In 2011, 68 new transport projects
reached financial or contractual closure in 15 lower-and
upper-middle income countries: Argentina (1 project), Brazil
(4), Chile (3),China...
Type: BriefReport#: 73209Date: September 1, 2012Author:
Militaru, Andreea
Using subnational historical data, this
paper establishes the within country persistence of economic
activity in the New World over the last half millennium. The
paper...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6187Date: September 1, 2012Author:
Maloney, William F. ;
Caicedo, Felipe Valencia
The strong main shock of the Great East
Japan Earthquake (GEJE) of March 11, 2011, caused little
damage to buildings. Buildings designed under the current
building code...
Type: BriefReport#: 79358Date: September 1, 2012Author:
Ishiwatari,Mikio ;
Narafu,Tatsuo
Following the Great East Japan
Earthquake (GEJE), the government of Japan responded
promptly to stabilize markets and ensure a swift recovery.
Economic activity has...
The importance of the agglomeration
process in facilitating growth and productivity increases in
Indonesia's manufacturing sector cannot be ignored. The
agglomeration...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 73127Date: September 1, 2012Author:
Kuncoro,Ari ;
Rahardja,Sjamsu
The Plurinational State of Bolivia
(Bolivia) is a landlocked country in South America that is
bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay and
Argentina to the...
This report presents findings of social
research conducted in the Akshiyrak Aiyl Okmotu of
Kyrgyzstan (located in Jeti-Oguz raion, Issykkul province).
The aim of the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 87776Date: August 31, 2012
This Papua New Guinea (PNG) Urban Youth
Employment Project (UYEP) newsletter includes the following
headings: welcome message; awareness campaign; UYEP youth
profile;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 75494Date: August 31, 2012
In recent years, Indonesia has made
great strides in economic growth and development. This
growth has been accompanied by rapid urbanization that has
transformed Indonesian...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71740Date: August 8, 2012
Some of the headings included in this
issue are as follows: economic news; political news; sector
news; strategy, partnership, and dialogue; portfolio;
working together;...
The Executive Directors approved the
credit to the Republic of Kenya for the National Urban
Transport Improvement Project (NUTRIP) in the amount of
SDR193.5 million...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 71668Date: August 2, 2012
The primary objective of this study is
to analyze the impact on Bangladesh of increased market
access in India, both within a static production structure
and also identifying...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6155Date: August 1, 2012Author:
De,Prabir ;
Kathuria,Sanjay ;
Raihan,Selim
This Global Environment Facility
(GEF)-Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) quarterly
newsletter includes the following headings: SUTP projects;
the Mysore ITS...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 75948Date: August 1, 2012
This paper analyzes the public
infrastructure trends and gaps in Pakistan, especially by
placing the Pakistani experience in an international
context. It examines the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 86246Date: August 1, 2012Author:
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Wada, Tomoko
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia) has
accomplished a great deal since the 1995 Dayton Peace
Accords helped bring an end to the worst bloodshed on
European soil since Second...
Guinea has one of the world's
largest reserves of natural resources: bauxite, gold, iron,
and other mineral resources. In addition, the West African
country, also known...
Public Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) has funded three regional activities in the
transport sector in the Latin America and the Caribbean
region. The...
Since 2002 Public Private Infrastructure
Advisory Facility (PPIAF) has funded 27 activities in the
Republic of the Philippines worth $4.71 million, four of
which are...
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