Documentos e Relatórios
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To mitigate or to adapt : is that the question? Observations on an appropriate response to the climate change challenge to development strategies (Inglês)
Climate change is a new and important challenge to development strategies. In light of the current literature a framework for assessing responses to this challenge is provided. The presence of climate...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Artigo de revista No. do relatório: 76809 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2010 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Lecocq,Franck Michel,Shalizi,Zmarak
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The World Bank research observer 25 (2) (Inglês)
This issue includes the following : Ideas and innovation in East Asia, by Milan Brahmghatt and Albert Hu. Impact assessments in finance and private sector development : what have we learned and what should...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Publicação No. do relatório: 73277 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2010 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Brahmghatt, Milan,Gill,Indermit S.,Goh, Chor-Ching,Hu, Albert,Kessides,Ioannis N.,Lecocq,Franck Michel,Mckenzie,David J.,Nauges,Celine,Shalizi,Zmarak,Whittington,Dale
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Climate change and the economics of targeted mitigation in sectors with long-lived capital stock (Inglês)
Mitigation investments in long-lived capital stock (LLKS) differ from other types of mitigation investments in that, once established, LLKS can lock-in a stream of emissions for extended periods of time...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS5063 Data do documento: 1 de setembro de 2009 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Shalizi,Zmarak,Lecocq,Franck Michel
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How might climate change affect economic growth in developing countries ? a review of the growth literature with a climate lens,How might climate change affect economic growth in developing countries ? a review of the growth literature with a climate lens,How might climate change affect economic growth in developing countries ? a review of the growth literature with a climate lens (Inglês)
This paper reviews the empirical and theoretical literature on economic growth to examine how the four components of the climate change bill, namely mitigation, proactive (ex ante) adaptation, reactive...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4315 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Lecocq,Franck Michel,Shalizi,Zmarak
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Balancing expenditures on mitigation of and adaptation to climate change : an exploration of Issues relevant to developing countries (Inglês)
Although climate policies have been so far mostly focused on mitigation, adaptation to climate change is a growing concern in developed and developing countries. This paper discusses how adaptation fits...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4299 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Lecocq,Franck Michel,Shalizi,Zmarak
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Energy and emissions : local and global effects of the rise of China and India (Inglês)
Part 1 of the paper reviews recent trends in fossil fuel use and associated externalities. It also argues that the recent run-up in international oil prices reflects growing concerns about supply constraints...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS4209 Data do documento: 1 de abril de 2007 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Shalizi,Zmarak
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Rural-urban migration in developing countries : a survey of theoretical predictions and empirical findings (Inglês)
The migration of labor from rural to urban areas is an important part of the urbanization process in developing countries. Even though it has been the focus of abundant research over the past five decades...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS3915 Data do documento: 1 de maio de 2006 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Lall,Somik V.,Selod,Harris,Shalizi,Zmarak
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Addressing China's growing water shortages and associated social and environmental consequences (Inglês)
China has experienced a wide-scale and rapid transformation from an agricultural based economy to the manufacturing workshop of the world. The associated relocation of the population from relatively low...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS3895 Data do documento: 1 de abril de 2006 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Shalizi,Zmarak
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Agglomeration, transport, and regional development in Indonesia (Inglês)
How effective are public interventions in addressing significant regional disparities in formal manufacturing concentration in a developing economy? The authors examine the aggregate and sectoral geographic...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS3477 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2005 Autor: Deichmann,Uwe Klaus,Kaiser,Kai-Alexander,Lall,Somik V.,Shalizi,Zmarak
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Will the Kyoto Protocol affect growth in Russia?,Will the Kyoto Protocol affect growth in Russia?,Will the Kyoto Protocol affect growth in Russia?,Will the Kyoto Protocol affect growth in Russia? (Inglês)
In light of the recent argument that rapid economic growth in Russia over the next decade, might result in emissions higher than the Kyoto target, thereby putting much-needed growth at risk, the authors...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS3454 Data do documento: 1 de novembro de 2004 Autor: Lecocq,Franck Michel,Shalizi,Zmarak
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Location and welfare in cities: impacts of policy interventions on the urban poor (Inglês)
Informal settlements are an integral part of the urban landscape in developing countries. These settlements are widely distributed within cities, including central business centers and peripheral areas...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS3318 Data do documento: 1 de maio de 2004 Autor: Kapoor,Mudit,Lall,Somik V.,Lundberg,Mattias K. A.,Shalizi,Zmarak
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Development outreach 4 (3) : sustaining the earth (Inglês)
This newsletter in the Development Outreach covers the following topics: 1) what our readers think; 2) development reach; 3) special report: sustaining the earth; 4) voices from the field; 5) knowledge...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Boletim No. do relatório: 25271 Data do documento: 1 de setembro de 2002 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Djumena,Sascha,Gama, Chris,Haidar,Mona,Johnson, Ian,Koro,Emmanuel,Humplick Ep Leautier,Ann Frances,Mestrallet, Gerard,Michon, Louis,Shalizi,Zmarak,Svensson,Bent R.,Woicke,Peter Lutz,Zurayk,Rami Ahmed
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Agglomeration economies and productivity in Indian industry (Inglês)
"New" economic geography theory, and the development of innovative methods of analysis have renewed interest in the location, and spatial concentration of economic activities. The authors examine the extent...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS2663 Data do documento: 31 de agosto de 2001 Autor: Lall,Somik V.,Shalizi,Zmarak,Deichmann,Uwe Klaus
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Geography and development (Inglês)
The most striking fact about the economic geography of the world is the uneven spatial distribution of economic activity, including the coexistence of economic development and underdevelopment. High-income...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS2456 Data do documento: 30 de setembro de 2000 Autor: Henderson, J. Vernon,Shalizi,Zmarak,Venables,Anthony J.
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The World Bank Research Observer 14 (2) (Inglês)
Road funds, user charges, and taxes, by Ken Gwilliam and Zmarak Shalizi. Between the state and the market: can informal insurance patch the safety net? By Jonathan Morduch. Using household surveys to build...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Publicação No. do relatório: 20350 Data do documento: 31 de agosto de 1999 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Binswanger,Hans P.,Blank,Lorraine R.,Deininger,Klaus W.,Dinar,Ariel,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Irwin, Timothy,Klein,Maximilian Michael Johann,Mendelsohn,Robert,Morduch,Jonathan J.,Perry, Guillermo E.,Reilly, John,Shalizi,Zmarak,Thobani,Mateen
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Road funds, user charges, and taxes (Inglês)
Insufficient or uncertain budgetary allocations to road maintenance have resulted in road deterioration that has significantly increased production and transport costs in many countries. To avoid this...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Artigo de revista No. do relatório: 76637 Data do documento: 1 de agosto de 1999 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Shalizi,Zmarak
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The use of sectoral and project performance indicators in Bank-financed transport operations : a first edition note (Inglês)
This note forms a part of a Bank-wide exercise undertaken by the central vice-presidencies to put the recommendations in the Wapenhaus Report into operation, and is addressed to all Bank staff engaged...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 16121 Data do documento: 30 de abril de 1995 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Gannon,Colin A.,Shalizi,Zmarak
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Roads and the environment : a handbook (Inglês)
Roads often bring significant economic and social benefits, but they can also have substantial negative impacts on communities and the natural environment. As we become more aware of these impacts, there...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 13709 Data do documento: 30 de setembro de 1994 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Shalizi,Zmarak
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Transport-related air pollution strategies : What lessons for developing countries? (Inglês)
This paper reviews the current air quality strategy being pursued in developed and developing country cities. The present strategy is essentially curative -stabilize emission amounts first and then reduce...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 16120 Data do documento: 30 de setembro de 1994 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Shalizi,Zmarak,Carbajo Martinez,Jose Candido
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Railways, energy and environment (Inglês)
This paper addresses the question whether rail transport should be preferred over road-based modes because of its superior environmental characteristics, presumed to exist because rail is more energy efficient...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada) No. do relatório: 16124 Data do documento: 31 de março de 1994 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Shalizi,Zmarak,Thompson,Louis Stanley