A bank of one's own, by Ela Bhatt. China's emerging micro-finance industry, by Mike Goldberg. Strengthening Asian MFIs, by Joyita Mukherjee. Asian Development Bank operations to support micro-finance,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18677Date: January 31, 1998Author:
Mukherjee,Joyita ;
Isern,Jennifer ;
Bhatt,Ela ;
Goldberg, Mike ;
Staub, William ;
Fernando,Nimal A. ;
Chen,Gregory C. ;
Bullock, Tamara ;
TARMANN, ALLISON
This paper discusses the ways in which severance payments may protect workers, as well as reducing the political opposition to liquidation. Specifically, the paper considers the identification of candidates...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18558Date: January 31, 1998Author:
Sherif,Khaled F. ;
Clarke,George R. ;
Djankov,Simeon
This is a newsletter of the World Bank country office Manila. This issue features: RP wins donor's confidence: new commitment of US$3B in Paris meet. FVR signs Executive Order on Special Zone of Peace...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23219Date: January 31, 1998Author:
Gonzales, Leonora [editor]
In 1994, the Federal Government of India launched an ambitious nationwide program of decentralized community-based watershed development. The National Watershed Development Program (NWDP) is a centrally-sponsored...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 22764Date: January 31, 1998Author:
Esmail,Talib B. K.
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: Bank & Uganda: the inside story; the long goodbye to NRS, by Kevin Rafferty; first class envelop ban stirs controversy, by BW reporter;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 56986Date: January 28, 1998Author:
Cullen,Timothy W. B. ;
Goto,Shihoko ;
Keynes ;
Rafferty, Kevin ;
Shen,Anna ;
Sopher,Jamil
Water demand exceeds supply in most parts of the world. To address such deficits, agencies at the national, regional, and local levels often import water through inter-basin transfers, which can have enormous...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 22675Date: January 1, 1998Author:
Hirji,Rafik Fatehali
Making sure social funds help the poorest, by Anthony G. Bigio. Regulators push investment awareness in Latin America, by Sophia Lynn. Korean Journal : aftermath of the crisis, by Shinok Park. World...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 81025Date: January 1, 1998Author:
Bigio,Anthony G. ;
English,Edward Philip ;
Lynn,Sophia ;
Mcneil,Mary L.
During February and March 1998, accidental fires raged out of control in parts of the northern Amazon state of Roraima, a consequence of a pronounced drought brought on by El Nino combined with normal...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18624Date: January 1, 1998Author:
Lisansky,Judith M. ;
Sprissler,Loretta
Tigers tamed: Asian danger, Asian opportunity, by Teresa C. Barger. Uzbekistan: three of a kind, by Ketki Bhagwati, Raymond Chiu, Per Kjellerhaug, and Paul Crystal. Tanzania: uplink, by Omari Issa and...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18587Date: January 1, 1998Author:
Barger,Teresa C. ;
Bhagwati, Ketki ;
Issa,Omari ;
Montague, Adrian A. ;
Clarke,Denis J. ;
Conger,Lucy ;
Asamoah,Solomon ;
Ndiaye,Papa M. ;
Crystal,Paul J. ;
Chiu,Raymond K. T. ;
Kjellerhaug,Per
Breaking the mold, by Howard French. The Euro Age, by Giovanni Padula. A survey of technology in cities, by Nigel Harris. New York's invisible construction, by Michael Fishman. Transportation : smart moves....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18476Date: January 1, 1998Author:
Padula, Giovanni ;
Harris,Nigel ;
Fishman, Michael ;
Peirce, Neal R. ;
Hale, Jonathan ;
Webb,Michael G. ;
Auclair,Christine ;
French, Howard ;
Bergen,Margaret
Addis Ababa's infrastructure has not kept pace with the city's population growth. Poor sanitation has been identified as a major problem, and, the government, as well as nongovernmental organizations (NGOs),...
During a visit to the United Kingdom in December 1997, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso announced that the Brazilian government will set aside at least 10 percent of the country's forest ecosystems...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18623Date: January 1, 1998Author:
Batmanian,Garo J. ;
Lisansky,Judith M. ;
Sprissler,Loretta
Giant steps : can broader be better? by Erik D'Amato. Whale in a swimming pool, by Debora Spar. Different kind of banker, different kind of bank. The long view : Latin America's pension boom, by Lucy Conger....
West Bank and Gaza : a new direction. Israelis, Palestinians unite in $100 million fund. What's new about globalization? by Jane Fraser and Jeremy Oppenheim. Africa Business Network : web page for the...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18586Date: January 1, 1998Author:
Fraser, Jane ;
Oppenheim,Jeremy M. ;
Gelston,Sally ;
Wright,Robert Palmer ;
Younger,Dana R. ;
Granda,Christopher A. ;
Thomas,Maria C. ;
Koskelo,Jyrki I. ;
Crystal,Paul J.
Utility regulators - the independence debate. Utility regulators - roles and responsibilities. Utility regulators - decisionmaking structures, resources and start-up strategy. Utility regulation - a critical...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17407Date: December 31, 1997Author:
Green, Richard ;
Vass, Peter ;
Chisari,Omar Osvaldo ;
Estache,Antonio ;
Orton Romero,Carlos Rafael ;
De Rus Mendoza,Gines ;
Thompson,Louis Stanley ;
Budin,Karim-Jacques ;
Smith,Warrick P.
Developing countries should create a registration process that will make it easier to introduce new zero- and low-risk pest management inputs, thus giving farmers alternatives to more dangerous broad spectrum...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 21128Date: December 31, 1997Author:
Kiss, Agi ;
Benbrook, Charles ;
Gisselquist,David P.
Interview with Joseph Stigliz - transition economy is still a well defined category. Market failure and corruption in the Czech Republic. EBRD report predicts accelerated growth in most transition countries...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17381Date: December 31, 1997Author:
Stiglitz,Joseph Eugene ;
Hirschler,Richard ;
Schwartz, Andrew ;
Tarr, David G. ;
Sergi, Bruno S. ;
Korengold, Adam ;
Polishchuk, Leonid ;
Deutsch, Antal ;
Michnik, Adam
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