The trade performance of countries in
South Asia over the past two decades has been poor relative
to other regions. Exports from South Asia have doubled over
the past...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4423Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Wilson, John S. ;
Otsuki, Tsunehiro
This chapter estimates indicators of
direct and indirect intervention by the Mexican government
in agriculture over the period 1979 to 2005. To put the
estimates in...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 55982Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Soloaga, Isidro ;
Lara, Gabriel
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 focus of this study is
competitiveness. The analysis considers several dimensions
of competitiveness of Mexican producer's vis-a-vis
their counterparts in the United...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 64264Date: December 1, 2007
Cameroon is among the more prosperous
countries in Africa, thanks to relatively abundant
agricultural land and offshore petroleum. These spurred an
economic boom from...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56031Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Bamou, Ernest ;
Masters, William A.
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
This paper summarizes the evidence on
the evolution of transport PPPs over the last 15 years or
so. In the process, it provides a primer on the associated
policy issues,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4436Date: December 1, 2007Author:
Estache,Antonio ;
Juan,Ellis J. ;
Trujillo Castellano,Lourdes
Ghana has done increasingly well in
recent years. This report has analyzed these issues in
considerable depth, making it a prime reference on
Ghana's growth and poverty...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 40934Date: November 28, 2007Author:
Bogetic, Zeljko
This assessment of the Pakistan
Infrastructure Implementation Capacity (PIICA) which was
carried out at the request of the GoP validates the view
that the Government...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 41630Date: November 22, 2007
This speech by Robert B. Zoellick,
President of the World Bank, was given at the United Nations
in New York in November 2007. He talks about the global
review for aid...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 125101Date: November 20, 2007Author:
Zoellick,Robert B.
This document presents both the
multi-donor Country Assistance Framework (CAF) and the World
Bank Group's Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for the
Democratic Republic...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 41474Date: November 16, 2007
The upcoming Uganda Country Assistance
Evaluation (CAE) will focus on World Bank Group (WBG) and
African Development Bank Group (AfDB) assistance over the
period between...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82246Date: November 7, 2007
On November 6, 2007, the World Bank
Board of Executive Directors today approved a US33.6 million
dollars International Development Association (IDA) credit
to support...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169537Date: November 6, 2007
The Indonesian government, through
National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) and with
technical support from the World Bank, has asked Lembaga
Penelitian, Pendidikan...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45619Date: November 1, 2007
This paper describes the role of public
transport and the nature and incidence of transport
subsidies in Mumbai, India. Mumbai has an extensive rail
and bus network,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4395Date: November 1, 2007Author:
Cropper, Maureen ;
Bhattacharya, Soma
The objectives of the Morupule B
Generation and Transmission Project are to expand domestic
power generation capacity that will support sustained
economic growth in...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 48448Date: November 1, 2007
Less restrictive product market policies
are crucial in promoting convergence to higher levels of GDP
per capita. This paper benchmarks product market policies in
Bulgaria...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4393Date: November 1, 2007Author:
De Rosa,Donato ;
Fay,Marianne ;
Ilieva,Stella
This paper uses a growth diagnostics
approach à la Hausmann, Rodrik, and Velasco (HRV) to
identify the most 'binding' constraints to private
sector growth in Mongolia...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4396Date: November 1, 2007Author:
Gooptu,Sudarshan ;
Ianchovichina,Elena
This paper suggests guidelines on AIDS
prevention communication programs, which were prepared to be
used by the provincial communication departments in China.
The spread...
Type: BriefReport#: 41927Date: November 1, 2007Author:
Bennett, Christopher R. ;
Deng, Fei
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