The Solomon Islands boasts spectacular
dive sites, a World War Two heritage, and a unique
Melanesian culture. Yet, the country lags behind its Pacific
island neighbours...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134053Date: January 1, 2019
There has been significant progress over
the past year towards the creation of a more sustainable
shipping industry. After years of minimal regulatory change
in the...
Type: BriefReport#: 141443Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Conde,Maria López
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 ;
Amri,Mulya ;
Baker,Judy L. ;
Coulibaly,Souleymane ;
Lozano Gracia,Nancy ;
Park,Jane ;
De Mendiola Ramirez,Giuliana ;
Straub,Stephane ;
Yoong,Pui Shen
Melaka’s state structure plan 2035
envisions a comprehensive and integrated transport network
for the state in Malaysia. The plan involves increasing the
capacity and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 136465Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Global Platform for Sustainable Cities ;
World Bank
Mobile financial services (MFS) based
salary disbursements can be a win-win proposition for
ready-made garment (RMG) factories, workers, MFS providers
and international...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138633Date: January 1, 2019
Rwanda’s rural road network is estimated
at fifteen thousand kilometers, which consists predominantly
of very poor condition dirt roads with no current
maintenance program....
Type: CorrespondenceReport#: 136381Date: January 1, 2019
This paper, waste in Russia: trash or
valuable resource, illustrates various scenarios for sector
treatments of municipal solid waste. Russia annually
produces 55-60...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 89177Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Korobova,Nina ;
Larionov,Alexander ;
Michelsen,James D. ;
Pulyayev,Mikhail ;
Ivanovskyy,Stanislav ;
Turilova,Kristina ;
Kuznetsova,Maria
The World Bank's first green bond
received strong support from the market and interest from
others, including climate policy makers, and the climate
bond initiative....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135441Date: January 1, 2019
About 50 percent of university graduates
in Egypt are women, yet only 23 percent of women work in the
formal labor force compared with 76 percent of men. Despite
this...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 141470Date: January 1, 2019
Based on 2014 Serbia Flood Post Disaster
Needs Assessment (PDNA) the training of trainers will
provide an intensive simulated walkthrough of conducting a
PDNA. The intent...
It is widely agreed that, over the past
decade, accelerating infrastructure investments in
India's North Eastern Region (NER) and neighboring
countries, along with connectivity...
Type: PublicationReport#: 144027Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Kathuria,Sanjay ;
Mathur,Priya-000196531
The report examines the current tourism
development and market of the Prešovský Samosprávny Kraj,
Presov Self-Governing Region (PSK), focusing particularly on
the lagging...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138050Date: January 1, 2019
Word War second left Japan crippled,
affecting its economy, governance, demography, settlements,
social well-being, and others. However, Japan used this as
an opportunity...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 137934Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Jain,Vibhu ;
Arai,Yuko
It is estimated that to facilitate the
city’s economic development rate of 8 percent to 8.5 percent
annually, the city needs a total amount of investment fund
which...
Mozambique had 60,000 hectares of
large-scale commercial planted forest in 2009, supporting
about 3,000 full-time-equivalent jobs. Very little growth in
large-scale...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 137208Date: January 1, 2019Author:
de Almeida,Leonor Serzedelo ;
Delgado,Christopher L.
The World Bank Group (WBG) partnership
fund for the sustainable development goals (SDG fund) was
established to promote best practices and knowledge sharing
for the...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 141193Date: January 1, 2019
Geographically, Chongqing is
strategically positioned as a gateway to China’s west, a key
connection in the Yangtze river economic belt, and a
strategic base for China’s...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135200Date: January 1, 2019Author:
Salat,Serge ;
Wang,Xueman ;
Linjun,Zhou
Regional integration and international
connectivity via economic corridors play an essential role
in reducing the isolation of West Africa’s landlocked
countries such...
Trade and transport bottlenecks were
identified as key impediments contributing to high transport
costs and poor reliability of supply chains, thereby raising
the cost...
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