This press release announces the World
Bank approved ninety-five million US dollars additional
financing to the State of São Paulo, Brazil, in support of
the São Paulo...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163352Date: April 8, 2008
This press release announces that the
World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a grant for
three hundred eight million US dollars to the Republic of
Côte d’Ivoire...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164587Date: April 2, 2008
This paper seeks to shed some light on
the extent to which infrastructure sub-sectors - energy,
telecommunications, water supply, sanitation, and transport
- contributed...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4597Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Bramati, Maria Caterina ;
Seethepalli,Kalpana ;
Veredas,David
This paper studies the relationship
between devolution, accountability, and service delivery in
Pakistan. It examines the degree of accessibility of local
policy-makers...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4610Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Hasnain,Zahid
The purpose of this report is to assist
policy makers and planners in developing countries in the
preparation of a National Transport Strategy (NTS). The
report highlights...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 44905Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Lee, John ;
Hine, John L.
This economic update highlights the
following in its overview: Aceh's non-oil and gas
economy grew by 7.4 percent in 2007; although they still
account for more than...
This paper examines the determinants of
child nutritional status in seven provinces of China during
the 1990s, focusing specifically on the role of two areas of
public...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4587Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Bredenkamp,Caryn
This paper examines whether
infrastructure investment has contributed to East
Asia's economic growth using both a growth accounting
framework and cross-country regressions....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4589Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Straub,Stephane ;
Vellutini,Charles ;
Warlters,Michael Ian
That's right! There really are 100
million potential customers waiting for readers. Data show
that 45 percent of Indonesian people do not have access to
sanitation services....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 46080Date: April 1, 2008
This survey reviews the existing
macro-level empirical literature on the link between
infrastructure and development outcomes in a critical light.
After providing a...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4590Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Straub,Stephane
This handbook provides clear and concise
information on government export procedures in a
user-friendly format suited to small and medium enterprises
(SMEs) with little...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 44203Date: April 1, 2008
The petroleum sector briefing notes up
to this issue have focused on upstream exploration and
production. But crude oil has to be traded, refined, and
marketed before...
Developing countries dedicate a
considerable share of total infrastructure investment to
roads. The adoption in 2000 of the Millennium Development
Goals and an increasing...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 44542Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Odoki, Jennaro B ;
Ahmed, Farhad ;
Taylor, Gary ;
Okello, Sunday A
Overall support for the pedestrian
environment, or walk ability, has grown increasingly
important as the world urbanizes and motorized modes
threaten to displace or...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 44904Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Montgomery,Brittany ;
Roberts, Peter
Wolesi Jirga or the Lower House of
Parliament on March 15, 2008, approved the national budget
for the Solar Year 1387. In the new fiscal year, the
ordinary budget has...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 91531Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Crow,Benjamin Edward ;
Zia,Abdul Raouf
In an increasingly global marketplace,
commerce is not limited by borders. Instead, trade depends
on the ability to get goods to market, even as communities
rely on...
Using individual level employment data
from Bangladesh, this paper presents empirical evidence on
the relative importance of farm and urban linkages for rural
nonfarm...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4611Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Deichmann, Uwe ;
Shilpi, Forhad ;
Vakis, Renos
This paper examines the distribution of
climate change impacts across the 16 agro-ecological zones
in Africa using data from the Food and Agriculture
Organization combined...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4599Date: April 1, 2008Author:
Seo, S. Niggol ;
Mendelsohn, Robert ;
Dinar, Ariel ;
Hassan, Rashid ;
Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep
Effective billing and collection systems
are a critical component for ensuring the viability of a
service provider. Improving billing and collection
activities has an...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 44119Date: April 1, 2008
Vietnam electricity corporation (EVN)
intends to build Trung Son hydroelectric power dam at the
upstream head of Ma River. The construction will affect the
living of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 59937Date: March 31, 2008
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