This joint World Bank and International
Monetary Fund (IMF) Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) has
been prepared in the context of the sixth review under the
program...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 79726Date: June 14, 2013
Executive Directors considered the
President's memoranda and recommendations and approved
the grants to the Democratic Republic of Congo for: (i) a
Western Growth Poles...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 79269Date: June 11, 2013
Afghanistan's resource base is
large and uniquely undeveloped. The country is endowed with
a wide range of minerals, from well-known assets in copper,
coal, iron ore,...
Type: Other Financial Sector StudyReport#: ACS1205Date: June 3, 2013
Pakistan's trade performance is
disappointing. Despite being in a very dynamic region, the
country's position in world trade has barely changed
over the past three decades....
Type: BriefReport#: 79559Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Reis, Jose G. ;
Taglioni, Daria ;
Kunaka, Charles ;
Pitigala, Nihal
This technical note is part of the World
Bank knowledge and advisory services to the government of
Bulgaria. The simplification of administrative barriers can
greatly...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 78508Date: June 1, 2013
This case study examines
Bangladesh's Chars Livelihoods Program (CLP), a large
regional social protection and poverty reduction program
which aims to secure and promote...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 80624Date: June 1, 2013
The note first presents a brief overview
of the Croatian railway sector, listing the main challenges
that it is currently facing, and identifying the main areas
of intervention...
The social issues involved in urban
transport projects are oftentimes complex and city specific;
solutions require a solid understanding of technical,
social, and cultural...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 81990Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Wang, Chaogang ;
Darendeliler, Zeynep
As a development institution focused on
reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity, the World
Bank is working in many countries that suffer from a lack of
basic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 80481Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Akbar, Sameer ;
Ebinger, Jane ;
Kleiman, Gary ;
Oguah, Samuel
Maritime transport carries more than
nine-tenths of tonnage of world international trade. The
international shipping industry, competitive and dominated
by private companies,...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 90811Date: June 1, 2013
Cross River State, with just over 0.5
hospital beds per thousand people, has the lowest density of
hospital infrastructure in the South-South region of
Nigeria. While...
This note reviews key shortcomings in
Pakistan's revenue mobilization system and provides
directions for revitalizing it and raising collection by 3-4
percentage points...
Type: BriefReport#: 79583Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Lopez Calix,Jose R. ;
Touqeer,Irum
This report draws on a comprehensive
review of the literature and on input from policy makers,
researchers, and practitioners to address four questions:
(1) how is the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 79293Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Marquez, Patricio V. ;
Farrington, Jill L.
As a result of climate change, the
spatial distribution of natural ecosystems such as deserts,
rainforest and tundra may no longer have the same spatial
distribution...
Power market integration is analyzed in
a two-country model with nationally regulated firms and
costly public funds. If the generation costs between the two
countries...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6494Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Auriol,Emmanuelle ;
Biancini, Sara
The global crisis of road traffic injury
is escalating in low-income and middle income countries to
devastating effect; with road traffic crashes a leading
cause of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 80543Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Breen,Jeanne M. ;
Humphreys,Richard Martin ;
Melibaeva,Sevara
The lack of growth in the Brazilian
sugarcane-ethanol complex since the 2008 financial crisis
has been blamed on policies: lower mandate, holding gasoline
prices below...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6524Date: June 1, 2013Author:
de Gorter, Harry ;
Drabik, Dusan ;
Kliauga, Erika M. ;
Timilsina, Govinda R.
The State of Uttarakhand experienced an
unprecedented high rainfall between June 15 and 17, 2013
that resulted in flash floods and landslides within the
State. The continuous...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 82643Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Dani,Saurabh Suresh ;
Motwani, Anil
The city of Gaziantep in southeastern
Turkey is one of the fastest growing urban areas in the
world. An important trade link serving as Turkey’s gateway
to the Middle...
Smaller islands in the Caribbean are
faced with the very particular challenge, where the port is
the gateway in and out of the country and a basic pillar for
the economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 78603Date: June 1, 2013Author:
Palsson,Gylfi
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