The 2009 World Development Report (WDR)
on economic geography aroused interest among policymakers in
Thailand and led to an agreement between the Office of the
National...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63179Date: July 11, 2011
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
daily brief economics and financial market commentary
newsletter are...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 63610Date: July 11, 2011Author:
Dennis,Allen Curtis K. ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Savescu,Cristina ;
Spivak,Nadia I.
This paper describes the economic
importance of the service sector in Central European Free
Trade Agreement (CEFTA) countries and current barriers to
trade in services...
The World Bank's road safety
partnership with the Government of China (GOC) is maturing
at a time when a deeper awareness of the negative
development impacts of road...
From 1990-2010, project sponsors from
the Republic of Korea implemented nineteen infrastructure
projects in low and middle income countries with investment
commitments...
Type: BriefReport#: 66323Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Jett, Alexander Nicholas
Since its launch in 1987, the
Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program, known as SSATP
has proven a highly credible program and gained the
confidence of high-level...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 66938Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Thompson, John Bruce
Transport infrastructure is important
for economic growth. In Nepal, about 20 percent of rural
residents have to spend more than 3 hours to go to the
nearest marketplace...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5736Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Benamghar,Radia ;
Iimi,Atsushi
This paper evaluates the impact of
foreign aid to five service sectors (transportation,
information and communications technologies, energy,
banking/financial services,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5728Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Ferro, Esteban ;
Portugal-Perez, Alberto ;
Wilson, John S.
In 2010, 93 transport projects with
private participation reached financial or contractual
closure in 16 low- and middle-income countries, involving
investment commitments...
Type: BriefReport#: 66321Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Jett, Alexander
Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory
Facility (PPIF) assistance to strengthen Mali institutional
and regulatory frameworks with the objective of increasing
private...
This project can be considered to be an
initial process leading to the ultimate objective of
identifying and assigning costs associated with the impacts
of vehicle-generated...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 81570Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Greening, Tony
This Global Environment Facility
(GEF)-Sustainable Urban Transport Project (SUTP) newsletter
includes the following headings: project update; SUTP
events; Ecocabs: Fazilka;...
This note explores the prospects for
growth in Zambia's tourism industry, estimates the
potential contribution of a larger, more competitive tourism
industry, and identifies...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 72994Date: July 1, 2011
The Russian Federation Customs
Development Project (CDP), launched in 2003, has been
helping reform and modernizes the country's federal
customs service. Reforms under...
This guide is written for World Bank
staff and development practitioners working on
infrastructure projects. It is designed to enhance
cooperation and further synergies...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70770Date: July 1, 2011Author:
Kende-Robb, Caroline ;
Brusberg, Frederick
The World Bank created the Inspection
Panel in 1993, on the eve of its 50th anniversary, to serve
as an independent mechanism to ensure accountability in Bank
operations...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 63741Date: June 30, 2011
Trust funds (TFs) play an increasingly
important role in the international aid architecture,
reflecting the rapid growth of multi-bilateral aid. Multi-bi
aid is bilateral...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 70965Date: June 30, 2011
The annual report of the Inspection
Panel for the period July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011, has
been prepared for the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 65378Date: June 30, 2011
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