To provide a solid basis to define its
needs and frame its priorities in terms of the specific
assistance it seeks from the international community as well
as to inform...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 81098Date: September 20, 2013
This review examines the implementation
of the FY2008 to FY2011 Mauritania Country Assistance
Strategy (CAS) of FY2007, and assesses the CAS Completion
Report (CASCR)....
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 81125Date: September 17, 2013
Bhutan's growth remains strong, at
an average annual rate of over 8 percent. The recent slowing
of the Indian economy and the Indian rupee's sharp
depreciation are having...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 81703Date: September 12, 2013
The objective of the Central Highlands
Poverty Reduction Project for Vietnam is to improve
livelihoods of poor households in targeted communes in 26
upland districts...
Fast-growing cities in the East Asia and
Pacific (EAP) region will define the region's energy
future and its greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint. Rapid
urbanization and growing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 81111Date: September 11, 2013Author:
Bose,Ranjan K. ;
Krambeck,Holly ;
Lim,Suk Harn Jeanette ;
Ostojic,Dejan R. ;
Zhang,Yabei
Indonesia is the world largest
archipelagic country consisting of more than 17,000 islands
spread over more than 5,000 kilometers from west to east.
The land area is...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 80871Date: September 4, 2013Author:
Bahagia, Ir. Senator Nur ;
Sandee, Henry ;
Meeuws, Rene
The Cambodian Government has set itself
an ambitious target of achieving annual milled rice exports
of 1 million tons by 2015. In order to achieve this target,
Cambodia...
Household air pollution is the second
leading cause of disease in Madagascar, where more than 99
percent of households rely on solid biomass, such as
charcoal, wood,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6627Date: September 1, 2013Author:
Dasgupta,Susmita ;
Martin,Paul Jonathan ;
Samad,Hussain A.
The Lebanon Economic Monitor provides an
update on key economic developments and policies over the
past six months. It also presents findings from recent World
Bank...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 95951Date: September 1, 2013
Cambodia has made great strides in
promoting trade with its neighbors and raising its annual
gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate to an impressive
7.3 percent in...
In 2012, only four new
telecommunications projects with private participation
reached financial or contractual closure.1This is the lowest
number of new projects closing...
Report#: 115127Date: September 1, 2013Author:
Van Eerd,Robbert
Relying on census data collected in 2002
and historical weather data for Uganda, this paper estimates
the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the
probability...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6600Date: September 1, 2013Author:
Strobl, Eric ;
Valfort, Marie-Anne
This study investigates the impact of
the Golden Quadrilateral highway project on the urban and
rural growth of Indian manufacturing. The Golden
Quadrilateral project...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6620Date: September 1, 2013Author:
Ghani,Syed Ejaz ;
Grover,Arti Goswami ;
Kerr,William Robert
This annual report covers the fiscal
period from July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013. Although
development challenges persist and the global economy
remains fragile, the...
Type: World Bank Annual ReportReport#: 81110Date: September 1, 2013
Cambodia has experienced extraordinary
economic growth in recent years, and become one of
Asia's most open economies. This impressive growth has
been largely driven...
Despite joining the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) club relatively late in
1999, and then the World Trade Organization in 2004,
Cambodia has made great...
The World Bank-financed Fujian Coastal
Fishing Harbor Construction Demonstration Project
(hereinafter, the 'Project') consists of four
components, fishing harbor facility...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 83883Date: September 1, 2013
In 2012, 83 new transport projects
reached financial or contractual closure in 12 developing
countries, according to the Private Participation in
Infrastructure Database:...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115125Date: September 1, 2013Author:
Garcia-Puente, M. Paloma Alonso
At the request of the Government of
Lebanon, the World Bank, in collaboration with the UN, the
EU, and the IMF, has undertaken a rapid Economic and Social
Impact Assessment...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 88969Date: September 1, 2013
Urbanization is the single most
important transformation that the African continent will
undergo this century. More than half of Africa's
population will live in its...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 81546Date: September 1, 2013Author:
Kariuki, R. Mukami ;
Bakalian, Alexander E. ;
Lall, Somik ;
White, Roland ;
Parby, Jonas Ingemann ;
Huang, Chyi-Yun ;
Wheeler, Sonia ;
Gracia, Nancy Lozano ;
Dasgupta, Basab ;
Mukim, Megha ;
Shi, Tuo
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