The nature and scale of development issues require effective partnerships and solutions that involve different sectors of society. These interconnected and systemic issues are best looked at in a multisectoral...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 36255Date: April 1, 2006Author:
Humplick Ep Leautier,Ann Frances ;
Petkoski,Gjorgjija
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 communique; Global Campaign for...
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) investigates one serious incident of...
In this issue: improving international market access via better forestry: International Finance Corporation (IFC) technical assistance (TA) helps Nicaraguan businesses increase certified lumber exports...
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 Krichene. The oil supply potential...
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 from the market. Tenth African Leasing...
Each issue of this newsletter includes the following sections: Leadership Forum, Featured Reading, Event, Bulletin Board, Archives and information on newsletter subscription. The paper featured in the...
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 in Asia by the year 2015.
This China Project and Development Facility (CPDF) newsflash includes: recent business highlights -- IFC approves funding for Extension beyond Sichuan; Lars Thunell officially launches Private Enterprise...
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 (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali)...
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 income gains from abolishing these measures...
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 unusual. Transforming the...
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 Bank Group has produced for Albania...
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. It goes on in describing a livestock...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 38956Date: March 1, 2006Author:
Skees,Jerry R. ;
Mahul,Olivier
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 and Rehabilitating schools in Iraq.
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. Summary of key country events...
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 to increase the likelihood of a positive...
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 (CSOs). This includes: spring meetings...
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 programs; publication and research:...
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