A road network providing adequate connectivity across national territory is typically one of the most costly items of infrastructure that any country requires. It is also the one that has typically weighed...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 55105Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Gwilliam,Kenneth M. ;
Foster,Vivien ;
Archondo-Callao,Rodrigo ;
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Nogales,Alberto F. ;
Sethi,Kavita
To be credible, any plan for scaling up infrastructure in Africa must rest on a thorough evaluation of how fiscal resources are allocated and financed. Because in every plausible scenario the public sector...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71815Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Smits,Karlis ;
Foster,Vivien
The Rural Investment Climate Survey (RICS) carried out in 2006 sampled more than 2,500 predominantly very small firms in six rural districts in Indonesia [Labuhan Batu (North Sumatra), Kutai (East Kalimantan),...
Type: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)Report#: 44033Date: June 1, 2008
Yemen economic update is a quarterly report that consists of several sections. The first section highlights major political and social developments. The second covers the macroeconomic developments. The...
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: June 1, 2008
The 2007 annual report which marks the end of the Long Term Development Plan (LTDP) that started in 2004. Over the past four years, Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) has become the lead...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 44684Date: June 1, 2008
Many small-and medium-size emerging exporters in developing countries have inadequate access to short-term working capital to finance their export transactions. Several countries have established pre-shipment...
Type: BriefReport#: 44754Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Alavi,Hamid R.
The purpose of this brochure is to demonstrate the role of the World Bank in improving people's lives in Bosnia and Herzegovina over the last 12 years. The brochure outlines our partnership financial support...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45194Date: June 1, 2008
This newsletter focuses on the EU10 the group of ten countries that have joined the European Union (EU) since 2004, (Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, Lithuania,...
This paper uses the Rwandan Industrial and Mining Survey (RIMS), a joint exercise between the World Bank, and the institute of statistics, ministry of finance and economic planning of the Government of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 51704Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Ezemenari,Kenechukwu Maria ;
Gatera, Emmanuel ;
Munyakazi, Louis
In the early 1990s there was a proposal to provide World Bank finance to help renew the fleet of big buses run by Societe des Transports en Commun (SOTRAC), the national bus company of Dakar. However,...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 69712Date: June 1, 2008
This policy note focuses on analyzing critical institutional and planning issues affecting Dhaka's Metropolitan Area, and suggests policy recommendations for introducing sound urban environmental planning...
The current global food price crisis has deep historical roots in the distortions of the world trading system. Trade policy options to deal with the crisis involve correcting these historical distortions....
Type: BriefReport#: 44899Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Chauffour,Jean-Pierre Christophe
This report has been by drafted for the Ministry of Transport and Roads of the Republic of Tatarstan under the terms of the Agreement for Advisory Services on Assistance in Developing Kazan International...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70007Date: June 1, 2008
This paper reviews the literature on the fiscal policy instruments commonly used to reduce transport sector externalities. The findings show that congestion charges would reduce vehicle traffic by 9 to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4652Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Timilsina,Govinda R. ;
Dulal,Hari Bansha
According to research at the World Bank, trade facilitation efforts in Mexico and its primary trading partners have the potential to increase Mexican exports by $34 billion a year. The study estimates...
Type: BriefReport#: 45160Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Taylor,Benjamin J. ;
Wilson,John S.
A primer on reducing vulnerabilities to climate change impacts and strengthening disaster risk management in East Asian cities is prepared as a guide for local governments in the East Asia Region to better...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 44926Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Prasad,Neeraj ;
Ranghieri,Federica ;
Shah,Fatima Zehra ;
Trohanis,Zoe Elena
This study explores urban spatial growth patterns in three middle-sized Metropolitan Regions (MRs) in three world regions: Quito, Ecuador in Latin America; Xi'an, China in East Asia; and Hyderabad, India,...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 44973Date: June 1, 2008
The rural roads program, overseen by Provias Descentralizado (subdivision of Peru's Ministry of Transportation and Communications), began in 1995, and has received funds from the Peruvian Government, the...
Type: Other Rural StudyReport#: 45124Date: June 1, 2008
To be credible, any plan for scaling up infrastructure in Africa must rest on a thorough evaluation of how fiscal resources are allocated and financed. Because in every plausible scenario the public sector...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71815Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Smits,Karlis ;
Foster,Vivien
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