SARTIP’s unique approach involved
improving the in-country and cross-border enabling
environment through partnerships and networks, strengthening
institutions and infrastructure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131314Date: October 24, 2018
The United Kingdom Department for
International Development (DFID) partnered with the World
Bank (WB), the International Finance Cooperation (IFC), the
Asian Development...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131313Date: October 24, 2018
For millennia, the Mediterranean has
been one of the most active trading areas, supported by a
transport network connecting riparian cities and beyond to
their hinterland....
Type: PublicationReport#: 131217Date: October 22, 2018Author:
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Vesin,Vincent ;
Carruthers,Robin C. ;
Ducruet,Cesar ;
De Langen,Peter Wubbe
This paper responds to the commitment
made during the IDA18 replenishment that Management would
report on IDA18 Scale-up Facility (SUF) implementation
experience at...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 132313Date: October 19, 2018
The development objective of the
Framework Development and Infrastructure Financing to
Support Public Private Partnerships Project for Sri Lanka is
to support the preparation...
Type: Board ReportReport#: PAD2767Date: October 17, 2018
This paper studies the impact of
transport infrastructure projects of the Belt and Road
Initiative on shipment times and trade costs. Based on a new
data on completed...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8614Date: October 15, 2018Author:
De Soyres,Francois Michel Marie Raphael ;
Mulabdic,Alen ;
Murray,Siobhan ;
Rocha Gaffurri,Nadia Patrizia ;
Ruta,Michele
This is a statement by Roberto-Azevedo,
Director-General of the World Trade Organization, at the
ninety-eighth meeting of the Development Committee on
October 13, 2018....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 131012Date: October 13, 2018
In the immediate aftermath of a
disaster, during the emergency relief and response phase,
the highest priority is to carry out life-saving emergency
services, including...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131902Date: October 8, 2018Author:
Benavidez,Melody Joy ;
Mortlock,Alice Mary
Developing country governments seek to
reduce the pervasive informality of firms for multiple
reasons: increasing the tax base, helping firms access
formal markets and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8601Date: October 4, 2018Author:
Campos,Francisco Moraes Leitao ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Mckenzie,David J.
Governments worldwide face the difficult
challenge of deciding which infrastructure projects to
prioritize and select for implementation, given the limits
of available...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8602Date: October 4, 2018Author:
Marcelo Gordillo,Darwin ;
House,Schuyler ;
Raina,Aditi
This issue of Indonesia Daily Economic
Update for October 2, 2018 contains economic highlights,
including: the government plans to increase airport taxes,
particularly...
The World Bank prepared three background
studies as inputs for the development of the Cambodia
Logistics Master Plan led by the Royal Government of
Cambodia (RGC) in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131518Date: October 1, 2018
The International Finance Corporation’s
(IFC) Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Ventures
program is one of the few initiatives supporting
entrepreneurs and high...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134207Date: October 1, 2018
The purpose of the BOOST project
(started by the World Bank in early 2010) is to enhance
transparency and efficiency in public finance management
across the globe by...
The Country Opinion Survey in Uganda
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Uganda perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 143197Date: October 1, 2018Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The six land corridors that are the
‘Belt’ part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) connect
more than sixty countries. As the initiative progresses,
policy makers,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 130490Date: October 1, 2018Author:
Derudder,Ben Joseph Romain ;
Liu,Xingjian ;
Kunaka,Charles
Vietnam Prosperity Joint-Stock
Commercial Bank (VPBank) headquartered in Hanoi, was founded
in 1993 as the Vietnam Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for
Private Enterprises....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131413Date: October 1, 2018
This report provides an overview of
findings from the baseline survey on remittance1
beneficiaries financial behaviors, conducted in Eastern
Europe and Central Asia....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131455Date: October 1, 2018
This note provides a rapid,
forward-looking analysis of countries’ share of the global
private sector. By using technology-enabled Unicorns as a
leading indicator of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131210Date: October 1, 2018Author:
Mulas,Victor
South Africa's weak post-apartheid
trade performance has been a significant factor in its
inability to create more jobs and achieve higher growth and
productivity. Exports...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 130966Date: October 1, 2018Author:
Draper,Peter ;
Engel,Jakob ;
Krogman, Heinrich ;
Ngarachu, Anna ;
Wentworth,Lesley Angela
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