The author follows 822 applicants through the process of obtaining a driver's license in New Delhi, India. To understand how the bureaucracy responds to individual and social needs, participants were randomly...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 46567Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Bertrand,Marianne ;
Djankov,Simeon ;
Hanna,Rema Nadeem ;
Mullainathan,Sendhil
This note is based on a longer report published by ESMAP in 2005. The report responds to the increasing number of requests from developing countries to help assess the commercial viability of biofuels...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 37486Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Johnson,Todd M. ;
Kojima,Masami
With a population of seven million, Honduras is the second most populous country in Central America. It is also the second poorest country in the region with an annual per capita income of less than US$...
Type: BriefReport#: 37045Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Alwang,Jeffrey Roger ;
Jansen,Hans G. P. ;
Pichon,Francisco J. ;
Siegel,Paul Bennett
The Trade and Transport Integration Project seeks to improve the corridor Vc capacity, efficiency and quality of services to meet projected traffic demand, with particular focus on the Ploce Port, and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 35415Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Ekonerg d.o.o.
This Public Finance Policy Review report explores the options available for the Bulgarian government to use optimally both the EU grant and Bulgaria's own funds in the pursuit of enhanced economic growth...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 33992Date: February 1, 2006
This is the executive summary to the environmental assessment on the Strategic Roads Infrastructure Project, whose development objectives are to sustain competitiveness of regional economies and social...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 36165Date: February 1, 2006Author:
WSP International et al
Over the last 20 years most road agencies have implemented some form of computerized road management system (RMS). The purpose of these systems is to assist the road agency in the planning and prioritization...
Type: BriefReport#: 35676Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Bennett,Christopher R. ;
Mcpherson,Kevin
Anchoring of transport policies and strategies into national strategies for poverty reduction is the strategic objective of the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) long-term development...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70471Date: February 1, 2006
The authors examine the impact of trade facilitation on bilateral trade flows. They examine trade facilitation and capacity-building priorities in 12 countries in the Europe and Central Asia region-eight...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3832Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Broadman,Harry G. ;
Luo,Xubei ;
Wilson,John S.
The report reviews the macroeconomic developments in the region, which remained broadly favorable, with all EU8 countries having buoyant output growth in the third quarter of 2005. Fiscal performance in...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 35416Date: February 1, 2006
On January 31, 2006, the internationally-assisted reconstruction of Sudan’s war-torn regions is continuing with two new grants to strengthen management capacity and to support community-based infrastructure...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164838Date: January 31, 2006
Infrastructure is complex, controversial, and often risky. There is potential for white elephants, environmental damage, loss of livelihood, and corruption. From 1998 to 2002, the Bank vastly cut its infrastructure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 68494Date: January 30, 2006
This paper determines 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. It...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 35379Date: January 26, 2006Author:
Djankov,Simeon ;
Freund,Caroline ;
Pham,Cong S.
On January 17, 2006, the World Bank today approved a US200 million dollars IBRD loan for the Second Azerbaijan Highway Project. The project will
help reduce road transport costs and improve access, transit...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169172Date: January 17, 2006
Economic diversification is a major policy objective of the Government of Botswana and has been a key determinant of macro and microeconomic policy. Against this background the Government requested that...
Type: PublicationReport#: 69680Date: January 1, 2006
This paper focuses on issues and concepts involved in the road administration organization, management, and financing. Road Administration organization is analyzed using a cost function which supported...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 36138Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Hirvela, Jukka ;
Talvitie,Antti P.
Infrastructure at the Crossroads brings together lessons from the last two decades of World Bank engagement in infrastructure. It analyzes trends in the Bank's infrastructure lending, describes the evolution...
Type: PublicationReport#: 37800Date: January 1, 2006
This paper describes the UK Emergency Response Systems, their application during the Buncefield incident and the lessons that can be learned from the enquiry into the incident. It describes the roles and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37749Date: January 1, 2006
This report covers the activities and the achievements of the Norwegian Trust Fund for Private sector and Infrastructure (NTF-PSI) Program for the reporting period of April 1, 2005 to September 30, 2005....
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 44597Date: January 1, 2006
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