On December 15, 2006, the World Bank
yesterday approved a US100 million dollars loan to help
China develop and protect its forest resources. Theloan is
supplemented...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167416Date: December 15, 2006
The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth
is anticipated to surpass eight percent for a second year
running. Domestic investment has been robust and
manufactured exports...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 50184Date: December 15, 2006Author:
Dinh,Viet Tuan ;
Suri,Vivek
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG)
daily brief economics and financial market commentary
newsletter are...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60471Date: December 15, 2006Author:
Riordan, Mick ;
Savescu, Cristina ;
Ju Kim, Eung ;
Streifel, Shane ;
DeKleine, Annette
This briefing note summarizes ongoing
work that examines how oil export revenues are being
recycled in the recent oil price increase (2002-present) as
compared with...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 43272Date: December 14, 2006Author:
Irving,Jacqueline Theresa
This Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE)
reviews the Bank's assistance strategy for Madagascar
for the period 1995-2005 (FY94-06). Overall, the objectives
that the Bank...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 38213Date: December 13, 2006
On December 13, 2006, Georgian Prime
Minister Mr. Zurab Nogaideli highlighted Georgia’s reforms
since the Rose Revolution, including in the business
environment, education,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164621Date: December 13, 2006
On December 12, 2006, the World Bank’s
Board of Executive Directors approved today a credit of 40
million dollars for the Republic of Iraq. Thecredit will
finance urgent...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 167984Date: December 12, 2006
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank.
Roundtable with ambassador Andrew Young and Dean Bahl,
Georgia State, GA...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101367Date: December 11, 2006Author:
Wolfowitz,Paul
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by Paul Wolfowitz, President of the World Bank.
He addresses about Why Africa Matters to Americans at
Eizenstat Memorial...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 101365Date: December 10, 2006Author:
Wolfowitz,Paul
This approach paper sets forth a plan to
conduct the first evaluation of rural electrification (RE)
since 1994, in light of its growing portfolio size and the
development...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82201Date: December 6, 2006
This approach paper sets forth the plan
for an upcoming Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE) for
Cambodia, covering the period from July 1, 1998 to December
31, 2006....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 82233Date: December 4, 2006
The development objective of the Amman
East Power Plant Project for Jordan is to meet the
electricity needs of the country in an economically and
environmentally sustainable...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 38337Date: December 1, 2006Author:
PB Power in Association with Arab Center for
Engineering Studies
A booming domestic market continues to
drive strong economic growth in Russia. Substantial net
capital inflows have now joined receipts from resource
exports in fueling...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 38402Date: December 1, 2006
Cambodia achieves continued high growth
in 2006. Regional solutions to extending power supply in
Cambodia. Solar power and water pumps win development grants.
Type: NewsletterReport#: 38175Date: December 1, 2006
Out-based aid (OBA) involves the use of
explicit, performance-based subsidies to deliver public
services such as water and sanitation. It is used to fund
the gap between...
Type: BriefReport#: 38489Date: December 1, 2006Author:
Bishop,Veronique ;
Johannes,Lars
This note provides a snapshot of indoor
air pollution interventions in two cold climate
environments. It illustrates the different methodologies
used for each of the...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 39905Date: December 1, 2006Author:
Baris, Enis ;
Rivera, Salvador ;
Boehmova, Zuzana ;
Constant, Samantha
The World Bank, working together with
the Asian Development Bank (ADB), actively supports the
development of a regional power market in the GMS: Cambodia,
Lao PDR, Myanmar,...
This paper shows empirically that
"privatization" in the energy, telecommunications,
and water sectors, and the introduction of independent
regulators in those sectors,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS4081Date: December 1, 2006Author:
Estache,Antonio ;
Goicoechea,Ana ;
Trujillo Castellano,Lourdes
The energy-environment review (EER) for
the Islamic Republic of Iran illustrates how placing
environmental issues in the context of key economic
indicators was useful...
Type: BriefReport#: 38177Date: December 1, 2006Author:
Kobayashi, Hayato ;
Arif, Sherif ;
Loayza, Fernando
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