This reports on the cost of doing business in Egypt consistently identify delays in land acquisition as one of the impediments to setting up new businesses as well as attracting foreign direct investments...
The objective of Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Program (SREP) Project for Liberia is to meet the electricity needs of the rural parts Liberia by embarking on a Renewable Energy Electrification Program (REEP)...
The objective of the Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project for Jamaica is to ensure that where land acquisition is unavoidable, all project affected persons (PAPs) will be compensated for their lost...
The Second Inner Cities Basic Services for the Poor Project for Jamaica aimed at reducing poverty and building social capital. Negative impacts include: loss of agricultural/commercial/residential land...
Around the world, in both developed and developing countries, policy makers use a variety of tools to manage and accommodate urban growth and redevelopment. Government officials have three main concerns...
The development objective of the Geothermal Clean Energy Investment Project for Indonesia is to increase the utilization of clean geothermal-based electricity in order to reduce pollution and improve the...
This resettlement action plan (RAP) was prepared in the context of the preparation of the Lebanon Greater Beirut Water Supply Project (GBWSP) partly financed by the World Bank. It determines the procedures...
The Lebanon Greater Beirut Water Supply Project will improve the water supply and distribution network across the Greater Beirut Area, including in the low-income neighborhoods of Southern Beirut, the...
The Lebanon Greater Beirut Water Supply Project will improve the water supply and distribution network across the Greater Beirut Area, including in the low-income neighborhoods of Southern Beirut, the...
The development objective of the Greater Beirut Water Supply Augmentation Project for Lebanon is to increase the provision of potable water to the residents in the project area within the Greater Beirut...
This note summarizes the key findings of the attached consultant report. India is still primarily a rural, agrarian economy in which land use and land rights are an emotional issue. Prior to 1990 the presumption...
The overall objective of this framework is to present a process for dealing with land acquisition issues arising from the implementation of micro-projects under the Village Investment Project (VIP) for...
The objective of the Regional and Municipal Infrastructure Development Project (RMIDP) for Georgian is to improve the efficiency and reliability of selected municipal services by rehabilitating high priority...
This study reviews the policy and institutional framework for involuntary resettlement in the Philippines. Its purpose is to assess the prospect of harmonizing the country's involuntary resettlement framework...
This paper is motivated by the emphasis on secure property rights as a determinant of economic development in recent literature. The authors use village and household level information from about 800 villages...
No land acquisition or involuntary resettlement is contemplated under the Project. The Policy Framework will supplement existing Jamaican law pertaining to land acquisition and resettlement (the Land Acquisition...
This report is a compilation of World Bank research on land acquisition in Indonesia. It first describes the macroeconomic cost of Indonesia's land acquisition delays. The problem the Indonesian government...
This Land Acquisition and Resettlement Policy Framework will apply to all Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) community projects including the World Bank assisted Inner City Basic Services for the Poor...
The objective of the Electricity Distribution Loss Reduction Carbon Finance Project for Yemen is to improve the efficiency and quality of electricity supply through the Bank financing of critical investments...
The project aim is to improve the efficiency and quality of electricity supply through financing of critical investments for the supply and installation of a 160 ton per hour boiler at existing Al-Hiswah...