This news release, dated September 23, 2004, announces the World Bank approved a United States (U.S.) 400 million dollars package of assistance for the development of rural roads in India. The main objective...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164287Date: September 23, 2004
This news release, dated September 13, 2004, announces given its keen interest in supporting the contribution of cities to social and economic development, the Government of Vietnam, through the Ministry...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165023Date: September 13, 2004
This news release, dated September 9, 2004, announces the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of a United States (U.S.) 20 million dollars...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163242Date: September 9, 2004
This news release, dated September 3, 2004, announces the World Bank approved a 6.5 million dollars project to assist the Government of Djibouti help people hurt by floods that devastated the region last...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165058Date: September 3, 2004
This news release, dated September 2, 2004, announces the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an International Development Association (IDA) financing in a total amount of United States (U.S.)...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165196Date: September 2, 2004
Malawi is a small, landlocked country whose development depends on transit solutions in neighboring countries to access gateways to international markets. Compared to other landlocked countries in Sub...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47784Date: September 1, 2004
Indoor air pollution (IAP) from cooking and heating is estimated to kill a million children annually in developing countries. To promote a better understanding of IAP, the authors investigate the determinants...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3393Date: September 1, 2004Author:
Dasgupta,Susmita ;
Huq,Mainul ;
Khaliquzzaman,M. ;
Pandey,Kiran D. ;
Wheeler,David R.
Since the establishment o f the Trade Department in the World Bank two years ago, progress in mainstreaming trade into operations has been steady - and, in some cases, such as trade facilitation, strong....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 30137Date: September 1, 2004
The purpose of this study is to provide an overall evaluation of the results and performance of the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) Climate Change Program from its inception in 1991 to mid-2004. The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 36402Date: September 1, 2004Author:
Eberhard,Anton Adriaan ;
Tokle, Siv E. ;
Viggh,Anna Birgitta ;
Del Monaco,Antonio ;
Winkler,Harald Ernst ;
Danyo,Stephen
The privatization of British Railways (BR) has been deeply controversial. Having concluded that the old BR had run out of financial and managerial steam, the Conservative Government of John Major embarked...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 33905Date: September 1, 2004Author:
Thompson,Louis Stanley
This news release, dated August 26, 2004, announces the World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an International Development Association (IDA) grant of United States (U.S.) 60 million dollars...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164934Date: August 26, 2004
Landlocked Bhutan faces unique challenges, and opportunities as it pursues the development of its transport sector into the 21st century. Bhutan's population growth rate is high, rural-urban migration...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 28522Date: August 16, 2004
This news release, dated August 12, 2004, announces the first knowledge for development center (KDC) in Northern Luzon was launched in Tuguegarao city, Cagayan valley. Located at the St. Paul University...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165202Date: August 12, 2004
This news release, dated August 10, 2004, announces the World Bank and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) signed in Washington a co-financing agreement for the Line 4 Metro Line of the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165125Date: August 10, 2004
The Roads and Municipal Drainage Project was designed to: improve traffic flows on the national road network, assess the potential of private sector participation in road maintenance activities in Belize,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 29955Date: August 6, 2004
This news release, dated August 2, 2004, announces the World Bank welcomes the World Trade Organization (WTO) new agreement on a negotiating framework for the Doha trade negotiations. This critical - and...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165614Date: August 2, 2004
Safety Nets are defined as mechanisms that mitigate the effects of poverty and other risks on vulnerable households. Risks can be temporary or permanent, and they can also be idiosyncratic, affecting specific...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 30167Date: August 1, 2004Author:
Mathauer,Inke
Very little information is available on sources of fine particulate air pollution in South Asia. This study represents one of the first detailed fine particulate matter source apportionment studies carried...
This transport policy note examining the Russian transport system finds that it must focus more on overall coordination among different transport modes, and help reduce imbalances among regions. This will...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 33902Date: August 1, 2004Author:
Carruthers,Robin C. ;
Eijbergen,Benedictus ;
Gwilliam,Kenneth M. ;
Podolske,Richard C. ;
Thompson,Louis Stanley
Mozambique is a country in development. Rapid changes are taking place in the socioeconomic sector. Mega projects are being implemented successfully like the establishment of Mozambique nearby the capital...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 47785Date: August 1, 2004Author:
Meeuws,Rene
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