In May 2005, the Bank adopted a new
policy and new procedures on Additional Financing
(OP/BP13.20) for investment lending, replacing the previous
policy on supplemental...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 98464Date: June 23, 2015
This Update of the Diagnostic Trade
Integration Study (DTIS) identifies the trade related policy
constraints that prevent Madagascar from increasing trade,
diversifying...
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS14325Date: June 23, 2015Author:
Hoppe,Mombert
Freight forwarders play a key role in
moving goods across international borders. They arrange
transport, oversee customs clearance on behalf of their
clients, and more...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7311Date: June 17, 2015Author:
Mendoza Alcantara,Alejandra ;
Fernandes,Ana Margarida ;
Hillberry,Russell Henry
Africa has great potential for
agriculture. Although international commodity prices have
been buoyant, Africa’s supply response seems to be weak. A
variety of constraints...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7306Date: June 15, 2015Author:
Iimi,Atsushi ;
Humphreys,Richard Martin ;
Melibaeva,Sevara
A new World Bank initiative, impact
evaluation (IE) - connect for impact, aims to radically
transform and better inform the way that transport and
information and communications...
Chile has been a relatively energy-poor
country; its major endowment of modern energy has been its
hydroelectric potential, which has been developed up to its
economic...
Indonesia is unique: no other nation is
as archipelagic in nature as Indonesia. Over 17,000 islands
span across 5,200 km and provide 54,000 km of coastline.
Previously,...
The remittance prices worldwide (RPW)
database monitors remittance prices across all geographic
regions of the world. RPW was launched by the World Bank in
September...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 97445Date: June 1, 2015
After a strong finish in 2014, growth
moderated in early 2015. Growth is projected to slow to 4.7
percent in 2015 before normalizing to 5.0 percent in 2016.
Despite...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: AUS10762Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Gil Sander,Frederico
Guatemala, the most populated State in
Central America with 15.7 million people and 3,340 United
States dollar (USD) gross national income (GNI) per capita
in 2013,...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 102956Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Garcia,Jose Marino
Navigating the winding, bustling, and
crowded streets of Kathmandu is becoming more and more
challenging over time. Considering that 83 percent of
Nepalese women are...
After a strong finish in 2014, growth
moderated in early 2015. Malaysia’s economy expanded by 6.0
percent in 2014, accelerating to 7.3 percent q/q saar in
Q42014 due...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 97393Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Gil Sander,Frederico ;
Blancas Mendivil,Luis C. ;
Westra,Reindert
A significant body of research exists on
the role of low carbon and sustainable transport in
mitigating climate change, however, there has been
relatively little information...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 98202Date: June 1, 2015Author:
El Nakat,Ziad Salim
The Government of Liberia (GOL) enacted
the national identification registry (NIR) act in 2011 to
establish national identification in the country. The law
called for...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 113549Date: June 1, 2015
This paper describes a study carried out
for the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MoTC),
Oman to identify more efficient institutional and governance
structures...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 97413Date: May 28, 2015Author:
El Nakat,Ziad Salim
This story highlights Georgia has ‘big
potential’ to become a transit hub, but needs more capacity
in freight transport and logistics, as well as
infrastructure investments...
The World Bank intends to support the
Government of the Republic of Macedonia (GoM), that is the
public enterprises for state roads (PESR), through an
investment loan...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 96824Date: May 20, 2015
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