On July 25, 1961, Frannie A. Leautier
was interviewed on behalf of the World Bank Group Archives
oral history program by Marie T. Zenni. During her tenure at
the bank...
This paper, prepared in response to the
Chinese government's request, examines the
institutional and financial arrangements under which the
expansion of the Chinese...
Type: City Development Strategy (CDS)Report#: 36550Date: May 18, 2007
This is an overall summary of the
semi-annual progress reports for the ongoing freestanding
activities of the Norwegian Trust Fund for Private Sector
and Infrastructure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 44600Date: May 9, 2007
This note looks, in particular, at the
situation within the West Bank which is experiencing severe
and expanding restrictions on movement and access, high
levels of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 40445Date: May 9, 2007
We model the process of migration from a
traditional to a modern sector. Migrants from the
traditional sector experience a period of unemployment
before finding modern...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 41366Date: May 7, 2007Author:
Karp, Larry
This report provides the results of a
review of the ECA project pipeline and identifies carbon
overlay opportunities. To accomplish this, the Consultant
reviewed the...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 70745Date: May 4, 2007
All interested parties seem to agree
that it is important to be able to monitor public sector
performance at the sectoral level, but most current work
based on multi-country...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4219Date: May 1, 2007Author:
Estache,Antonio ;
Gonzalez, Marianela ;
Trujillo,Lourdes
This summary report concludes that
transport plays a critical role in efforts to achieve low
carbon development. It is also the key to reducing impacts
on exposure to...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 40909Date: May 1, 2007Author:
Vergara, Walter ;
Haeussling, Seraphine
This note provides an update of the
sources and uses of IDA during FY06, the first year of the
IDA14 replenishment period (FY06-08). A total of 81
countries were eligible...
The objective of the report is to
provide an assessment of Turkey's progress with gas
distribution projects. The report aims to provide a detailed
analysis of Turkey's...
This Working Paper presents the current
trends in maritime transport and port sectors in West and
Central Africa (WCA), and proposes several policy
recommendations to...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 40954Date: May 1, 2007Author:
Alan Harding ;
Gaël Raballand ;
Gylfi Pálsson
Experts from the governments of
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and
Uruguay, who participated in this strategic study for the
Southern Cone Gas Pipeline...
This paper examines recent changes in
the structure of Argentine exports and the implications for
future growth. The authors find that the current export
structure of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4237Date: May 1, 2007Author:
Guerson,Alejandro Daniel ;
Parks,James ;
Parra Torrado,Monica L.
This background paper on young people
with disabilities in the Europe and Central Asia Regions
(ECA) did not seek to articulate a comprehensive or unitary
position on...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 40597Date: May 1, 2007Author:
Cuk, Vladimir ;
Pineda,Victor Santiago
This paper has been prepared in
accordance with the terms of reference for a study on power
system planning in India: incorporating externality costs
and benefits. ...
Type: Other Environmental StudyReport#: 68151Date: April 11, 2007
On April 10, 2007, the Board of
Directors of the World Bank today approved an International
Development Association (IDA) credit of US50 million dollars
for the Lagos...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169549Date: April 10, 2007
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the daily brief economics and financial market
commentary newsletter are as follows: activity in services
loses momentum...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60643Date: April 4, 2007Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Ju Kim, Eung ;
Streifel, Shane ;
DeKleine, Annette
Seven million Peruvians - 23 percent of
the country's population - lack access to modern energy
services. Most of these residents are located in the
Peruvian Amazon,...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 40241Date: April 1, 2007
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