Improving energy efficiency (EE) is one
of the most promising approaches for achieving
cost-effective global greenhouse gases (GHG) reductions.
However, it is severely...
The population of Colombia in 2005 was
around 41 million. The annual rate of population growth
accelerated from 2 percent in the 1940s to almost 3.4
percent in the 1950s,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 55979Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Guterman, Lia
The economic performance of the
Philippines has lagged behind most other developing
countries in Asia. Whereas the Philippine economy and its
agriculture sector performed...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56077Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Intal, Ponciano ;
Balisacan, Arsenio M. ;
David, Cristina C.
The Paying Taxes study is carried out as
part of the World Bank's overall Doing Business report
which, this year, was published on 26 September 2007. This
is the third...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 41951Date: December 1, 2007
Beans are one of the four agricultural
commodities commonly known as 'sensitive products'
in Mexico whose tariff phase-out period under NAFTA will end
in 2008. The other...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64265Date: December 1, 2007
This study focuses on the period
1955-2005. In the early part of that era, despite an
articulation of concern for the rural population, a policy
emphasis on industrialization...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56033Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Cassing, James ;
Nassar, Saad ;
Siam, Gamal ;
Moussa, Hoda
This note is conceived in an environment
where there was some fear that the final phase of opening
under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will
create pressure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 78516Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Nash, Josh ;
Caballero, Jose Maria ;
Larson, Donald ;
Brandriss, Peter
Following the unprecedented worldwide
support for the victims of the tsunami and earthquakes, the
Government of Indonesia and the international community, in
May 2005,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 53337Date: December 1, 2007
After independence in 1960 the economy
of Cote d'Ivoire was heralded as one of the success
stories of Sub-Saharan Africa. Gross domestic product (GDP)
grew at 8.1 percent...
Report#: 56030Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Abbott,Philip Chase
The World Bank undertook this study at
the request of the Government of Mexico to analyze the
implications of the final phase-out of tariffs and to
develop recommendations...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64259Date: December 1, 2007
The report is about the private
participation in infrastructure database. Private activity
in infrastructure continued its recovery in 2006. The number
of projects reaching...
Subsidy policies on public urban
transport have been adopted ubiquitously. In both developed
and developing countries, subsidies are implemented to make
transport more...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4440Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Estupinan,Nicolas Francisco ;
Gomez-Lobo,Andres ;
Munoz-Raskin,Ramon ;
Serebrisky,Tomas S.
This note is conceived in an environment
where there was some fear that the final phase of opening
under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will
create pressure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 78517Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Brandriss,Peter M. ;
Caballero,Jose Maria ;
Larson,Donald F. ;
Nash,John D.
This note is conceived in an environment
where there was some fear that the final phase of opening
under North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will
create pressure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 78513Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Nash, John ;
Caballero, Jose Maria ;
Larson, Donald ;
Brandriss, Peter
The objective of this paper is to review
the cotton sector policies and reform efforts of Benin,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali,
Senegal and Togo...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56046Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Baffes, John
The objective of this paper is to review
the cotton sector policies and reform efforts of Benin,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali,
Senegal and Togo...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56046Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Baffes, John
The objective of this paper is to review
the cotton sector policies and reform efforts of Benin,
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali,
Senegal and Togo...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56046Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Baffes, John
This paper analyzes the effect of
facilities and infrastructure available at the market place
on a farmer's decision to sell at the market using a
comprehensive survey...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4455Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Shilpi,Forhad J. ;
Umali-Deininger,Dina
This study generates measures of Nominal
Rates of Assistance (NRAs), and Consumer Tax Equivalent
rates (CTEs) for twelve agricultural products in Nicaragua,
for the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 55983Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Berthelon, Matias ;
Kruger, Diana ;
Saavedra, Diana
The study aims to present information
about specific countries which have initiated gas
distribution projects rather than suggestions. However, by
drawing on the experience...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM328Date: December 1, 2007
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