The travel industry is undergoing enormous change driven by the growth of the internet. It is now estimated that over 70 percent of travelers in the United States use the internet to research their trips...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 38231Date: September 1, 2006
This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Jordan country unit. This issue features: World Bank contacts; Jordan's education reform progress; Recent economic developments; Bank Group operations;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 38583Date: September 1, 2006Author:
Akkaya,Sebnem ;
Alkhoja,Ghassan N. ;
Attiga,Ahmed Ali ;
Bou Habib,Chadi ;
Sayed,Haneen Ismail ;
Warlop,Sophie W.
In this issue: There were no Government of Indonesia (GoI) and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) GAM-GoI incidents reported in August. Local level conflict remains high. Tsunami-related incidents dramatically...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 40467Date: August 1, 2006
In this issue: Interview with E. Klepikova, PEP; interview with V. Palatkin, URALSIB. Program launch: Georgia, Ukraine. Program in focus: expanding access to finance. Impact on the ground: Armenia, Russia.
Type: NewsletterReport#: 39542Date: August 1, 2006
In this issue: access to finance for economic inclusion: International Finance Corporation (IFC) technical assistance (TA) promotes access to finance to support micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME)...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 44449Date: August 1, 2006
In this issue: Perspectives on GEF-3 from Our Partners: UNDP (Frank Pinto); UNEP (Olivier Deleuze); World Bank (Steve Gorman); Pacific SIDS (Robert Aisi). New CEO appointment. Curtain-Raiser on Assembly....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37629Date: August 1, 2006
The highlighted article of this issue is Access to insurance for the poor - the case of Indira Kranti Patham in Andhra Pradesh, India. This article provides some useful lessons towards expanding and deepening...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 38960Date: August 1, 2006Author:
Kalavakonda,Vijayasekar
In this issue: Turning projects into products: interview with PEP's General Manager. IFC bridges the gap: inspections reform law in Tajikistan. Barking up the right tree: Russian forestry project closes....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 39543Date: August 1, 2006
This newsletter highlights some of the many policies, programs, and initiatives of the World Bank (WB) which may involve or be of interest to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). This includes: invitation...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60506Date: August 1, 2006
This paper commences with an overview that provides the following observations: growth reached record highs in the second quarter; the authorities have implemented a series of measures to cool down the...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37739Date: August 1, 2006
This note is prepared by the World Bank Colombo Office to review the trends of some of the key indicators which have an impact on the financial sector performance. The main indicators identified in the...
Some of the headings included in this newsletter of the World Bank in India are: World Bank lending performance in 2005-06; development dialogue: dealing strategically with floods in the Northeast; Implementation...
The contents of this newsletter focus on World Bank new strategy for Afghanistan; World Bank support; status of operations; and Afghanistan reconstruction trust fund.
Type: NewsletterReport#: 91536Date: July 1, 2006Author:
Crow,Benjamin Edward ;
Zia,Abdul Raouf
This Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region poverty team newsletter includes some of the following headlines: growth continues to drive poverty reduction in ECA; investing in poverty analysis at the sub-national...
World Bank senior vice president and chief economist visits Cambodia. Equity promotes growth and poverty reduction. World Bank reaffirms commitment to support reform in Cambodia, approves project to...
This China Project and Development Facility (CPDF) newsflash includes: recent business highlights -- Private Enterprise Project for China (PEP-China) Starts 2nd Cycle or Extension beyond Sichuan; PEP-China...
Kosovo joins Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) negotiations. United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) studies the impact of downsizing on Kosovo economy. The Kosovo cadastral system.
Theme of the Issue: Human Capital. Returns on schooling in transition countries by Ruslan Yemtsov, Stefania Cnobloch, and Cem Mete. Returns on education in Russia by Irina Denisova and Marina Kartseva....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 38243Date: July 1, 2006Author:
Berde, Eva ;
Besstremyannaya, Galina ;
Cnobloch,Stefania Rodica ;
Coupe,Tom ;
Dainov, Evgenii ;
Denisova,Irina ;
Gimpleson, Vladimir ;
Goglio, Alessandro ;
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy ;
Hansen,Morten Emil ;
Hazan, Mihails ;
Jurajda,Stepan ;
Kartseva,Marina ;
Lee, Min-Dong Paul ;
Lukyanova,Anna ;
Marin, Dalia ;
Mete,Cem ;
Munich,Daniel ;
Peter, Klara Sabirianova ;
Slobodyan, Sergey ;
Trapeznikova,Ija ;
Vanags, Alf ;
Vanyolos, Istvan ;
Vinogradov,Viatcheslav V. ;
Yemtsov, Rusian
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