The Project’s Development Objective
(PDO)and Global Environmental Objective (GEO) of the project
is to ensure effective management of the Nkhotakota Wildlife
Reserve...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 99242Date: December 31, 2014
Transforming transportation is the
annual conference co-organized by EMBARQ, the sustainable
urban transport arm of the World Resources Institute’s (WRI)
WRI Ross Center...
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: December 15, 2014
The authors contribute to the debate on
the spatial allocation of infrastructure investments by
examining where these investments generate the highest
economic return...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 94650Date: December 13, 2014Author:
Lall,Somik V. ;
Schmidt,Emily M. ;
Schroeder,Elizabeth
Can Tho is the fourth largest city in
Vietnam, and plays an important regional role as the Mekong
Delta’s growth engine and transport hub. Chronic seasonal
flooding,...
This story highlights the Improving the
energy efficiency of cities not only helps to save energy
and reduce emissions, but also can help budget-constrained
cities expand...
Achieving private sector involvement in
financing, provision and management of roads requires
specialized legal and institutional frameworks, public
sector expertise,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 93778Date: December 1, 2014Author:
BrockleBank, Peter
The World Bank conducted this study of
the potential for Open Transport Data in St. Petersburg as
part of the preparations for the Improvement of Urban
Transport Systems...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 93681Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Oh,Jung Eun ;
Ivanova, Anna ;
Kuznetsova Morrison,Alla V. ;
Petrov,Oleg V. ;
Stott,Andrew Charles ;
Vlasov,Vitaly ;
Wong,James
The island states of the eastern
Caribbean are wastefully competing with each other for the
lucrative, yet stagnant, stay-over tourist trade by ‘flying
solo’: separately...
Type: BriefReport#: 96227Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Bofinger,Heinrich ;
Cubas,Diana ;
Millan Placci,Maria Florencia
The objective of the report is to
provide in one place pertinent information on the current
performance of SOEs, their administrative landscape, legal
structure and...
This report provides some practical
guidance on how utilities can define their own smart grid
vision, identify priorities, and structure investment plans.
While most...
Type: PublicationReport#: 93438Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Madrigal,Marcelino ;
Uluski,Robert William
While new transport needs are emerging
and existing transport needs are growing, the network of
China Railway is one of the most densely used in the world.
Between 2000...
Type: BriefReport#: 93227Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Bullock,Richard G. ;
Jin,Ying ;
Ollivier,Gerald Paul ;
Zhou,Nanyan
This paper uses household panel data
from rural Indonesia to examine the impact of road quality
on labor supply and wages. First, road projects are found to
increase...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS7139Date: December 1, 2014Author:
Yamauchi,Futoshi
The national road transport network is
the most dominant mode of transport in Uganda. Over 90
percent of passenger and freight traffic travels through the
network. It...
The Palestinian Territories (West Bank
and Gaza Strip) are highly dependent on energy imports from
neighboring countries because of its lack of domestic energy
resources....
Type: Working PaperReport#: ACS9393Date: November 25, 2014
As of early November, 2014, Liberia has
had nearly 7,000 cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and more
than 2,500 deaths. Many of the cases have occurred in the
poorest...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 94507Date: November 19, 2014
Cabo Verde is an archipelago of 10
islands located off the west coast of Africa. Nine of these
islands are inhabited by approximately 500,000 inhabitants.
The country...
Developing countries are facing a
massive infrastructure deficit. Despite robust growth over
the last decade, many people in developing economies and
emerging markets...
On October 26, 2014 the Inspection Panel
received a Request for Inspection of the Kenya: Electricity
Expansion Project (Credit no. 4743-KE) (the
"Project"), specifically...
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