This document is designed to promote the development of infrastructure services in Honduras, with the aim of improving the country's competitiveness and contributing to poverty reduction. Its central argument...
AIDS is not just a medical problem but one with profound economic, political, and social impacts. The epidemic thus demands a multi-faceted response. Women are most affected, largely due to cultural practices,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 52904Date: July 1, 2003Author:
Roseberry,Wendy
This Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility Quarterly Report comprises a summary and the report. The summary includes: introduction; funding source; activity size; geographical focus; sectoral...
The paper examines the medium-term relationship between international trade and employment in manufacturing in developing countries. The analysis draws on a panel data set from 59 developing countries,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 27023Date: July 1, 2003Author:
Dipak Dasgupta, Mustapha Kamel Nabli, Christopher Pissarides, and Aristomene Varoudakis
The paper aims at identifying interventions within the urban transport sector that are both consistent with the national priorities of developing countries, and with the Global Environment Facility's (GEF)...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 26389Date: June 30, 2003Author:
Karekezi,Stephen ;
Majoro, Lugard ;
Johnson,Todd M.
Household fuel choice in the past, has often been analyzed and understood through the lens of the energy ladder model. This model places relatively heavy emphasis on household fuel switching in response...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 27274Date: June 30, 2003
Subregional trade arrangements (RTAs) in Eastern and Southern Africa have proliferated in the past 10 to 15 years. The small size of most of the countries in the region, some of which are landlocked, and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3090Date: June 30, 2003Author:
De La Rocha,Manuel
This news release, dated June 26, 2003, announces the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a 13 million dollars supplemental credit to the Albania Road Maintenance Project (initially supported...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163066Date: June 26, 2003
The unprecedented and irreversible loss of biodiversity in modern times is caused primarily by the elimination or degradation of natural habitats around the world. Since the construction and improvement...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 111634Date: June 25, 2003Author:
Ledec,George Campos ;
Posas,Paula J.
This news release, dated June 19, 2003, announces the World Bank approved over United States (U.S.) 236 million dollars in no-interest credits to help Bangladesh improve rural roads, increase access to...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162531Date: June 19, 2003
This news release, dated June 17, 2003, announces the World Bank’s Board of Directors approved an International Development Association (IDA) grant of 126.8 million dollars to assist the Government of...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162421Date: June 17, 2003
This news release, dated June 17, 2003, announces the World Bank approved a United States (U.S.) 348 million dollars loan to help improve the quality, capacity, and safety of the road network in the south...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162519Date: June 17, 2003
This news release, dated June 10, 2003, announces the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a United States (U.S.) 7.21 million dollars equivalent International Development Association (IDA)...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162682Date: June 10, 2003
This news release, dated June 10, 2003, announces the World Bank’s Board of Directors approved 60 million dollars in assistance to support the Government of Malawi to continue empowering communities to...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162765Date: June 10, 2003
This report is part of a strategy to promotes trade competitiveness within the East Asia and Pacific Region. It presents an overview of the logistics issues facing East Asia countries and proposes a...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 27840Date: June 1, 2003Author:
Carruthers,Robin C. ;
Bajpai,Jitendra N. ;
Hummels,David Lee ;
Rafferty,Laurel ;
Arnold, John ;
Villareal, Theresa
This report is part of a strategy to promotes trade competitiveness within the East Asia and Pacific Region. It presents an overview of the logistics issues facing East Asia countries and proposes a...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 27840Date: June 1, 2003Author:
Carruthers,Robin C. ;
Bajpai,Jitendra N. ;
Hummels,David Lee ;
Rafferty,Laurel ;
Arnold, John ;
Villareal, Theresa
This Vietnam report on logistics development and trade facilitation is in five parts. The first two offer a perspective of the macro-economic conditions that are likely to influence Vietnam's trade growth...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 40749Date: June 1, 2003Author:
Arnold,John H. ;
Stone,Jack I.
Environmental health (EH) is concerned with preventing disease, death and disability by reducing exposure to adverse environmental conditions and promoting behavioral change. It focuses on the direct and...
The objective of this project is to identify specific administrative and market based barriers to growth, quantify the impact of these barriers on the competitiveness of companies operating in Cambodia,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 58840Date: June 1, 2003Author:
Konishi,Yasuo
Due to the size of the country, the Government of Dominica carries out limited amounts of procurement, with the majority of capital investments being financed by external sources. However, the domestic...
Type: Country Procurement Assessment (CPAR)Report#: 30975Date: June 1, 2003
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