Afghanistan's reconstruction has
made considerable progress during the past four years. Led
by the Government with international support but relying
mostly on the energy...
Type: Integrative Fiduciary AssessmentReport#: 34582Date: December 22, 2005
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank.
On discussion forum he shared some thoughts about how the
global community...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101332Date: December 20, 2005Author:
Wolfowitz,Paul
This news release, dated December 15,
2005, announces the World Bank approved a United States
(U.S.) 160 million dollars package of assistance from the
International...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169659Date: December 15, 2005
This is a statement by Jiayi Zou at the
executive directors' meeting of December 15, 2005
concerning the CAS Progress Report and Road Sector
Assistance Project for Sri...
Type: Executive Director's StatementReport#: 121335Date: December 15, 2005
This news release, dated December 15,
2005, announces the World Bank’s Board of Executive
Directors approved a United States (U.S.) 100 million
dollars loan to the People’s...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169695Date: December 15, 2005
Emergency relief is still needed, but
the burden of effort is now focused on reconstruction, and
progress is being made on multiple fronts. In Aceh and Nias,
great areas...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 35507Date: December 14, 2005Author:
Hellman,Joel ;
Mangkusubroto, Kuntoro ;
Said, Sudirman ;
Steer,Andrew D.
The Madagascar Transport Infrastructure
Investment Project became effective on March 10, 2004. Since
then, project implementation has encountered difficulties,
there...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 34788Date: December 14, 2005
This Technical Elaboration serves to
clarify the text of the Agreement on Movement and Access of
November 15, 2005, and references the understandings reached
between...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 40450Date: December 2, 2005
The Philippines enjoys tremendous
endowments of natural, and human resources that provide
great potential for economic development and poverty
reduction. However, overall...
Type: Country Infrastructure FrameworkReport#: 31782Date: December 1, 2005
Emergency relief is still needed, but
the burden of effort is now focused on reconstruction, and
progress is being made on multiple fronts. In Aceh and Nias,
great areas...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 35507Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Hellman,Joel ;
Mangkusubroto, Kuntoro ;
Said, Sudirman ;
Steer,Andrew D.
This review aims to identify ways of
improving the structure and efficiency of the transport
sector in Tonga. It seeks to provide a coherent and
consistent analysis...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 35237Date: December 1, 2005
The majority of Kabul's new
migrants are informally housed. While this has prevented an
even larger crisis of homelessness, informal development has
led to legal and...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 37083Date: December 1, 2005
Kabul has grown at a rate of
approximately 15 percent year since 1999 and its projected
growth is 5 percent (2 percent migrants and 3 percent
natural growth), representing...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 37085Date: December 1, 2005
This paper examines industry
concentration for the South African manufacturing sector
over the 1972-1996 period for the three-digit industry
classification. The paper...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 38702Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Fedderke,Johannes Wolfgang ;
Szalontai,Gabor Daniel
Achieving the Millennium Development
Goals (MDG) and poverty reduction objectives of developing
countries requires a substantially greater investment in
capacity development....
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 38910Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Alameddine,Chirine ;
Hart-Poliquin,Moira
This study examines the challenges
facing the railways of the Western Balkans region. The
region's railways have many common problems including
small size and fragmented...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 42009Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Humphreys, Martin ;
Lawrence, Martha B. ;
Ollivier, Gerald ;
Rastogi, Cordula ;
Tomova, Julia ;
Morel, Julie
Informal settlements shelter about 80
percent of Kabul's population (2.44 million people),
cover 69 percent of the city's residential land, and
represent a fixed private...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 37084Date: December 1, 2005
This paper emphasizes that sustained
economic growth in the West Bank and Gaza is a vital part of
the process of political normalization and employment, and
particularly...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 40462Date: December 1, 2005
The Public-Private Infrastructure
Advisory Facility (PPIAF) is a multidonor technical
assistance facility aimed at helping developing countries
improve the quality of...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 35501Date: December 1, 2005
The 2005 External Review of Public
Financial Management (ERPFM) consists of two volumes. The
first volume is the main text, while the second volume
comprises statistical...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 32595Date: December 1, 2005
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