We propose a modification of
Baulch's parity bounds model to measure the market
integration of food markets in developing countries. Instead
of extrapolating a single...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 94093Date: July 9, 2012Author:
Zant, Wouter
This note briefly discusses the likely
timetable for the development of phase one of the Aynak
Copper Project. The information on which this analysis is
based is drawn...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 79633Date: July 9, 2012Author:
Hevia, Andres ;
Bande, Jorge ;
Guajardo, Juan Carlos
The Second Malawi Growth and Development
Strategy (MGDS II) 2011-2016, which is the country's
second medium term plan, was finalized and approved by the
cabinet in April...
Type: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)Report#: 69134Date: July 5, 2012
The development objective of the
Demonstrating and Promoting Best Techniques and Practices
for Managing Healthcare Waste and Polychlorinated Biphenyls
(PCBs) Project...
Cities currently account for about
two-thirds of the world's annual energy consumption and
about 70 percent of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In
the coming decades,...
The future development of the Tajik
economy will be shaped by its comparative advantage on world
markets. Exploiting comparative advantage enables an economy
to reap...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6125Date: July 1, 2012Author:
Coulibaly,Souleymane
With this Cameroon economic update, the
World Bank is pursuing a program of short, crisp and
frequent country economic reports. These economic updates
provide an analysis...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 71652Date: July 1, 2012
The development objective for the
Liaoning Coastal Economic Sustainable Development Project
for China is to support priority investments to improve the
efficiency of...
Argentina is one of the world's
largest biodiesel producers and the largest exporter, using
soybeans as feedstock. Using a computable general
equilibrium model that...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6124Date: July 1, 2012Author:
Chisari, Omar O. ;
Romero, Carlos A. ;
Timilsina, Govinda
Afghanistan's resources sector
offers many opportunities for economic development not found
in other areas of the economy. Leveraging resource
investments and developments...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 79716Date: July 1, 2012Author:
Drew,Jeremy N. ;
Klein,Jonathan H. ;
Winner, John H.
Since 2000 Public-Private Infrastructure
Advisory Facility (PPIAF) has funded 19 activities in
Indonesia worth $4,659,845 million, two of which has been
funded under...
This Romania external newsletter issue
included following topics: In the spotlight country update;
News from the World Bank in Romania ; and did you know about ?
Panama is an upper-middle income country
with a dollarized economy and per capita gross national
income of US$6,990 (2010). The country has about 3.5 million
people;...
Armenia meets about 75 percent of its
energy needs through imports, with natural gas imports from
Russia accounting for about 80 percent of total energy
imports and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6150Date: July 1, 2012Author:
Ersado,Lire
Enforcement of labor regulations in the
formal sector may drive workers to informality because they
increase the costs of formal labor. But better compliance
with mandated...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 92922Date: July 1, 2012Author:
Almeida, Rita ;
Carneiro, Pedro
"Getting the prices right" is
a good starting point but is not sufficient for achieving
environmentally efficient outcomes. Other policy
interventions are often necessary...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6131Date: July 1, 2012Author:
Ley,Eduardo ;
Tran,Ngoc-Bich
This fire life safety and you newsletter
includes the following headings: what is special care? Role
of emerging warden; and role of security personnel.
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIAF) support was provided to the government of
Swaziland to assess the regulatory, legal, and institutional
framework...
This study examines the major
constraints of rural business entry and performance in
Yemen. The Yemen rural investment climate survey made it
possible to analyze rural...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6128Date: July 1, 2012Author:
Sawada,Naotaka ;
Zhang, Jian
This is an overview of the causes as
well as possible solutions for traffic congestion in Cairo,
taken from a Cairo Traffic Congestion Study (Phase 1) which
is available...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 71852Date: July 1, 2012
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