After independence in 1960 the economy of Cote d'Ivoire was heralded as one of the success stories of Sub-Saharan Africa. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew at 8.1 percent per year from 1960 to 1979, so...
Report#: 56030Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Abbott,Philip Chase
The World Bank undertook this study at the request of the Government of Mexico to analyze the implications of the final phase-out of tariffs and to develop recommendations for public policies aimed at...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64259Date: December 1, 2007
Following the unprecedented worldwide support for the victims of the tsunami and earthquakes, the Government of Indonesia and the international community, in May 2005, established the Multi Donor Fund...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 53337Date: December 1, 2007
The report is about the private participation in infrastructure database. Private activity in infrastructure continued its recovery in 2006. The number of projects reaching financial or contractual closure...
Subsidy policies on public urban transport have been adopted ubiquitously. In both developed and developing countries, subsidies are implemented to make transport more affordable. Despite their widespread...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4440Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Estupinan,Nicolas Francisco ;
Gomez-Lobo,Andres ;
Munoz-Raskin,Ramon ;
Serebrisky,Tomas S.
This note is conceived in an environment where there was some fear that the final phase of opening under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will create pressure on local producers of corn, beans...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 78517Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Brandriss,Peter M. ;
Caballero,Jose Maria ;
Larson,Donald F. ;
Nash,John D.
This note is conceived in an environment where there was some fear that the final phase of opening under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will create pressure on local producers of corn, beans...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 78513Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Nash,John D. ;
Caballero,Jose Maria ;
Larson,Donald F. ;
Brandriss,Peter M.
The objective of this paper is to review the cotton sector policies and reform efforts of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal and Togo and examine the nature and degree of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56046Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Baffes,John
The objective of this paper is to review the cotton sector policies and reform efforts of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal and Togo and examine the nature and degree of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56046Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Baffes,John
The objective of this paper is to review the cotton sector policies and reform efforts of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal and Togo and examine the nature and degree of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56046Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Baffes,John
This paper analyzes the effect of facilities and infrastructure available at the market place on a farmer's decision to sell at the market using a comprehensive survey of farmers, markets and villages...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4455Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Shilpi,Forhad J. ;
Umali-Deininger,Dina
This study generates measures of Nominal Rates of Assistance (NRAs), and Consumer Tax Equivalent rates (CTEs) for twelve agricultural products in Nicaragua, for the period 1991-2004. The authors analyze...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 55983Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Berthelon,Matias ;
Kruger,Diana I. ;
Saavedra,Diana Amelia
The study aims to present information about specific countries which have initiated gas distribution projects rather than suggestions. However, by drawing on the experience of a large number of countries,...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM328Date: December 1, 2007
The trade performance of countries in South Asia over the past two decades has been poor relative to other regions. Exports from South Asia have doubled over the past 20 years to approximately USD 100...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4423Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Wilson, John S. ;
Otsuki,Tsunehiro
This chapter estimates indicators of direct and indirect intervention by the Mexican government in agriculture over the period 1979 to 2005. To put the estimates in context, authors describe the main characteristics...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 55982Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Soloaga,Isidro ;
Lara Ibarra,Gabriel
The objective of this paper is to review the cotton sector policies and reform efforts of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal and Togo and examine the nature and degree of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56046Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Baffes,John
The objective of this paper is to review the cotton sector policies and reform efforts of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Senegal and Togo and examine the nature and degree of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56046Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Baffes,John
The focus of this study is competitiveness. The analysis considers several dimensions of competitiveness of Mexican producer's vis-a-vis their counterparts in the United States, market structure in Mexico...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64264Date: December 1, 2007
Cameroon is among the more prosperous countries in Africa, thanks to relatively abundant agricultural land and offshore petroleum. These spurred an economic boom from unification of the country in 1972...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56031Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Bamou,Ernest ;
Masters,William Alan
The population of Colombia in 2005 was around 41 million. The annual rate of population growth accelerated from 2 percent in the 1940s to almost 3.4 percent in the 1950s, it fell to 2.8 percent between...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 55979Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Guterman,Lia
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