Emergency relief is still needed, but
the burden of effort is now focused on reconstruction, and
progress is being made on multiple fronts. In Aceh and Nias,
great areas...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 35507Date: December 1, 2005Author:
Hellman,Joel ;
Mangkusubroto, Kuntoro ;
Said, Sudirman ;
Steer,Andrew D.
Business development has been one of the
main forces behind rapid poverty reduction in Vietnam.
Together with the redistribution of agricultural land, and
the broad...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 34474Date: November 30, 2005
In Chile, certain areas have
historically been identified as Extreme Zones - Zonas
Extremas (ZE) and qualified as such, have received special
treatment in terms of public...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 27357Date: October 1, 2005
The country's approach to poverty
reduction is outlined in the 2003 Poverty Reduction Strategy
Paper, and draws on a development approach in which growth
and poverty...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 32167Date: May 16, 2005
The country's approach to poverty
reduction is outlined in the 2003 Poverty Reduction Strategy
Paper, and draws on a development approach in which growth
and poverty...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 32167Date: May 16, 2005
After reviewing the more promising
recent developments, this report examines the nature of
growth and development in the Philippines from a longer-term
perspective and...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 32055Date: April 15, 2005
The report provides an assessment of
Nepal's progress in development, and discusses the
development policy agenda and priorities to accelerate
development. The aim of...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 29382Date: March 24, 2005
This report provides an integrated view
of Sri Lanka's long term development challenges for
sustainable growth and poverty reduction. Sri Lanka's
substantial achievements...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 29396Date: December 8, 2004
Fundamental changes are taking place in
the way the Government of Vietnam operates: the 2001
Constitution empowered the National Assembly to hold votes
of no-confidence...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 30462Date: November 22, 2004
Given a steady pace of structural
reforms, and sound macroeconomic management, Tunisia
experienced a fast, and sustained growth. However, while
forward-looking policies...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 29847Date: October 1, 2004
Uganda pioneered the use of budget
support operations known as Poverty Reduction Support
Credits (PRSCs) in the World Bank. PRSCs were designed to
channel programmatic...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 29602Date: June 29, 2004
This Development Policy Review (DPR) for
Ecuador compliments the policy notes already produced and is
medium-term oriented, focused on strategic priorities as
perceived...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 27443Date: May 31, 2004
Bangladesh has marked considerable
progress since independence in 1971 despite its dire initial
conditions. Real per capita income is about 60percent higher
now than...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 26154Date: December 14, 2003
The year 2004 will mark another crucial
step in Indonesia's long-term transition. The country
will go to the polls to elect new national and regional
Parliaments, and...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 27374Date: December 4, 2003
The objective of this Development Policy
Review, is to provide an up-to-date, integrated assessment
of Guyana's development policy agenda, with the main
focus on governance,...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 25640Date: November 6, 2003
The Philippines has achieved reasonable
economic growth of about 4 percent per annum over the past
two years, in spite of adverse global developments, sporadic
conflict...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 26946Date: October 16, 2003
The report analyzes India's
continued good progress in increasing incomes, and improving
living standards over the past decade, which after the
setback associated with...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 25797Date: July 14, 2003
The objective of this report is to
provide an assessment of the development objectives before
the Russian Federation. To that end, this report assesses:
1) development...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 26000Date: June 9, 2003
The Slovak Republic's external
current account and fiscal deficits (net of privatization
receipts) are unsustainably high (at about 8 percent of GDP
in 2002), despite...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 26607Date: June 1, 2003
Indonesia experienced another year of
modest growth amidst a hesitant global recovery, and a
deteriorating investment climate. Significant progress was
made in democratization,...
Type: Development Policy Review (DPR)Report#: 25330Date: January 1, 2003
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