This paper includes the following
articles: Thailand to fight global warming with two new
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects; and World
Bank's response to the...
This paper documents the trends in
infrastructure in major Latin American economies over the
last quarter century. Drawing from an expanded and updated
data set, the...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 53523Date: May 29, 2009Author:
Calderon, Cesar ;
Serven, Luis
This press release announces that the
World Bank approved six million eighty-one hundred thousand
US dollars in additional grant assistance to
Afghanistan's Emergency...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167172Date: May 26, 2009
This knowledge review synthesizes the
recent operational experience of seven developing countries
in regional policy with lagging areas, with a focus on World
Bank engagement....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 69703Date: May 20, 2009Author:
Hon,Vivian ;
Rojchaichaninthorn,Jeep ;
Schmidt,Emily
This report aims to strengthen the
monitoring and evaluation (M&E) aspects of HIV/AIDS
components in road projects. Result-based M&E helps
decision makers assess whether...
Type: Other Health StudyReport#: 44386Date: May 19, 2009
In May 2008, the government of Burundi
requested Bank assistance to review the situation of the
petroleum market, and evaluate the existing pricing
mechanism. Following...
Type: Other Poverty StudyReport#: 76009Date: May 19, 2009
This press release announces that cities
and their residents are the main drivers of global warming,
yet also offer the best means for slowing the rate and
impact of...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165416Date: May 15, 2009
The report presented a detailed
assessment of the infrastructure Public Private Partnership
(PPP) financing market in Pakistan, including key financing
gaps as existent...
Type: Country Infrastructure FrameworkReport#: 68347Date: May 14, 2009
This Country Partnership Strategy (CPS)
was designed in close coordination with all stakeholders,
including the International Finance Corporation (IFC), and
provides...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 48404Date: May 13, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank on May 12, 2009, approved sixty-two million two
hundred thousand US dollars IDA credit to Bangladesh,
designed to improve...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165654Date: May 12, 2009
This press release announces that the
World Bank on May 12, 2009, approved twenty-five million US
dollars IDA credit to help Pakistan improve its trade and
transport...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165763Date: May 12, 2009
Policymakers in developing countries are
increasingly recognizing the necessity of developing
strategies and identifying specific investment programs to
reduce spatial...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 70398Date: May 5, 2009
Infrastructure investment is a central
part of the stimulus plans of the Latin America and
Caribbean Region (LAC) as it confronts the growing financial
crisis. This...
Vietnam's transport sector plays an
important role in its socioeconomic development. Passenger
transport helps meets daily needs and contributes
significantly to tourist...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 58106Date: May 1, 2009
Infrastructure investment can play an
important role as part of fiscal stimulus measures to pull
developing countries out of the crisis. In previous crises,
lack of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 58941Date: May 1, 2009
This note provides an update of the
sources and uses of International Development Association
(IDA) during FY08, the last year of the IDA14 replenishment
period (FY06-08),...
Climate scientists have identified
global warming as the most important environmental issue of
our time, but it has taken over 20 years for the problem to
penetrate...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4940Date: May 1, 2009Author:
Norgaard, Kari Marie
This report describes and explains how,
in the period 1990-2008, China's railway sector has
contributed and responded to the incredibly challenging
transport demands...
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