Over the past four decades Africa has diverged from other developing regions and is now the poorest region in the world. This paper offers an explanation of Africa's slow growth in terms of its distinctive...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 57709Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Collier,Paul
The country profile for Uzbekistan is based on data from the enterprise surveys conducted by the World Bank in 2008. The enterprise surveys focus on the many factors that shape the decisions of firms to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47259Date: January 1, 2008
The Chongqing Small Cities Infrastructure Improvement Project (CSCIIP) is to support emerging small cities of Chongqing Municipality to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of infrastructure service...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 56650Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Xiao, Elisa ;
Touzel, Piers ;
Arthur,David
This note is based on a World Bank Group database that uses transaction values as a proxy for measuring privatization trends. It includes only the values resulting from the full or partial sale, concession,...
This report as about onging operational, economic, and sector work carried out by the World Bank and its member governments in the Africa Region.This note focuses post-experience training in disciplines...
Type: BriefReport#: 42939Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Brushett,Stephen Jeremy ;
Sampson, Les ;
Waithaka,Solomon Muhuthu
This report provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities in addressing road safety in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region. It presents information on the size, characteristics, and causes...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51667Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Marquez,Patricio V. ;
Banjo,George A. ;
Chesheva,Elena Y.
The Economic Policy and Public Finance Management Credit (EPPFMC) was part of the Country Assistance Strategies (CAS) base case lending scenario of budget support operations. The thematic coverage of the...
Type: BriefReport#: 42941Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Mastri,Lawrence C.
Shopping centers reflect the trend for modernization of retailing throughout the world - including middle-and low-income countries. They bring together a large number of food and nonfood retailers, as...
This paper is a case study of an open small economy whose development and growth is based largely on foreign trade and foreign direct investment (FDI). One purpose of the paper is to uncover the causes...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 57724Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Lumiste,Runno ;
Pefferly, Robert ;
Purju,Alari
Reducing energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in cities is fundamental to any comprehensive effort to slow the pace of global warming. Today, half of the world's population lives in cities, accounting...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70758Date: January 1, 2008
This working paper focuses on the results obtained from a two-phase study conducted to better understand the degree to which emerging market investors and operators (EMIOs) are involved in providing infrastructure...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 46265Date: January 1, 2008Author:
von Klaudy, Stephan ;
Sanghi, Apurva ;
Dellacha, G
The current year is seeing an increase in the share of short-term (up to 5 years incl.) financial lease agreements, which is caused by political and economical turmoil in the country (this placed long-term...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 66310Date: January 1, 2008
The Trung Son Hydropower Project (TSHPP) will be constructed on Ma River, in territory of Trung Son Commune, Quan Hoa District, Thanh Hoa Province. TSHPP construction will potentially cause impacts to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 59892Date: January 1, 2008
Based on a detailed empirical study, this paper argues that regional liberalization of trucking services has had an important effect on transport costs and tariffs for Zambia's economy. Zambia is a peculiar...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4482Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Giersing,Bo ;
Kunaka,Charles ;
Raballand,Gael J. R. F.
The report provides practical guidance to development practitioners on systematically analyzing the direct and indirect effects of development policy reforms on climate change, as well as how climate change...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47653Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Mani,Muthukumara S. ;
Markandya,Anil ;
Ipe,Viju C.
Israeli security measures, which were increased in response to the Intifada in 2000, have imposed a major cost on the economy of the West Bank and Gaza, and are heavily undercutting its current and future...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 43821Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Akkaya,Sebnem ;
Fiess,Norbert Matthias ;
Kaminski, Bartlomiej ;
Raballand,Gael J. R. F.
This paper investigates when trade facilitation reform should be undertaken at the regional level. First, looking at both efficiency and implementation considerations, it confirms the perception that the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4464Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Maur,Jean-Christophe
International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) long-term financing has helped Turkish-owned Ramenka build an impressive network of 'Ramstore' supermarkets and shopping malls across Russia, beginning at a...
Despite large amounts invested in rural roads in developing countries, little is known about their benefits. This paper derives an expression for the willingness-to-pay for a reduction in transport costs...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4484Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Jacoby,Hanan G. ;
Minten,Bart J.
This paper presents a survey of recent research on the economics of infrastructure in developing countries. Energy, transport, telecommunications, water and sanitation are considered. The survey covers...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4460Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Straub,Stephane
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