The objective of this policy note is to
assist the Government of Moldova in improving the
functioning of agricultural markets, with a view to
enhancing the sector's...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 42141Date: December 1, 2005
A programmatic Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) project activity is a CDM project activity
where the emission reductions are achieved by multiple
actions executed over...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 76941Date: November 29, 2005
A programmatic Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) project activity is a CDM project activity
where the emission reductions are achieved by multiple
actions executed over...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 76941Date: November 29, 2005
This Pavement Assessment Report for
Roberts International Airport (RIA) is part of the Liberia
Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program. It summarizes the
findings of the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 71690Date: November 1, 2005
From the outset state-owned enterprises
(SOE) financial and economic performance generally failed to
meet the expectations of their creators and funders. There
were...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 35990Date: November 1, 2005
This study reviews the status and
performance of the physical infrastructure in the transition
economies of the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region during
the last...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37554Date: November 1, 2005Author:
Irwin,Timothy C. ;
Juan,Ellis J. ;
Warlters,Michael Ian
This paper tracks Thailand's
economic performance for 2005-2006, particularly its
economic growth rate, poverty headcount, oil pricing
impacts, investment environment,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37438Date: November 1, 2005Author:
Atsavasirilert,Wallada ;
Bhaopichitr,Kirida ;
Luangpenthong,Angkanee ;
Thongampai,Ruangrong
The strategic objective of the
Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Program (SSATP) for the period
2004-2007 is to anchor national transport strategies firmly
in national goals...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37194Date: November 1, 2005
In 2000, the Global Environment Facility
(GEF) launched a project to create a sustainable technical,
institutional, and financial infrastructure to support the
market...
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is the coldest
capital city in the world, with average winter low
temperatures of -20° Celsius. Many families there live in
gers, traditional...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM313Date: November 1, 2005Author:
Cowlin, Shannon ;
Edwards, Rufus ;
Kaufmann,Rachel Beth ;
Smith,Kirk Robert
This study reviews the long-distance
road transport industry in India, in order to identify
inefficiencies that could reduce the benefits to be derived
from the large...
Type: Other Infrastructure StudyReport#: 34220Date: November 1, 2005
This paper looks at firm-level evidence
on the African business environment from surveys undertaken
for Investment Climate Assessments by the World Bank in
2000-2004....
Type: PSD, Privatization and Industrial PolicyReport#: 37172Date: November 1, 2005
Growth in Russia received a boost from
new increases in oil and gas prices, and from the rapid
expansion of domestic demand. Income and wage growth
continues to outstrip...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 35602Date: November 1, 2005
Past research into the determinants of
international trade highlighted the importance of the basic
spatial gravity model augmented by additional variables
representing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3773Date: November 1, 2005Author:
Hausman,Warren H. ;
Lee,Hau L. ;
Subramanian,Uma
Contents: Why is the World Bank involved
in carbon finance? What is carbon finance? Integrating
carbon finance with Bank operations. Talking trash: Why
carbon finance...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37024Date: November 1, 2005Author:
Stein, John H. [editor]
This Environmental Assessment (EA)
Executive Summary provides a general resume of impacts on
the environment as a result of the Third Jiangxi Highway
Project implementation,...
Hurricane Ivan struck Grenada on
September 7, 2004. The international and local communities
responded with a massive reconstruction and recovery effort.
Although the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 35566Date: October 31, 2005
Like Other Economic and Sector Work
(OESW), expenditures on Non-lending Technical Assistance
(NLTA) have been substantial, averaging around $40m in
recent years. Adding...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 44573Date: October 25, 2005
This news release, dated October 13,
2005, announces a United States (U.S.) 677,000 dollars grant
from the Japan policy and human resources development fund
(PHRD) was...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169240Date: October 13, 2005
Liquid biofuels made from biomass are
attracting increasing interest worldwide. Industrial
countries see biofuels as a way of reducing greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM312Date: October 1, 2005Author:
Johnson,Todd M. ;
Kojima,Masami
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