The Sub-Saharan Africa Refinery Study
evaluates the effects of improved fuel specifications on
refiningoperations and air quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). The improved...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 70690Date: September 1, 2009
Climate change is anthropogenic - the
product of billions of acts of daily consumption. That
solutions need to be anthropogenic too is well accepted.
Yet, suggested...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5058Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Liverani, Andrea
Six emerging economies, Brazil, China,
India, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Africa, are proactively
seeking to identify opportunities and related financial,
technical,...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 52123Date: September 1, 2009
Mitigation investments in long-lived
capital stock (LLKS) differ from other types of mitigation
investments in that, once established, LLKS can lock-in a
stream of emissions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5063Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Shalizi, Zmarak ;
Lecocq, Franck
After a century of political
centralization in Colombia, the first public election of
city mayors in 19861 began a decentralization trend, which
was later reinforced...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 59559Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Gomez Rodriguez,Rafael ;
Olivera,Mauricio ;
Velasco Rodriguez,Mario Andres
Africa's first bus rapid transit
(BRT) scheme began operations on March 17, 2008, in Lagos,
Nigeria. Called 'BRT-Lite', it is a form of the
BRT system, but it is not...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 53497Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Mobereola, Dayo
The use of expert or qualitative surveys
to rank countries business investment conditions is
widespread. However, within the economic literature there
are concerns...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5054Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Hallward-Driemeier, Mary ;
Aterido, Reyes
Expanding international trade is an
important avenue for growth and development in low-income
countries. In addition to increasing the quantity of
existing export flows,...
Type: BriefReport#: 51634Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Brenton, Paul ;
Walkenhorst, Peter
In this issue: the panel's 15th
anniversary; the World Bank?s annual meeting; case update:
Ghana; case update: Albania; case update: Uganda; Bangkok
outreach; meeting...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 51378Date: September 1, 2009
Based on extensive data collection in
Uganda, this paper demonstrates that the rural access index,
as defined today, should not be a government objective
because the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5036Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Macchi,Patricia Paula ;
Merotto,Dino Leonardo ;
Petracco,Carly Kathleen ;
Raballand,Gael J. R. F.
The World Bank’s Disability and
Development Team is a part of the Bank’s Human Development
Network. We have commissioned Tom Rickert, the founder of an
NGO with twenty...
Type: ReportReport#: 154086Date: September 1, 2009
Roads are the arteries that are the
lifeblood for a healthy economic development leading the way
for improvements in the standard of living for the poor.
Rural communities...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51949Date: September 1, 2009
The Sub-Saharan Africa Refinery Study
evaluates the effects of improved fuel specifications on
refiningoperations and air quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). The improved...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 70690Date: September 1, 2009
The centers of Beitbridge, between South
Africa and Zimbabwe, and Chirundu, between Zimbabwe and
Zambia, are the busiest border posts on the North-South
corridor. Around...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 53498Date: September 1, 2009Author:
Curtis, Barney
The scoping study on cross-border
agribusiness in Lao PDR: focus on Champasak province was
undertaken to draw attention to the dynamic nature of
agricultural commod...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 59990Date: August 31, 2009
Jordan is a small, middle-income, open
economy, with a limited natural resources base and active
trade flows. As the integration of Jordan in the World
Economy progresses,...
Type: Country Environmental Analysis (CEA)Report#: 47829Date: August 18, 2009
The recent rapid increases in global oil
prices seriously impacted world economies. Despite a more
recent price decrease, many countries are aiming to
transition to...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 50034Date: August 13, 2009
This press release announces that Uganda
can harness its central location in the East African region
to promote regional integration and development, and offer
greater...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167546Date: August 13, 2009
This press release announces on August
6, 2009, that in her first country visit to the MENA region
since her appointment, the World Bank Vice President for the
Middle...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165408Date: August 6, 2009
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