The countries comprising the Southern
African Customs Union (SACU) are currently not very
integrated into global value chains (GVCs), potentially
missing out on important...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102983Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Draper,Peter ;
Freytag,Christoph Andreas ;
Scholvin, Sören ;
Tran,Thanh Luong
Fast evolving cloud-computing platforms
that enable new business models, combined with a rapid
uptake in digital technologies by consumers and a change in
consumer behavior...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 102963Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Van Welsum,Desiree
Communications networks underpin
regional and global trade. This is particularly true in East
Africa where mobile phones are plentiful but postal services
are virtually...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 102952Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Kelly,Timothy John Charles ;
Kemei,Christopher Kipkoech
In 1961 a loan from the World Bank to
the Japanese national railways helped finance one of the
most technically advanced railway projects in the world -
the New Tokaido...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104633Date: January 1, 2016
The adverse effects of the increasing
use of motor vehicles in many countries have resulted in
development of various programs to decrease traffic
congestion. In the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104686Date: January 1, 2016
Social innovators are people who find a
‘novel solution to a social problem that is more effective,
efficient, sustainable or just than current solutions. The
value...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126861Date: January 1, 2016
In 2012, the World Bank signed five
agreements with MRDPA for advisory services, out of which
one relates to the growth poles policy and to its
improvement for the programming...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102636Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Racoviceanu,Sorina Constanta ;
Cristea,Marius ;
China,Andreea-Mirela ;
Sandu,Dumitru D. ;
Croitoru,Adina Eliza ;
Moldovan,Sandu Ciprian ;
Man,Titus-Cristian ;
Rusu,Raularian ;
Iamandi Cioinaru,Elena Catalina ;
Ciobanu, Silviu ;
Ciucanu,Ioana Raluca ;
Ionescu-Heroiu,Marcel ;
Burduja,Sebastian Ioan ;
Vințan, Adina ;
Cosma,Florin ;
Herbel,Ioana ;
Rus,Ionut
The loan (0155) from the World Bank for
the Qantas Empire Airways Modernization Project amounted to
$9,230,000 and was signed on November 15, 1956. At that time
Qantas...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104701Date: January 1, 2016
As part of efforts to curb road deaths
and serious injuries, the World Bank Global Road Safety
Facility (GRSF) invited the International Road Assessment
Programme (iRAP)...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS13001Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Castro Lancharro,Borja
This Annual report looks at the progress
made by the Results in Education for All Children (REACH)
trust fund over the first twelve months since its inception
in February...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 126323Date: January 1, 2016
The main purpose of this study is to
monitor the business environment and assess the impact
government policies and the regulatory requirements have on
businesses operating...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103720Date: January 1, 2016
To mark Energy Week 2011 at the World
bank, and to consider the issue of rising oil prices, the
Archives has chosen to highlight a drawing by Pedro-Pablo
Kuczynski,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104707Date: January 1, 2016
The Boards of Governors of the
International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group meet
once a year in the fall to discuss the work of their
respective institutions....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104698Date: January 1, 2016
Guinea’s ITC sector, the pilot project
for the establishment of a national digital identification
system must be more clearly defined; clarification is
required regarding...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 107993Date: January 1, 2016
On 28 October 2015, the National Agency
for Anti-Corruption approved the 2015 Update to the National
Anti-Corruption Plan (PNA). The update to the PNA was
intended to...
This paper focuses on key economic and
social factors underpinning worldwide issues
aroundcybersecurity and, identifies a new agenda for
addressing these issues that...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 102965Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Bauer, Johannes M. ;
Dutton,William Harold
This Public Private Infrastructure
Advisory Facility (PPIAF) annual report with the close of
fiscal 2016, we completed the second year of our 2015-2017
Strategy and...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 116599Date: January 1, 2016
India is the world’s third largest
consumer of energy. It is widely acknowledged that the role
of energy efficiency (EE) in reducing India’s carbon dioxide
emissions...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 113213Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Worley,Heather B. ;
Sarkar,Ashok ;
Mukhi,Neha ;
Padmanaban, Padu S. ;
Kumar, Amit ;
Nair, Jayakrishnan ;
Soni, Manish
With Nelson Mandela’s passing
on 5 December 2013, South Africa and the world lost one of
its great political, social, and revolutionary figures. One
facet of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104720Date: January 1, 2016
The mid-1950s saw the introduction of
jet aircraft into commercial aviation. The World Bank played
a significant role in this process, helping both Qantas and
Air India...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104644Date: January 1, 2016
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