More and more developing country governments are tapping the global debt capital markets. Thisis increasing the amount of finance available for development, but at a considerably higher costthan traditional...
Most trade moves along a few high-density routes: the corridors. Improving their performance has emerged as a necessary ingredient for growth and integration into the regional and global economy. In Africa...
This paper seeks to develop estimates of the net cost of the urban expansion in Tanzania. The paper focuses on developing estimates of the cost of planning and servicing land for new residential urban...
The social component of the economics of adaptation to climate change (EACC) study employed two approaches in Ethiopia. Participatory scenario development workshops were conducted at community and the...
Micro-finance institutions (MFIs) will certainly be affected by the financial crisis ricocheting across the globe, but the authors believe that the sector is fundamentally sound. Larger institutions, especially...
Micro-finance institutions (MFIs) will certainly be affected by the financial crisis ricocheting across the globe, but the authors believe that the sector is fundamentally sound. Larger institutions, especially...
A road network providing adequate connectivity across national territory is typically one of the most costly items of infrastructure that any country requires. It is also the one that has typically weighed...
The major objective of the study was to come up with illustrative success stories as well as failures to give lessons on ICT interventions in the area of rural livelihoods and their impact in Tanzania...
The paper focuses its analysis on the last three decades of the twentieth century. The basic assumption is that Egypt's economic performance during this period was less than satisfactory compared with...
This paper analyzes the role of the leadership in the economic growth in Rwanda, a country that was seriously affected by civil war and the 1994 genocide. It appears that the will and the clear vision...
The population of Colombia in 2005 was around 41 million. The annual rate of population growth accelerated from 2 percent in the 1940s to almost 3.4 percent in the 1950s, it fell to 2.8 percent between...
The population of Colombia in 2005 was around 41 million. The annual rate of population growth accelerated from 2 percent in the 1940s to almost 3.4 percent in the 1950s, it fell to 2.8 percent between...
中国高速公路网的规划方式所强调的目标是将所有主要城市相互联结起来。规划确定了需要连接的最重要城市以及连接这些城市的最有效的道路网。在这一战略的背后,高速公路规划的目标是将所有20 万人口以上的城市连接起来;并且,随着经济越来越依赖交通,高速公路网还可以促进经济和社会的互动。在优先选择需要连接的城市(节点)时,规划过程纳入了经济和交通目标(包括贸易和集装箱运输要求以及旅游需要),并特别考虑到了贫困地区和环境问题(如避开环境敏感地区)。这将增进区域经济的一体化,并使经济增长动力由沿海地区扩展到中国内陆和西部地区。报告最后提出了可以通过与中国运输、经济和统计机构进行密切合作来执行的数项推广和改进措施。报告的分析侧重对中国各城市和省份在新高速公路建成通车后或者现有高速公路改造完成后的贸易扩大情况进行估算。
China's outstanding achievements in economic growth and poverty reduction over the last fifteen years have been well documented. A major element of that growth consisted of the development of its infrastructure...
Bangladesh has already achieved one of the millennium development goals (MGDs), namely gender parity in primary and secondary schools. It is likely to achieve several more by 2015. This report analyzes...
The discussion paper recounts the background to the Independent Private Power (IPP) program, describes the "orderly framework" developed by the Bank Group for the IPP workout, and concludes with several...
Given the pace of globalization of agriculture, rapid changes in science base, and the diverse regional features of the research systems, there is a need to take stock of recent experience and re-think...
This study is based on different data sources but mainly on the Myanmar Study on Tobacco Economics 2001. Surveys of smoking prevalence in Myanmar show varying results, but most suggest that over 50 of...
This report provides an assessment of Latin America market sectors engaged in the supply and consumption of CFCs. The report was designated to identify those countries that are at greater risk of falling...
At its October 1995 meeting the council of the global environment facility (GEF) asked the scientific and technical advisory panel (STAP) of the GEF to review for the council the prospects for renewable...