The development objective of the Punjab State Roads Project is to improve the transport operating conditions for road users in Punjab, and, to further assist in the greater participation of the private...
This environmental assessment executive summary describes the general objective of the Recife Urban and Social Inclusion Project - to create the appropriate conditions for improving the urban and socio-economic...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 36259Date: May 1, 2006Author:
MC Consulting
In Africa. many now seem to agree that developing infrastructure is critical for reducing poverty and promoting sustained economic growth, that the private sector has an essential contribution to make...
Type: BriefReport#: 37543Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Leigland,James
This study takes as its point of departure that tax regimes are one of the pillars of the investment climate and thus it has a strong impact on economic growth. Unlike most investigations into the tax...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 38035Date: May 1, 2006
This environmental assessment summary outlines the measures to promote positive environmental impacts, yet mitigate potentially adverse impacts resulting from the implementation of the Para Integrated...
The authors determine how time delays affect international trade using newly collected World Bank data on the days it takes to move standard cargo from the factory gate to the ship in 126 countries. They...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3909Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Djankov,Simeon ;
Freund,Caroline ;
Pham,Cong S.
Different types of data are required for managing the road infrastructure. Inventory data describe the physical elements of a road system. Condition data describe the condition of elements that can be...
Type: BriefReport#: 37367Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Bennett,Christopher R. ;
Chamorro Gine,Marcela Alondra ;
De Solminihac Tampier,Hernan
To assess the prospects for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Western Balkan region, the World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) conducted a competitive benchmarking study...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37401Date: May 1, 2006
This is an empirical paper seeking to identify the mode of Turkey's integration into global markets in general, and pan-European markets in particular, as revealed in its trade performance. The analysis...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3908Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Kaminski, Bartlomiej ;
Ng,Francis K. T.
Transport is integral to a country's economy and its social fabric, and plays a pivotal role in assisting the poor in gaining access to services and employment opportunities. Transport interventions can...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 36962Date: May 1, 2006
Good institutional quality (function) and similar institutional design (form) can promote international trade by reducing transactions costs. The authors evaluate the relative importance of function versus...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3907Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Islam,Roumeen ;
Reshef,Ariell
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the overwhelming need for infrastructure has motivated regional economic organizations to push for an ambitious agenda of private participation. But to begin solving Africa's infrastructure...
Type: BriefReport#: 37544Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Leigland,James ;
Butterfield,William Mclean
The project was estimated to cost a total of $814.6 million - the IDA Credit was for the equivalent of $188 million - and it was implemented by the government over the period 1994-2001. The co-financiers...
Despite extensive road construction programs over the last century, a substantial proportion of roads remained unsealed especially in developing and emerging economies. As these economies develop, the...
Type: BriefReport#: 37370Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Bennett,Christopher R. ;
Henning,Theuns Frederick Phillip ;
Kadar, Peter
The Philippines has introduced an output-based aid (OBA) subsidy scheme to improve electricity supply on remote islands as a way to enhance living standards in the poor communities there. The subsidy,...
Type: BriefReport#: 37357Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Bayking, Julie ;
Grewal, Sanjay ;
De Guzman,Alfonso F. ;
O'Connor, Seini ;
Venkataraman,Shobana
This is a three-year study designed to improve and mainstream the management of environmental and social concerns in highway projects in India. Fifteen projects, including both those under preparation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 39752Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Chand Sandhu,Sonia ;
Singh,Mridula ;
Paul,Tapas ;
Sankaran,Vaideeswaran ;
Viswanathan,R. V.
This Note compares the development of highway and railway infrastructure in India and China during 1992 and 2002. It examines key strategies pursued by the countries including China's highway financing...
Type: BriefReport#: 37369Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Harral, Clell G. ;
Sondhi,Jitendra ;
Chen,Guangzhe
On April 27, 2006, the World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved two International Development Association credits and two grants for a combined total of US33.57 million dollars to help create...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165509Date: April 27, 2006
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