It is in this context that this study
has been undertaken to document BRT case studies in terms of
the political setting, institutions/governance, public
involvement...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 69308Date: January 1, 2012
This report outlines these findings,
including damage and loss estimates and social and economic
impacts, and proposes strategies for resilient recovery and
reconstruction...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69822Date: January 1, 2012
This Poverty and Social Impact Analysis
(PSIA) explores the distributional effects of a package of
fiscal reforms initiated by the Government of Jamaica and
supported...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 67809Date: January 1, 2012
Regional organizations and national
governments are increasingly focusing on enhancing the
benefits from mining sector investment. The Africa
Union's African Mining...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 66585Date: January 1, 2012
The Pacific Islands include some of the
smallest and most remote countries in the world. The
population of these islands ranges from 12,000 in Tuvalu and
20,000 in Palau...
Type: BriefReport#: 67878Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Horscroft, Virginia
New private activity in infrastructure
in developing countries declined in the first semester of
2011, but remained strong and continued to be highly
selective, according...
Over the past several years the World
Bank and other development agencies have worked on numerous
trade and transport corridor projects, building considerable
knowledge...
Type: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows StudyReport#: 69997Date: January 1, 2012
Local populations' economic
opportunities can be enhanced through special arrangements
governing movement of people and goods in neighboring areas.
For instance, in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 69311Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Kaminski, Bartlomiej ;
Mitra,Saumya
The EBRD-World Bank Business Environment
and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) is a joint
initiative of the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD)...
This guide details considerations for
planning a meeting or event in line with the World Bank
Group's commitment to minimize the environmental
impacts of how we run...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69010Date: January 1, 2012
The report estimates Middle East and
North Africa's (MENA's) infrastructure investment
and maintenance needs through 2020 at 106 billion dollars
per year or 6.9 percent...
Type: BriefReport#: 67730Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Freund, Caroline ;
Ianchovichina, Elena
This Global Environment Facility
(GEF)-Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) quarterly
newsletter includes the following headings: project update;
looking back...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 75950Date: January 1, 2012
The report is focused on showing a wide
range and variety of ways in which Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT) solutions could play a
transformative role,...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 70436Date: January 1, 2012
The paper proposes a set of new
initiatives for G20 Leaders' consideration, including
the development of an umbrella toolkit to guide
policy-makers in charge of urban...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73333Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Vandycke, Nancy L. ;
Wright, Lloyd
The overall objective of this program is
to explore ways in which China's economic and
investment policy experiences can inform Africa's
efforts to accelerate its economic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 68922Date: January 1, 2012
The objective of the Additional
Financing for the Third East-West Highway Improvement
Project for Georgia is to assist the project affected
populations (PAPs) in restoring...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 67212Date: January 1, 2012
In many Russian cities, these growing
demands for mobility are not adequately met by the existing
urban transport infrastructure and services. Most
municipalities have...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 73228Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Oh, Jung Eun; Gwilliam, Kenneth; Podolske,
Richard; Agarwal, Om Prakash
Delhi, officially known as the National
Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, was the second-largest
metropolis in India and the eighth-largest metropolis in the
world....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73742Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Agarwal, O.P. ;
Gomez-Ibanez, Jose A.
Kosovo's energy and mining sectors
were once the mainstays of its economy. However, a decade of
ethnic conflict left this industry in a dire state, and in a
great need...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 71766Date: January 1, 2012
The financial crisis that hit the
Republic of Korea in the second half of 1997 had a
devastating impact on its economy, causing the worst
recession since the Korean...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 93356Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Kim,Jay-Hyung
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