The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the third most populous county in Sub Saharan Africa and has many natural advantages that would enable it to experience rapid sustained economic growth and rapid...
Type: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)Report#: 69538Date: May 1, 2008
Balochistan offers some of the best assets for development. Balochistan is generously bestowed with natural and locational resources. It possesses the largest land area of any province of Pakistan, proving...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 40345Date: May 1, 2008
This report was written in 2008 in the wake of a World Bank mission to Mongolia in 2007. The team identified that the South Gobi region is poised for a major boom in economic activity, with a foundation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 68679Date: May 1, 2008
This paper reports that Alexandria has been involved in a City Development Strategy (CDS) since 2004. The process has involved many stakeholders including civil society organizations, the private sector,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70337Date: May 1, 2008
This press release announces that the World Bank Group approved its new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Brazil, which will guide the Group’s overall program in the country for 2008-2011 on May 1,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163901Date: May 1, 2008
The fungibility of aid, in which donor aid earmarked for a project substitutes for rather than supplements local spending intended for that purpose, has important implications for its effectiveness. And...
The ambient permit system proposed in the literature for cost-effective pollution reduction is difficult to implement and may result in lower net benefits than using another instrument. The article develops...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 77568Date: May 1, 2008Author:
O'Ryan, Raul ;
Sanchez, Jose Miguel
The objectives of the Second Rijeka Gateway Project for Croatia are: (a) re-evaluation of the Adriatic Sea transportation advantages based on assessment of traffic trends and improved coastal and ferry...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 43654Date: April 30, 2008
This press release announces that the World Bank Board of Directors today approved an International Development Association (IDA) grant of thirty million US dollars equivalent in support to the government...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163860Date: April 29, 2008
Although trade liberalization can create jobs and raise incomes, these benefits are easily undermined if excessive costs and delays hinder trade transactions - reducing a country's export competitiveness....
Type: BriefReport#: 45603Date: April 25, 2008Author:
Alavi,Hamid R.
This press release announces on April 22, 2008, that the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of two hundred million US dollars to the People’s Republic of China to help increase the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163844Date: April 22, 2008
This press release announces that the World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved an additional financing in an amount of forty million US dollars to Madagascar for the Integrated growth poles...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163661Date: April 17, 2008
This note reviews the performance of key sectors of the Kenyan economy after the power-sharing arrangement of 2008. Declines in the agricultural, manufacturing, and services sectors considered in this...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 70499Date: April 15, 2008
This press release announces that the developing economies produce forty-one percent of the world's output, up from thirty-six percent in 2000, according to the World Development Indicators 2008, released...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163449Date: April 11, 2008
This press release announces on April 9, 2008, that the World Bank Board of Executive Directors endorsed the day before a new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Colombia that proposes to maintain a...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163592Date: April 9, 2008
This press release announces the World Bank approved ninety-five million US dollars additional financing to the State of São Paulo, Brazil, in support of the São Paulo Metro Line 4 Project on April 8,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163352Date: April 8, 2008
This press release announces that the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a grant for three hundred eight million US dollars to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire to clear its arrears dating from...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164587Date: April 2, 2008
This paper seeks to shed some light on the extent to which infrastructure sub-sectors - energy, telecommunications, water supply, sanitation, and transport - contributed to growth in East Asia during 1985-2004....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4597Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Bramati, Maria Caterina ;
Seethepalli,Kalpana ;
Veredas,David
This paper studies the relationship between devolution, accountability, and service delivery in Pakistan. It examines the degree of accessibility of local policy-makers and the level of competition in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4610Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Hasnain,Zahid
The purpose of this report is to assist policy makers and planners in developing countries in the preparation of a National Transport Strategy (NTS). The report highlights lessons that can be learned from...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 44905Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Lee, John ;
Hine,John L.
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