The purpose of this study is to serve as
a guide on developing Greenfield transport infrastructure
(rail and port) primarily used to support mining operations
('mining-related...
Type: PublicationReport#: 80699Date: April 1, 2013
This overview, followed by five
supporting reports, identifies these challenges of tomorrow,
points to key choices ahead, and recommends not just what
needs to be...
Type: PublicationReport#: 76299Date: March 23, 2013
This Economics of Climate Change in the
Arab World is presents detailed case studies on the impacts
of climate change in the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, and
the Republic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 76368Date: March 21, 2013Author:
Breisinger, Clemens ;
Verner,Dorte
Bangladesh seeks to attain middle-income
status by 2021, the 50th anniversary of its independence. To
accelerate growth enough to do so, it will need to undergo a
structural...
Type: PublicationReport#: 76187Date: March 20, 2013Author:
Aparicio,Gabriela ;
Muzzini,Elisa
This volume presents a synthesis of the
multi-country collaborative program of analytical and
advisory activities titled reducing vulnerability to climate
change in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 76184Date: March 15, 2013Author:
Neumann, James E. ;
Srivastava,Jitendra P. ;
Sutton,William R.
The objectives of this power market
structure study is to develop a taxonomy of the existing
power market structures, as shown by the extent of vertical
and horizontal...
Type: PublicationReport#: 76179Date: March 14, 2013Author:
Besant-Jones,John E. ;
Vagliasindi, Marina
This book is an effort to bring rental
housing to the forefront of the housing agenda of countries
around the world and to provide general guidance for policy
makers...
Type: PublicationReport#: 76182Date: March 10, 2013Author:
Peppercorn, Ira Gary ;
Taffin,Claude
Integrating human rights into
development as an invaluable resource for those committed to
advancing engagement between human rights and development
professionals and...
Nepal is undergoing two momentous
transformations-from a rural to an urbanizing economy and
from a unitary to a federal state. This book aims at
understanding the first...
Type: PublicationReport#: 75846Date: March 5, 2013Author:
Aparicio,Gabriela ;
Muzzini,Elisa
This book towards interventions in human
resources for health in Ghana is a collaborative effort
between the government of Ghana and the World Bank, was
developed to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 76181Date: March 1, 2013Author:
Denkyira, Ebenezer Appiah ;
Herbst,Christopher H. ;
Lemiere,Christophe ;
Saleh,Karima ;
Soucat,Agnes L. B.
Experiencing both recurrent small-scale
events as well as devastating large-scale catastrophes, no
other region in the world is affected by disasters as is
East Asia...
Type: PublicationReport#: 75847Date: February 28, 2013Author:
Jha,Abhas Kumar ;
Stanton-Geddes,Zuzana
Building Urban Resilience in East Asia
is a World Bank program that aims to increase the resilience
of cities to disasters and the impacts of climate change by
using...
Afghanistan will experience a major
security and development transition over the next three
years. At the Kabul and Lisbon Conferences in 2010, the
North Atlantic treaty...
Uganda is one of the few African
countries with a functional national assessment system.
Established in 2003, the National Assessment of Progress in
Education (NAPE)...
Type: PublicationReport#: 74628Date: February 25, 2013Author:
Bunjo, Charles Lwanga ;
Kyaddondo,David ;
Misinde,Cyprian ;
Najjumba Mulindwa,Innocent Kibira
Uganda is one of the few African
countries with a functional national assessment system.
Established in 2003, the National Assessment of Progress in
Education (NAPE)...
Type: PublicationReport#: 74628Date: February 22, 2013Author:
Bunjo, Charles Lwanga ;
Kyaddondo,David ;
Misinde,Cyprian ;
Najjumba Mulindwa,Innocent Kibira
The National policy on public-private
partnerships (PPP) recently approved by the Government of
Ghana (GoG) sets out the government's intention to use
PPPs to improve...
Type: PublicationReport#: 75724Date: February 9, 2013Author:
Shendy,Riham M. E. ;
Martin,Helen Mary ;
Mousley,Peter J.
Since the early 1990s, countries in the
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region have made
admirable progress in reducing the gap between girls and
boys in areas such...
Type: PublicationReport#: 75181Date: February 6, 2013
This issue includes the following: The
Impact of the Global Food Crisis on Self-Assessed Food
Security, by Derek D. Headey. How is the Liberalization of
Food Markets...
Type: PublicationReport#: 94091Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Alby,Philippe ;
Avsar, Veysel ;
Bas,Maria ;
Bombarda, Pamela ;
Coady, David ;
Dethier,Jean-Jacques ;
Headey, Derek D. ;
Imbert,Clement Yves Pierre Francois ;
Martinelli, Cesar ;
Parker,Susan Wendy ;
Straub,Stephane ;
Zant, Wouter
The new microfinance handbook provides a
primer on financial services for the poor. It is written for
a wide audience, including practitioners, facilitators,
policy...
Type: PublicationReport#: 75183Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Arevalo Sanchez,Ines ;
Churchill, Craig ;
Collins,Daryl ;
Earne,Julie Fawn ;
El-Zoghbi,Mayada ;
Ferrand,David ;
Scola Gahwiler,Barbara Bernadette Maria ;
Gibson, Alan ;
Johnson,Susan O. ;
Lauer, Kate ;
Ledgerwood, Joanna [editor] ;
Lehman,Joyce Bontrager ;
Mas Ribo,Ignacio ;
Mcconaghy,Peter ;
Miller,Calvin Jay ;
Nelson, Candace ;
O'Keeffe, Geraldine ;
Rutherford,Stuart Edward ;
Sherk, Lisa ;
Staschen,Stefan ;
Vincze,Joakim Bjorn
The lives of girls and women in
developing countries have improved dramaticallyover the past
quarter of a century. Female life expectancy at birth has
increaseddramatically...
Type: PublicationReport#: 113046Date: February 1, 2013Author:
Jimenez,Emmanuel (editors) ;
Revenga,Ana L. (editors)
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