Faced with a production shortfall in
early 2004 and a sharp rise in the price of imported rice
due to a depreciation of the Malagasy franc and a spike in
international...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 38706Date: September 1, 2006Author:
Minten, Bart (editor) ;
Dorosh, Paul (editor)
In Ethiopia the centrality of water is
clear. With little water resources infrastructure,
relatively weak management institutions and capacity,
extreme hydrological...
Type: BriefReport#: 37632Date: September 1, 2006Author:
Sadoff,Claudia W.
The paper on financing of road
maintenance in Sub-Saharan Africa discusses the evaluation
criteria for assessing second generation road funds and
gives an overview of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 38453Date: September 1, 2006Author:
Benmaamar,Mustapha
This report summarizes the findings of
Investment Climate Assessments (ICAs) carried out for all
countries in the South Asia region. It compares South Asian
countries...
Type: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)Report#: 71514Date: September 1, 2006
The Transport Sector Board decided to
reinstall the Air Transport Office (ATO) at the Bank's
transport anchor unit in July 2004. This came after the
World Bank renewed...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 67835Date: September 1, 2006
Kosovo's second mobile operator
ends the monopoly. Government revenues higher than
predicted. Reducing environmental hazards of the energy
sector in Kosovo.
This study is a supporting document for
the GEF Regional Project on Sustainable Transportation. It
is the first published document that compiles and
synthesizes air...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 39231Date: September 1, 2006Author:
Lopez-Silva, Juan Andres ;
Della Maggiora,Carla
This report summarizes the findings of
Investment Climate Assessments (ICAs) carried out for all
countries in the South Asia region. It compares South Asian
countries...
Type: Investment Climate Assessment (ICA)Report#: 71514Date: September 1, 2006
The governments of Bosnia and
Herzegovina should build on progress achieved and move
forward with determination to address the key fiscal
challenges. This Public Expenditure...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 36156Date: September 1, 2006
This article highlights some of the
findings from recent analytical work that has been carried
out in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region, notably
a number...
Type: BriefReport#: 37786Date: September 1, 2006Author:
Brushett,Stephen Jeremy ;
John-Abraham,Indu
The project, with an IDA credit of US$30
million, and a total of $60 million was implemented by the
government between 1998 and 2004. It was jointly financed by
KFW...
As governments turn to the private
sector to provide services once delivered by the public
sector, they must learn new skills. An increasingly common
way to provide...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 37575Date: September 1, 2006Author:
Dhingra,Inderbir Singh ;
Dutz,Mark Andrew ;
Harris,Clive G. ;
Shugart,Christopher
Private sector management and financing
of airports has continued to expand in developing countries.
Long-term concessions for airports are the predominant model
today,...
The travel industry is undergoing
enormous change driven by the growth of the internet. It is
now estimated that over 70 percent of travelers in the
United States use...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 38231Date: September 1, 2006
Investment commitments to infrastructure
projects with private participation grew in 2005, but the
number of infrastructure projects reaching financial closure
fell,...
Swaziland has been experiencing a
long-term decline in economic growth, rising poverty and a
widespread HIV/AIDS epidemic, all in part related to past
policy choices....
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 35318Date: August 31, 2006
Poland's economic growth and
transition to a market economy have significantly increased
the number of cars on its roads and tested the
government's ability to keep...
On August 24, 2006, the World Bank’s
Board of Directors today approved a US74 million dollars
loan to assist the Paraguayan authorities to improve road
infrastructure...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 168610Date: August 24, 2006
This World Bank technical team report
provides an updated assessment of movement and access for
goods and people in WBG, which was initiated by the World
Bank after...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 40461Date: August 15, 2006
On August 14, 2006, on the occasion of
the XVI International AIDS Conference, being held in
Toronto, August 13th-18th, development institutions from
across the globe...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164490Date: August 14, 2006
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