The report provides an overview of the
challenges and recommendations to improve spatial planning
in Poland. The project referenced in the report is part of
the larger...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127079Date: June 8, 2018Author:
Ionescu-Heroiu,Marcel ;
Wolszczak,Grzegorz Aleksander ;
Boratyńska,Agnieszka ;
Tekieli-Bisińska,Dorota ;
Moldovan,Ciprian ;
Dolean,Bogdan Eugen ;
Mazur,Marcin ;
Kamiński,Piotr ;
Piernikowski,Marcin ;
Mikula,Łukasz ;
Navarette,Maria ;
Grochowski,Mirosław ;
Vintan,Adina Dorina
With more than 70 percent of its
population living in cities, Latin America and the Caribbean
(LAC) is among the most urbanized regions in the world. Yet,
even though...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127319Date: June 7, 2018Author:
Ferreyra,Maria Marta ;
Roberts,Mark
Liberia has been influenced by the Ebola
crisis since 2014, but the economy is now recovering
quickly. Still, significant challenges lie ahead:
Agriculture, an important...
Type: PublicationReport#: 127128Date: June 6, 2018Author:
Iimi,Atsushi ;
Rao,Kulwinder Singh
Nearly one billion people worldwide live
in rural areas without access to the paved road network.
This paper measures the impacts of India's $40 billion
national rural...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8466Date: June 5, 2018Author:
Sam Asher;Asher,Samuel Edward ;
Novosad,Paul Michael
Intelligent transport systems (ITS) are
planning, operations management, and customer service
applications that use information and communication
technology (ICT) to...
Type: ReportReport#: 164347Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Yap,Justin ;
Jajcevic,Ruzica
This environmental and social study
corresponds according to the national criteria and those
defined in the environmental management framework of the PZB
program to...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 128910Date: June 1, 2018
Cities are key to reducing poverty and
promoting shared prosperity in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Cities generally are sites for cultivating and fostering the
accumulation...
Type: ReportReport#: 127880Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Craig,David ;
Porter,Doug
In 2015, Peru embarked on reforms to
attract more commercial financing for its public-private
partnership (PPPs) while reducing the need for government
guarantees to...
Romania is one of the fastest-growing
economies in the European Union, with a growth rate of 7
percent in 2017 (National Institute of Statistics). Growth
is expected...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 128101Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Vintan,Adina Dorina ;
Cira,Dean A. ;
Ionescu-Heroiu,Marcel
This report, a background note for the
South Africa Systematic Country Diagnostic, documents public
transport accessibility, focusing particularly on minibus
taxis and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127306Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Kerr,Andrew Nicholas
Vietnam’s economy continues to see
strong growth compared to regional and global economies.
Developing energy to meet socio-economic growth’s demand is
inevitable, however,...
This reference guide explains how the
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and European
Development Finance Institutions (EDFls) calculate and
jointly report private...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127364Date: June 1, 2018
This concept note describes a financial
education radio program that was designed by the World Bank
under the Supporting National Payment Systems in Ebola
Affected Countries...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127136Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Zottel,Siegfried ;
Khoury,Fares
Stagnant productivity growth and high
disparities in productivity levels across Mexican states
have been holding back economic growth. In general, Mexico’s
federal government...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS0000133Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Goodwin,Tanja K. ;
Martinez Licetti,Martha ;
Villaran,Lucia ;
Gramegna Mesa,Soulange Fatima
The World Bank (WB) is a vital source of
financial and technical assistance across the transport
sector in India. While financial resources and technical
expertise are...
Environment-friendly transport
solutions’ (EFTS) is one of three sub-thematic priority
areas (STPAs) grouped under the transport and mobility
thematic priority area...
Romania's openness to
trade—measured as the share of imports and exports in
GDP—significantly increased over the last two decades. The
ratio of trade openness increased...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 128106Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Arenas,Guillermo Carlos
This concept note describes a financial
education radio program that was designed by the World Bank
under the Supporting National Payment Systems in Ebola
Affected Countries...
Report#: 127147Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Zottel,Siegfried ;
Khoury,Fares
Funding from the World Bank aims to
support the Project Owner, namely the Delegate Ministry,
under the authority of the Ministry of Housing, Town
Planning and the Environment,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 128735Date: June 1, 2018
The Chinese government, based on its
commitment to carbon reduction in the Paris Climate
Agreement,laid out its intention to achieve peak CO₂
emissions by 2030, and...
Type: BriefReport#: 130019Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Zhou,Weimin
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