The Status of Projects in Execution
(SOPE) report for FY09 provides information on all
International Bank and Rural Development
(IBRD)/International Development Association...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 50946Date: October 2, 2009
The Status of Projects in Execution
(SOPE) report for FY09 provides information on all
International Bank and Rural Development
(IBRD)/International Development Association...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 51002Date: October 2, 2009
Benin’s port of Cotonou is a potential
gateway to landlocked West African countries, but high
shipping costs, low efficiency, and poor logistical
facilities have kept...
The Local Government Division, Ministry
of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives
(LGD) agreed, as part of the identification of a follow-up
project to...
Type: Country Infrastructure FrameworkReport#: 68304Date: October 1, 2009
This paper responds to a request from
the International Development Association (IDA) deputies
that Bank management report on implementation progress of
IDA's regional...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 51471Date: October 1, 2009
Seven years out of brutal conflict,
Sierra Leone is now a peaceful and stable country. Yet, its
strides toward economic recovery and competitiveness have
been modest...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5083Date: October 1, 2009Author:
Shakya,Mallika
Rapidly increasing emissions of carbon
dioxide from the transport sector, particularly in urban
areas, is a major challenge to sustainable development in
developing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5098Date: October 1, 2009Author:
Timilsina, Govinda R. ;
Shrestha, Ashish
Using a nested multinomial logit model
of car ownership and personal travel in Beijing circa 2005,
this paper compares the effectiveness of different policy
instruments...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5068Date: October 1, 2009Author:
Anas,Alexandros ;
Timilsina,Govinda R. ;
Zheng,Siqi
The Local Government Division, Ministry
of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives
(LGD) agreed, as part of the identification of a follow-up
project to...
Type: Country Infrastructure FrameworkReport#: 68304Date: October 1, 2009
A pro-growth, pro-poor transport
strategy (PGPTS) responsive to the second generation poverty
reduction strategies (SGPRSs) and the millennium development
goals (MDGs)...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 53499Date: October 1, 2009Author:
Mitiku,Tesfamichael Nahusenay
The province of Papua of the Republic of
Indonesia was provided special autonomy under law 21-2001 in
recognition of the fact that 'the management and use of
the natural...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 51777Date: October 1, 2009
This paper analyzes the impact of
infrastructure on growth of total factor productivity and
per capita income, using both growth accounting techniques
and cross-country...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5105Date: October 1, 2009Author:
Straub,Stephane ;
Noumba Um,Paul ;
Vellutini,Charles
The authors systematically document
remarkably high degrees of concentration in manufacturing
exports for a sample of 151 countries over a range of 3,000
products. For...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5081Date: October 1, 2009Author:
Easterly, William ;
Reshef, Ariell ;
Schwenkenberg, Julia
The Mexico City Metropolitan Area has
been suffering severely from transportation externalities
such as accidents, air pollution, and traffic congestion.
This study...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5071Date: October 1, 2009Author:
Parry, Ian W.H. ;
Timilsina, Govinda R.
The remote and sparsely populated
provinces of Papua and West Papua face a time of great
change. Monetary transfers from Jakarta have grown
extraordinarily in recent...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: AAA42Date: October 1, 2009
This report will look at how the
Government of Morocco (GoM) has addressed the issues of
decentralization and deconcentration in recent years. It
discusses how these...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 69706Date: October 1, 2009
Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) has
developed recently an ambitious master development plan for
Amman city based on an innovative approach to metropolitan,
urban and...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 69138Date: October 1, 2009
New private activity in infrastructure
continues to take place in developing countries despite the
financial and economic crisis. New projects are being
tendered and...
Type: BriefReport#: 53060Date: October 1, 2009Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina
This paper proposes an alternative
approach to addressing the complex problems of climate
change caused by greenhouse gas emissions. The author, who
won the 2009 Nobel...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5095Date: October 1, 2009Author:
Ostrom, Elinor
This study examines impacts on net
social benefits or economic welfare of alternative policy
instruments for reducing traffic congestion and atmospheric
emissions in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5099Date: October 1, 2009Author:
Anas, Alex ;
Timilsina, Govinda R.
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