In spite of the growing concerns about
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) being diverted from Latin
America to China and India, the best available data show
that Latin...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 66624Date: May 24, 2006Author:
Cravino, Javier ;
Lederman, Daniel ;
Olarreaga, Marcelo
This annual progress report of the
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) details the outcomes
in these first two years of the PRSP by assessing each
pillar of the...
Type: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)Report#: 35070Date: May 16, 2006
This report assesses Sri Lanka's
experience with decentralization to date and discusses
options for decentralization and implications for service
delivery in three sectors:...
Progress towards the main objectives of
the FY03-05 Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) - improving
the business environment and accelerating China's
transition to a market...
Type: CAS Completion Report ReviewReport#: 36418Date: May 15, 2006
The aim of this study is to contribute
to a better understanding of the extent and nature of
poverty in urban areas of this region, giving particular
attention to the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 36186Date: May 11, 2006
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank. He
will also like to express when poor people lack access to
basic financial...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101340Date: May 3, 2006Author:
Wolfowitz,Paul
The development objective of the Punjab
State Roads Project is to improve the transport operating
conditions for road users in Punjab, and, to further assist
in the...
In Africa. many now seem to agree that
developing infrastructure is critical for reducing poverty
and promoting sustained economic growth, that the private
sector has...
Type: BriefReport#: 37543Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Leigland,James
This environmental assessment executive
summary describes the general objective of the Recife Urban
and Social Inclusion Project - to create the appropriate
conditions...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 36259Date: May 1, 2006Author:
MC Consulting
This study takes as its point of
departure that tax regimes are one of the pillars of the
investment climate and thus it has a strong impact on
economic growth. Unlike...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 38035Date: May 1, 2006
This environmental assessment summary
outlines the measures to promote positive environmental
impacts, yet mitigate potentially adverse impacts resulting
from the implementation...
The authors determine how time delays
affect international trade using newly collected World Bank
data on the days it takes to move standard cargo from the
factory gate...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3909Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Djankov,Simeon ;
Freund,Caroline ;
Pham,Cong S.
Different types of data are required for
managing the road infrastructure. Inventory data describe
the physical elements of a road system. Condition data
describe the...
Type: BriefReport#: 37367Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Bennett,Christopher R. ;
Gine,Marcela Alondra Chamorro ;
De Solminihac Tampier,Hernan
This is an empirical paper seeking to
identify the mode of Turkey's integration into global
markets in general, and pan-European markets in particular,
as revealed in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3908Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Kaminski, Bartlomiej ;
Ng,Francis K. T.
To assess the prospects for foreign
direct investment (FDI) in the Western Balkan region, the
World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee
Agency (MIGA) conducted...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37401Date: May 1, 2006
Transport is integral to a
country's economy and its social fabric, and plays a
pivotal role in assisting the poor in gaining access to
services and employment opportunities....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 36962Date: May 1, 2006
Good institutional quality (function)
and similar institutional design (form) can promote
international trade by reducing transactions costs. The
authors evaluate the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3907Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Islam,Roumeen ;
Reshef,Ariell
The project was estimated to cost a
total of $814.6 million - the IDA Credit was for the
equivalent of $188 million - and it was implemented by the
government over the...
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the overwhelming
need for infrastructure has motivated regional economic
organizations to push for an ambitious agenda of private
participation....
Type: BriefReport#: 37544Date: May 1, 2006Author:
Leigland, James ;
Butterfield, William
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