In this issue: new head of Fast Track
Initiative (FTI) secretariat; World Bank spring meetings;
donor focus: the United Kingdom and the Netherlands;
development committee...
In this issue: No Government of
Indonesia (GoI) and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) GAM-GoI
related conflict incidents reported in April. AMM (Aceh
Monitoring Mission)...
In this issue: improving international
market access via better forestry: International Finance
Corporation (IFC) technical assistance (TA) helps Nicaraguan
businesses...
Energy interview with Kenneth Rogoff:
no country should plan on us $70 oil forever. World crude
oil markets : monetary policy and the recent oil shock, by
Noureddine...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37148Date: April 1, 2006Author:
Ahrend, Rudiger ;
Egorov, Georgy ;
Jiang,Kejun ;
Jurajda,Stepan ;
Krichene, Noureddine ;
Lissovolik, Bogdan ;
Lissovolik, Yaroslav ;
Paligorova, Teodora ;
Semikolenova,Yadviga Viktorivna ;
Guriev,Sergei M. ;
Sonin, Konstantin ;
Tompson, William ;
Volchkova,Natalia ;
Zelenyuk, Valentin ;
Zingales,Luigi G.
In this issue: Readers' welcome
note. Comments from stakeholders on draft leasing law and
tax recommendations. Government's commitment to develop
leasing. Leasing news...
Each issue of this newsletter includes
the following sections: Leadership Forum, Featured Reading,
Event, Bulletin Board, Archives and information on
newsletter subscription....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 121258Date: April 1, 2006Author:
Stevens, Simon
Best wishes for a happy Khmer New Year
2006: women leaders gather to discuss their challenges,
strengthen their networks, and have some fun. Making
poverty history...
This China Project and Development
Facility (CPDF) newsflash includes: recent business
highlights -- IFC approves funding for Extension beyond
Sichuan; Lars Thunell...
Especially in Africa and Central Asia,
cotton is an important cash crop. It is receiving attention
of late because four poor cotton-exporting West African
countries...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 35929Date: March 30, 2006Author:
Anderson,Kym ;
Valenzuela,Ernesto
Limiting trade-distorting domestic
support to farmers, and phasing out agricultural export
subsidies are important and necessary disciplines. However,
the potential...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 35115Date: March 21, 2006Author:
Anderson,Kym ;
Martin, Will ;
Valenzuela,Ernesto
Message from the Chairman and Director.
Announcements. News and views from the Alliance chairs.
Promises made and kept: an interview with Dr. Marilyn
Warburton. Business...
T he World Bank's Board of
Executive Directors discussed on 10 January 2006 the new
Country Assistance Strategy (CAS) for Albania. The new CAS -
the fourth CAS the World...
The newsletter describes the index-based
livestock insurance program in Mongolia designed in the
context of a World Bank lending operation with the
Government of Mongolia....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 38956Date: March 1, 2006Author:
Mahul, Olivier ;
Skees, Jerry
In this issue: Latest News. Pledges,
Commitments and Deposits. Status of ITF-Financed Projects.
ITF Sources and Uses of Funds. Use of Future Deposits. Focus
On: Building...
Highlight of challenging development
events. Key World Bank Group releases of the month.
Understanding IDA - the World Bank body that deals with the
poorest countries....
Youth outcomes are directly affected by
a range of risk and protective factors. If properly
identified, these factors can be used as a signal for policy
interventions...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37269Date: March 1, 2006Author:
Blum, Robert ;
McGinnis, Linda
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...
Some of the headings included in this
issue of the Public Private partnership (PPP) for
handwashing newsletter are as follows: updates from ongoing
programs; new handwashing...
In this issue: Highlights of November
Council Meeting. GEF Chairman and CEO to Retire. Achim
Steiner Elected New UNEP Executive Director. GEF Resource
Allocation Framework....
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