Consultations with affected populations and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are becoming standard practice in environment assessments (EAs). The Bank recognized this fact by incorporating public...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18206Date: April 30, 1997Author:
Davis,Shelton H. ;
Van Vijfeijken,Tosca M. ;
Gonzalez Gomez,Mary Lisbeth
Community management of natural resources can be promoted by providing an incentive environment to help ensure the flow of benefits to communities through the establishment of regulated access and rational...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18291Date: April 30, 1997Author:
Jain, Nihal C.
The 1996 Red List of Threatened Animals is a warning flag, signaling for global attention to the perilous status of many species. It is estimated that 25 percent of mammal species and 11 percent of bird...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18292Date: April 30, 1997Author:
Rabb, George B. ;
Baillie, Jonathan ;
Tressler, Susan [editor] ;
Rees,Colin P.
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: call for greening of atrium; berry plans radical personnel shake-up by Kevin, Rafferty; man's natural pharmacy faces extinction; Severino...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 56976Date: April 15, 1997Author:
Aflalo,Brigitte ;
Drattell,Alan M. ;
Hay,Phillip Jeremy ;
Ptito,Lauren S. ;
Rafferty, Kevin ;
Wright, Fried
Poverty alleviation programs -- both short- and long-term -- require data that can help to accurately identify vulnerable groups. During periods of economic shock, such programs may then be able to better...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17473Date: March 31, 1997Author:
Culhane, Brian [editor]
Against a backdrop of increasing attention to social assessment and participation issues throughout the World Bank and within the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the Bank's Global Environment Coordination...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 21960Date: March 31, 1997Author:
Morgan,Maria Katherine
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: Bank is big, strong, fashionable, cute, solid - it's on the record; broad support for revamp by Kevin, Rafferty; answerline news; top...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 56975Date: March 24, 1997Author:
Cullen,Timothy W. B. ;
Drattel, Al ;
Ptito,Lauren S. ;
Rafferty, Kevin ;
Ruiz-Esparza, A.M.
Quality is everyone's business. Our toolkit: identifying projects at risk. A historical look at projects at risk. Our toolkit: measuring realism and proactivity. Quality assessments: what's in store....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18166Date: February 28, 1997Author:
Garg,Prem Prakash
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: March d-day for 21st century Bank; dreams come true: Africa region's (AFR's) Mamadou Dia honored by African-American institute; finance...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 56974Date: February 28, 1997Author:
Aflalo,Brigitte ;
Howard,Ted L. ;
Mcneil, Marry ;
Rafferty, Kevin ;
Stiglitz,Joseph Eugene
FSU firms keep on providing social services. The price tag of Russia's organized crime. New currency boards come to the Balkans. Bulgaria in crisis. Vox populi -what do people in Central and Eastern Europe...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 16720Date: February 28, 1997Author:
Hanke, Steve H. ;
Koronowski, Adam ;
Linn,Johannes F. ;
Mabert, Vincent ;
Marer, Paul ;
Shelley, Louise I. ;
Thomas, Scott ;
Vecernik,Jiri
Farmers are aware of natural resource degradation, but environmentally unsustainable agricultural practices remain widespread. Like other differences among farmers, many factors affect the adoption of...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 21126Date: February 28, 1997Author:
Kerr, John ;
Magrath,William B.
Out of the tunnel of urban childhood. Learning to get better. Unraveling the dilemma of child labor. Children in development. Picture Cape Town: images of South Africa. Delhi's children take arms against...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17515Date: January 31, 1997Author:
Helmore, Kristin ;
Bundy, Don ;
Thakkar,Mitesh ;
Winter,Carolyn ;
Boyden, Jo ;
Myers,William E. ;
Hart, Roger ;
Chatterjee,Patralekha ;
Le Breton, Juliet ;
Freeman, Hugh ;
Backus, Emily ;
de la Barra, Ximena ;
Graef, Roger ;
Scheper-Hughes, Nancy ;
Hoffman, Daniel ;
Bergen,Margaret ;
Conger,Lucy ;
Sweet, David
High interest rates place banking systems under stress and create the potential for crisis by squeezing firms' profits and encouraging banks to undertake riskier projects than they otherwise would. Because...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17861Date: January 31, 1997Author:
Vieira Da Cunha,Paulo ;
Brock,Philip L.
Accessing commercial capital for micro-finance: the ACCION experience, by Maria Otero. Short-term micro-finance: commercial banks can do it! by Klaas Kuiper. Micro-finance: the new emerging market? by...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18675Date: January 31, 1997Author:
Malhotra,Mohini ;
Mukherjee,Joyita ;
Villegas Otero,Maria Cecilia ;
Kuiper, Klass ;
Wright,David L. ;
CHIDZERO, ANNE-MARIE N. ;
Smith,Anne Marie
Agricultural science forum strengthens global agricultural research system. CGIAR honors six world food prize laureates. Editorial - The global forum - an agricultural science summit. Global challenges...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23544Date: January 31, 1997Author:
Baxter, Joan ;
Brader,Lukas ;
Cribb, Julian ;
Ozgediz, Selcuck ;
Serageldin,M. Ismail
As Hungary institutes a market economy, it presents a model for how a previously centralized state has to rethink dealing with poverty. Given the budget constraints and economic volatility inevitably...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17472Date: January 31, 1997Author:
Culhane, Brian [editor]
Under the Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest, protected areas will be concentrated in seven rain forest corridors located in the Amazon and Atlantic forest regions. These corridors include...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18619Date: January 31, 1997Author:
Anderson, Anthony ;
Lisansky,Judith M. ;
Sprissler,Loretta
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: a survival guide to 1997: if you thought last year was filled with change, hold on to your hat by Howard, Ted; Banks World interviews...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 56973Date: January 23, 1997Author:
Howard,Ted L.
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