The purpose of this policy note is to respond to the request from the Government of India for the World Bank to provide support to the development of the urban transport agenda in India and to provide...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62610Date: March 1, 2005Author:
Chatterton,Isabel ;
Mitric,Slobodan
In the last two decades, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate in India has been around 5.5 percent with the economy growing about 2.6 times reaching a level of about US$510 billion in 2002. In...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62609Date: March 1, 2005
The instrument for the establishment of the restructured Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides for the convening of an Assembly of all participants to review GEF's general policies, review and evaluate...
Type: Global Environment Facility Working PaperReport#: 46701Date: March 1, 2005
Infrastructure is crucial for generating growth, alleviating poverty, and increasing international competitiveness. For much of the twentieth century and in most countries, the network utilities that delivered...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 76747Date: March 1, 2005Author:
Kessides,Ioannis N.
Recipient government responses to development project aid have typically been studied at high levels of aggregation, using cross-country comparisons and/or aggregate time series data. Yet increasingly...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3542Date: March 1, 2005Author:
Cratty, Dorothyjean ;
Van De Walle,Dominique
Increasing access to basic infrastructure, and social services is critical to reducing poverty, and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, increasing access is a challenge because...
Albania Quarterly aims to inform about overall economic developments in Albania and the World Bank Group activities in the country. The newsletter consists of eight sections: 1) highlights of major policy...
Albania is a lower middle income country with a gross national income per capita of US$1,740 in 2003. It is a largely agricultural economy. However, the share of agriculture in total GDP has declined in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 33521Date: March 1, 2005Author:
Gjukutaj, Ana
This news release, dated February 23, 2005, announces the Government of Uganda signed a financing agreement with the World Bank worth a total of United States (U.S.) 107.6 million dollars to support road...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167507Date: February 23, 2005
This news release, dated February 16, 2005, announces the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a loan of United States (U.S.) 100 million dollars to the People’s Republic of China to help...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167316Date: February 16, 2005
This news release, dated February 8, 2005, announces as trade facilitation negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) enter a new phase, the World Bank released a book to provide policy makers...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165733Date: February 8, 2005
To support our move toward a more results-based performance management framework, a significant budget reform initiative is being introduced starting this year. The goals of this initiative include (a)...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 141042Date: February 1, 2005
On May 1, 2004 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania joined the European Union. This had a significant impact on day-to-day trade practices with other EU countries and with non-EU countries, notably that of Russia....
Type: PublicationReport#: 31121Date: February 1, 2005Author:
Hoffmann,Torsten M. ;
Naula,Tapio Kalle Olavi ;
Ojala,Lauri M.
The project involves the repair and reinstatement of roads selected by the relevant government authorities. A labor-based rapid repair method was chosen to create employment opportunities and to develop...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 34066Date: February 1, 2005
Taxis perform an important function in urban transport markets in both developed and developing countries. Because of the perceived vulnerability of passengers to exploitation by operators, entry to the...
Type: BriefReport#: 33896Date: February 1, 2005Author:
Gwilliam,Kenneth M.
Every year more than half a million maternal deaths and around four million perinatal deaths occur in low and middle-income countries, mostly among the poorest groups within these countries. There is an...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 54518Date: February 1, 2005Author:
Merrick,Thomas W.
This bulletin discusses the factors contributing to the high costs of importing and exporting through Thailand, drawing in particular from the World Bank's study on logistics development and trade facilitation...
This report examines measures to improve management of international transport corridors. From a physical perspective, these are defined as a collection of routes constructed from the transport networks...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45128Date: February 1, 2005Author:
Arnold, John
The pallet is a platform used for storing, handling, and transporting products. There are hundreds of different pallet sizes around the world. The case of pallets is examined to illustrate the impact of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3519Date: February 1, 2005Author:
Aldaz-Carroll,Enrique ;
Raballand,Gael J. R. F.
The concept of affordability is widely used when discussing urban public transport fares in the presence of low incomes and poverty, but it is not universally accepted as being meaningful. Traveler reactions...
Type: BriefReport#: 84178Date: February 1, 2005Author:
Mitric,Slobodan ;
Carruthers,Robin C.
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