The checklist aims at providing a framework to ensure the mainstreaming of gender in the water sector throughout the project cycle.
This paper uses a standardised measurement framework of development effectiveness, econometric analysis and case studies to assess the performance of African countries in terms of aid effectiveness in the water sector.
The first volume of the Water Sector Governance in Africa series looks at the enabling environment supporting a sustainable water sector.
This document provides a set of guidelines and templates for the assessment of governance in the water sector.
This study reviews African Project Preparation Facilities, providing recommendations for their enhancement.
This publication discusses issues that characterise PPPs from the project selection stage until after the contract is signed.
This study examines the experiences of spectrum management in four countries with a high percentage of wireless broadband penetration (Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States) to help draw lessons for what regulatory frameworks could be used in the LAC region.
This paper develops a port productivity and efficiency analysis of all developing regions between 2000 and 2010, using both parametric and nonparametric approaches.
This book provides a comprehensive evaluation of developing country power sector reform, sifting the evidence of whether reforms have contributed to improved sector outcomes.
Lifelines lays out a framework for understanding infrastructure resilience—the ability of infrastructure systems to function and meet users’ needs during and after a natural shock—and it makes an economic case for building more resilient infrastructure.
Port Development and Competition in East and Southern Africa analyzes the 15 main ports in East and Southern Africa (ESA) to assess whether their proposed capacity enhancements are justified by current and projected demand; whether the current port management approaches sufficiently address not only the maritime capacity needs but also other impediments to port efficiency; and what the expected hierarchy of ports in the region will be in the future.
This report aims to inform water system managers on the importance of andmeasures to build the resilience of water service provision to natural hazards and climate riskswhile ensuring that water systems can safeguard service provision by reducing their exposure tothe risks associated with natural hazards.
This paper, prepared as a sectoral note for the Lifelines report on infrastructure resilience, investigates the vulnerability of the power system to natural hazards and climate change, and provides recommendations to increase its resilience.
This chapter discusses the impact of climate events on various types of digital infrastructure.
This paper, prepared as background material for the Lifelines report on infrastructure resilience, summarizes the main findings on the risk faced by transport networks and users as a result of natural disasters and climate change, and the main recommendations for building more resilient transport networks.
This paper presents the state of infrastructure in developing Asian countries, in particular how the development of this infrastructure has correlated with past and current growth in Asia.
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the issues, policies, and political economy of infrastructure investment, and a review of empirical literature of the relationship between growth and infrastructure within Asia.
This paper provides a review of the literature connecting housing, housing finance and the broader economy. It draws together work in these areas that are seldom part of the mainstream literature of economic development.
This paper argues that with the rapid urbanization in Southeast Asia, local government units (LGUs) in Southeast Asia are comparable to their counterparts in Canada and therefore should move to a comprehensive/beneficial asset management system.
This policy brief reviews two aspects of independent regulation: institutional efficacy, including primarily autonomy, capacity, and accountability; and the mode of regulation, or the regulator's functional scope. Recommendations are made in the policy brief relating to the entire regulatory process.