This research report studies some of the more visible constraints to faster growth and economic transformation in Mozambique. The issues presented in the report are those that can be characterized as ...
Tipo: Country Economic MemorandumRelatorio#: 59356Data: 1 de março de 2010
Today, Brazil has the second longest highway network under private concessions in the world. This paper analyzes Brazil's experience under the two first phases of the federal road concession program, ...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Relatorio#: 56956Data: 1 de março de 2010Autor:
Cellier,Jacques L. ;
Veron,Adrien J.
Egypt's first public-private partnership will have a major impact on the quality of basic services in a satellite city on the outskirts of Cairo. With International Finance Corporation's (IFC) help, t...
Tipo: BriefRelatorio#: 53172Data: 1 de fevereiro de 2010
This handbook updates and expands upon the learning in IFC's 2000 community development resource guide entitled, Investing in People: Sustaining Communities through Improved Business Practice. It was ...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 57787Data: 1 de fevereiro de 2010Autor:
Arsenova,Maria V. ;
Sequeira,Debra Tina
Thirty years ago, half the developing world lived in extreme poverty today, a quarter. Now, a much smaller share of children are malnourished and at risk of early death. And access to modern infrastru...
Tipo: World Development ReportRelatorio#: 53077Data: 1 de janeiro de 2010Autor:
Bierbaum,Rosina M. ;
Fay,Marianne ;
Ross-Larson, Bruce [editor]
This report synthesizes the findings for the energy sector of a broader study, the Brazil low carbon study, which was undertaken by the World Bank in its initiative to support Brazil's integrated effo...
Tipo: Working PaperRelatorio#: 59358Data: 1 de janeiro de 2010Autor:
De Gouvello,Christophe ;
Schaeffer, Roberto ;
Szklo, Alexandre
This note aims at providing feedback on Brazil's successful experience in using performance based contracts in the rehabilitation and maintenance of the road networks. Since its introduction in the ea...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Relatorio#: 56957Data: 1 de janeiro de 2010Autor:
Lancelot,Eric R.
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency's (MIGA's) mandate to promote foreign direct investment into developing countries to improve people's lives and create more opportunities remains more impo...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportRelatorio#: 65781Data: 1 de janeiro de 2010
Developing countries have been increasingly providing the demand that is pulling the global economy out of the crisis. Developing-world imports have accounted for more than half of the increase in wor...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportRelatorio#: 56795Data: 1 de janeiro de 2010
This study points out that Brazil's commitment to combat climate change had already been started when the country hosted in June 1992 the Conference of the United Conference on Environment and Develop...
Tipo: Energy-Environment ReviewRelatorio#: 69867Data: 1 de janeiro de 2010Autor:
Nassar, Andre ;
Soares Filho,Britaldo ;
De Gouvello,Christophe
This study aims to underpin Brazil's efforts to explore methods for reducing total emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) arising from all areas of human activity. More specifically, this study seeks to...
Tipo: Energy-Environment ReviewRelatorio#: 69858Data: 1 de janeiro de 2010
This report for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) incorporates a strong thematic, visual, and story-telling approach to describing the IFC's activities and results. It provides a comprehensi...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportRelatorio#: 60238Data: 1 de janeiro de 2010
This report synthesis the findings for the waste sector of a broader study, the Brazil low carbon study, which was undertaken by the World Bank in its initiative to support Brazil's integrated effort ...
Tipo: Energy-Environment ReviewRelatorio#: 69862Data: 1 de janeiro de 2010
The paper discusses how the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC) set up its own governance structure, gained credibility in the business community, and achieved long term sustainability....
Tipo: BriefRelatorio#: 52185Data: 15 de dezembro de 2009
The Panama Pacifico Project is transforming the former Howard United States (U.S.) Air Force base outside Panama City into a hub for international trade, logistics, services, commerce, and industry. A...
Tipo: BriefRelatorio#: 53173Data: 1 de dezembro de 2009
The World Bank is developing a program to assist developing countries improve debt management in collaboration with other partners. The objective of the program is to help strengthen capacity and inst...
Tipo: Debt Management Performance AssessmentRelatorio#: 44267Data: 1 de dezembro de 2009
This report argues that if a growth surge is to evolve into a virtuous spiral that stimulates even higher and sustained growth rates in a substantial number of African countries, a significant increas...
Tipo: PublicationRelatorio#: 46275Data: 13 de novembro de 2009
A joint venture between the government of Samoa and Australia's Virgin Blue, a low-cost carrier, turned an annual United States (U.S.) 7.5 million dollars government subsidy into a U.S. 6.6 million do...
Tipo: BriefRelatorio#: 53174Data: 1 de novembro de 2009
This case profile provides a summary and vision of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded Guarani Aquifer Program for groundwater resource sustainability and environmental protection which is va...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Relatorio#: 38809Data: 1 de novembro de 2009Autor:
Foster,James Stephen ;
Garduno,Hector ;
Kemper,Karin Erika
These remarks were delivered by Robert B. Zoellick, President of the World Bank, to the Board of Governors at the 2009 Annual Meetings in Istanbul, Turkey in October 2009. With a beyond the crisis the...
Tipo: President's SpeechRelatorio#: 124560Data: 6 de outubro de 2009Autor:
Zoellick,Robert B.
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