Credibly and consistently reporting
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cities and urban areas
enables policy makers and practitioners to contribute to
addressing the...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 79016Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Ibrahim, Nadine ;
Sugar, Lorraine ;
Hoornweg, Dan ;
Kennedy, Christopher
As a gateway between Europe and the
Middle East and Northern Africa, Morocco has historically
played a dynamic role in international and regional
movements. More recently,...
The PNPM rural program was first
established in 2007, building upon a predecessor program,
the Kecamatan Development Project (KDP), which was
established in 1998. PNPM...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 93692Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Kortschak, Irfan ;
Neate,Neil
In the two decades since they started
their transition from command to market economy, countries
in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) have gone through difficult
changes....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 74884Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Deichmann, Uwe ;
Zhang, Fan
Often described as the cradle of
civilization, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region
boasts rich cultural assets, and is the historical origin of
major religions...
Type: BriefReport#: 75215Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Bell, Simon C.; Malinska, Jana; McConaghy,
Peter; Rowais, Sara Al
The development objective of this India
Trade and Transport Facilitation Project is to facilitate
efficient transit and transport of goods traded between
Nepal and India....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 77039Date: January 1, 2013
This report 'Turning the right
corner - ensuring development through a low carbon transport
sector' emphasizes that developing countries need to
transition to a low...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78086Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Block,Rachel Ilana ;
Kopp,Andreas Dietrich ;
Limi, Atsushi
China is already the world's
largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and transport is the
fastest-growing source of these emissions. The international
energy agency estimates...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 81986Date: January 1, 2013Author:
Fang, Ke
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) has provided funding Eleven activities in
Thailand. These activities have supported the royal
government of...
The Multi-Donor Fund for Aceh and Nias
(MDF) successfully completed its mandate on December 31,
2012. It contributed significantly to the recovery of Aceh
and Nias following...
The Multi-Donor Fund for Aceh and Nias
(MDF) successfully completed its mandate on December 31,
2012. It contributed significantly to the recovery of Aceh
and Nias following...
Significant achievements of the Global
Road Safety Facility (GRSF) in 2012 include: 1) completing a
road safety management capacity review in the Indian State
of Gujarat,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 84190Date: December 31, 2012
This guide aims to provide easy-to-read
information and step-by-step advice on a quantitative
research method that can help identify appropriate policy
responses to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 74489Date: December 20, 2012Author:
Ryan, Mandy ;
Kolstad, Julie R. ;
Rockers, Peter C. ;
Dolea, Carmen
This report is an initial effort to
develop information to identify and evaluate options for
natural gas use in Mozambique. The aim is to provide the
foundations for...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 80683Date: December 20, 2012Author:
Crook, Leonard
The objective of the Lifeline Road
Network Improvement Project for Armenia is to improve access
of rural communities to markets and services through
upgrading of selected...
The Executive Directors approved a First
Programmatic Productive and Sustainable Cities Development
Policy Loan (DPL) for the Republic of Colombia in the amount
of US$150...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 74472Date: December 13, 2012
The objectives of the annual meeting of
Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) were to
review progress of the ongoing second Development Plan (DP)
(2008-2013),...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 78670Date: December 12, 2012
This note reviews the literature on the
effects of reforms improving trade logistics systems and
services. Three key insights emerge. First, trade logistics
reforms...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 75208Date: December 12, 2012Author:
Subramanian,Uma
Since the June, 2012 Oversight Committee
(OC) quarterly meeting, Swedish International Development
Agency (SIDA) has committed an additional 49,000,000 Swedish
Krona...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 78296Date: December 6, 2012
The United Nations decade of action for
road safety 2011-2020 sets an ambitious goal to stabilize
and then reduce by half the predicted level of traffic
fatalities in...
Type: BriefReport#: 75188Date: December 1, 2012Author:
Raffo, Veronica ;
Bliss, Tony
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