This paper summarizes the evidence on the evolution of transport PPPs over the last 15 years or so. In the process, it provides a primer on the associated policy issues, including of the central role of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4436Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Estache,Antonio ;
Juan,Ellis J. ;
Trujillo Castellano,Lourdes
Ghana has done increasingly well in recent years. This report has analyzed these issues in considerable depth, making it a prime reference on Ghana's growth and poverty experience and current policy challenges....
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 40934Date: November 28, 2007Author:
Bogetic,Zeljko
This assessment of the Pakistan Infrastructure Implementation Capacity (PIICA) which was carried out at the request of the GoP validates the view that the Government of Pakistan (GoP) plans to more than...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 41630Date: November 22, 2007
This speech by Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, was given at the United Nations in New York in November 2007. He talks about the global review for aid for trade. He highlights seven elements...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 125101Date: November 20, 2007Author:
Zoellick,Robert B.
This document presents both the multi-donor Country Assistance Framework (CAF) and the World Bank Group's Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The CAS is derived...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 41474Date: November 16, 2007
The upcoming Uganda Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE) will focus on World Bank Group (WBG) and African Development Bank Group (AfDB) assistance over the period between fiscal years 2001 and 2007. It...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82246Date: November 7, 2007
On November 6, 2007, the World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a US33.6 million dollars International Development Association (IDA) credit to support the Kampala Institutional Infrastructure...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169537Date: November 6, 2007
This paper describes the role of public transport and the nature and incidence of transport subsidies in Mumbai, India. Mumbai has an extensive rail and bus network, and public transport is used for over...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4395Date: November 1, 2007Author:
Cropper,Maureen L. ;
Bhattacharya,Soma
The Indonesian government, through National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) and with technical support from the World Bank, has asked Lembaga Penelitian, Pendidikan dan Penerangan Ekonomi dan Sosial...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45619Date: November 1, 2007
The objectives of the Morupule B Generation and Transmission Project are to expand domestic power generation capacity that will support sustained economic growth in Botswana; and build institutional capacity...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 48448Date: November 1, 2007
Less restrictive product market policies are crucial in promoting convergence to higher levels of GDP per capita. This paper benchmarks product market policies in Bulgaria to those of OECD countries by...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4393Date: November 1, 2007Author:
De Rosa,Donato ;
Fay,Marianne ;
Ilieva,Stella
This paper uses a growth diagnostics approach à la Hausmann, Rodrik, and Velasco (HRV) to identify the most 'binding' constraints to private sector growth in Mongolia - a small, low-income, mineral-rich,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4396Date: November 1, 2007Author:
Gooptu,Sudarshan ;
Ianchovichina,Elena
The Da Nang Priority Infrastructure Development Project for Vietnam focuses on the City of Danang, capital of the central region, with the following development objectives: a) improve the living conditions...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 42212Date: November 1, 2007
This paper suggests guidelines on AIDS prevention communication programs, which were prepared to be used by the provincial communication departments in China. The spread of HIV has tracked alongside the...
Type: BriefReport#: 41927Date: November 1, 2007Author:
Bennett,Christopher R. ;
Deng,Fei
This study examines the roles of revenue recycling schemes for the selection of alternative tax instruments (i.e., carbon-, sulphur-, energy- and output-tax) to reduce CO2 emissions to a specified level...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4388Date: November 1, 2007Author:
Timilsina,Govinda R.
The objectives of the Morupule B Generation and Transmission Project are to expand domestic power generation capacity that will support sustained economic growth in Botswana; and build institutional capacity...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 48448Date: November 1, 2007
This note points out that: a) reconstruction is driving a modest economic recovery in Aceh; b) the agricultural and manufacturing sectors remain stagnant; c) creating sustainable employment remains a major...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 42887Date: November 1, 2007
The local case studies for projects in different sectors were prepared to document the bottlenecks which occurred during the various processes involved in the life cycle of infrastructure projects. Identifying...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 43194Date: November 1, 2007
An essential part of the Pakistan Infrastructure Implementation Capacity Assessment (PIICA) was an assessment of available resources and the demand generated for these resources by the proposed infrastructure...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 43192Date: November 1, 2007
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was selected as a case study because it is one of the countries in the region that has had rapid success in scaling up infrastructure in a relatively short period of time....
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 43193Date: November 1, 2007Author:
Durrani,Amer Zafar ;
Mir,Aized Hasan ;
Sen,Supriya
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