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Bringing management of the radio spectrum closer to markets is long overdue. The radio spectrum is a major component of the infrastructure that underpins the information society. Spectrum management, however,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4549Date: March 1, 2008Author:
Neto,Maria Isabel A. S. ;
Wellenius,Bjorn
The main motivation for Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) governments to improve energy efficiency is to address pressing domestic concerns, such as urban air pollution, energy security, economic...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 44452Date: March 1, 2008Author:
Zhang,Yabei
There is increasing empirical evidence that vertical product differentiation is an important determinant of international trade. However, the economic literature so far has solely focused on the case in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4550Date: March 1, 2008Author:
Helble,Matthias ;
Okubo, Toshihiro
This paper employs a 55 sector small open economy computable general equilibrium model of the Kenyan economy to assess the impact of the liberalization of regulatory barriers against foreign and domestic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4544Date: March 1, 2008Author:
Balistreri,Edward Jay ;
Rutherford,Thomas F. ;
Tarr, David G.
Some of the headings included in this issue of the World Bank Pakistan newsletter are: eliminating poverty in one generation - a tough but attainable goal for Pakistan; Pakistan data profile; current lending...
Economic development is affected by infrastructure services in both volume and quality terms. However, the quality of infrastructure is relatively difficult to measure and assess. The current paper, using...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4581Date: March 1, 2008Author:
Iimi,Atsushi
Using panel data for the fourteen major states of India over the 1980-2000 period, the authors estimate the effect of human capital endowment on the performance of the state economies. They find that greater...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4576Date: March 1, 2008Author:
Amin,Mohammad ;
Mattoo,Aaditya
Slum upgrading projects are designed to provide a package of basic services aimed at improving the living conditions of residents in low-income communities. These typically involve a range of infrastructure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 44467Date: March 1, 2008Author:
Goicoechea,Ana
This executive summary is a synthesis report of the salient points of the various environmental and social safeguards documents for the Northern Delta Transport Development Project (NDTDP). This paper...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 43111Date: February 28, 2008
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: fed chairman testifies before house financial services committee; U.S....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60987Date: February 27, 2008Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
De Kleine Feige,Annette I.
The objective of the Pro-Routes Project for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to reinforce the operational capacity of Congolese structures in charge of the road network and to enable the re-opening...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 42701Date: February 25, 2008
The Gambias PRSP review process, which started in July 2006, involved the formation of a steering committee and the identification of a national facilitator and service provider. First a stakeholder analysis...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70469Date: February 22, 2008
India's Golden Quadrilateral Program is aimed at improving the quality and width of existing highways connecting the four largest cities in India. This affects the quality of highways available to firms...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45263Date: February 13, 2008Author:
Datta,Saugato
This paper reviews the contribution of the World Bank's transport lending portfolio to health outcomes, as background for the Independent Evaluation Group's (IEG) evaluation of the Bank's support for health,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 43208Date: February 12, 2008Author:
Freeman,Peter Nigel ;
Mathur,Kavita
Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) daily brief economics and financial market commentary newsletter are as follows: headline U.S. factory orders...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60931Date: February 4, 2008Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
De Kleine Feige,Annette I.
This document summarizes the environment impact assessment of the World Bank financed Jiangxi Shihutang Navigation and Hydropower Complex Project for China at the Gan River, highlighting the main issues...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 43375Date: February 1, 2008
This paper provides empirical evidence of nonlinearity in the relationship between crop specialization in a village economy and the extent of the market (size of the urban market) relevant for the village....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4534Date: February 1, 2008Author:
Emran, M. Shahe ;
Shilpi,Forhad J.
Without transport there is no economic development and, in a reciprocal conclusion, the more efficient transport is, the better is the development. Bearing in mind that more than 90 percent of the world...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 44543Date: February 1, 2008Author:
Donner,Michel Luc ;
Bert Kruk, C.
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