According to research at the World Bank,
trade facilitation efforts in Mexico and its primary trading
partners have the potential to increase Mexican exports by
$34...
Type: BriefReport#: 45160Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Taylor, Benjamin J. ;
Wilson, John S
A primer on reducing vulnerabilities to
climate change impacts and strengthening disaster risk
management in East Asian cities is prepared as a guide for
local governments...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 44926Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Prasad, Neeraj ;
Ranghieri, Federica ;
Shah, Fatima ;
Trohanis, Zoe
This study explores urban spatial growth
patterns in three middle-sized Metropolitan Regions (MRs) in
three world regions: Quito, Ecuador in Latin America;
Xi'an, China...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 44973Date: June 1, 2008
The rural roads program, overseen by
Provias Descentralizado (subdivision of Peru's Ministry
of Transportation and Communications), began in 1995, and
has received funds...
Type: Other Rural StudyReport#: 45124Date: June 1, 2008
To be credible, any plan for scaling up
infrastructure in Africa must rest on a thorough evaluation
of how fiscal resources are allocated and financed. Because
in every...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71815Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Garmendia, Cecilia Briceno ;
Smits, Karlis ;
Foster, Vivien
To be credible, any plan for scaling up
infrastructure in Africa must rest on a thorough evaluation
of how fiscal resources are allocated and financed. Because
in every...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71815Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Garmendia, Cecilia Briceno ;
Smits, Karlis ;
Foster, Vivien
In many developing countries (both poor
and middle-income), business owners complain that tax
compliance costs (i.e. cost of preparing, handling, and
submitting required...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 46178Date: June 1, 2008Author:
Coolidge, Jacqueline ;
Ilic, Domagoj ;
Kisunko, Gregory
In the 1990s, Zimbabwe's economic
growth began to slow following a balance of payments crisis
and repeated droughts. By the late 1990s Zimbabwe's
economy was in serious...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 43855Date: June 1, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Directors approved ten million US
dollars grant for the Republic of Haiti to help the
government respond to...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164063Date: May 29, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Directors approved an International
Development Association (IDA) credit of thirty million US
dollars for Niger...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163781Date: May 29, 2008
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the daily brief economics and financial market
commentary newsletter are as follows: U.S. durable goods
orders (ex-transport)...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 61047Date: May 28, 2008Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Ju Kim, Eung ;
Streifel, Shane ;
De Kleine, Annette
This press release announces that the
World Bank has today approved an International Development
Association (IDA) credit of one hundred ninety US dollars
for the Second...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163976Date: May 27, 2008
Despite a diminishing role in industrial
countries, the manufacturing sector continues to be an
engine of economic growth in most developing countries. This
article...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 76785Date: May 27, 2008Author:
Deichmann, Uwe; Lall, Somik V.; Redding,
Stephen J.; Venables, Anthony J.
This press release announces that the
World Bank Group launched a new transport business strategy
for 2008-2012 that will help partner countries establish the
governance,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164641Date: May 21, 2008
This Interim Strategy Note (ISN)
presents the support to Togo planned by the World Bank for
the period May 2008-June 2010. In May 2002, Togo fell into
non-accrual status...
Type: Interim Strategy NoteReport#: 43257Date: May 16, 2008
This Annual Progress Report (APR) is the
first assessment of progress made in the implementation of
policies outlined in the Second Growth and Poverty Reduction
Strategy...
Type: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)Report#: 42865Date: May 13, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick highlighted
the significant progress made by Colombia in addressing
economic, political...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164814Date: May 8, 2008
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the daily brief economics and financial market
commentary newsletter are as follows: European services
activity surprises...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 61034Date: May 6, 2008Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Ju Kim, Eung ;
Streifel, Shane ;
De Kleine, Annette
The objective of the Shanxi Coal Bed
Methane Development Project is to increase the production
and utilization of CBM/CMM to replace coal as a fuel for
thermal use and...
Balochistan offers some of the best
assets for development. Balochistan is generously bestowed
with natural and locational resources. It possesses the
largest land area...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 40345Date: May 1, 2008
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