This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: it's your chance, by Kevin Rafferty; controversy over how to practice what we preach; Bank tells 'Tiger' Vietnam to sharpen its claws,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 56982Date: October 20, 1997Author:
Drattell, Alan M. ;
Keynes ;
Rafferty, Kevin ;
Versak, Kimberly
Biotechnology in the CGIAR. Progress in research on tropical forests - five years after Rio: an interview with Jeffrey A. Sayer (CIFOR). Editorial: get on a bus...how to alleviate poverty. Forum: attacking...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23547Date: September 30, 1997Author:
Dowdeswell, Elizabeth ;
Ketema, Seyfu ;
Pinstrup Andersen, Per ;
Sayer, Jeffrey A.
This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the West Bank and Gaza office. The World Bank Group is working closely with the Palestinian Authority to define its role in providing a sound enabling environment...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 24924Date: September 30, 1997Author:
Sbeih, Ma'moon
This is a newsletter of the World Bank country office Manila. This issue features: WB (World Bank) backs anti-poverty program for SZOPAD (Special Zone for Peace and Development). Q&A with Mr. Bhargava....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23273Date: September 30, 1997Author:
Gonzales, Leonora A. [editor]
The restructuring and privatization of the U.K. electricity supply - was it worth it? by David M. Newbery and Michael G. Pollitt. A retrospective on the Mexican toll road program (1989-94), by Jeff Ruster....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18956Date: September 30, 1997Author:
Newbery, David M. ;
Pollitt, Michael Gerald ;
Ruster, Jeff E. ;
Brook Cowen, Penelope J. ;
Anderson, Robert E. ;
Djankov, Simeon ;
Pohl, Gerhard ;
Claessens, Stijn ;
Bond, James P. ;
Wellenius, Bjorn ;
Braga, Carlos Alberto Primo ;
Smith, Peter ;
Fink, Carsten
Recent evidence from Viet Nam indicates that deficits in access to basic infrastructure are so widespread that new investments will not automatically be well targeted to the poor. In fact, in Viet Nam...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17475Date: September 30, 1997Author:
Culhane, Brian [editor]
Solving the Rubik's Cube: cultural heritage in cities of the developing world. Forward to the past:cultural heritage a trigger for renewal. The politics of heritage: the culture war in urban India. Preservation...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17514Date: September 30, 1997Author:
Serageldin, M. Ismail ;
Landry, Charles ;
Chatterjee, Patralekha ;
Erbach, Jerry ;
Eirinberg, Keith W. ;
Corzo, Miguel Angel ;
Bergen, Margaret ;
Goethert, Reinhard K ;
Balzar, John ;
Netzer, Dick ;
Ashworth, G. J. ;
Hankey, Donald ;
Biswas, Kalyan ;
Dickey, Lisa ;
Padula, Giovanni ;
Badshah, Akhtar A. ;
Subir, Josep
Land degradation on agricultural land, in addition to reducing productivity and causing problems such as sedimentation, can also affect problems of global concern. Land degradation can contribute to climate...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18294Date: September 30, 1997Author:
Pagiola, Stefano P.
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: challenges vs. opportunity; by BW reporter; Vatican backs Bank, by Lauren Ptito; Bank spells out plans for war on connection, by BW...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 56981Date: September 18, 1997Author:
Bergen, Geoffrey H. ;
Drattell, Alan M. ;
Keynes ;
Ptito, Lauren S. ;
Rafferty, Kevin ;
Robboy, Rebeca M. ;
Stein, Peer Benno Walter
EU accession should be a partnership, not a dictate. Picking up the enlargement tab: European Union plans budget for 2000-2006. Romania's new government means business - the first seven months. New phase...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17071Date: August 31, 1997Author:
Ellman, Michael ;
O'Brien, Thomas Sean ;
Klose, Eliza K. ;
Urge-Vorsatz, Diana ;
Easterly, William R. ;
Wolf, Holger C. ;
Selowsky, Marcelo ;
Desai, Padma ;
Harriman, Roland
This Banks world newsletter includes some of the following headings: bank reaches out to DC, by Kevin Rafferty; Koch-Weser urges managers to cut the knot; practice, what we preach, by Kevin Rafferty; bank's...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 64375Date: August 22, 1997Author:
Mejia, Cristina ;
Rafferty, Kevin
The Secretariat for the Legal Amazon of the Ministry of the Environment, Water Resources and Legal Amazon (MMA) is currently preparing the Monitoring and Analysis Project. To be successful, this project...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18621Date: July 31, 1997Author:
Lisansky, Judith M. ;
Sprissler, Loretta
A Quality-at-entry review of 108 World Bank projects in 53 countries was undertaken to determine the extent and nature of community driven development (CDD) within the Bank's portfolio. The review included...
Governance of the MFI, by Martin Connell. Internal control in micro-finance institutions, by Gilles Galludec. The role of a board of directors for micro-finance institutions - an interview with Ira Lieberman,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18676Date: July 31, 1997Author:
Mukherjee, Joyita ;
Isern, Jennifer [editors] ;
Connell, Martin ;
Galludec, Gilles Jacques ;
Lieberman, Ira W. ;
Taborga, Miguel ;
Wright, David L. ;
Kumar, Udaia ;
Bazoberry, Eduardo
Over the past few years donors and governments have become increasingly interested in the potential of decentralization for improving the efficiency of public expenditures and the effectiveness of service...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 22763Date: July 31, 1997Author:
McLean, Keith ;
Okidegbe, Nwanze
How can geographic information systems (GIS) assist in pollution control and prevention? What role can GIS play in environmental monitoring and impact assessment? Can GIS offer information management solutions...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18293Date: July 31, 1997Author:
Kishor, Puneet
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: Bank staffers without IDs set up home in H building; dialog with critics begins, by Kevin Rafferty; Muhsin in the swim as CIO, by Al...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 56980Date: July 21, 1997Author:
Drattell, Alan M. ;
Keynes ;
Mejia, Cristina ;
Radhika, Y.R. ;
Rafferty, Kevin
Mali: trees for food security. A lethal cocktail for the chickpea podborer. Forum: Sida's strategies for natural resources and the environment, by Johan Holmerg. News: groundwater sales promote equity....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23546Date: June 30, 1997Author:
Holmberg, Johan ;
Harrington, Larry ;
Robbins, Mike ;
Ozowa, Vincent Nnamdi ;
Peacock, John
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