Niger is one of the ten poorest
countries in the world. To improve key infrastructure
sectors and foster economic growth, the government of Niger
created in 1999 the...
Some of the headings included in this
newsletter of the World Bank in India are: Mumbai introduces
modern traffic management system; development dialogue: The
Global...
Between 2000 and 2005 infrastructure
made a modest net contribution of less than one percentage
point to the improved per capita growth performance of the
Central African...
Report#: 62799Date: May 1, 2011Author:
Domínguez-Torres, Carolina ;
Foster,Vivien
Kinshasa-Brazzaville, currently the
third largest urban agglomeration in Africa, is predicted to
become Africa's largest, and the world's eleventh
largest, city by 2025....
Type: BriefReport#: 63807Date: May 1, 2011Author:
Brulhart, Marius ;
Hoppe, Mombert
Urban sources of greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions in Brazilian cities are growing. At the national
level, the dominance of greenhouse gas emissions from
deforestation...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 70186Date: May 1, 2011
The report would include a focused data
set on costs of flagship road construction inputs, and
average national costs based on samples, availability of
heavy machinery...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 71797Date: May 1, 2011
The Country Assistance Strategy Progress
Report (CASPR) reviews the relevance of the Bank's
FY08-11 Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Mali. The CAS
supports Mali's...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 61307Date: April 28, 2011
In the ICP classification, the category
machinery and equipment is broken down into two groups,
metal products and equipment and transport equipment,
and these...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 90925Date: April 21, 2011
The Executive Directors approved
financing for the Kenya Transport Sector Support Project in
the amount of US$ 300 million on the payment terms and
conditions set out...
Type: Board SummaryReport#: 61410Date: April 21, 2011
The International Comparison Program
(ICP) is responsible for the production of Purchasing Power
Parities (PPPs) for both national GDP and for sub-components
of GDP....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 90928Date: April 21, 2011
Bulgaria has come a long way from its
turbulent political and economic transition in the 1990s to
become a member of the European Union in January 2007. The
objective...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 60604Date: April 20, 2011
Film actress Michelle Yeoh, New York
City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Kenyan road safety
advocate Casey Marenge joined World Bank President Robert B.
Zoellick on April...
This Results Profile talks about
rehabilitating roads to connect people to prosperity in Sri
Lanka. More than 50 percent of the national roads had very
poor surface...
This Results Profile talks about Bosnia
and Herzegovina citizens, who benefitted from better water,
sanitation, transport, and housing in cities and
municipalities....
This Results Profile talks about
empowering local women, and delivering better-maintained
roads in rural Vietnam. The rapid expansion of the road
network in rural areas...
This study is a product of the Africa
Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD), a project designed
to expand the world's knowledge of physical
infrastructure in Africa....
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