In this issue: Highlights of November
Council Meeting. Focal Point News. Country Dialogue News.
Focal Area News. GEF-NGO Network News. News from the GEF
Office of Monitoring...
Each issue of this newsletter includes
the following sections: Leadership Forum, Featured Reading,
Event, Bulletin Board, Archives and information on
newsletter subscription....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 121259Date: March 1, 2006Author:
Langenbrunner,John C.
This briefing covers oil imports and
their affect on tax revenue. Because revenues are highly
dependent on a combination of the price and demand for oil
in Kosovo, the...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 39399Date: March 1, 2006Author:
Bush, Neil ;
Ahmeti, Shpend ;
Intini, Vito
Some of the headings included in this
newsletter of the World Bank in India are: Kerala Rural
Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation Project;
development dialogue:...
Yemen Economic Update is a quarterly
report that consists of five sections. The first section
highlights major economic and policy developments. The
second section provides...
Businesses are hit hard by HIV/AIDS, but
they are also in a unique position to help fight back. The
private sector interacts with most HIV infected people in a
country-directly...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 36469Date: March 1, 2006Author:
Atacik,Mehmet Can ;
Gehna, Kebour ;
Jarvis,Michael
This issue's highlights of major
country updates: World Bank supports Nigeria's efforts
to combat Avian Flu. Students from Abuja visit the Country
Office. Nassarawa...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37231Date: March 1, 2006Author:
Tohomdet, Obadiah [editor-in-chief]
This newsletter is a quarterly
publication of the Jordan country unit. This issue features:
World Bank Contacts; Jordan Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy Initiative;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37135Date: March 1, 2006Author:
Akkaya,Sebnem ;
Attiga,Ahmed Ali ;
Bou Habib,Chadi ;
Duncan,Reynold ;
Karam,Stephen George ;
Warlop,Sophie W.
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
comprise a substantial part of the economic activity of both
developed and developing countries. In the U.S. SMEs employ
about 55...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 38955Date: March 1, 2006Author:
Harvey,Matthew Peter ;
Wendel,Charles B.
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and IKEA drive
responsible forest management, curb illegal logging and
reward legal forestry in China and Russia. Toward a national
declaration...
In this issue: No Government of
Indonesia (GoI) and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) GAM-GoI
related conflict incidents reported in March. AMM (Aceh
Monitoring Mission)...
The state of corporate governance can
have an important effect on the availability and cost of
capital for all firms, and good corporate governance of
financial firms...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 36468Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Atacik, Mahmet Can ;
Jarvis,Michael
This newsletter includes following
headings: what role do postal networks play in providing
financial services?; how to expand access to financial
services through the...
In this issue: One serious incident
relating to the MoU was reported in February. Kidnapping in
Aceh Utara, villagers call for support. Local level conflict
increases....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 40439Date: February 1, 2006
Each issue of this newsletter includes
the following sections: Leadership Forum, Featured Reading,
Event, Bulletin Board, Archives and information on
newsletter subscription....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 121260Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Yazbeck,Abdo S.
In this issue: Pledges, Commitments and
Deposits. Status of ITF-Financed Projects. ITF Sources and
Uses of Funds. Use of Future Deposits. Focus On: improving
rural water...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 38999Date: February 1, 2006
In this issue: Fostering Greater Equity;
by Giovanna Prennushi, Francisco Ferreira, Peter Lindert and
Michael Walton. Addressing Unequal Economic Opportunities: A
case...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37250Date: February 1, 2006Author:
Ferreira, Francisco ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Lanjouw, Jan O. ;
Lindert,Peter H. ;
Mai,Lu Aung ;
Moene, Karl Ove ;
Prennushi,Giovanna ;
Puri, Sunetra [editor] ;
Rao,Vijayendra ;
Ringold,Dena ;
Sokoloff,Kenneth L. ;
Udry,Christopher Robert ;
Wallerstein, Michael ;
Walton, Michael ;
Wiemer, Calla
Investing in early child development
(ECD) - and the parenting skills that necessarily accompany
it - may be one of the most effective means for policymakers
to reduce...
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...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 60515Date: February 1, 2006
This paper commences with an overview
that provides the following observations: China's GDP
growth hardly slowed in 2005, with domestic demand firmly
taking the lead...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37737Date: February 1, 2006
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