This knowledge brief summarizes the
results of a November 2007 study that examined attitudes and
approaches toward HIV prevention and care among health and
transport...
Type: BriefReport#: 52685Date: December 1, 2009Author:
Bakilana, Anne;
This country level trade brief
summarizes insights from the world trade indicators database
as well as analyzes national impacts and responses to the
food crisis and...
This country level trade brief
summarizes insights from the world trade indicators database
as well as analyzes national impacts and responses to the
food crisis and...
This note explores the desirable
direction for further reform of China's state-owned
enterprise (SOE) dividend policy. This study represents an
effort in exploring the...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 53254Date: November 27, 2009
International Development Association
(IDA) deputies and borrower representatives met in
Washington to review progress to date on implementing the
IDA15 framework and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 52206Date: November 20, 2009
This press release announces that the
Global gas flaring has declined by a total of 22 billion
cubic meters (bcm) over the past three years despite five
percent rise...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167526Date: November 17, 2009
This paper intends to provide an
assessment of the size and number of the small scale mining
workings in the industrial mineral sector in Albania. The
Kruja zone, on...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 70195Date: November 15, 2009Author:
Seferaj, Nikolla ;
Bakallabashi, Jani ;
Cukalla, Martin
This press release announces on November
12, 2009, that a study conducted in twenty-four African
countries shows that the poor state of infrastructure in Sub
Saharan...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165465Date: November 12, 2009
This press release announces that Mexico
City’s Metrobus project received on November 12, 2009, the
2009 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership from
Harvard...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168766Date: November 12, 2009
This press release announces that the
seven Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) issued a joint
statement outlining a broad package of measures that each
would implement...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167525Date: November 11, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved thirty
million US dollars IBRD loan for the Kakheti Regional Roads
Improvement...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167339Date: November 10, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved
twenty-eight million US dollars IBRD loan for the additional
financing of the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 166042Date: November 10, 2009
This story highlights every 6 seconds,
someone is killed or maimed on the world's roads. Every
3 minutes, a child is killed in a road accident. Almost 90
percent of...
Thirty years ago, half the developing
world lived in extreme poverty today, a quarter. Now, a much
smaller share of children are malnourished and at risk of
early death....
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 53077Date: November 6, 2009Author:
Bierbaum,Rosina M. ;
Fay,Marianne ;
Ross-Larson, Bruce [editor]
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved an
additional financing of two hundred seventeen million US
dollars to help ensure...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165508Date: November 5, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Directors approved an IDA Credit and
an IDA Grant totaling twenty-five million US dollars
equivalent for...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 166041Date: November 3, 2009
The report is about the private
participation in infrastructure database. In 2008, 216
infrastructure projects with private participation reached
financial or contractual...
Type: BriefReport#: 53064Date: November 1, 2009Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina
This newsletter highlights:
Infrastructure Recovery and Assets (INFRA) event at the
annual meetings: greening recovery, seizing opportunities;
guidance note: "greening"...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 54844Date: November 1, 2009
There is a low but uncertain probability
that climate change could trigger
"mega-catastrophes," severe and at least partly
irreversible adverse effects across broad...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5127Date: November 1, 2009Author:
Kousky, Carolyn ;
Rostapshova, Olga ;
Toman, Michael ;
Zeckhauser, Richard
It is assumed that added time to export
adds cost to and lowers the volume of trade. Time delays may
also affect the composition of trade and can
disproportionately...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5128Date: November 1, 2009Author:
Li,Yue ;
Wilson,John S.
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