• Urbanization in developing countries
    The rapid urbanization in many developing countries over the past half century seems to have been accompanied by excessively high levels of concentration of the urban population in very large cities. Some...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: 76668 Date: January 1, 2002 Author: Henderson,John Vernon
  • Trade in international maritime services : how much does policy matter?
    Maritime transport costs significantly impede international trade. This article examines why these costs are so high in some countries and quantifies the importance of two explanations: restrictive trade...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: 77382 Date: January 1, 2002 Author: Fink,Carsten ; Mattoo, Carsten ; Neagu, Ileana Cristina
  • India : evaluating Bank assistance for transport sector development in the 1990s - a country assistance evaluation
    The transport sector in India, is characterized by high costs, and poor service quality, resulting from outdated, and saturated road and rail systems, problems aggravated by India's sustained economic...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 24580 Date: January 1, 2002 Author: Levy,Hernan
  • Global economic prospects and the developing countries 2002 : making trade work for the world's poor
    Realizing the promise of the new global initiatives to expand trade requires concerted effort to move development to center stage in trade policy formulation. This report is dedicated to that agenda. It...
    Type: Publication Report#: 23590 Date: January 1, 2002 Author: Newfarmer, Richard ; Timmer, Hans ; Varoudakis, Aris
  • Making infrastructure reform work for the poor : policy options based on Latin American experience
    The purpose of this paper is to distill the lessons of ten years of infrastructure reform experience in Latin America about how to make infrastructure privatization work for the poor. The paper provides...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 49945 Date: January 1, 2002 Author: Estache,Antonio ; Foster,Vivien ; Wodon,Quentin T.
  • Improving rural mobility : options for developing motorized and nonmotorized transport in rural areas
    Many inhabitants of rural areas in developing countries lack adequate and affordable access to transport infrastructure and services. Improving rural people's access to essential services requires better...
    Type: Publication Report#: WTP525 Date: January 1, 2002 Author: Starkey, Paul ; Ellis,Simon David ; Hine, John ; Ternell,Anna
  • Supplemental tables to the 2001 Annual review of development effectiveness (ARDE) : making choices
    The Supplemental Tables to the 2001 Annual Review of Development Effectiveness (ARDE) : Making Choices, support the main report, 23342. The report describes the outcome, sustainability, institutional development...
    Type: IEG Evaluation Report#: 27610 Date: January 1, 2002
  • Impact evaluation of a rural road rehabilitation project
    Assessing the welfare impacts of rural roads poses a number of problems, with implications for data collection and evaluation methods. The paper reports on a study being conducted to assess the impacts...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 44472 Date: January 1, 2002 Author: van de Walle, Dominique ; Cratty, Dorothyjean
  • How can urban bus policy reduce air pollution ?
    Buses are essential to everyday life in South Asia. They affect urban air quality both, directly by emitting air pollutants, and indirectly by reducing the congestion, and emissions caused by the many...
    Type: Brief Report#: 24063 Date: December 31, 2001
  • Trade and transport facilitation : a toolkit for audit, analysis, and remedial action
    This document is an expanded version of the paper published in 2000 under the title "Trade and Transport Facilitation: An Audit Methodology." It seeks to improve the effectiveness of diagnosis and corrective...
    Type: Publication Report#: WDP427 Date: December 31, 2001 Author: Raven,John A.
  • Progress report for the year 2000
    The Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) was launched fifteen years ago as a joint initiative of the World Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to improve transport...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 27318 Date: December 24, 2001 Author: Ings,Nigel P.W.
  • Implementation and impact of RMI : a survey of stakeholders in seven member countries
    Following extensive consultations with both public and private sector stakeholders, the Road Management Initiative (RMI) formerly known as Road Maintenance Initiative was launched in the late 1980.s...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 27317 Date: December 1, 2001 Author: M.I. Pinard ; Kaombwe,Severin Masuba
  • Rural water projects : lessons learned
    Investments in rural water systems can have a profound impact on the economic activity and quality of life of the poor. As the Bank has increasingly focused on the poor, it has expanded work in rural water...
    Type: Brief Report#: 24572 Date: December 1, 2001 Author: McEuen, Caroline [series editor]
  • Infrastructure remains the bedrock on which economic growth and development thrive by James D. Wolfensohn, President
    These remarks were delivered by James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, on October 31, 2001. He discusses the strong support the Bank gives to the African Transport Policy Program (SSATP)...
    Type: President's Speech Report#: 101463 Date: October 31, 2001 Author: Wolfensohn,James D.
  • Vehicular air pollution : setting priorities
    Air pollution is viewed as a serious problem in many cities in South Asia. Many city governments hold transport largely responsible and have adopted, or are considering, technological measures to reduce...
    Type: Brief Report#: 24061 Date: October 31, 2001
  • The 2001 survey of sucos : initial analysis and implications for poverty reduction
    The East Timor Transitional Administration (ETTA), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are currently conducting a joint poverty assessment....
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 45359 Date: October 1, 2001
  • International experience with CNG vehicles
    Natural gas (NG) is a clean-burning alternative fuel, with significant potential for reducing harmful emissions, especially those of fine particles, from vehicles. Vehicular particulate emissions in turn,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 24062 Date: October 1, 2001
  • Improving access to infrastructure services by the poor: institutional and policy responses
    This paper provides an overview of current evidence on the nature and magnitude of the access challenge in developing countries, of the policy options available to governments seeking to improve service...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 37559 Date: October 1, 2001 Author: Brook,Penelope J. ; Smith,Warrick P.
  • Identifying demand drivers for sanitation technologies : the case of Ecosan in Africa
    Ecological Sanitation (Ecosan) has made little progress in Africa despite decades of promotion by donors. The practical and environmental benefits of 'closing the loop' (i.e. recycling the nutrients in...
    Report#: 56558 Date: October 1, 2001 Author: Salifu,Lukman Y.
  • Road infrastructure concession practice in Europe
    In a road infrastructure concession, a public authority grants specific rights to a private, or semi-public company to construct, overhaul, maintain, and operate infrastructure for a given period. By contract,...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS2675 Date: September 30, 2001 Author: Bousquet, Franck ; Fayard, Alain
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