This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved on July 9,
2009, two loans for a total of two hundred seventy million
sixty-five...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165557Date: July 9, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved two hundred
eleven million seven hundred thousand US dollars loan to the
Rio de...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 166987Date: July 9, 2009
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
weekly global economic newsletter are as follows: German
factory orders...
This press release announces that the
World Bank Group declared a comprehensive settlement with
Siemens AG in the wake of the company’s acknowledged past
misconduct...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167529Date: July 2, 2009
Infrastructure investment is a central
part of the stimulus plans of the Latin American and the
Caribbean (LAC) region as it confronts the growing financial
crisis....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS5009Date: July 1, 2009Author:
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Dragoiu,Georgeta ;
Schwartz,Jordan Z.
Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) is on the
mend. Over the past 14 years, infrastructure and basic
services have been restored to almost prewar levels, while
the country and...
Studies have shown that poverty
reduction is more likely to be effective when communities
have ready access, at all hours and in all weather, to
essential services and...
Infrastructure investment is a central
part of the stimulus plans of the Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC) region as it confronts the growing financial
crisis. This...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 88016Date: July 1, 2009Author:
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Dragoiu,Georgeta ;
Schwartz,Jordan Z.
The main message of this report is that
Pakistan can take measures to increase the tax to gross
domestic product (GDP) ratio by around 3.5 percentage points
over the...
Type: Other Public Sector StudyReport#: 50078Date: July 1, 2009
Since 1986, Uganda has evolved from a
nearly 'failed state' battered by violent
dictatorships to a country with a track record of growth and
institutional reform. Uganda's...
This mineral sector review examines the
mineral sector as a potential source of growth and
development in Malawi. In seeking the World Bank's
assistance the Government...
Type: Mining/Oil and GasReport#: 50160Date: July 1, 2009
This paper is designed to help both the
beneficiary governments and donors of aid-for-trade identify
countries that are under-performing in trade and which are
receiving...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4991Date: July 1, 2009Author:
Gamberoni,Elisa ;
Newfarmer,Richard S.
Infrastructure has particular challenges
in public procurement, because it is highly complex and
customized and often requires economic, political and social
considerations...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4994Date: July 1, 2009Author:
Estache,Antonio ;
Iimi,Atsushi ;
Ruzzier,Christian Alejandro
The sharp price increases in the world
oil market in 2007 and 2008 took everyone by surprise. And
just as some oil analysts were forecasting US$200 a barrel
or even...
In July 2009, the Cities Alliance
launched a four-issue CIVIS series on climate change
prepared by the Human Settlements Group at the International
Institute for Environment...
Since the launch of economic reforms in
the 1980s, Tanzania's population has benefited from a
gradual increase in income, driven by improvements in
economic performance,...
Over the past two decades, the growing
awareness of the role that emissions play in human health
and environmental degradation had led to a general movement
in many...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 60514Date: July 1, 2009Author:
Hammitt, James ;
Robinson, Lisa
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