Like in many large cities in developing
countries, traffic in Grand Casablanca, Morocco, is
congested and public buses are crowded. These conditions are
alleviated by...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8501Date: June 28, 2018Author:
Anas,Alexandros ;
De Sarkar,Sayan ;
Timilsina,Govinda R.
Waste management in Vietnam is
characterized by relatively limited performance in waste
collection, treatment and disposal for basically all waste
categories. Across...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 128402Date: June 28, 2018Author:
Van Den Berg,Katelijn ;
Duong,Thuy Cam
The Information and Communications for
Development report takes an in-depth look at how information
and communication technologies (ICT) are impacting economic
growth...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 128301Date: June 27, 2018Author:
Kelly,Timothy John Charles ;
Fukui,Rokuhei Fordyce ;
Minges,Michael ;
Biggs, Phillippa ;
Vacarelu, Felicia ;
Luengo-Oroz, Miguel ;
Romanoff, Mila ;
Edman,Gerrard Kirk-Patrick ;
Raja,Siddhartha ;
Nadyseva,Tatiana ;
Firestone,Rachel Sohn ;
Rossotto,Carlo Maria ;
Badran,Mona Farid ;
Gasol Ramos,Elena ;
Clemente Miranda,Eva ;
Prasanna,Lal Das ;
Larson,Bradley Robert
The paper addresses the issue of the
feasible level of private finance in a contracting model of
infrastructure finding and financing. It characterizes the
structure...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8496Date: June 26, 2018Author:
Fay,Marianne ;
Martimort,David ;
Straub,Stephane
Preferential trade agreements have
become deeper over time, often encompassing policy areas
that go beyond traditional trade policy, such as investment,
competition,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8491Date: June 25, 2018Author:
Laget,Edith ;
Osnago,Alberto ;
Rocha,Nadia ;
Ruta,Michele
The health of the Earth is vital for
economic growth and global wellbeing. When managed well,
natural resources, watersheds, and productive landscapes and
seascapes...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127590Date: June 25, 2018
The Mayor of Nis, Darko Bulatovic, Urban
Partnership Program (UPP) Team Leader Tamara Nikolic (TN)
and workshop leader Roland Krebs (RK) welcomed around 40
participants...
Type: ReportReport#: 162178Date: June 22, 2018Author:
Krebs,Roland ;
Pluch,Kerstin
Health care access is a challenge in
rural areas in Africa. On the demand side, rural people are
often poor, and transport connectivity is typically bad in
rural and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8487Date: June 21, 2018Author:
Iimi,Atsushi ;
Rajoela,Voahirana Hanitriniala
The literature suggests a wide range of
impacts of improved transport connectivity on agricultural
growth. Still, the infrastructure-growth nexus remains
somewhat mysterious,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8486Date: June 21, 2018Author:
Iimi,Atsushi ;
You,Liangzhi ;
Wood-Sichra,Ulrike
The traditional location theory predicts
that firms' locational choice is independent of the
output demand. However, firms are often concentrated in
large markets. In...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8488Date: June 21, 2018Author:
Iimi,Atsushi
This paper presents a methodology to
identify key priority areas for transport investments. The
methodology uses a geospatial data-driven approach and then
proposes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8490Date: June 21, 2018Author:
Espinet Alegre,Xavier ;
Rozenberg,Julie ;
Rao,Kulwinder Singh ;
Ogita,Satoshi
Rice is Lao PDR’s biggest agricultural
commodity in terms of farmers involved in production,
cropland area allocated, and food consumption. Rice also
generates important...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129711Date: June 20, 2018Author:
Hoppe,Mombert ;
Zorya,Sergiy ;
Reichhuber,Anke ;
Sayarath,Kenekeo ;
Loundu,Wisambi ;
Soulitham,Somchay
During the London conference to support
Syria and the region in February 2016, the government of
Lebanon identified job creation as one of the two priority
areas for...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 128627Date: June 20, 2018
The purpose of this report is to help
policymakers improve economic development and job creation
in Cameroon’s cities. The report is part of the World Bank’s
Technical...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127432Date: June 18, 2018Author:
Hobson,Emma Sameh Wadie ;
Reed,Tristan ;
Zelezeck Nguimatsa,Serge ;
Bougna Lonla,Theophile
Mongolia’s geographical location, its
economic structure and its mineral wealth give it unique
characteristics. Tapping its natural resources in a way that
equally benefits...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127396Date: June 15, 2018Author:
Lkhanaajav,Esmedekh ;
Bayarjargal, Munkh-Ireedui ;
Ganshir,Vaanchig
Participation in global value chains is
a key element in the industrialization strategies of many
developing nations. This paper investigates the role of
services liberalization...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8475Date: June 14, 2018Author:
Lee,Woori
This study focuses on Bamako, the
capital of Mali, that dominates the country’s urban
landscape. Acentral premise of policy-making in cities is
that the flexibility,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127221Date: June 13, 2018Author:
Mukim,Megha
This study combines firm-level data and
data on politically exposed people to explore correlation
between firms' political connectedness and their
economic performance...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8471Date: June 12, 2018Author:
Balabushko,Oleksii ;
Betliy,Oleksandra ;
Movchan,Veronika ;
Piontkivsky,Ruslan ;
Ryzhenkov,Mykola
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