Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP17715 Document Date: FEB 22, 2019

Author: Debasish SenGupta Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP17695 Document Date: FEB 22, 2019

Author: Olim Yatimov Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR35310 Document Date: FEB 20, 2019

Author: Karanth,Anup Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Rural accessibility is the only metric used in the Sustainable Development Goals to track progress toward better transport services in low- and middle-income countries. ... See More + This paper estimates the rural accessibility index, defined as the proportion of the rural population who live within 2 kilometers of an all-season road, in 166 countries using open data. It then explores the cost of increasing the rural accessibility index in 19 countries, using an algorithm that prioritizes rural roads investments based on their impact on rural access and connectivity. Investment costs quickly balloon as the rural accessibility index increases, questioning the affordability of universal access to paved roads for many countries by 2030. If countries spent 1 percent of their gross domestic product annually on the upgrade of rural roads, even under optimistic assumptions on growth of gross domestic product, rural accessibility would only increase from 39 to 52 percent by 2030 across all developing countries. Alternative solutions to rural integration must thus be implemented in the short run until countries can afford to increase significantly access to all weather roads. For example, drones that supply regular food and medicine supply to remote communities are much more affordable than roads in the short term.  See Less -

Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8746 Document Date: FEB 19, 2019

Author: Mikou,Mehdi; Rozenberg,Julie; Koks,Elco Eduard; Fox,Charles James Edward; Peralta Quiros,Tatiana Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP17472 Document Date: FEB 18, 2019

Author: Khanmany Khounphonh Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Status and Results Report Report No.: ISR35973 Document Date: FEB 11, 2019

Author: Saldivar-Sali,Artessa Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Implementation Completion Report Review Report No.: ICRR0021272 Document Date: FEB 11, 2019

Author: IEG Review Team Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Procurement Plan Report No.: STEP16946 Document Date: FEB 04, 2019

Author: Clement Kalonga Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0019451 Document Date: FEB 03, 2019

Author: Khan,Abid Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Document Type: Auditing Document Report No.: AUD0019530 Document Date: FEB 03, 2019

Author: Varma,Bela Disclosure Status: Disclosed