African cities are growing faster than
cities on any other continent. With populations growing at
such an enormous rate, it is often difficult for
infrastructure to...
Warehouse receipt systems (WRS)
financing, through which farmers can bring agricultural
commodities to a certified warehouse and receive receipts
certifying the quantity,...
Type: ReportReport#: 139444Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Adjognon,Guigonan Serge ;
Gassama,Aram ;
Guthoff,Jonas Christoph ;
Pouliquen,Victor Maurice Joseph
The catching-up regions three (CUR3)
transport component focused on three immediate opportunities
for tackling rural transport challenges in
Zachodniopomorskie. The...
Type: ReportReport#: 138868Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Patella,Dominic Pasquale ;
Wolanski,Michal Piotr ;
Nieweglowska,Magda ;
Pierog,Mateusz Hubert
The purpose of the advisory services and
analytics (ASA) entitled Bangladesh knowledge exchange and
advocacy for effective local government is to contribute to
the creation...
This report was produced at the request
of Armenia’s Ministry of Economic Development and Investment
(MEDI) to identify subsectors within the tourism sector that
hold...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138332Date: January 1, 2019
This impact evaluation (IE) aims to
evaluate the effectiveness of the two pilot programs aimed
at reducing adverse health outcomes from road traffic
injuries (RTIs)...
Cities can increase economic growth and
participate in global economic flows by acting as hubs or
gateways to regional corridors, that are supported by three
dimensions...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135201Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Salat,Serge ;
Wang,Xueman ;
Linjun,Zhou
The headline inflation rate dropped to
5.1 percent in December, putting the full-year inflation
rate above the central bank's target range. The
Consumer Price Index...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 133927Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Qian,Rong ;
Cruz,Kevin Thomas Garcia ;
Enriquez,Karen Annette Lazaro ;
Endo,Isaku ;
Diop,Ndiame
This technical note discusses the
findings, challenges, and lessons learned from an ongoing
World Bank technical assistance initiative to support to the
Ministry of...
Type: ReportReport#: 143983Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Mastruzzi,Massimo ;
Swe,Khin Thet
In over 70 years since its independence,
Indonesia has been transformed by urbanization, and within
the next quarter of a century, its transition to an urban
society...
Type: PublicationReport#: 142374Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Roberts,Mark ;
Gil Sander,Frederico ;
Tiwari,Sailesh
With the rise in global demand for
high-speed wireless broadband, infrastructure deployment
alone is no longer sufficient to ensure affordable,
accessible, high quality...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 139175Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Gallegos,Doyle
Warehouse receipt financing systems
(WRS) are financial arrangements which allow farmers to
store their agricultural production in a certified warehouse
in exchange...
Type: ReportReport#: 139445Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Adjognon,Guigonan Serge ;
Gassama,Aram ;
Guthoff,Jonas Christoph ;
Pouliquen,Victor Maurice Joseph
This is the executive summary of a full
research paper (see World Bank working paper no. WPS8695;
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/215561546957017567/).
The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 133417Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Halim,Ronald Apriliyanto ;
Smith, Tristan ;
Englert,Dominik Paul
The city of Belo Horizonte plans to
implement a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line along Av. Amazonas
corridor in order to improve its transportation system.
Raised concerns...
Chongqing is at a crossroads where its
gross domestic product (GDP) per capita will reach a level
at which cities typically decouple economic growth from
energy and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135227Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Salat,Serge ;
Wang,Xueman ;
Zhou,Linjun
The natural environment in Poloniny
National Park (NP) in northeastern Slovakia at the Polish
and Ukrainian borders is spectacular and central to the
Park’s offers,...
This report is the World Bank’s first
Agriculture Sector Review (ASR) for the Union of the
Comoros, the first analytic product in the Bank’s
reengagement with the sector...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 141577Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Prasann,Ashesh ;
Piccioni,Norman Bentley ;
Gaskell,Joanne Catherine ;
Bertolini,Lorenzo
In 2019, the global wildlife program
(GWP) built on the efforts of national projects to combat
illegal wildlife trade and expanded the program to new
countries and regions....
Youth unemployment is a major concern
for African governments, in particular in urban areas. The
government of Senegal has adopted two flagship projects to
improve urban...
Type: CorrespondenceReport#: 136369Date: January 1, 2019
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