This is a statement by Ms. Jiayi Zou at the executive directors' meeting of June 9, 2005 concerning the country assistance strategy; social program development policy loan; and Transport Infrastructure...
Type: Executive Director's StatementReport#: 121323Date: June 9, 2005
This news release, dated June 7, 2005, announces the World Bank approved a 150 million dollars loan for Argentina to support road investment programs at the provincial level in Chubut, Corrientes, Cordoba,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167325Date: June 7, 2005
The Almaty agenda comprises a list of recommendations and a program of action promulgated by the United Nations Economic and Social Council's Body on least developed and landlocked developing countries...
Roads, and means of transport, make a crucial contribution to economic development and growth and bring important social benefits. Poorly maintained roads constrain mobility, significantly raise vehicle...
Type: BriefReport#: 33925Date: June 1, 2005Author:
Burningham,Sally L. ;
Stankevich,Natalya
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are designed by and exist between public organizations and corporations, companies, or non-governmental organizations working in collaboration to achieve mutually beneficial...
Practical measures, in the context of trade logistics, include actions that can be taken by countries to change the import/export process to optimize the supply chain without requiring a significant commitment...
Two of the major goals of border agencies are to protect the security, health, and safety of a nation and enforce product standards to ensure a fair and competitive market. To achieve these goals, this...
The Government and community of Timor-Leste face substantial challenges in the transport sector. The international port and airport in Dili are operating satisfactorily, though the decline in demand that...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37182Date: June 1, 2005Author:
Bray,David J. ;
Paterson, William ;
Tsunokawa,Koji
The study objective was to assess the impacts of ten years of actions and interventions in five metrocities so as to enable these and other cities in India to design better-informed strategies and action...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 35047Date: June 1, 2005
Cargo and vehicle tracking is the ability to trace goods, their containers, and their conveyances from the point of origin to their destination. Tracking is increasingly associated with information transfer...
The efficiency of transport intermediaries is described as the ability of those entities that provide third party supply chain logistics services to achieve the desired goal of timely, safe, and compliant...
This report covers progress and achievements of the Norwegian Trust Fund for Private structure and Infrastructure (NTF-PSI) program during the period October 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005. Although the report...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 44598Date: June 1, 2005
Integrated Border Management (IBM) is the organization and supervision of border agency activities to meet the common challenge of facilitating the movement of legitimate people and goods while maintaining...
This news release, dated May 19, 2005, announces the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of United States (U.S.) 15 million dollars to...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169739Date: May 19, 2005
Bangladesh's growth over the past two decades or more, in terms of developing-country standards, has been notable. Such record of progress is one guide to the country's potential to grow, and to score...
Type: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows StudyReport#: 31394Date: May 4, 2005
Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) set out macroeconomic, structural, and social policies and programs for broad-based growth and poverty reduction. They provide a framework for domestic policies...
Type: BriefReport#: 37946Date: May 1, 2005Author:
Dale, Nicholas James
China's economic development since the opening of its economy in the late 1970s has resulted in an eight percent average annual rate of economic growth. Key facets of this growth are rapidly increasing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 82123Date: April 27, 2005Author:
Churchill,Anthony ;
Rastogi,Cordula
Infrastructure loans and credits (transport and energy) represent almost half the Bank's portfolio in China. The projects although large for the Bank and small relative to total Chinese investments in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 82118Date: April 27, 2005Author:
Churchill,Anthony
This resolution establishes a Trust Fund for Tsunami Disaster Recovery in India, administered by the International Development Association, in order to finance a post-tsunami emergency rehabilitation and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 32212Date: April 26, 2005
The broad purpose of the Asia region consultative workshop was to promote awareness among key stakeholders on the transport indicators initiative, and to invite contributions on how the process could be...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45133Date: April 24, 2005
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