This news release, dated March 11, 2004,
announces the World Bank’s Board of Directors approved on
March 9, an International Development Association (IDA)
credit of...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163972Date: March 11, 2004
Findings of international studies of the
HIV/AIDS pandemic at work places suggest that, the transport
sector is a major vector for the disease. The reason is
simple....
Type: BriefReport#: 31049Date: March 1, 2004Author:
Brushett,Stephen Jeremy ;
Lema,Antoine V. ;
Lewi,Negede ;
Riverson,John D. ;
Silue,Siele
The content of the second seminar
reflects transport sector issues in view of European Union
(EU) membership in addition to the themes addressed already
in the first...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 31123Date: March 1, 2004Author:
Naula,Tapio Kalle Olavi ;
Ojala,Lauri M. ;
Queiroz,Cesar Augusto
The World Bank is considering supporting
transport infrastructure rehabilitation in Serbia. The main
objectives are e.g. to: improve the effectiveness of the
policies...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 111649Date: March 1, 2004Author:
Mertner, Jesper
This literature review aims to (1)
identify and prioritize energy-related health problems,
especially "hot spots," and (2) assess the Africa
Energy Strategy for its...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 39903Date: March 1, 2004Author:
Listori, James A. ;
Doumani, Fadi M.
This report on the diagnostic trade
integration study (DTIS) of Malawi is intended to fill the
gap between recent studies that had as their subjects
various aspects...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 38462Date: February 20, 2004
This news release, dated February 19,
2004, announces the World Bank Board of Directors approved a
United States (U.S.) 505 million dollars First Programmatic
Loan for...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164578Date: February 19, 2004
The report envisages significant,
medium-term benefits for Afghanistan and its neighbors from
trade policy liberalization, from country-by-country reforms
in trade logistics,...
Type: Foreign Trade, FDI, and Capital Flows StudyReport#: 26769Date: February 18, 2004
JNPT was established with the goal of
creating a world-class port in India. Indeed, it clearly
enjoyed an edge over other Indian ports with respect to both
infrastructure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 31364Date: February 15, 2004
The World Bank is considering supporting
transport infrastructure rehabilitation in Serbia. The main
objectives are e.g. to: improve the effectiveness of the
policies...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 111649Date: February 1, 2004Author:
Mertner, Jesper
The relationships between trade
facilitation, trade flows, and capacity building are complex
and challenging to assess, both empirically and in
implementation. The authors...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3224Date: February 1, 2004Author:
Wilson,John S.; Mann, Catherine L.; Otsuki, Tsun
At the occasion of the annual meeting of
the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP) in
Kigali in May 2003, the SSATP was requested by its members
to take...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 39625Date: February 1, 2004
Looking back, 2003 was a year of rapid
economic growth. Russia's macroeconomic accounts all
remained in surplus; domestic real capital formation rose
substantially,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 35598Date: February 1, 2004
It has been widely argued that, with the
decline in trade costs (for example, transport and
communication costs), the importance of distance has
declined over time....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3206Date: February 1, 2004Author:
Carrere, Celine; Schiff, Maurice
The initiative to increase the
competitiveness and capacity of the construction sector
focuses on specific construction areas, particularly on the
large construction...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37510Date: February 1, 2004
This toolkit is designed to provide
practical guidance in designing and implementing
community-to-community exchange visits. It is intended for
practitioners and service...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45360Date: February 1, 2004Author:
Oettle, Noel ;
Koelle, Bettina
The authors make the case for the return
of regulation in the organization of urban bus services in
developing countries. During the past three decades urban
public...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS3207Date: February 1, 2004Author:
Estache, Antonio; Gomez-Lobo, Andres
The annual India Country Portfolio
Performance Review (CPPR) is based on a continuous review of
portfolio performance and implementation issues at the state
and national...
Type: Country Portfolio Performance ReviewReport#: 82706Date: February 1, 2004
This news release, dated January 29,
2004, announces the World Bank approved an International
Development Association (IDA) credit of United States (U.S.)
3 million...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164518Date: January 29, 2004
Even since the Singapore WTO meeting in
1996, trade facilitation has attracted major attention in
international trade discussions and negotiations. That trade
facilitation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 31362Date: January 28, 2004
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