There are currently nine active
public-private partnerships (PPP) in infrastructure in the
region. Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are
responding to the...
Extortion by police and military
personnel manning roadside security posts has been a
consistent problem in each of Indonesia's areas of
large-scale conflict. The staged...
Type: BriefReport#: 53334Date: February 1, 2010Author:
Olken, Benjamin A. ;
Barron, Patrick
This paper assesses whether the level of
taxation of motor fuel is broadly appropriate in a group of
countries (OECD, BRICs and South Africa) accounting for more
than...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5212Date: February 1, 2010Author:
Boccardo,Jessica ;
Ley,Eduardo
To overcome huge shortfalls in access to
infrastructure services, poor countries need much higher
investment levels and more expertise to build, operate, and
maintain...
Type: BriefReport#: 56742Date: February 1, 2010Author:
Leigland, James
In late 2008 the Republic of Armenia
requested the Bank's assistance to mitigate the impact
of the global financial crisis. This technical note
describes how the Lifeline...
Type: BriefReport#: 53315Date: February 1, 2010Author:
Ishihara, Satoshi ;
Bennett, Christopher R.
Mali, a landlocked country of West
Africa, has experienced a spectacular growth of its exports
of fresh mangoes which have increased six-fold in volume
between 1993...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 54337Date: February 1, 2010Author:
Sangho, Yeyande ;
Labaste, Patrick ;
Ravry, Christophe
The World Bank Group (WBG) FY09 air
transport portfolio includes over 30 projects or project
components in all six regions of the International Bank for
Reconstruction...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 67838Date: February 1, 2010
This Infrastructure Recovery and Assets
(INFRA) update newsletter highlights publications, projects,
and news related to opportunities for employment generation
in infrastructure...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 54846Date: February 1, 2010
Large and energy-intensive
infrastructure investments with long life times have
substantial implications for climate policy. This study
focuses on options to scale down...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5208Date: February 1, 2010Author:
Strand, Jon ;
Miller, Sebastian
Malawi needs to focus on exports to
maintain and broaden its current inspiring levels of
economic growth. The focus of future policy should therefore
be on reforms that...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 47969Date: January 31, 2010
This paper discusses the growth in the
use of commercial motorcycles in cities in sub-Saharan
Africa as a manifestation of governments inability to
respond to market...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69717Date: January 25, 2010Author:
Kumar,Ajay
This book aims to help governments and
public authorities to establish effective light rail-light
metro transit (LRMT) systems, and focuses on use of
Public-Private...
Type: PublicationReport#: 53095Date: January 21, 2010Author:
Mandri-Perrott, Cledan; Menzies, Iain;
In April 2003, the government of
Cameroon adopted its first Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
(PRSP) to define the overall framework for its development
policies. Since...
Type: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)Report#: 52824Date: January 21, 2010
This press release announces on January
15, 2010, that the capacity of countries to efficiently move
goods and connect manufacturers and consumers with
international...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169641Date: January 15, 2010
The 260 MW Trung Son Hydroelectric Plant
(TSHPP) in Vietnam will be built on the upper Ma River,
about 170 km from Hanoi and 48 km from the Lao border and
about 200...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 59273Date: January 15, 2010
There has been increased interest
throughout the world in improving transit services through
the introduction of intelligent transportation systems
(ITS). ITS can be...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69262Date: January 5, 2010
The Institute of Comprehensive Transport
(NDRC) and the World Bank jointly carried out a study of
urban rail development in China. The joint study team
visited several...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 55772Date: January 5, 2010
Following a process of preparation and
planning that culminated in the formulation of the
Indonesian National Single Window (INSW) blueprint in August
2007, the INSW...
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