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
On November 21, 2006, to continue supporting Bolivia in its efforts to reduce poverty, the World Bank’s Board of Directors today discussed an Interim Strategy Note (ISN) for the country, with financial...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165445Date: November 21, 2006
On November 14, 2006, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new loan to Croatia in the amount of US 75.3 million dollars for the Trade and Transport Integration Project. The Project...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169279Date: November 14, 2006
On November 14, 2006, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a 100 million dollars loan to the State of Bahia in Northeast Brazil to increase the effective use of the State’s road...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168250Date: November 14, 2006
The objective of the urban transport strategy note (UTSN) is to provide an assessment of the urban transport system in Greater Cairo (GC), identify what now appear to be the most pressing urban transport...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 71432Date: November 10, 2006
On November 9, 2006, boosting economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is dependent, to a large extent, on expanding infrastructure
investments, improving the investment climate, harnessing skills for innovation...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164735Date: November 9, 2006
Looking forward Romania needs to focus on improving the quality and effectiveness of public spending. Human and physical capital need to be upgraded in order for Romania to be able to compete effectively...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 36363Date: November 8, 2006
This first report on the Republic of Montenegro, in a series of programmatic reviews, is concerned with identifying opportunities for policy, administrative and institutional reforms to strengthen good...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 36533Date: November 3, 2006
On November 2, 2006, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new loan to Romania in the amount of US180 million dollars for a Transport Sector Support Project.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169280Date: November 2, 2006
This book reviews Latin America's experience with infrastructure reform over the last fifteen years. It argues that the region's infrastructure has suffered from public retrenchment and unrealistic expectations...
Type: Recent Economic Developments in Infrastructure (REDI)Report#: 37899Date: November 1, 2006Author:
Fay,Marianne ;
Morrison,Mary
The study set out to respond to three questions or concerns: What is the gap between the measures under negotiation and the systems and procedures currently employed in Member countries? Assuming that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 43009Date: November 1, 2006
Uganda was among the group of 12 countries that went through the first Integrated Framework (IF) process, for which a needs assessment was prepared and two consultative group meetings were held that considered...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71819Date: November 1, 2006
Thailand's economic growth of 4.5 percent this year, the same as last year's, is a large drop from the 6 percent that was averaged in the 2002-04 period. This is largely due to depressed domestic demand,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 38192Date: November 1, 2006
The basic framework for the background study on building export competitiveness in Laos is based on the National Growth and Poverty Eradication Strategy (NGPES), which appropriately stresses the need to:...
Type: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows StudyReport#: 38660Date: November 1, 2006Author:
Arnold,John H. ;
Austin, J. E. ;
Brenton,Paul ;
Carlier,Amanda S. ;
Fane,George Charles ;
Haddad,Mona E. ;
Ledrew,William Edwin ;
Nuansavanh, Khamlusa ;
Oshikawa, Maika ;
Phongsa, Phouvieng ;
Schuler,Philip M. ;
Zarnowieki, Michel ;
van Der Meer, Kees
The author examines the role of private participation in infrastructure (PPI) in mobilizing finance for key urban services, that is, urban roads, municipal solid waste management, and water and sanitation...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4045Date: November 1, 2006Author:
Annez,Patricia Clarke
This document is a concise summary of the key findings and conclusions of the project environmental impact assessment (EIA) report and environmental management plan (EMP). The primary objective of the...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 39620Date: November 1, 2006
Labor supply in Sub-Saharan Africa, like many economic and social issues, is often discussed as though the entire subcontinent faced essentially similar overwhelming and intractable problems. This pessimistic...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 38139Date: November 1, 2006
As part of MIGA's global Enterprise Benchmarking Program (EBP), a study was conducted among six industries to compare the operating costs and conditions for investors located in nine sub-Saharan African...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 38905Date: November 1, 2006
This paper summarizes the World Bank Institute's (WBI) performance in its 34 focus countries in FY06 from the perspective of operational staff, the Institute's Evaluation Group (WBIEG) surveyed 61 senior...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 43175Date: November 1, 2006Author:
Okada,Sara ;
Le Rouzic,Violaine R.
This paper provides an institutional record of the implementation experiences of all the four World Bank-assisted National Emergency Employment Program (NEEP)/National Rural Access Program (NRAP) projects...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 52902Date: November 1, 2006Author:
Durrani,Amer Zafar ;
Ahmed,Naila ;
Ahmad, Maha
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