The Bank’s President Jim Yong Kim had
announced the institution will increase its climate
financing to potentially 29 billion a year by 2020, with the
support of its...
The implementation of metro line 2, now
under way, will provide a modern, 35-kilometer mass transit
axis linking major population and job centers in Lima - the
capital...
The World Bank’s Transport and ICT
Global Practice recently appointed Soames Job as its new
Global Road Safety Lead and head of the Global Road Safety
Facility, a multi-donor...
When residents tell tourists that it
never rains in Lima, they are a mere .3 inches from the
truth. Climate change threatens the future of water in Lima,
where 1.5 million...
The Global Gas Flaring Reduction
Partnership (GGFR) provides its members with overviews of
the potential solutions to recover and monetize the flared
and/or associated...
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 102767Date: October 1, 2015Author:
Iimi,Atsushi ;
Diehl,Adam Stone
The implementation of metro line 2, now
under way, will provide a modern, 35 kilometer mass transit
axis linking major population and job centers in Lima, the
capital...
This report is the third of a series of
World Bank technical assistance aimed at informing policy
and investment decisions that leverage Amritsar-Kolkata
Industrial...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS17034Date: October 1, 2015Author:
Mehta,Barjor E.
Transport infrastructure and services
development has historically been largely gender-blind, in
otherwords, it has not taken gender roles and men’s and
women’s different...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 155960Date: October 1, 2015Author:
Dominguez Gonzalez,Karla ;
Arango,Diana Jimena ;
Mccleary-Sills,Jennifer Diane ;
Bianchi Alves,Bianca
Bulgaria ranks 102nd out of 148
countries in the quality of its infrastructure, as per the
2013-14 world economic forum’s global competitiveness
report. The road strategy...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 103085Date: October 1, 2015
Transport plays a crucial role in
connecting people to goods and services and fostering
sustainable development. The literature links improved
transport infrastructure...
Type: BriefReport#: 102766Date: October 1, 2015Author:
Alam,Muneeza Mehmood
This report on the Andhra Pradesh Road
Sector Project of India provides the findings of an INT
administrative inquiry (the Investigation) into allegations
of corrupt,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 99905Date: September 30, 2015
This study develops and tests new
approaches to the planning of infrastructure to maximize
benefits and minimize negative externalities, particularly
in rural areas....
Type: PublicationReport#: 99897Date: September 30, 2015Author:
Ali,Rubaba ;
Barra,Alvaro Federico ;
Berg,Claudia N. ;
Damania,Richard ;
Nash,John D. ;
Russ,Jason Daniel
This global environment facility
(GEF)-Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) quarterly
newsletter includes the following headings: SUTP, Project
update, Events,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 106045Date: September 30, 2015
During its 2014-15 fiscal year, the
World Bank’s transport strategy focused on sustainability as
part of a broader effort to eradicate poverty, raise shared
prosperity,...
Type: BriefReport#: 166416Date: September 29, 2015
Transport was not part of the millennium
development goals (MDGs) for 2000-15, which were adopted at
the United Nations in September 2000. The omission was
widely viewed...
Type: BriefReport#: 166447Date: September 24, 2015
The Global Gas Flaring Reduction
Partnership (GGFR) Excellence Awards recognize governments,
oil companies, development institutions, and other
organizations that have...
Type: BriefReport#: 166320Date: September 24, 2015
The FY10-FY13 CPS and its progress
report closely followed a prolonged period of economic
difficulties, internal political conflict and institutional
deterioration....
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 99629Date: September 18, 2015
Robust personal identification (ID)
systems are critical to the success of many development
programs. Regardless of the methods used, official ID for
all - together...
Type: BriefReport#: 166364Date: September 17, 2015
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