province, Indonesia, was carried out during the last quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2008. The strategic assessment has...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47678Date: December 1, 2008
This press release announces that the World Bank Board of Directors approved twenty million US dollars grant for Haiti on November 18, 2008, to finance the reconstruction and emergency maintenance of key...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164314Date: November 18, 2008
The finance, private sector, and infrastructure (FPSI) group of the Latin America and Caribbean Region provides client driven services to further the World Bank's mission of reducing poverty. The FPSI...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45364Date: November 13, 2008
This press release announces that the history shows that severe crises can cause nations to become inward-looking, sometimes with negative consequences. The World Development Report 2009, Reshaping Economic...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164308Date: November 6, 2008
Economic growth will be unbalanced, but development can still be inclusive-that is the message of this year's World development report, the thirty-first in the series. As economies grow from low to high...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 43738Date: November 4, 2008Author:
Coulibaly, Souleymane ;
Deichmann, Uwe Klaus ;
Silva Freire, Maria Emilia ;
Gill, Indermit S. ;
Goh, Chorching ;
Kopp, Andreas Dietrich ;
Lall, Somik V. ;
Montenegro, Claudio E. ;
Packard, Truman G. ;
Ross Larson, Bruce Clifford ;
Ross-Larson, Bruce [ editor ] ;
Uchida, Hirotsugu
Economic growth will be unbalanced, but development can still be inclusive-that is the message of this year's World development report, the thirty-first in the series. As economies grow from low to high...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 43738Date: November 4, 2008Author:
Coulibaly, Souleymane ;
Deichmann, Uwe Klaus ;
Silva Freire, Maria Emilia ;
Gill, Indermit S. ;
Goh, Chorching ;
Kopp, Andreas Dietrich ;
Lall, Somik V. ;
Montenegro, Claudio E. ;
Packard, Truman G. ;
Ross Larson, Bruce Clifford ;
Ross-Larson, Bruce [ editor ] ;
Uchida, Hirotsugu
The report is about the private participation in infrastructure database. Energy and telecommunications drove most of the year's growth. Energy had growth of 96 percent, reaching its second highest level...
Type: BriefReport#: 47503Date: November 1, 2008Author:
Bradley, Ada Karina Izaguirre ;
Perard, Edouard
In this issue: food price crisis in Africa; focus: the Doha development agenda; when is deposit insurance a good idea? Returns to capital in micro-enterprises; new global poverty estimates; ports and maritime...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 48388Date: November 1, 2008
In this issue: launch of the 'update'; new inspection panel member; re-election of the panel chairperson; requests for inspection; outreach activities; and frequently asked questions.
Type: NewsletterReport#: 47435Date: November 1, 2008
This paper covers the most commonly used means to charge road users, including fuel taxes, vehicle taxes, vignettes and tolls. It presents a brief survey of road user charging systems in selected European...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 46730Date: November 1, 2008Author:
Queiroz, Cesar ;
Rdzanowska, Barbara ;
Garbarczyk
Investigating tangible cultural resources in the area of Trung Son Hydro-electric Project, Thanh Ho, province' has been done by the consultants of Vietnam Institute of Archaeology, a partner of Trung Son...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 59939Date: November 1, 2008
Over the last few years, the Indian economy has been in a phase of unparalleled growth of about 8-10 percent per year, making it one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Sustaining this rate...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 46326Date: November 1, 2008
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