This press release announces that the World Bank’s Board of Directors have this week approved two International Development Association (IDA) credits for Vietnam, a Seventh Poverty Reduction Support Credit...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163991Date: June 26, 2007
China's outstanding achievements in economic growth and poverty reduction over the last fifteen years have been well documented. A major element of that growth consisted of the development of its infrastructure,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 44353Date: June 26, 2007
On June 26, 2007, the World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a US201 million dollars regional operation to finance transport
and trade improvements in Cameroon, Chad and the Central African...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169510Date: June 26, 2007
Uganda needs to increase infrastructure investments if impressive growth is to continue. But the Budget is showing increasing signs of stress from expenditure pressures and fiscal tightening. Recent increases...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 40161Date: June 24, 2007Author:
Merotto,Dino Leonardo ;
Sondergaard,Lars M.
Uganda needs to increase infrastructure investments if impressive growth is to continue. But the Budget is showing increasing signs of stress from expenditure pressures and fiscal tightening. Recent increases...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 40161Date: June 24, 2007Author:
Merotto,Dino Leonardo ;
Sondergaard,Lars M.
This report assesses the potential gains from regionalized telecommunications policy in West Africa. The report seeks to assist officials in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the...
Type: Other Public Sector StudyReport#: 40142Date: June 22, 2007
The overarching aim of the Alexandria Development Project of Egypt is to support development in Alexandria through strategic investments in hard and soft infrastructure that support its competitive advantages,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 40248Date: June 21, 2007
The Anhui Highway Rehabilitation and Improvement Project aims to increase the effective use of road infrastructure in the Anhui Province to support its social and economic development, as evidenced by...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 40104Date: June 21, 2007
The closing date for Vietnam, Mekong Transport and Flood Protection Project will be extended from December 31, 2010 until June 30, 2011. The extension for a 6-month period beyond the closing date is necessary...
In the mid 1990's air quality in Dhaka started deteriorating visibly and became an issue of public concern. The Air Quality Management Project (AQMP) was conceived as part of the Bangladesh Environment...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 68963Date: June 19, 2007
The radio spectrum is a major component of the infrastructure that underpins the information society. Spectrum management, however, has not kept up with major changes in technology, business practice,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 40827Date: June 19, 2007Author:
Wellenius,Bjorn ;
Neto,Maria Isabel A. S.
The Seventh Quality of Supervision Assessment (QSA7) aimed at increasing accountability and promoting systemic improvements. As in previous assessments, QSA7 focuses on Bank rather than project performance....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 46147Date: June 14, 2007Author:
Martinez,Albert
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: euro zone exports and production...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60689Date: June 12, 2007Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Streifel,Shane S. ;
Dekleine, Annette ;
Kim,Youngbee
On June 5, 2007, the World Bank today approved a US220 million dollars loan to the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, designed to reduce transport costs and to improve traffic flows on the state’s core...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169400Date: June 5, 2007
This is the first Annual Progress Report on poverty reduction strategy in Nigeria. It reports on progress in implementing the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) -Nigeria's poverty...
Type: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)Report#: 39960Date: June 4, 2007
This paper serves as a bridge between the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) report hazards of nature, risks to development (2006) and two upcoming IEG evaluation reports, on the environment and on climate...
Type: BriefReport#: 53369Date: June 1, 2007Author:
Parker, Ronald ;
Little,Kristin S. ;
Heuser,Silke
Infrastructure plays a crucial role in the drive for achieving development by providing energy, transportation, and water. There have been ups and downs in the degree of emphasis placed on infrastructure,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 65344Date: June 1, 2007Author:
Chomitz,Kenneth M. ;
Flanagan,Ann Elizabeth ;
Shilling,John D.
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