This issue focuses on ways to minimize
impact on vulnerable populations living in the Rio de
Janeiro's mountainous region, particularly in regards
to extreme flooding...
Growth slowed to 4.6 percent in 2012 as
steps to curb a potential credit bubble combined with
sluggish growth in agriculture and a delay in the
construction of the Punasantgchhu...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 86808Date: March 1, 2014
The road sector represents a significant
asset to any country, both in terms of the physical cost to
build it, and the social and economic benefits that it
facilitates....
Type: BriefReport#: 87825Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Abe,Katsuya ;
Greenwood,Ian Douglas ;
Henning,Theuns Frederick Phillip ;
Porter, Tony
India's progress in economic and
human development is one of the most significant global
achievements of recent times. Between 2005 and 2010,
India's share of global...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 86809Date: March 1, 2014
This paper examines the effects of
urbanization on development and growth. It begins with a
labor market perspective and emphasizes the importance of
agglomeration economies,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6818Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Duranton,Gilles
There is growing interest in the
Caribbean in using public-private partnerships (PPPs) to
provide infrastructure. Infrastructure investment needs are
significant across...
The road sector represents a significant
asset to any country both in terms of the physical cost to
build it, and the social and economic benefits that it
facilitates....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 87827Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Gericke,Petrus Benjamin ;
Greewood, Ian ;
Henning,Theuns Frederick Phillip
This paper examines the relationship
between entry regulation and the business interests of
former President Ben Ali's family using firm-level data
from Tunisia. Connected...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6810Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Freund,Caroline ;
Nucifora,Antonio ;
Rijkers,Bob
This paper examines the association
between the intensity, timing, and persistence of personal
history of mobility on individual support for
redistribution. Using both...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6803Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Dabalen,Andrew L. ;
Parinduri, Rasyad ;
Paul,Saumik
Performance Based Contracts (PBC's)
are not new to the transport sector, with many variants in
use in different countries for close to two decades.
International lending...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 87828Date: March 1, 2014Author:
Gericke,Petrus Benjamin ;
Greewood, Ian ;
Henning,Theuns Frederick Phillip
This is the second edition of the 2003
paper entitled "Facilitation of transport and trade in
Sub-Saharan Africa : a review of international legal
instruments - Treaties,...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 91699Date: March 1, 2014Author:
de Matons, Jean Grosdidier
Road crash fatalities are an epidemic in
the developing world, the number one killer of the young,
with huge economic and social costs. These fatalities can
only be...
Type: BriefReport#: 135357Date: February 28, 2014Author:
Raffo,Veronica Ines
The development objectives of the
Electricity Supply Accountability and Reliability
Improvement Project for Kyrgyz Republic are to enhance the
readiness of the Ministry...
In Yemen, a high proportion of the
population lives in poverty, with low access to health,
education, water, and other basic services. This falls
particularly heavily...
Type: BriefReport#: 135427Date: February 28, 2014Author:
Hong,Mira
The Second Mizoram State Roads Regional
Transport Connectivity Project for India seeks to improve
existing road connectivity through rehabilitation,
strengthening and...
The Romanian Ministry of Regional
Development and Tourism (MRDT) (now the Ministry of Regional
Development and Public Administration - MRDPA) has signed an
agreement...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 85009Date: February 20, 2014Author:
Burduja,Sebastian Ioan ;
Gaman,Florian ;
Giosan,Victor ;
Glenday,Graham ;
Huddleston,Eric Nolin ;
Ionescu-Heroiu,Marcel ;
Iorga, Elena ;
Mot,Ana Maria Manuela ;
Sandu,Dumitru D. ;
Taralunga,Nicolae ;
Tufis,Paula Andreea ;
Vintan,Adina Dorina ;
Vu, Ha Thi Thu
The Second Mizoram State Roads Regional
Transport Connectivity Project for India seeks to improve
existing road connectivity through rehabilitation,
strengthening and...
The Second Mizoram State Roads Regional
Transport Connectivity Project for India seeks to improve
existing road connectivity through rehabilitation,
strengthening and...
The Second Mizoram State Roads Regional
Transport Connectivity Project for India seeks to improve
existing road connectivity through rehabilitation,
strengthening and...
The Second Mizoram State Roads Regional
Transport Connectivity Project for India seeks to improve
existing road connectivity through rehabilitation,
strengthening and...
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