Air and sea transport power the global
economy. Since the vast majority of trade is physical, it
must travel by plane or ship to reach its market. In fact,
high value,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 70964Date: June 1, 2012Author:
Aaronson, Robert ;
Baker,Georgina E. ;
Boyce,Christopher ;
Buckholtz, Alison [editor] ;
Crothers,John D. ;
Cuttaree,Vickram ;
Delmon,Jeffrey John ;
Delmon,Victoria Hilda Rigby ;
Downs,Katherine ;
Jett,Alexander Nicholas ;
Juhel,Marc H. ;
Julian,Bradley Christopher ;
King-Sackie, Decontee T. ;
Kjorstad, John ;
Kruk, C. Bert ;
Kurdyla,Michael ;
Morley,James ;
Oliveira, Tanya Scobie [editor] ;
Ricover, Andy ;
Geyer,Brian Samuel ;
Schlumberger,Charles E. ;
Schwartz,Jordan Z. ;
Warren,Heidi Stensland ;
Youssef,Waleed Ahmed
The aggregate effect of logistics
bottlenecks can more than double optimum logistics costs for
both high and low value goods, depending on the scale of
production and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 75098Date: June 1, 2012Author:
Schwartz, Jordan
This chapter uses supply chain analysis
(SCA) to identify transport and logistics bottlenecks that
add costs, times and uncertainty to the exportation of
perishable...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 75097Date: June 1, 2012Author:
Fries, Gwyneth ;
Fernandez, Raquel
There is no shortage of written material
about the tsunami and earthquakes that devastated Aceh and
Nias in 2004 and 2005. The Indonesian government, the World
Bank,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 92915Date: June 1, 2012
In Central America, cargo is transported
almost entirely by road. The movement of imports and exports
to and from international seaports is done by truck. Rail
service...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 75099Date: June 1, 2012Author:
Marcelo Gordillo,Darwin
This paper investigates the determinants
of price differences and market integration among Indonesian
provinces, using data from retail cooking oil, rice and
sugar markets...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS6098Date: June 1, 2012Author:
Aldaz-Carroll,Enrique ;
Iacovone,Leonardo ;
Varela,Gonzalo J.
This report investigates Egypt's
regional economic growth, explores the causes for
geographically unbalanced development, and proposes policy
options to make unbalanced...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 71249Date: June 1, 2012
Five East African countries Burundi,
Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda have made solid progress
on integrating regionally in the East African Community
(EAC) since...
Type: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows StudyReport#: 65699Date: June 1, 2012
Over the past decade Ecuador has been
characterized by high levels of political instability, an
economic crisis, and financial volatility, which resulted in
the country...
In January 2011, Egypt erupted in
large-scale anti-Government demonstrations, resulting in the
resignation of President Mubarak and the collapse of the
regime that had...
Type: Interim Strategy NoteReport#: 66443Date: May 31, 2012
Executive Directors considered the
President's Memorandum and Recommendation and approved
the Second Phase Project (APL2) of the Abidjan-Lagos Trade
and Transport Facilitation...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 69500Date: May 31, 2012
The work described in this report is a
first step to addressing the longer-term issues related to
the competitiveness of South Sudan's farmers in a
regional context....
Type: Rural Development AssessmentReport#: 68399Date: May 23, 2012
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
daily economics and financial market commentary newsletter
are as follows:...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 70661Date: May 16, 2012Author:
Dennis,Allen Curtis K. ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Mohapatra,Sanket ;
Riordan,Elliot Joseph
Sri Lanka's country vision is to
become a global hub between the East and the West and an
upper middle-income country by 2016. Sri Lanka's urban
vision, as defined in...
Since its inception in 2003, the
Bangladesh rural transport improvement project has
maintained and improved more than 3,000 kilo meter (km) of
rural roads and built...
The Strategic Framework on Development
and Climate Change (SFDCC) for the World Bank Group was
requested by the Development Committee during the World Bank
and International...
With respect to the East-West Roads
Project (Almaty-Khorgos Section): Western Europe-Western
China International Transit Corridor (CAREC 1b), Executive
Directors approved...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 68562Date: May 1, 2012
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