Air quality is best addressed through
projects purposely designed to take on air pollution rather
than as an add-on component in other types of projects.
Building better...
India is one of the most populated
countries in the world with over one billion people and is
vulnerable to a wide range of natural hazards particularly
cyclones, floods,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 95451Date: February 18, 2015
The Government of Bihar (GoB) has
received assistance from the World Bank, effective from
January 2011, to address the emergency needs arising out of
Kosi floods through...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 94358Date: February 13, 2015
This brief highlight logistics is now
recognized as a key driver of competitiveness and economic
development. To help improve sustainable logistics practices
in the...
This is the tenth edition of the World
Bank Group (WBG) Air Transport Annual Report. 2014 was a
year that highlighted the growing importance of connectivity
and competitiveness...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 96300Date: February 12, 2015Author:
Schlumberger,Charles E. ;
Vijayakumar,Shruti
Most of the world’s urban mass transit
systems cannot cover operating costs, let alone capital
expenses, through farebox revenues. On average, 25 percent
of metro operating...
Type: BriefReport#: 96247Date: February 1, 2015Author:
Pulido,Daniel ;
Portabales Gonzalez,Irene
Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC)
operates and maintains over 100,000 public street lights
within the city. However, the public lights system was
facing problems owing...
As a landlocked country, Niger depends
on neighboring countries’ infrastructure to import and
export goods, resulting in prohibitive transport costs. This
is a significant...
The Clark Special Economic Zone (CSEZ)
is one of the fastest growing industrial centers in the
Philippines. CSEZ currently serves over 900 local and
foreign firms providing...
The Government of the Republic of Kenya
has received a credit from the International Development
Association (IDA) towards the cost of the South Sudan,
Eastern Africa...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 95291Date: February 1, 2015
The Government of the Republic of Kenya
(GoK) has in recent years been implementing comprehensive
rehabilitation of major national roads, with the overall
objective...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 95366Date: February 1, 2015
The focus of this document is to provide
a wide range of ideas and options to improve the inclusion
of environmental sustainability throughout the road
transportation...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 93903Date: February 1, 2015Author:
Hirsch, Art ;
Montgomery,Robert H. ;
Schirmer, Howard Jr.
Inorganic fertilizer use across
Sub-Saharan Africa is generally considered to be low. Yet,
this belief is predicated on the assumption that it is
profitable to use rates...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7201Date: February 1, 2015Author:
Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O. ;
Ogunleye,Wale Olatunji ;
Omonona,Bolarin Titus ;
Sanou,Awa
This paper presents a set of policies
which aim to improve accessibility and mobility in urban
areas of Africa. This policy paper aims to support policy-
and decision-makers...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 95606Date: February 1, 2015Author:
Stucki, Martin
A World Bank series of projects to
improve aviation operations in four Pacific island countries
is demonstrating that the concept of ‘green design’ goes
beyond energy...
Type: BriefReport#: 96246Date: February 1, 2015Author:
De Serio,Christopher J. ;
Ridgley, Craig ;
Cusack,Darin
Green bonds are mobilizing billions of
dollars a year for development projects that countries and
cities need, carried out in ways that are good for the
climate and...
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletter are as follows: Swiss
central bank...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 98943Date: January 16, 2015
Panama has made significant progress in
reducing poverty in recent years. Panamas progress in
reducing poverty and increasing shared prosperity compares
positively...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 94706Date: January 16, 2015
This resettlement action plan (RAP) is
prepared to avoid and minimize the impoverishment of project
affected persons (PAPs) and ensure that they receive
appropriate...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 95230Date: January 15, 2015
The Service Trade Competitiveness
Diagnostic (STDC) Toolkit is part of a larger agenda of
trade competitiveness work developed by the World
Bank's International Trade...
Type: PublicationReport#: 93714Date: January 14, 2015Author:
Hollweg,Claire Honore ;
Van Der Marel,Erik Leendert ;
Saez,Juan Sebastian ;
Taglioni,Daria ;
Zavacka,Veronika
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