Private infrastructure: private activity
fell by 30 percent in 1999; by Ada Karina Izaguirre and
Geetha Rao. Private infrastructure: are the trends in
low-income countries...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 30634Date: September 1, 2000Author:
Izaguirre, Ada Karina ;
Rao, Geetha ;
Baker, Bill ;
Tremolet, Sophie ;
van den Berg, Caroline ;
Powell, Stephen ;
Starks, Mary ;
Lovei, Laszlo ;
Gurenko, Eugene ;
Hany, Michael ;
O'Keefe, Philip ;
Shkaratan, Maria ;
Trujillo, Lourdes ;
Nombela, Gustavo ;
Foxley, Juan ;
Mardones, Jose Luis
This is the first issue of a bi-monthly
economic monitoring report on Yemen. The bi-monthly report
consists of four sections. The first section highlights key
political...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 33552Date: September 1, 2000
This newsletter is a quarterly
publication of the West Bank and Gaza office. This issue
features: Building blocks for the future. The road to
sustainable Palestinian...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 24922Date: August 31, 2000Author:
Sbeih, Ma'moon
For developing countries, investment in
food safety institutions and their capacity can play an
important role in improving living standards through
advances in domestic...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23962Date: August 31, 2000Author:
Scurlock Theiler, Susan ;
Simeon, Michel ;
Jaffee, Steven ;
de Haan, Cees ;
Beckerman, Seth [editor]
In Pakistan, a number of multilateral
and bilateral External Support Agencies (ESAs) have
contributed to developing the social and infrastructure
sectors. Today, given...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 24471Date: August 31, 2000
This report updates the activities of
the Trust Fund for East Timor (TFET), established by the
World Bank's Board of Governors following the December
1999 Tokyo Donors'...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 39248Date: August 7, 2000
This Bank's World newsletter
includes some of the following headings: World Bank commits
$500m to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa; letter from the Vice
President, by Julius...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 57014Date: August 1, 2000Author:
Floyd,Thomas Jerry ;
Petruzzelli,Joyce C. ;
Wamey,Julius Mberiley
The World Bank's Rural Development
Family invited guests to explore new ideas for the
Bank's work with its clients each year during Rural
Week. This year's event focused...
The Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)
Department is taking a fresh, in-depth look at the SME
sector in selected countries around the world through
detailed assessments...
The World Bank Group has long assisted
small and medium enterprises (SMEs), providing more than
$8.8 billion of financing and technical assistance over the
last three...
World Bank's new approach helps
business in transition economies; by Lars Jeurling. Are
foreign investors and multinationals engaging in corrupt
practices in transition...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 20807Date: July 31, 2000Author:
Hischler, Richar [editor] ;
Jeurling, Lars ;
Hellman, Joel ;
Jones, Geraint ;
Kaufmann, Daniel ;
Caves, Richard E. ;
Dowell, Glen ;
Hart, Stuart ;
Yeung, Bernard ;
Alcacer, Juan ;
Shen, Xiaofang ;
Giszpenc,Noemi ;
Squire, Lyn ;
Shleifer, Andrei ;
Treisman, Daniel ;
Bruszt, Laszlo ;
Csaba, Laszlo ;
Sutela, Pekka ;
Berglof, Erik ;
Friebel, Guido ;
Guriev, Sergei ;
Yudaeva, K. ;
Kozlov, K. ;
Melentieva, N. ;
Ponomareva, N. ;
Easterly, William ;
Olson, Mancur
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play
a central role in developing countries, socially as well as
economically. Lasting private sector development depends on
them....
There is an enormous need for creative
new approaches to assisting small businesses in developing
countries. So the World Bank Group has launched a new
program to develop...
Through a series of specialized small
and medium enterprise (SME) facilities around the world, IFC
and its partners provide local entrepreneurs with technical
assistance...
By collaborating with the Global
Environment Facility (GEF), the International Finance
Corporation (IFC) has been able to finance many promising,
small, market-oriented...
Shorebank is a small, for-profit,
US-based financial services holding company that emphasizes
community banking. In 1983 the bank began in microfinance.
It worked first...
The ICT agenda of the World Bank Group:
an interview with Mohsen Khalil. Challenging ICT projects at
the Stockholm Challenge. Lessons from ICT stories. eXchange
meets...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 24734Date: June 30, 2000Author:
Scaramuzzi, Elena [editor]
ESSD news: ESSD European Forum a
success. Sector news - Environment: Environment strategy
consultations kick into action. Global public opinion and
the environment....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23127Date: June 30, 2000Author:
Ahmad, Nilufar ;
Alkire, Sabine ;
Bebbington, Tony ;
Bradford, Bonnie ;
Brown, Gillian ;
Canby, Kerstin ;
Clark, Fiona ;
Davanger, Frode ;
Del Castillo, Concepcion ;
Fernandes, Monica ;
Giovannucci, Daniele ;
Goodland,Robert ;
Hanrahan, David ;
Huber, Richard ;
Klopfer, Alexandra ;
Lovei, Magda ;
Rex, William ;
Riethmacher, Guenter ;
Senderowitsch, Roby ;
Sera, Yumi ;
Slok, Julie ;
Stover, Christine ;
Tarifa, Ricardo ;
Tikare, Seema ;
Thompson, Bob ;
Vidaeus, Lars ;
Walton, Michael
This is a newsletter of the World Bank
country office Manila. This issue features: Donors pledge
US$2.6B in new financial assistance. Providing opportunities
for the...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23225Date: June 30, 2000Author:
Gonzales, Leonora [editor]
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