This studys broad goal was to identify
opportunities for promoting productive uses of electricity
in existing as well as among new small and medium
enterprises (SMEs)...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 70224Date: June 1, 2011
Ningbo serves as the Chinese pilot city
for the World Bank Climate Resilient Cities (CRC) Program.
The CRC program aims to, prepare local governments in the
East Asia...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 70205Date: June 1, 2011
The World Bank's Integrity
Vice-Presidency (INT) investigates misconduct in Bank-funded
projects and advises World Bank staff and borrowing country
personnel on corruption...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64283Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Messick, Richard
Infrastructure development in Sierra
Leone contributed about half a percentage point to the
economy's per capita growth rate in 2003-07. But if
Sierra Leone could upgrade...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5713Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Foster,Vivien ;
Pushak,Nataliya
This report is the output of a technical
assistance and dialogue mission financed by the Private
Participation in Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF) at
the request...
Type: Country Infrastructure FrameworkReport#: 68869Date: June 1, 2011
Despite external shocks, Mali's
economy grew by 5.3 percent per year between 2003 and 2006,
driven primarily by the telecommunications sector. But
Mali's landlocked...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5688Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Dominguez Torres,Carolina ;
Pushak,Nataliya
In recent years Mali's economy has
grown steadily at a rate of more than 5 percent per year,
driven by developments in gold mining, cereal harvests, and
telecommunications....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 62755Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia M ;
Dominguez, Carolina ;
Pushak, Nataliya
This note describes the recent trend and
the pattern of trade between South Sudan and Uganda, which
showed a dramatic growth initially but remains vulnerable to
changing...
Between 2000 and 2005, infrastructure
contributed less than 1 percentage point to the Central
African Republic's annual per capita GDP growth,
despite substantial spending...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5697Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Dominguez Torres,Carolina ;
Foster,Vivien
A carbon tax is an efficient economic
instrument to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide released
from fossil fuel burning. Its impacts on production of
renewable energy...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5678Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Csordas,Stefan ;
Mevel,Simon ;
Timilsina,Govinda R.
Between 2000 and 2005 infrastructure
made a contribution of 1 percentage point to Senegal's
improved per capita growth performance, placing it in the
middle of the distribution...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63100Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Briceno-Garmendia,Cecilia M. ;
Dominguez Torres,Carolina ;
Torres De Mastle,Clemencia
The Multilateral Development Banks (MDB)
action plan reflects extensive analysis and collaboration
among the multilateral development banks and follows on a
background...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 65561Date: June 1, 2011
Improvements in infrastructure in all
parts of Sudan in recent years have had a strong impact on
per capita growth, contributing 1.7 percentage points.
Consistent with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64738Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Ranganathan, Rupa ;
Briceno-Garmendia, Cecilia
This fire life and safety you newsletter
includes the following headings: evacuation definition;
Wardens role during an evacuation; evacuation drills;
Shelter-In Place(SIP)...
The report has three main chapters
discussing modernization, diversification and
competitiveness. The chapters examine problems and barriers
facing households, private...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 62905Date: June 1, 2011
Ningbo serves as the Chinese pilot city
for the World Bank Climate Resilient Cities (CRC) Program.
The CRC program aims to, prepare local governments in the
East Asia...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 70205Date: June 1, 2011
The authors construct a new measure of
connectivity in the global air transport network, covering
211 countries and territories for the year 2007. It is
grounded in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5722Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Arvis, Jean-François ;
Shepherd,Benjamin A.
The report, Nepal Public Expenditure
Review - Roads, was completed June 2011. The report states
that the Government of Nepal has achieved several of the
Millennium...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 66303Date: June 1, 2011
Although urbanization is frequently
cited as a major cause of greenhouse gas and local air
pollution emissions growth, it could be better understood as
one of the crucial...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 84188Date: June 1, 2011Author:
Rogers, John A.
Executive Directors expressed support
for the objectives of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor
Project, noting that additional rail transport capacity,
improved...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 62273Date: May 31, 2011
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