The delivery of education services still
faces challenges in many developing countries, especially in
poor rural and remote areas. In Indonesia, despite success
in achieving...
Top-down economic models, such as
computable general equilibrium models, are the common tools
to assess the economic impacts of climate change policies.
However, these...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8905Date: June 20, 2019Author:
Timilsina,Govinda R. ;
Pang,Jun ;
Yang,Xi
At a high-level meeting in October 2017,
APEI member countries and Madagascar (APEI ) identified
enhanced regional agricultural trade as a key priority.
Trade between...
Infrastructure—electricity,
telecommunications, roads, water, and sanitation—are central
to people’s lives. Without it, they cannot make a living,
stay healthy, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 138046Date: June 19, 2019Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Rozenberg,Julie
Infrastructure—electricity,
telecommunications, roads, water, and sanitation—are central
to people’s lives. Without it, they cannot make a living,
stay healthy, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 138046Date: June 19, 2019Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Rozenberg,Julie
The Road Sector Project for Lao Peoples
Democratic Republic to: (1) improve road services on two
main national corridors and the provincial road network; (2)
rehabilitate...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 138465Date: June 19, 2019
The Roads and Safety Improvement Project
aims to improve the condition and quality of sections of a
national highway, and to increase road safety throughout
Ukraine....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 138469Date: June 19, 2019
According to the WHO Global Status
Report on Road Safety 2015, road crashes claim more than 1.2
million lives each year, most of which are in low- and
middle-income...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000818Date: June 18, 2019
Low productivity and the competitiveness
of Russian firms have been among Russia's primary
economic challenges over the past decade. The Government of
Russia (GoR) has...
Type: ReportReport#: 138650Date: June 18, 2019Author:
Hasnain,Zahid ;
Vodopyanov,Anya ;
Kuznetsova,Galina S. ;
Shi,Rong
This review examines the literature on
the welfare impacts of infrastructure disruptions. There is
widespread evidence that households suffer from the
consequences of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8902Date: June 18, 2019Author:
Obolensky,Marguerite Anne Beatrice ;
Erman,Alvina Elisabeth ;
Rozenberg,Julie ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Avner,Paolo ;
Hallegatte,Stephane
China proposed the Belt and Road
Initiative in 2013 to improve connectivity and cooperation
on a transcontinental scale. This study, by a team of World
Bank Group economists...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 137911Date: June 18, 2019Author:
World Bank
This paper provides a framework to
assess the impact of infrastructure investment expected
under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the debt
vulnerabilities of countries...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8891Date: June 17, 2019Author:
Bandiera,Luca ;
Tsiropoulos,Vasileios
This study constructs a microdata set of
about 143,000 firms to estimate the monetary costs of
infrastructure disruptions in 137 low- and middle-income
countries, representing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8899Date: June 17, 2019Author:
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Kornejew,Martin Gunter Michail ;
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Braese,Johannes Michael ;
Obolensky,Marguerite Anne Beatrice
Considerable work has been done to
understand and improve the resilience of individual
infrastructure components. However, systems of components,
or even systems of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8901Date: June 17, 2019Author:
Schweikert,Amy Elizabeth ;
Nield,Lindsey ;
Otto,Erica ;
Klemun,Magdalena ;
Ojanpera,Sanna Maria ;
Deinert,Mark Robert
This paper explores the benefits and the
costs of strengthening infrastructure assets to make them
more resilient, reducing the repair costs and infrastructure
disruptions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8896Date: June 17, 2019Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Rozenberg,Julie ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Nicolas,Claire Marion ;
Fox,Charles James Edward
This paper analyses the degree to which
infrastructure reliability and urban economic activity in
several African cities is impacted by flooding. It combines
firm-level...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8898Date: June 17, 2019Author:
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Braese,Johannes Michael ;
Jones,Nicholas K.W. ;
Avner,Paolo
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