This paper reviews data and research on trade costs for Sub-Saharan African countries. It focuses on: border-related costs, transport costs, costs related to behind-the border issues, and the costs of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4719Date: September 1, 2008Author:
Portugal Perez,Luis Alberto ;
Wilson,John S.
When properly designed and implemented, involuntary resettlement on highway projects can be used to improve overall living conditions and alleviate poverty for those affected by the project. This technical...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45445Date: September 1, 2008Author:
Liu,Zhefu ;
Bennett, Christopher R
South Asia has attracted global attention because it has experienced rapid GDP growth over the last two decades. What is not so well known is that South Asia is the least integrated region in the world....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4736Date: September 1, 2008Author:
Ahmed,Sadiq ;
Ghani,Syed Ejaz
The consideration of gender in transport is essential to ensure that transport is equitable, affordable, and provides access to resources and opportunities required for development. This note aims to provide...
Report#: 69948Date: August 18, 2008Author:
Caballero Alonso,Maria Luz
This press release announces that an additional four million US dollars food price crisis response grant was approved for Sierra Leone by the Bank’s Executive Board of Directors on August 13, 2008, following...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164310Date: August 13, 2008
This is a summary project status report on the Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFRP) for the period ending July 31, 2008. The Board has approved the following countries: Djibouti, Liberia, Haiti,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 44994Date: August 7, 2008
Road traffic injuries are a major but neglected global public health problem. Worldwide, the number of people killed in road traffic accidents each year is estimated at almost 1.2 million, while the number...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 49562Date: August 1, 2008
There is a debate among policy analysts about whether fuel taxes alone are the most effective policy to reduce fuel use by motorists, or whether to also use mandatory standards for fuel efficiency. A problem...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4695Date: August 1, 2008Author:
Eskeland,Gunnar Saethern ;
Mideksa, Torben K.
The government of Burundi appealed to the World Bank Institute (WBI) for help in strengthening the capacities of leadership to implement policies and programs that would achieve measurable results. The...
This paper includes the following articles: at last, a practical guide to climate-proof our cities; and poor Chon Buri village benefits from first World Bank (WB)-supported Carbon-Finance Project in Thailand.
Type: NewsletterReport#: 45107Date: August 1, 2008
Activities carried on by the Environmental and Social Panel of Expert (POR) during the period June 6-16, 2008 included meetings with Hydropower Project Management Board (HPMB), Local Consultants (LC),...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 59941Date: August 1, 2008
This paper begins by comparing CO2 taxes and emissions trading from a domestic perspective across a broad range of criteria of potential concern to policy makers. Next the authors briefly discuss some...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 45125Date: August 1, 2008Author:
Aldy, Joseph E. ;
Ley, Eduardo ;
Parry, Ian
The Department of Urban Roads (DUR) of the Ministry of Roads and Transportation (MOT) in Ghana is implementing part of the Road Sector Development Program (RSDP), which among other reasons, aims at reducing...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 48099Date: August 1, 2008
The objective of the El-Ain Al-Sokhna 2x650 MWe Gas/Oil Thermal Power Project for Egypt is to identify the environmental and social impacts of construction and operation of the project. Negative measures...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 45463Date: August 1, 2008
The authors study the effect of enforcement of labor regulation in Brazil, an economy with a large informal sector and strict labor law. Enforcement affects mainly the degree of compliance with mandated...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 45051Date: August 1, 2008Author:
Almeida,Rita Kullberg ;
Amaro Da Costa Luz Carneiro,Pedro Manuel
As numerous countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and elsewhere are moving toward a second phase of private participation in infrastructure programs mostly through public-private partnership schemes...
Type: PublicationReport#: 45625Date: July 25, 2008Author:
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Foster,Vivien ;
Guasch, J. Luis ;
Haven,Thomas Edward
This press release announces that the comprehensive measures, including both effective flaring regulation and more transparent access for independent gas producers to Russia’s gas transportation system,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163497Date: July 23, 2008
This press release announces that the World Bank approved ninety-eight million US dollars IDA credit in additional finance to support the government of Sri Lanka’s efforts to improve its national highways,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164191Date: July 17, 2008
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