Octroi was traditionally one of the major sources of revenue for urban local bodies in India, contributing between 50 to 90 percent of total tax revenues. However, during the past few years, the states...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23751Date: August 31, 1999
In rural areas, land is an essential productive asset and a means to sustain a livelihood. Access to land is important for household welfare, aggregate economic growth, and sustainable reduction of poverty....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 20876Date: July 31, 1999Author:
Deininger, Klaus ;
Feder, Gershon
This Bank's World newsletter includes some of the following headings: International Finance Corporation (IFC) investment in West Bank and Gaza on the rise : hotel and housing mortgage projects to spur...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 57006Date: July 1, 1999Author:
Beatrice Dehasse,Joelle ;
Dorst,Stephen Michael ;
Floyd,Thomas Jerry ;
George,Morallina Fanwar ;
George-Alleyne,Ramatoulaye ;
Mook,Elizabeth ;
Vito,Jennifer ;
Sopher,Jamil ;
Stern, Richard
In this issue: Exchanging International Experience; by Anita Peltonen. Cuba's Urban Entrepreneurs. Leaving Soot and Slag Behind in Pittsburgh; by Nick Harrison. The Competitive City. Hands Across The Highway;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37249Date: July 1, 1999Author:
Annabel Biles, Nick Harrison, Claudia Conti
Theory and practice -- vendor guarantees : leasing practices of foreign and Russian vendors. Expert opinion -- equipment suppliers' participation in the leasing business. Small business -- ZAO Biont. Regions...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 39574Date: July 1, 1999Author:
Gazman, Victor ;
Jones, Rick ;
Likhachova, Irina ;
Pisarenko,Andrei ;
Shishlyannikova, Olga
Interview with World bank President James D. Wolfensohn - The new development approach and the transition economies; editor (Richard Hischler). Situation of Russia's poor aggravates - World Bank proposes...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 19581Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Hirschler,Richard ;
Rose,Richard ;
Conggan, Jiang ;
Liu,Zheng ;
Antal, Laszlo ;
Morita, Tsuneo ;
Carly, Wendy ;
Estrin,Saul ;
Schaffer,Mark E. ;
Perotti,Enrico C. ;
Gelfer, Stanislav ;
Brovkin, Vladimir ;
Tutak, Ryan James
A scorecard for energy reform in developing countries. Private participation in the transmission and distribution of natural gas - recent trends. Regulation in new natural gas markets - the Northern Ireland...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 19690Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Bacon,Robert W. ;
Izaguirre, Ada Katrina ;
Lehmann, Peter ;
Rasmussen,Karen T. ;
Green, Richard ;
Gomez-Lobo,Andres ;
Foster,Vivien ;
Komives,Kristin ;
Brook Cowen, PenelopeJ. ;
Saghir,Jamal ;
Sherwood,Elisabeth ;
Macoun,Andrew ;
Tynan,Nicola Caroline ;
Rebelo,Jorge M.
Roundup : a big bank sale in Prague; Thailand's model restructuring. Corporate governance goes global - riding the rising tide; by Rob Wright. A new look at African privatization; and the ten commandments...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23478Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Wright, Rob [editor] ;
Samuel, S. Brian ;
Best, Ken
This Note provides an overview of the issues related to the development, and utilization of gas-turbines (GT), when used either in open-cycle, or combined-cycle (CC), and is divided into three major parts:...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 26350Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Takahashi,Masaki ;
Tavoulareas, Stratos [editors] ;
Taud, Robert ;
Karg, Juergen ;
O'Leary, Donald
Innovative initiative : by, of, and for the people - successful self-financing management in Maharashtrian village communities. Editorial; by Palat Mohandas. News Briefs : arsenic mitigation center. States...
This issue summarizes key findings of the 1998 Project Performance report, and reflects results, and insights from recent GEF evaluations. A comprehensive portfolio overview of projects under implementation,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 19724Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Harstad, Jarle [editor]
The value of democracy; by Amartya Sen. The role of participation in development; by Joseph E. Stiglitz. Asian values and the current crisis; by Francis Fukuyama. The next stage of anti-corruption; by...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23207Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Sen,Amartya K. ;
Stiglitz,Joseph Eugene ;
Fukuyama,Francis ;
Kaufmann,Daniel ;
Russell Mead, Walter ;
Schwartz,Herman ;
Heyzer, Noeleen ;
Khor, Martin ;
Mcneil,Mary L.
Breakthroughs in Beijing: MTM99. Regional consortia: new model for crop research. www.futureharvest.org. Time recognizes Borlaug. New headquarters for ICLARM. Harvesting wheat, not wild oats. More rice...
Each year the Rural Development family of the World Bank holds a conference, now called Rural Week, where staff from headquarters and the field and a few invited guests assemble to discuss a range of issues...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 20875Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Okidegbe,Nwanze ;
Williams,Melissa ;
Maguire,Charles John
Budget reduction is opportunity to reassess. Development Committee discusses social principles. Bank environment strategy subject of ENV Forum. CGIAR to position itself for 21st century at MTMS. Social...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23123Date: May 31, 1999Author:
Edstrom,Judith A. ;
Foley, M.E. ;
Fossberg,Melissa ;
Lovei,Magda ;
Monk,Liliana ;
Newcombe,Kenneth J. ;
Paiement,Jason Jacques ;
Soeftestad,Lars T. ;
Vidaeus,Lars O. ;
Williams,Asha Monifa
The note reviews the participatory role of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) within the HIV/AIDS Control Project in Brazil, which increased stakeholder participation, providing the link to people at...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 21271Date: May 31, 1999Author:
Boyd, Barbara L. ;
Garrison,John W.
Theory and practice -- cross-border leasing : a resident of the Russian Federation is a party to a transaction. Small business -- Closed Joint-Stock Meat Processing Company Octet. Leasing in the regions...
This Bank's World newsletter includes some of the following headings: dispatch from Albania~^!!^s border with Kosovo: Tirana mission officer describes refugee exodus, by Ana Gjokutaj; improving human resources...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 57005Date: May 1, 1999Author:
Berka Njovens, Ben ;
Beatrice Dehasse,Joelle ;
Delgadillo,Cynthia Raquel ;
Floyd,Thomas Jerry ;
Frick,Helen Louise ;
George,Morallina Fanwar ;
George-Alleyne,Ramatoulaye ;
Gjokuta,Ana ;
Njovens, Ben Berka ;
Samji,Ismail ;
Simmons,Lesley Anne ;
Stem, Richard
This paper reviews the major technical and performance aspects of a coal fired plan using the supercritical technology. These include the turbine-generator set, the once-through boiler, and operational...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 19666Date: April 30, 1999Author:
Paul, Ingo
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