The (World Development Report) WDR 2012
focuses on three dimensions of gender equality: endowment,
economic opportunity and agency. It argues that outcomes for
women...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70180Date: January 1, 2012
The government faces difficult
trade-offs as it attempts to increase current low levels of
tax revenue (16 percent of gross domestic product (GDP))
without discouraging...
Agriculture sector growth has made a
powerful contribution to post-war economic recovery in
Tajikistan, accounting for approximately one third of
overall economic growth...
Type: Other Agricultural StudyReport#: 68418Date: January 1, 2012
This is the third edition of Connecting
to Compete, a report summarizing the findings from the new
dataset for the 2012 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) and
its component...
Type: Knowledge Economy StudyReport#: 70417Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Antoci,Monica Alina ;
Ojala,Lauri M. ;
Saslavsky,Daniel Mario ;
Shepherd,Benjamin A.
Some of the headings included in this
newsletter of the World Bank in India are: innovations in
transport sector projects; more and better jobs in South
Asia; development...
Vietnam's economic emergence is
perhaps best experienced along its rural roads: over 175,000
km of pavement, rubble and dirt track extend to two-thirds
of the country's...
This study is timely because several
investments are planned for container terminals in
Sub-Saharan Africa. From a public policy perspective,
disentangling the reasons...
Type: PublicationReport#: 68014Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Beuran,Monica ;
Isik,Gozde ;
Raballand,Gael J. R. F. ;
Refas,Salim
Arab countries face a number of food
security risks due to their high dependence on wheat
imports. This study explores ways in which countries can
mitigate these risks....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 68075Date: January 1, 2012Author:
Battat,Michelle L. ;
Erekat,Dana Mohamed ;
Lampietti,Julian A. ;
De Hartog,Arnold H. ;
Michaels,Sean David
Madinah, Saudi Arabia, is a major
destination point for pilgrims and a designated center for
knowledge-based industry in the country. The Prince Mohammed
Bin Abdulaziz...
Swaziland is a lower middle-income
country with the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence in the world.
An area that has received some scrutiny in recent years is
the financing...
Type: Other Health StudyReport#: 45868Date: January 1, 2012
IFC granted a loan to partly finance
Orissa Cement Limited (OCL), an Indian cement manufacturer,
to expand its capacity and set up a Greenfield plant. This
created about...
This report, City Development Strategy
for Can Tho, was completed to portray the long term
development strategy for the city of Can Tho in the Republic
of Vietnam. The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 68757Date: January 1, 2012
The EBRD-World Bank Business Environment
and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) is a joint
initiative of the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (EBRD)...
Indonesia is an oil producing country
and is the only East Asian member of the Organization of
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Over the years, this
endowment of...
Type: Energy StudyReport#: 70420Date: January 1, 2012
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