The Government of Georgia is
implementing a program to upgrade the major roads of the
country, managed by the Roads Department (RD) of the
Ministry of Regional Development...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 114089Date: January 1, 2017
Fostering cooperation to optimize
development outcomes in complex African river basins
requires a nuanced understanding of context, especially the
political and economic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 111763Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Tront,Jacqueline Marie ;
Ort,Rachel Lemay ;
Saltiel,Gustavo ;
Kamkwalala,Jonathan S.
Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa are
experiencing rapid population growth. Yet their economic
growth has not kept pace. Why? One factor might be low
capital investment,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 112756Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Lall,Somik V. ;
Henderson,John Vernon ;
Venables,Anthony J.
Global value chains (GVCs) break up the
production process so at different steps can be carried out
in different countries. Today’s official statistical
information...
The development objective for the
Promoting the physical accessibility of people with limited
mobility Project for Morocco is to to promote the physical
accessibility...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 120363Date: January 1, 2017
The West African coast mainly consists
of a narrow low-lying coastal strip, over a distance of
several thousand kilometers. This coastal strip is protected
from the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126733Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Giardino,Alessio ;
Schrijvershof,Reinier ;
Briere,Christophe ;
Nederhoff,Kees ;
Tonnon,Pieter Koen ;
Nunes de Caires,Sofia
Rapid urbanization in emerging markets
has created new challenges for economic development and
poverty reduction. The need for more buildings, transport
and other infrastructure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123074Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Larionov,Alexander ;
Demir,Sinem
The objective of the technical
assistance (TA) was to increase the capacity of the
Department of Transportation (DOTr) and its attached agency
- the light rail transit...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 120907Date: January 1, 2017
As it celebrates its thirtieth
anniversary of shaping African transport policies and
developing capacity, the Africa Transport Policy Program
(SSATP) continues to tackle...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 117774Date: January 1, 2017
Imagine a city that is more competitive,
with higher-quality neighborhoods, lower infrastructure
costs, and lower C02 emissions per unit of activity. This
city has lower...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 113822Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Salat,Serge ;
Ollivier,Gerald Paul
The Technical Deep Dive (TDD) on
Hydromet Services for Early Warning was held on September
12–15, 2016, in Tokyo. The TDD allowed developing country
clients to learn...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123889Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Siercke,Guillermo A. ;
Newman,James P. ;
Jain,Vibhu
The World Bank Group (WBG) is a vital
source of financial and technical assistance to developing
countries around the world through the provision of
low-interest loans,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 114059Date: January 1, 2017Author:
Schlumberger,Charles E. ;
Giovannitti,Aldo
Cost-effective and high quality
transport systems are key to modern logistics. Their role
can only be expected to grow even as the global economy goes
through profound...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 111792Date: December 22, 2016Author:
Tanase,Virginia ;
Kunaka,Charles ;
Paustian,Nina ;
Philipp, Patrick
The transition to cloud computing
broadly means shifting programs and data from personal or
office hardware to shared hardware that many individuals and
organizations...
India is the fastest growing major
economy in the world. But as a share of its gross domestic
product (GDP), its logistics costs for moving freight are as
high as 14...
Impact-based forecast and warning
services have been identified as a high priority by World
Meteorological Organization (WMO) members to increase the
relevance and utility...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114351Date: December 15, 2016
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletters are as follows: taking
stock; weekly...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 111074Date: December 9, 2016
In coherence with the Indonesia's
National Medium Term Plan 2014-2019, a series of economic
reform packages confirmed the Indonesian Government's
commitment to developing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126336Date: December 7, 2016Author:
Bennis,Lamiaa ;
Van Tuijll,Daniel Alexander
To become an upper-middle income country
by 2035, as targeted in its Vision 2035 document, Cameroon
will have to increase productivity and unleash the potential
of its...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 110907Date: December 1, 2016
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