Considering its long term socioeconomic
benefits, the Government of Indonesia (GoI) should consider
making a strategic decision to develop the trans-java
highway project....
In the aftermath of the 2007 cyclone
sidr in Bangladesh, the Global Facility for Disaster
Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the World Bank provided
the necessary financial...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 53002Date: January 1, 2010
Accelerating development in Sub-Saharan
Africa will require massive expansion of access to
electricity -- currently reaching only about one-third of
households. This...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5193Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Deichmann,Uwe Klaus ;
Meisner,Craig M. ;
Murray,Siobhan ;
Wheeler, David
This study was undertaken by the World
Bank in its initiative to support Brazil's integrated
effort towards reducing national and global emissions of
greenhouse gases...
Type: PublicationReport#: 63029Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Gouvello, Christophe de
The newly delineated Peshawar City
District (PCD) has undergone significant transformations in
the past ten years. Originally encompassing the adjoining
districts of...
Type: City Development Strategy (CDS)Report#: 56374Date: January 1, 2010
IFC and BNDES, the Brazilian development
bank, served as lead advisors to the Brazilian Ministry of
Planning and the National Transport Agency (ANTT) for an
innovative...
The estimate of the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development is that more than 80
percent or close to 8 million tons in 2007, of world freight
is transported...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 57967Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Kruk, C. Bert ;
Donner, Michel
The aim of this paper is to review the
state of the productive infrastructure of Uruguay and the
development policies that govern it and to propose policy
options for...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 41884Date: January 1, 2010
This Trade and Transport Integration
Project corridor newsletter includes some of the following
headlines: cargo throughput in the Port of Ploce; port
community system;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 58467Date: January 1, 2010
Employees of a new, International
Finance Corporation (IFC)-financed, Greenfield cement plant
in Karnataka, India, won't have long commutes: they
will have the option...
This report presents the findings of the
second edition of Connecting to Compete, a report on the new
dataset for the 2010 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) and
its...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 55852Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Hoekman, Bernard ;
Haddad, Mona ;
Arvis, Jean-Francois ;
Alina Mustra, Monica ;
Ojala, Lauri ;
Shepherd, Ben ;
Saslavsky, Daniel
This paper develops a global model of
climate policy, focusing on the choice between tax and
cap-and-trade solutions. The analysis assumes that the world
can be split...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5171Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Strand, Jon
The objective of the Giza North 2x750
Mega-Watt electrical (MWe) Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power
Project is to assist the Government of Egypt to improve the
security...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 52961Date: January 1, 2010
This study reviews and discusses how the
promotion of cycling as an affordable and clean means of
transport, is related to the promotion of road safety. It
presents...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70170Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Godefrooij, Tom ;
Schepel, Steven
Over the past year, the response to the
global financial crisis has continued to dominate
development and the work of international institutions,
including the World...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 58116Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Apfalter,Stefan ;
Pirozzi,Stephen Francis ;
Kumar,Anjali
The Xinao Group, a leading private
energy concern in China, utilizes a new production process
that converts coal into dimethyl ether (DME), a clean liquid
fuel. The...
Communities around the world are faced
with natural hazards-extreme environmental events such as
floods, cyclones, earthquakes, fires, and tsunamis. For some
communities,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 83997Date: January 1, 2010
Contingent liabilities create management
problems for governments. They have a cost, but judging what
the cost is and whether it is worth incurring is difficult.
Except...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 101491Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Irwin, Timothy ;
Mokdad, Tanya
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is
a unique partnership among 181 countries, international
institutions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the
private...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 55037Date: January 1, 2010
This paper discusses the development of
appropriate private sector participation (PSP) to optimize
the provision of air transport infrastructure (ATI). It is
aimed primarily...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 116466Date: January 1, 2010Author:
Allen Hamilton,Booz ;
Zakir Hussain, Mustafa (Editor)
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