The basic framework for the background
study on building export competitiveness in Laos is based on
the National Growth and Poverty Eradication Strategy
(NGPES), which...
Type: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows StudyReport#: 38660Date: November 1, 2006Author:
Arnold,John H. ;
Austin, J. E. ;
Brenton,Paul ;
Carlier,Amanda S. ;
Fane,George Charles ;
Haddad,Mona E. ;
Ledrew,William Edwin ;
Nuansavanh, Khamlusa ;
Oshikawa, Maika ;
Phongsa, Phouvieng ;
Schuler,Philip M. ;
Zarnowieki, Michel ;
van Der Meer, Kees
This document is a concise summary of
the key findings and conclusions of the project
environmental impact assessment (EIA) report and
environmental management plan...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 39620Date: November 1, 2006
The author examines the role of private
participation in infrastructure (PPI) in mobilizing finance
for key urban services, that is, urban roads, municipal
solid waste...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4045Date: November 1, 2006Author:
Annez,Patricia Clarke
Labor supply in Sub-Saharan Africa, like
many economic and social issues, is often discussed as
though the entire subcontinent faced essentially similar
overwhelming...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 38139Date: November 1, 2006
As part of MIGA's global Enterprise
Benchmarking Program (EBP), a study was conducted among six
industries to compare the operating costs and conditions for
investors...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 38905Date: November 1, 2006
This paper summarizes the World Bank
Institute's (WBI) performance in its 34 focus countries
in FY06 from the perspective of operational staff, the
Institute's Evaluation...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 43175Date: November 1, 2006Author:
Okada,Sara ;
Le Rouzic,Violaine R.
This paper provides an institutional
record of the implementation experiences of all the four
World Bank-assisted National Emergency Employment Program
(NEEP)/National...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 52902Date: November 1, 2006Author:
Durrani, Amer Zafar ;
Ahmed, Naila ;
Ahmad, Maha
This paper contributes to the debate on
the existence of pollution haven effects by systematically
measuring the pollution content of trade (measured by the
pollution...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4047Date: November 1, 2006Author:
Grether,Jean-Marie ;
Mathys,Nicole Andrea ;
De Melo,Jaime A. P.
This profile documents the ethnically,
culturally, and socially diverse population that makes up
Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region. It points out that
infrastructure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 41907Date: November 1, 2006
This paper examines the impact of
measures to reduce emissions from passenger transport,
specifically buses, cars, and two-wheelers in Mumbai. These
include converting...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4059Date: November 1, 2006Author:
Ramos Bento,Antonio Miguel ;
Cropper,Maureen L. ;
Takeuchi,Akie
This paper provides an overview of the
various channels through which public infrastructure may
affect growth. In addition to the conventional productivity,
complementarity,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4064Date: November 1, 2006Author:
Agenor,Pierre-Richard ;
Moreno-Dodson,Blanca
The Bank aimed to support the Mauritius
Government's 2001 economic agenda for the new
millennium through the FY2002-04 country assistance strategy
(CAS). The CAS had...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 37903Date: October 20, 2006
On October 19, 2006, the World Bank
Board of Executive Directors today approved an International
Development Association (IDA) grant and credit of US23.5
million dollars...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168609Date: October 19, 2006
On October 19, 2006, as part of a
multi-donor, multi-year investment program of up to
US700-800 million dollars, the World Bank today approved a
US40 million dollars...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168799Date: October 19, 2006
The purpose of this project is to
provide consultancy services supporting the restructuring of
Armenian Railways with the objectives of developing a
restructuring plan...
El Salvador faces a list of policy
challenges related to infrastructure that will impact the
country's ability to reduce poverty and resume growth.
The Government must:...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 37689Date: October 10, 2006
A survey of 120 cities in China shows
that city-level investment climate varies widely. Business
law and regulation are basically the same throughout China.
Hence, differences...
Type: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)Report#: 37759Date: October 9, 2006
The World Bank approved a 1.25 million
dollars grant to support community projects and strengthen
community-based organizations in Cite Soleil and Bel Air,
two of the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164167Date: October 3, 2006
This Annual Review of Development
Effectiveness for 2006 (ARDE) assembles evidence from the
recent work of the Independent Evaluation Group of the World
Bank to explore...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 37161Date: October 2, 2006
In recent years, select examples have
emerged of initiatives developed and launched by small urban
local bodies in India that have transformed service levels
and helped...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 38743Date: October 1, 2006
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