In 2006, which China named the
"Year of Africa," it quadrupled its investment
commitments to infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa, to more
than $7 billion. In 2007 China...
Worldwide there is a high, and in many
cases growing demand for wild plants and animals and
products made from them. Wild species are used as the source
of a wide variety...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 46791Date: October 1, 2008
This press release announces that more
help is on the way for millions of Nepalis living in food
insecure areas where problems have been compounded by rising
food prices,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164898Date: September 30, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
welcomed an initiative launched by twelve countries in the
Americas to promote...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163486Date: September 30, 2008
This Results Profile talks about turning
Croatia’s ports into regional gateways. Croatia is famous
for its coastline, stretching more than five hundred
kilometers along...
This press release announces that the
World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved the Amman
solid waste management project for Jordan in the amount of
twenty-five...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163744Date: September 30, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank approved three hundred sixty-two million US
dollars assistance package to the Indian state of Orissa
designed to improve...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163783Date: September 30, 2008
The purpose of this note is to highlight
the key findings of an assessment of non-tariff measures
(NTMs) on goods trade in the East African Community (EAC),
and identify...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 45708Date: September 29, 2008
Rising food and fuel prices may
negatively impact human development in four dimensions: by
increasing poverty; worsening nutrition; reducing the
utilization of education...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45652Date: September 26, 2008Author:
Grosh, Margaret; del Ninno, Carlo; Daniel
Tesliuc, Emil;
This Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC)
report takes stock of further progress on the three parallel
conditions for Palestinian economic revival, Palestinian
Authority...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51943Date: September 22, 2008
This report is the executive summary of
the Environmental Assessment (EA hereafter) for the Guizhou
Cultural and Natural Heritage Development and Management
Project...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 48100Date: September 18, 2008
National roads carry over 70 percent of
the traffic in Sri Lanka. Uncontrolled roadside development,
years of neglect, and poor road maintenance, have resulted
in low...
This issue of the China Urban
Development Quarterly includes the following headings:
earthquake recovery and reconstruction: international
experience and best practice...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 45569Date: September 7, 2008
The consultations on development and
climate change held at United Stateson September 4, 2008 on
the strategic framework for the World Bank Group include
following headings:...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 76408Date: September 4, 2008
This study examines the factors
responsible for the growth of transport sector carbon
dioxide emissions in 20 Latin American and Caribbean
countries during 1980-2005...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4734Date: September 1, 2008Author:
Timilsina, Govinda R. ;
Shrestha, Ashish
Internal migration plays an important
role in moderating regional differences in well-being. This
paper analyzes migrants' choice of destination, using
Census and Living...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4728Date: September 1, 2008Author:
Fafchamps, Marcel ;
Shilpi, Forhad
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