Digital divide and digital opportunities. Will poor countries be left behind: an interview with Francisco Rodriguez and Ernest Wilson. The networked economy. Zambia, Namibia and the information revolution....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 24732Date: December 31, 1999Author:
Scaramuzzi, Elena [executive editor]
The note reviews the extent to which environmental management plans (EMPs) have been implemented in urban projects in China, addressing the importance of EMPs, which ensure a comprehensive work, internalizing...
CGIAR at the millennium: preparing for the future. CGIAR convenes forum on biotechnology and the poor. Serageldin remains at the Head of CGIAR. Crawford lecture: expert on rural poverty address CGIAR....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23560Date: December 31, 1999
This is a newsletter of the World Bank country office Manila. This issue features: Philippines, World Bank sign project to fight poverty in Mindanao. Philippines, major donors commit to improve project...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23224Date: December 31, 1999Author:
Gonzales,Leonora Aquino
The provision of essential urban services like water, sanitation, and drainage is defined as a compulsory function to be performed by the urban local councils under the Punjab Local government Ordinance...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23752Date: December 31, 1999
Process monitoring is a new and exciting tool for improving project effectiveness, and the sustainability of the benefits it delivers. Process monitoring promotes adaptive learning in projects by feeding...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23753Date: December 31, 1999
Non-payments cycle in Russia suffocates economic growth - proposal of World Bank Economists; by Brian Pinto, Vladimir Drebentsov, and Alexander Morozov. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 20098Date: December 31, 1999Author:
Kraakman, Reinier ;
Tarassova,Anna ;
Hirschler,Richard ;
Pinto,Brian R. ;
Drebentsov,Vladimir ;
Morozov,Alexander ;
Fries, Steven M. ;
Skare, Marinko ;
Korhonen, Iikka ;
Chi Fulin ;
Marcours, Karen ;
Swinnen,Johan F. M. ;
Amelina,Maria L. ;
Kalra,Sanjay ;
Slok, Torsten ;
Fox, Merritt ;
Heller,Michael A. ;
Coffee, John ;
Mahoney,Christopher Paul ;
Black,Bernard S.
The GEF recently completed an Interim Assessment of Biodiversity Enabling Activities, which help recipient countries develop national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) as required by Article...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 26341Date: December 1, 1999Author:
Harstad,Jarle
Rural development is more than just expanding agricultural output and growth in real per capita agricultural income. In many developing countries, agriculture is not the sole sector - sometimes not even...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 20877Date: November 30, 1999Author:
Lanjouw,Peter F.
Cities without slums: taking up the challenge. From favelados to citizens, by Flavia Sekles. Micro enterprise in small cities. The art of negotiation: Somsook Boonyabancha, by Lin Neumann. Going off the...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 22881Date: November 30, 1999Author:
Sekles, Flavia ;
Neumann, Lin ;
Patel, Sheela ;
Chatterji, Gautam ;
Breslin, Patrick ;
Chatterjee,Patralekha ;
Sulcas, Adele ;
Larbi, Kojo
Convention to Combat Desertification. "Greening Industry" publication launch and seminar. NGO-World Bank committee meeting rescheduled. "Hotspots" launch. World Bank/WWW launch. World Bank/WWW high-level...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23124Date: November 30, 1999Author:
Alegre,Maria-Isabel ;
Benedicto, Mitos ;
Bradford,Bonnie ;
Canlas,Fleurdeliza S. ;
Cantrell,James T. ;
Goodland,Robert James ;
Gordon,Anita ;
Heister,Johannes ;
Jammi,Ramachandra ;
Kangasniemi, Jaako ;
Klees,Rita ;
Kuroda,Kazuhide ;
LaCava, Gloria ;
Lucca,Danielle A. ;
Mearns,Robin ;
Mercier,Jean-Roger Roger ;
Newcombe,Kenneth J. ;
Pieri,Christian J. ;
Senderowitsch,Roberto Adrian ;
Sherman,Mariam J. ;
Toppin,Fulvia T. ;
Werbrouck,Pierre ;
Williams,Melissa ;
Xie,Jian
Contents: Theory and practice: Siberian leasing company shares its experience. Expert opinion: some tips for calculating lease payments. Small business: Avana Dry Cleaner, Irkutsk. Leasing in Russia: survey...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 39576Date: November 1, 1999
New corruption indexes of transparency international : wide range of scores, by Richard Hischler. Development Dividend of good governance. The art of attracting foreign direct investment in transition...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 19999Date: October 31, 1999Author:
Hirschler,Richard ;
Coolidge, Jacueline ;
Morita, Tsuneo ;
Mencinger, Joze ;
Struyk,Raymond J. ;
Sutela, Pekka ;
Komulainen, Tuomas ;
Belk, Russell W. ;
Savitt, Ronald ;
Park,Albert Francis ;
Sehrt, Kaja ;
Jefferson, Gary H. ;
Schrenk,Martin
This Bank's World newsletter includes some of the following headings: Wolfensohn looks ahead; introducing the new senior managers; ethics to the fore; bank hosts ethics experts: participants laud Bank's...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 57008Date: October 1, 1999Author:
Floyd,Thomas Jerry ;
George,Morallina Fanwar ;
George-Alleyne,Ramatoulaye ;
Jackson,Vivian R. ;
Mauro,Craig ;
Njovens, Ben Berka ;
Peters,Lucien ;
Santa Eulalia ;
Sopher,Jamil ;
Wamey,Julius Mberiley
The infoDev experience. Fighting information poverty. What's at stake: a symposium on the networked economy. E-commerce and universal service. How are we doing? 2K or not 2K?
Type: NewsletterReport#: 24731Date: September 30, 1999Author:
Scaramuzzi, Elena [editor]
Bringing back the Balkans; by Rob Wright. Getting on the brandwagon; by Simon Anholt. Building accountability from the ground up - the new compliance Adviser / Ombudsman; by Shawn Miller. Energy efficiency...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23479Date: September 30, 1999Author:
Wright,Robert Palmer ;
Anholt, Simon ;
Miller, Shawn ;
Segal,Philip ;
Gooderham,Mary
Letter from China: "QP" (quality protein) maize transforms lives, by Timothy Reeves. African women adopt new peas to fight hunger. Delivering on the promise of agroforestry, by Pedro Sanchez, Glenn Denning,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23559Date: September 30, 1999Author:
Reeves, Timothy ;
Sanchez, Pedro ;
Denning, Glenn ;
Iz
Protecting minority shareholders in closely held firms, by Chad Leechor. Reviving the market for corporate control, by Chad Leechor. Innovations in bankruptcy - prioritizing creditors using option markets,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 19691Date: September 30, 1999Author:
Leechor,Chad ;
Claessens, Stijn ;
Djankov,Simeon ;
Larry H.P. Lang ;
Rowat,Malcolm D. ;
Brook Cowen, Penelope ;
Tynan,Nicola Caroline ;
Smith,Peter L. ;
Wellenius,Bjorn ;
Rossotto,Carlo Maria ;
Kerf,Michel ;
Rohlfs, Jeffrey ;
Sommer,Dirk ;
Abdala,Manuel Angel ;
Chambouleyron, Andres
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