• Dominica - Country procurement assessment report (Vol. 2 of 2) : Data and analysis
    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#: 30975 Date: June 1, 2003
  • Phasing out polluting motorcycles in Bangkok : policy design by using contingent valuation surveys
    The authors use a contingent valuation method to study the design of economic incentives to phase out polluting motorcycles in Bangkok. Like in many other cities, the government of Bangkok has been considering...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS3402 Date: June 1, 2003 Author: Capannelli,Elisabetta ; Xie,Jian ; Shah,Jitendra J. ; Wang,Hua
  • Integrating gender into World Bank-financed transport programs : Case Study - Lesotho integrating gender into the Ireland-aid financed Rural Roads And Access Program
    This case study, investigating the gendered objectives of the Department of Rural Road's (DRR) Rural Roads and Access Program, is intended to: identify how gender dimensions have been included in the...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 34494 Date: June 1, 2003 Author: Ntho, Mamoeketsi ; Tsikoane, Tumelo
  • Capacity enhancement indicators : review of the literature
    During the past decade, capacity enhancement has become an increasingly important topic of discussion within the development community. Both academics and practitioners have recognized that developing...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 31284 Date: June 1, 2003 Author: Mizrahi,Yemile
  • Private participation in Mediterranean infrastructure news
    This newsletter provides information on PPI-related news in the Maghreb and Mashrek regions on telecommunications, energy, water and sanitation, transport. It includes the article: Trade in services and...
    Type: Newsletter Report#: 36352 Date: June 1, 2003 Author: Müller-Jentsch, Daniel
  • Trade and logistics in East Asia : a development agenda (Vol. 6 of 6) : China : Trade and logistics development in 8 inland provinces
    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#: 27840 Date: June 1, 2003 Author: Carruthers,Robin C. ; Bajpai,Jitendra N. ; Hummels,David Lee ; Rafferty,Laurel ; Arnold, John ; Villareal, Theresa
  • European integration, regional policy, and growth
    The European Union (EU) stands out internationally as one of the regions of the world that has most explicitly and deliberately attempted to reduce regional disparities within its constituents. How effective...
    Type: Publication Report#: 26102 Date: May 31, 2003 Author: Funck,Bernard G. ; Pizzati,Lodovico
  • World Bank activities on trade
    Over the last year, the World Bank has significantly stepped up support for trade activities to help its client countries integrate better into the world trading system. It has augmented resources devoted...
    Type: Newsletter Report#: 26919 Date: May 29, 2003 Author: Tang,Helena
  • Announcement of the World Bank Approves Twelve Million Dollars for Regional Development in the Copan Valley in Honduras on May 21, 2003
    This news release, dated May 21, 2003, announces the World Bank approved a 12 million dollars zero-interest credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to support sustainable tourism in...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 162848 Date: May 21, 2003
  • Announcement of United States (U.S.) Forty-Six Million Dollars to Promote Private Investment in Senegal on May 21, 2003
    This news release, dated May 21, 2003, announces the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a 46 million dollars International Development Association (IDA) credit to assist the Government...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 163069 Date: May 21, 2003
  • Port reform toolkit
    This Port Reform Toolkit, consisting of eight modules, presents background information, concrete examples, and specific tools and methods that public officials can use to make effective, sustainable reforms...
    Type: Publication Report#: 29797 Date: May 5, 2003
  • Sophia city strategy
    The purpose of the Sofia City Strategy (SCS) is to combat poverty and provide the basis for sustainable development of the local economy and the welfare of city residents. SCS is driven by the need to...
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 83913 Date: May 1, 2003 Author: Zeijlon,Anders G. ; Tsenkova,Sasha ; Ionkova,Kremena M. ; Ebinger,Jane Olga ; Rizvi, Nisha Chatani
  • Concessioning of the Ifrikya Railway : a case study
    The case study of the concessioning of the Ifrikya railway is based in part on several recent actual case studies on railway concessioning in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, several features of the general...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 27319 Date: May 1, 2003 Author: Budin,Karim-Jacques
  • Taming HIV/AIDS on Africa's roads
    This note summarizes challenges, responses and lessons learned by two World Bank supported projects addressing HIV/AIDS in the road sector. These are: The Joint Regional HIV/AIDS Project in the Abidjan...
    Type: Brief Report#: 29731 Date: May 1, 2003 Author: Lema, Antoine ; Brushett, Stephen ; Lewi, Negedi
  • Private participation in Mediterranean infrastructure news
    This newsletter provides information on PPI-related news in the Maghreb and Mashrek regions on telecommunications, energy, water and sanitation, transport. It includes the article: Public-private partnerships...
    Type: Newsletter Report#: 36351 Date: May 1, 2003
  • Urban transport services in Sub-Saharan Africa - improving vehicle operations
    The report presents findings, and the way forward in respect of the Knowledge and Research (KAR) Project on vehicle operations in Sub-Saharan Africa, basically undertaken in Uganda and Ghana. In the first...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 27328 Date: May 1, 2003
  • Traffic fatalities and economic growth
    The authors examine the impact of income growth on the death rate due to traffic fatalities, as well as on fatalities per motor vehicle and on the motorization rate (vehicles/population) using panel data...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS3035 Date: April 30, 2003 Author: Kopits,Elizabeth Anne ; Cropper,Maureen L.
  • Cote d'Ivoire - railway rehabilitation
    The project (1996-2001) objectives were to contribute to the revitalization of the railway transport service in Cote d'Ivoire in order to promote competitiveness and regional integration through the rehabilitation...
    Type: Brief Report#: 25602 Date: April 30, 2003 Author: Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
  • Urban mobility : eleventh steering committee meeting, Accra, Ghana, April 18-20, 2001
    This paper comprises the main reports presented during the Eleventh Steering Committee Meeting of the SSATP Urban Mobility Component. The major theme of the reports and discussions dealt with urban transport...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 27314 Date: April 20, 2003
  • Announcement of World Bank Loan to Help Fight Pollution in Iran on April 9, 2003
    This news release, dated April 9, 2003, announces with the aim of protecting public health and the natural environment, the World Bank signed a 20 million dollars loan to support the Government of Iran...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 162395 Date: April 9, 2003
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