Transport efficiency and safety in the
advanced economies have long benefited from information and
communication technology (ICT). However, these ICT
applications have...
Most urban transport projects have
focused on improving the ability of citizens to move freely
and swiftly about the city. Typically, that ability has been
measured...
The development objective of the
Results-Based Operation for Local Bridge Construction and
Road Asset Management Project for Vietnam is to increase the
rural accessibility...
The widening use of smartphones, high
urbanization rates, and the rapid evolution of technologies
are driving the expansion of real time passenger information
(RTPI)...
Type: BriefReport#: 101140Date: November 1, 2015Author:
Pulido,Daniel ;
Canales Salas,Diego
As part of a long-term partnership
between the World Bank and Brazil, the Federal Government of
Brazil sought the World Bank’s assistance to review road
safety management...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS13128Date: November 1, 2015Author:
Castro Lancharro,Borja ;
Job,Raymond Franklin Soames ;
Lancelot,Eric R. ;
Gauthier,Gregoire Francois ;
De Melo E Silva,Fernando ;
Howard,Eric William ;
Ledesma, Ramón ;
Bastos Carneiro, Igor Andre
This note is dedicated to laying out a
set of principles that a technical working group of IFIs
agreed should be applied to GHG assessment of their
interventions in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 101533Date: November 1, 2015
Most urban transport projects have
focused on improving the ability of citizens to move freely
and swiftly about the city. Typically, that ability has been
measured...
Type: BriefReport#: 102768Date: November 1, 2015Author:
Peralta-Quirós, Tatiana
Transport efficiency and safety in the
advanced economies have long benefited from information and
communication technology (ICT). However, these ICT
applications have...
Type: BriefReport#: 102668Date: November 1, 2015Author:
Wang,Wei ;
Krishnan,Raman V. ;
Diehl,Adam Stone
This newsletter includes the following
heading: helping people and the environment; World Bank
green bond update; use of proceeds; what makes our green
bonds ‘green’?...
Report#: 104727Date: November 1, 2015Author:
Kim,Jim Yong
In the 22 years between 1992 and 2014
Vietnam attained the remarkable average annual rate of
economic growth of 6.9 percent. However, the sources of
growth that underpinned...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 101967Date: November 1, 2015Author:
Blancas Mendivil,Luis C.
A structural gravity model is used to
estimate barriers to services trade across many sectors,
countries, and time. Since the disaggregated output data
needed to infer...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7465Date: October 29, 2015Author:
Anderson,James E. ;
Borchert,Ingo ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Yotov,Yoto Valentinov
Transport plays a crucial role in
connecting people to goods and services and fostering
sustainable development. The literature links improved
transport infrastructure...
The development objectives of the
Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor Project for India are to:
(a) provide additional rail transport capacity, improved
service quality...
Over the last century, the urban spatial
structure of cities has transformed dramatically from the
traditional monocentric configuration to varying forms of
decentralized...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7453Date: October 22, 2015Author:
Grover,Arti Goswami ;
Lall,Somik V.
In rural areas of the developing world,
where the majority of the poor live, good transport
connectivity through road infrastructure and transport
services is an essential...
The Delhi Metro (DM) is a mass rapid
transit system serving the National Capital Region of India.
It is also the world’s first rail project to earn carbon
credits under...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7448Date: October 19, 2015Author:
Goel,Deepti ;
Gupta,Sonam
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of October to
December 2015, specifying the Boards' engagements, such
as meetings and briefings....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 100337Date: October 19, 2015
This story highlights on-going World
Bank collaboration with various partners aims to help
traffic management agencies in Southeast Asia mitigate
congestion and GHG...
This story highlights the West Africa
Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) is helping guinea
fowl farmers in Northern Ghana scale up operations. WAAPP’s
initial...
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