The country profile for Nicaragua is based on data from the enterprise surveys conducted by the World Bank in 2006. The enterprise surveys focus on the many factors that shape the decisions of firms to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45277Date: June 1, 2007
The country profile for Chile is based on data from the enterprise surveys conducted by the World Bank in 2006. The enterprise surveys focus on the many factors that shape the decisions of firms to invest....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45251Date: June 1, 2007
The country profile for Rwanda is based on data from the enterprise surveys conducted by the World Bank in 2006. The enterprise surveys focus on the many factors that shape the decisions of firms to invest....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45282Date: June 1, 2007
On May 30, 2007, the World Bank yesterday approved a EUR15 million (USD20 million dollars) loan for the Second Trade and Transport Facilitation in South East Europe Project (TTFSE2) for the Former Yugoslav...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169395Date: May 30, 2007
In Bangladesh, being a country with many rivers, Inland Water Transport (IWT), is a major mode for the transport o f goods and people. IWT is important for the poor as well as for the competitiveness and...
India's Northeastern Region consists of eight states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura -- occupying 262,179 square kilometers and with a population...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 36397Date: May 28, 2007
This series of reports have been prepared on a semiannual basis and attempt to monitor and measure the performance of the two management teams which have been placed at Nepal Bank Ltd (NBL) and Rastriya...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 39939Date: May 23, 2007
On May 22, 2007, the World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a project that will help increase the safety and efficiency of navigation on busy waters in eight countries* in the western Indian...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169544Date: May 22, 2007
On July 25, 1961, Frannie A. Leautier was interviewed on behalf of the World Bank Group Archives oral history program by Marie T. Zenni. During her tenure at the bank from 1992 to present, Mrs. Leautier...
This paper, prepared in response to the Chinese government's request, examines the institutional and financial arrangements under which the expansion of the Chinese expressway network has taken place....
Type: City Development Strategy (CDS)Report#: 36550Date: May 18, 2007
This is an overall summary of the semi-annual progress reports for the ongoing freestanding activities of the Norwegian Trust Fund for Private Sector and Infrastructure (NTF-PSI) program. The summary covers...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 44600Date: May 9, 2007
This note looks, in particular, at the situation within the West Bank which is experiencing severe and expanding restrictions on movement and access, high levels of unpredictability and a struggling economy....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 40445Date: May 9, 2007
We model the process of migration from a traditional to a modern sector. Migrants from the traditional sector experience a period of unemployment before finding modern sector jobs. Because of congestion...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 41366Date: May 7, 2007Author:
Karp, Larry
This report provides the results of a review of the ECA project pipeline and identifies carbon overlay opportunities. To accomplish this, the Consultant reviewed the projects in ECAs (ECSIE, ECSSD, ECSHD)...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70745Date: May 4, 2007
All interested parties seem to agree that it is important to be able to monitor public sector performance at the sectoral level, but most current work based on multi-country databases does not lend itself...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4219Date: May 1, 2007Author:
Estache,Antonio ;
Gonzalez, Marianela ;
Trujillo,Lourdes
This summary report concludes that transport plays a critical role in efforts to achieve low carbon development. It is also the key to reducing impacts on exposure to airborne pollutants in urban areas....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 40909Date: May 1, 2007Author:
Vergara,Walter ;
Haeussling,Seraphine Marie
This note provides an update of the sources and uses of IDA during FY06, the first year of the IDA14 replenishment period (FY06-08). A total of 81 countries were eligible for IDA assistance during FY06....
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