China's economic development since
the opening of its economy in the late 1970s has resulted in
an eight percent average annual rate of economic growth. Key
facets of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 82123Date: April 27, 2005Author:
Churchill, Anthony ;
Thum, Cordula
Infrastructure loans and credits
(transport and energy) represent almost half the Bank's
portfolio in China. The projects although large for the Bank
and small relative...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 82118Date: April 27, 2005Author:
Churchill,Anthony
This resolution establishes a Trust Fund
for Tsunami Disaster Recovery in India, administered by the
International Development Association, in order to finance a
post-tsunami...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 32212Date: April 26, 2005
The broad purpose of the Asia region
consultative workshop was to promote awareness among key
stakeholders on the transport indicators initiative, and to
invite contributions...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45133Date: April 24, 2005
Many developing countries are concerned
about the adjustment costs associated with trade
liberalization, or are ill-equipped to take advantage of new
export opportunities....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 32384Date: April 12, 2005
There are a wide range of technologies
available to the road manager for measuring attributes of
the road network. The challenge is to select the appropriate
equipment,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37372Date: April 6, 2005Author:
Bennett,Christopher R. ;
Gine,Marcela Alondra Chamorro ;
Chen Chen ;
De Solminihac Tampier,Hernan ;
Flintsch, Gerardo W.
This study describes the status of the
emerging carbon market, as of May 2004. The carbon market
encompasses trades of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission
allowances (under...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34388Date: April 1, 2005Author:
Lecocq,Franck Michel
This Public-Private Infrastructure
Advisory Facility Quarterly Report comprises a summary and
the report. The summary includes: introduction; funding
source; activity...
The first paper of this section
(Durand-Laserve) documents how increasing pressures on urban
land and the 'commodification' of shelter and
settlement has increased 'market...
Report#: 87976Date: April 1, 2005Author:
Cira,Dean A. ;
Ferguson,Bruce ;
Freire, Mila ;
Kessides,C. Fallert ;
Lima,Ricardo ;
Mota, Jose Aroudo ;
Motta,Diana Meirelles Da
This note discusses the innovation
climate in Tanzania and the policies being pursued there.
This is part of the background work carried out for the
Country Economic...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 41669Date: April 1, 2005Author:
Aubert,Jean-Eric ;
Wanga,Godwill George
This Public-Private Infrastructure
Advisory Facility Quarterly Report comprises a summary and
the report. The summary includes: introduction; funding
source; activity...
The report is an evaluation of the Bank
assistance to the Pacific Member Countries (PMCs) over the
period 1992-2002, primarily focused on the five borrowing
countries...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 31940Date: March 31, 2005
The note reviews the objectives,
programs, impact and lessons learned from the operations of
the three National Construction Councils (NCCs) established
to date - in...
Type: BriefReport#: 34950Date: March 30, 2005Author:
Brushett,Stephen Jeremy ;
Seth,Subhash C.
This news release, dated March 29, 2005,
announces the World Bank Group’s Board of Directors approved
a 30 million dollars loan to Costa Rica to improve education
indicators...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167268Date: March 29, 2005
Starting from the late 1980s the
underlying trend in public participation in infrastructure
(PPI) has pointed upwards and is continuing to do so today.
Cycles around...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 37570Date: March 28, 2005Author:
Dellacha,Georgina ;
Ettinger,Stephen J. ;
Hahn,Shelly ;
Schur,Michael ;
von Kaludy, Stephan
Malawi is a small, land-locked country
with a population of just over 11 million and is one of the
most densely populated countries in Africa. Nearly 60
percent of...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82240Date: March 24, 2005
The proposed amendment to the Credit
Agreement regarding Azerbaijan Highway Project intends to
utilize project savings of US$ 15 to 16 million (about 30
percent of the...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 31847Date: March 17, 2005
In March 2005, Yoshiaki Abe was
interviewed on behalf of the World Bank Group Archives oral
history program by Marie T. Zenni. During his tenure at the
Bank from 1967...
Type: TranscriptReport#: 78785Date: March 17, 2005
This news release, dated March 15, 2005,
announces the World Bank approved a United States (U.S.) 20
million dollars grant to step up the fight against human
immunodeficiency...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 169746Date: March 15, 2005
The Sixth Quality of Supervision
Assessment (QSA6) included 130 randomly selected operations
approved by the Board prior to FY04 and still active on July
1, 2004, representing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 46146Date: March 15, 2005Author:
Hari Prasad, P.
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