The report is based on the Interim Work Plan for 2001 issued in February 2001 following discussions with donors at the Initial General Assembly Meeting held in Copenhagen. At that time a three-year program...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 27320Date: May 1, 2002
The note describes the response taken to the deteriorating condition of the road network and high associated economic cost, involving various stakeholder consultations held in the 1980s under the umbrella...
Type: BriefReport#: 28538Date: May 1, 2002Author:
Ajay Kumar
The authors test two alternative models of learning to export: productivity learning, whereby firms learn to reduce production cost, and, market learning, whereby firms learn to design products that appeal...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS2827Date: April 30, 2002Author:
Fafchamps,Marcel ;
El Hamine, Said ;
Zeufack,Albert G.
Traffic management can improve the flow of traffic on the roads, reducing emissions per vehicle kilometer traveled and enhancing urban mobility. But if it generates extra traffic, does it necessarily reduce...
This Strategic Country Gender Assessment (SCGA) summarizes relevant gender issues in Benin both to support the dialogue with the government and to inform our own country strategy. This note is meant to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 39330Date: April 11, 2002
The project -Transport Sector Technical Assistance, later renamed Project for the Adjustment and Planning of the Urban and Transport Sectors - was conceived as an integral part of the government's overall...
Type: BriefReport#: 30034Date: April 1, 2002Author:
Mohan, P.C. [editor]
The present report builds on previous efforts directed toward reform of the oil and gas sector and focuses on the implementation of a regulatory framework for the downstream natural gas sector, in particular...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 33285Date: April 1, 2002
Tanzania has been one of the countries at the forefront of reforms inspired by the Road Management Initiative. This paper focuses on some of the main challenges that the country now faces in consolidating...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 29727Date: April 1, 2002Author:
Kumar, Ajay
Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) in Delhi recently reviewed the information available since 1990 in India to answer the question: which sources are responsible for the high exposure of the general...
Government has responded to the recommendations of the May 2000 Logging Mission. There is now no evidence of significant continuing illegal logging in the project area. This is a demonstration to the international...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 66596Date: March 26, 2002
This monthly report updates the activities of the Trust Fund for East Timor (TFET), established by the World Bank's Board of Governors following the December 1999 Tokyo Donors' Meeting. The contents include:...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 39279Date: March 26, 2002
This news release, dated March 8, 2002, announces the World Bank approved 20.9 million dollars in loans and credits to support five Emergency Recovery Projects undertaken by the Organization of Eastern...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162345Date: March 8, 2002
This is the second edition of 'Ghana and the World Bank' that I have had the pleasure of overseeing. Again, this is timed to coincide with the holding of the Consultative Group for Ghana meeting in Accra....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 74383Date: March 1, 2002
The key features of the road reform process initiated in Uganda are: (a) development of an analytical basis to review different road financing and management options; (b) commitment and ownership of the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 29726Date: March 1, 2002Author:
Kumar, Ajay
Mexico City has for years experienced high levels of ozone and particulate air pollution. In 1995-99 the entire population of the Mexico City metropolitan area was exposed to annual average concentrations...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS2785Date: February 28, 2002Author:
Cesar, Herman ;
Borja-Aburto, Victor H. ;
Dorland, K
Recent literature has emphasized the importance of transport costs and infrastructure in explaining trade, access to markets, and increases in per capita income. For most Latin American countries transport...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS2781Date: February 28, 2002Author:
Dollar,David R. ;
Micco, Alejandro ;
Clark,Ximena
This monthly report updates the activities of the Trust Fund for East Timor (TFET), established by the World Bank's Board of Governors following the December 1999 Tokyo Donors' Meeting. The contents include:...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 39278Date: February 14, 2002
Over the past ten years or so, the road sector has undergone major reforms in a number of Sub-Saharan African countries. This process has been encouraged by the donor community, especially through the...
This monthly report updates the activities of the Trust Fund for East Timor (TFET), established by the World Bank's Board of Governors following the December 1999 Tokyo Donors' Meeting. The contents include:...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 39277Date: January 15, 2002
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