The objective of the Acre Social and
Economic Inclusion Project for Brazil is to promote social
and economic inclusion of priority communities in Acre
through increased...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 45464Date: January 1, 2008
Tigers are the religious and cultural
icons of Asia, serve as the national animal in some
countries, and figure prominently on the flags of others.
Their charismatic...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: 44064Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Damania, Richard
Agriculture is a vital development tool
for achieving the Millennium Development Goal that calls for
halving by 2015 the share of people suffering from extreme
poverty...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 41455Date: January 1, 2008Author:
Byerlee,Derek R. ;
De Janvry,Alain F. ;
Klytchnikova,Irina I. ;
Sadoulet,Elisabeth Marie L. ;
Townsend,Robert
Honduras has accomplished important
political, economic, and social achievements in the recent
past. The country underwent a successful transition from an
authoritarian...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 69132Date: December 23, 2007
On December 20, 2007, the World Bank
Board of Directors approved this Thursday a 20 million
dollars interest-free credit for Bolivia in order to launch,
starting in...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169634Date: December 20, 2007
This press release announces that the
World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved an
International Development Association (IDA) credit of
forty-one million five...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163615Date: December 20, 2007
On December 20, 2007, the World Bank
Board of Directors approved today a 20 million dollars
interest-free credit directed to rural areas ofgreat
productive potential...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169617Date: December 20, 2007
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved one
hundred five million equivalent IDA credit and a six million
five hundred...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163863Date: December 14, 2007
On 10 December, 2007, the World Bank
today approved a US327.57 million dollars Power Project for
the Republic of Egypt where the GlobalEnvironment Facility
(GEF) is...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169343Date: December 10, 2007
In October 2007, the Global Gas Flaring
Reduction (GGFR) public-private partnership coordinated by
the World Bank Group co-hosted a forum in Moscow to discuss
Associated...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71382Date: December 10, 2007
The main objective of the Country
Environmental Analysis (CEA) in Nepal is to identify
opportunities for enhancing the overall performance of
select environmental management...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 38984Date: December 3, 2007
The Karnataka Watershed Development
Project (KWDP), known locally as Sujala, was initiated in
the year 2001 and is being implemented in seven districts of
Karnataka....
Type: BriefReport#: 42725Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Milne, Grant
This study estimates the contribution of
nature-based tourism in Zambia to economic growth and
poverty reduction as well as to the sustainability of the
management of...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 43373Date: December 1, 2007
This paper uses data from Guatemala to
map areas that are important for the provision of indirect
ecosystem services, services whose benefits are enjoyed at
some distance...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 86278Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Colom,Maria Alejandra ;
Pagiola,Stefano P. ;
Wei Zhang
A recent study of house price behavior
in U.S. cities by Gyourko, Mayer, and Sinai (2006) raises
questions about so-called superstar cities in which housing
is so inelastically...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4453Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Buckley,Robert M. ;
Mathema,Ashna S.
On July 22, 2002, Vietnam ratified the
Stockholm convention to become the 14th party to the
convention. As a party, Vietnam committed to target 12
Persistent Organic...
Type: Global Environment Facility Working PaperReport#: 50876Date: November 14, 2007Author:
Breeze and Associates Inc
Numerous studies have shown that Marine
Protected Areas (MPAs) established for the protection of
biodiversity can provide substantial benefits to ecology,
fisheries...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 69688Date: November 1, 2007
This report is a compilation of World
Bank research on land acquisition in Indonesia. It first
describes the macroeconomic cost of Indonesia's land
acquisition delays....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69279Date: November 1, 2007
On October 30, 2007, the World Bank’s
Board of Executive Directors approved a new International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) loan (50
million Euro)...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169396Date: October 30, 2007
The purpose of this Transport Sector
Note (TSN) is to assist the Palestinian Authority (PA) in
developing a strategy for the sector that can aid in
addressing the immediate...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69315Date: October 30, 2007
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