This study provides the analytic input for policy dialogue with government and relevant private sector by examining the constraints and challenges that undermine growth of tourism in Mozambique. It outlines...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 38030Date: July 6, 2006
International experience suggests that in the realm of urban transport, a public participation process can be a valuable complement to the technical planning process in generating good projects with widespread...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 84181Date: July 1, 2006Author:
Chen,Wenling ;
Mehndiratta,Shomik Raj
The Uganda Local Government Development Program, with a credit equivalent to US$80.9 million, was implemented by the government over the period 2000-2004. The project was designed to scale up an earlier...
Type: BriefReport#: 37076Date: July 1, 2006Author:
Mohan, P. C. [editor]
This study provides the analytic input for policy dialogue with government and relevant private sector by examining the constraints and challenges that undermine growth of tourism in Mozambique. It outlines...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 38030Date: July 1, 2006
To help countries adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change, the Global Environment Facility (GEF) supports projects that reduce countries' vulnerability to climate change impacts and helps them build...
The contents of this newsletter focus on World Bank new strategy for Afghanistan; World Bank support; status of operations; and Afghanistan reconstruction trust fund.
Type: NewsletterReport#: 91536Date: July 1, 2006Author:
Crow,Benjamin Edward ;
Zia,Abdul Raouf
This report covers the high-level strategic meeting convened in the offices of Irish Aid in Dublin on June 28 and 29, 2006. Participants, consisting of a group of donors and African stakeholders, focused...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 38452Date: July 1, 2006
The present document summarizes the findings after the second cycle of transport data collection in the context of the SSATP transport indicator initiative. By the end of July 2006, 15 countries1 had produced...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 39626Date: July 1, 2006
Investment flows to transport projects with private participation grew significantly, while the number of projects remained stable, according to just-released data from the Private Participation in Infrastructure...
Since 1991, GEF's work on global climate change has included funding for enabling activities, mitigation activities, and adaptation activities. The bulk of GEF projects seek to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)...
The opportunity to use tourism for development outcomes lies in the fact that tourism brings consumers to the product, and unlike any other export, can offer value added directly to the poor by allowing...
This note is based on a forthcoming report by ESMAP. The report covers policy alternatives adopted by developing country governments in response to the increases in world oil prices since the end of 2003....
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 37488Date: July 1, 2006Author:
Bacon,Robert W. ;
Kojima,Masami
This Rural Investment Climate Assessment (RICA) provides a comprehensive assessment of the investment climate. Using data from the recently completed RIC Survey, the RICA identifies the key constraints...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 38777Date: July 1, 2006
In January 2006 the price of natural gas supplied to Moldova increased from $80 to $110 per thousand cubic meters (mcm). Prices may increase further in the near future, putting additional pressure on the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3960Date: July 1, 2006Author:
Baclajanschi,Iaroslav ;
Bouton,Lawrence ;
Mori,Hideki ;
Ostojic,Dejan ;
Pushak,Taras ;
Tiongson,Erwin H. R.
Providing people, institutions, and developing countries with the tools and training to make choices about the environment is a critical element of Global Environment Facility (GEF) climate change projects....
The Sao Paulo Municipality in Brazil has been successful in using urban operations to generate resources for the development of activity poles in its territory. In fact, those instruments based on the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 39915Date: July 1, 2006Author:
Froes,Marilda Stenghel ;
Rebelo,Jorge M.
This is a comprehensive survey of the World Bank Group operations in China since China's resumption of World Bank membership in 1980. It also includes a list of the most important World Bank-sponsored...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63949Date: July 1, 2006
As of June 2006 seventeen donors have pledged contributions to the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq. While the initial cohort of ITF projects included predominantly large-scale multiyear...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 39036Date: June 30, 2006
The aviation sector in Tajikistan is struggling today under a very restrictive air transport policy. Together with it, the whole economy of the country is being deprived from the derived benefits of better...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 35649Date: June 30, 2006
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