On December 13, 2006, the World Bank and the Government of Georgia today signed a Credit Agreement for the First East-West Highway Improvement Project for US19 million dollars.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165537Date: December 13, 2006
This Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE) reviews the Bank's assistance strategy for Madagascar for the period 1995-2005 (FY94-06). Overall, the objectives that the Bank has pursued can be grouped under...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 38213Date: December 13, 2006
On December 12, 2006, a pilot project looking to attract private investment into transport infrastructure in Russia, launched in London this
week, will herald a series of transport projects in the Federation...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164775Date: December 12, 2006
This report discusses the remarks delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. Roundtable with ambassador Andrew Young and Dean Bahl, Georgia State, GA by Paul Wolfowitz, President
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101367Date: December 11, 2006Author:
Wolfowitz,Paul
On December 5, 2006, the World Bank today approved a US250 million dollars loan to the Indian state of Punjab for the rehabilitation and expansion of the State’s road network.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167496Date: December 5, 2006
Market forces and government policies, including the Tenth National Development Plan (2007-2012), are moving Thailand toward a more geographically specialized economy. There is a growing consensus that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 66262Date: December 1, 2006Author:
Webster, Douglas
This report provides a comprehensive review of how transport corridors function, what institutional and operational structures are used to manage their performance, how that performance can be assessed...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 38459Date: December 1, 2006
Recent research suggests that isolation from regional and international markets has contributed significantly to poverty in many Sub-Saharan African countries. Numerous empirical studies identify poor...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4097Date: December 1, 2006Author:
Buys,Piet ;
Deichmann,Uwe Klaus ;
Wheeler, David
On February 7, 2005 the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland authorized the repatriation by Switzerland to Nigeria of funds deposited by the Abacha family in Switzerland. Switzerland is the first country...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 39390Date: December 1, 2006Author:
Libman,Mai Le
The authors offer a general analytical framework illustrating the complex two-way interactions between trade and transnational terrorism. Then they survey the recent economic literature in light of this...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4093Date: December 1, 2006Author:
Mirza,Daniel ;
Verdier,Thierry
Theme of this issue is Central Asia and how regional cooperation with neighbors can help these land locked countries succeed. The states have been pretty good at keeping tensions from turning violent by...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 39643Date: December 1, 2006Author:
Baharoglu,Deniz ;
De Tray,Dennis N. ;
Denning, Bill ;
Dihel,Nora Carina ;
Eschenbach,Felix ;
Grafe,Clemens ;
Hamilton,Ellen ;
Hoffman,Jariya ;
Jensen,Jesper ;
Kessides,C. Fallert ;
Kolev,Alexandre ;
Kowalski, Przemyslaw ;
Lomaia, Maka ;
Makhmoutova, Meruert ;
Mogilevsky, Roman ;
Myrzakhmet, Marat ;
Pomfret,Richard W. ;
Radosevic,Slavo ;
Raiser,Martin ;
Sakatsume, Toshiaki ;
Shemyakina,Olga ;
Sheperd, Ben ;
Svitkova, Katarina ;
Tarr,David
This report covers the activities and achievements of the Norwegian Trust Fund for Private Sector and Infrastructure (NTF-PSI) program for the reporting period of April 1, 2006 to September 30, 2006. The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 44602Date: December 1, 2006
This report looks at several aspects of South Asia's growth and how regional integration can contribute to growth. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) held its business conclave...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 37858Date: December 1, 2006
Following the unprecedented worldwide support for the victims of the tsunami and earthquakes, the Indonesian Government and the international community established the Multi Donor Fund for Aceh and Nias...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 53336Date: December 1, 2006
This report is the summary environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the World Bank (WB) financed project named as "Construction and reconstruction project for road network in urban and township area of...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 41131Date: December 1, 2006
Electricity shortage in the region reinforces the importance of improving billing and collection rates in Kosovo. A value-developing tax. Public Private Partnerships in South-East Europe.
The authors present a new database of minimum distance road routes connecting 138 cities in 27 countries across Europe and Central Asia. They use it to show that improved road network quality is robustly...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4104Date: December 1, 2006Author:
Shepherd, Ben ;
Wilson, John S.
What is the impact of terrorism on trade through higher security at the borders? The authors set up a theory which shows that the impact goes not only from terrorism to trade. Higher trade with a partner...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4094Date: December 1, 2006Author:
Mirza,Daniel ;
Verdier,Thierry
The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive analysis of foreign trade logistics matters, drawing up a public policy agenda intended to lower logistics costs and improve the competitiveness...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 36606Date: December 1, 2006
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