The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)
has established three Strategic Engagement Areas (SEAs)
around which it has organized its work program. One of those
SEAs is Sustained...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 110891Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Caceres,Susan Ann ;
Yin,Robert K. ;
Tyrrell,Anthony Martin ;
Gaubatz,Judith Hahn ;
Williams,Sian
The Report to the President of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development [IBRD]
and the International Development Association [IDA] on
India's Economic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104705Date: January 1, 2016
This report summarizes the results of a
technical analysis of the Bhutan electric vehicle (EVs)
initiative. The analysis, assuming three scenarios for the
uptake of...
The World Bank officially opened for
business on June 25, 1946. As with many new organizations
there were initial difficulties. The first President, Eugene
Meyer, resigned...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 104595Date: January 1, 2016
This executive summary describes the
South Road Corridor Project is very important for the
development of the north and south of Kazakhstan for both
industrial and tourism...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 105226Date: January 1, 2016
The performance of the services sector
is vital for growth and poverty reduction in developing
countries. Today, in many countries around the world,
inadequate access...
Type: PublicationReport#: 105324Date: January 1, 2016
Universal access to the Internet has
become a topdevelopment priority. Getting there requires
affordable,reliable access to fast, “always on”
broadbandnetworks, one...
Type: BriefReport#: 107734Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Melhem,Samia
The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG)
has established three Strategic Engagement Areas (SEAs)
around which it has organized its work program. One of those
SEAs is Sustained...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 110890Date: January 1, 2016Author:
Flanagan,Ann Elizabeth ;
Tanner,Jeffery
The Competitive Industries and
Innovation Program (CIIP) aims to develop and pilot a joint
approach to Global Value Chain analysis that is relevant and
applicable to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 140306Date: December 31, 2015Author:
Duch Navarro,Emiliano ;
Emery,James J.
Yams are starchy tubers grown
predominantly in West Africa and have become an increasingly
integral component of the Nigerian diet in recent years.
Nigeria is the largest...
Since 2010, the government of Romania
and the World Bank have been strengthening their partnership
to make Romania’s economic growth path more inclusive and
sustainable....
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 146012Date: December 31, 2015
The Competitive Industries and
Innovation Program (CIIP) aims to develop and pilot a joint
approach to Global Value Chain analysis that is relevant and
applicable to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 140306Date: December 31, 2015Author:
Duch Navarro,Emiliano ;
Emery,James J.
This report is a result of a study that
aimed to identify more efficient institutional and
governance structures to manage the transport sector in
Oman. It encompassed...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102124Date: December 16, 2015
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of December 2015
to February 2016, specifying the Boards' engagements,
such as meetings and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 102128Date: December 16, 2015
The transformational potential of new
information and communication technologies (ICTs) was on
display in Paris at the twenty-first Conference of the
Parties (COP21)...
The objectives of the program are: a) to
offer frontline World Bank TTLs and Managers an opportunity
to rapidly build capacity in inland waterways transport and
gain...
Type: ReportReport#: 130211Date: December 9, 2015Author:
de Leijer,Harrie ;
Quispel,Martin ;
van Putten,Sandra ;
van Liere,Richard
The purpose of this technical note is to
describe how the welfare aggregate and poverty line were
constructed in Lebanon using HBS 2011. It is a part of
broader collaboration...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 112376Date: December 8, 2015
This story highlights a World
Bank-supported project will help shift heavy freight off
roads and on to rail in India. Moving freight to rail will
drastically cut greenhouse...
This Report provides the findings of an
Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) investigation into suspected
collusion among a group of local and foreign companies, as
well...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 155035Date: December 3, 2015
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