The Department of Education in Pakistan and the World Bank used social assessment (SA) to evaluate an experiment in community participation that promotes girl's education in Balochistan, where the idea...
The government of Mexico and a World Bank team incorporated social assessment (SA) into their analytical work when carrying out a comprehensive review of the forestry and resource conservation sector....
Scientists announce a breakthrough in research on "asexual" maize. News - Broader partnerships: the CGIAR and NGOs. Editorial: why is public agricultural research needed? Announcements. News - Half of...
Developing countries have become increasingly interested in attracting private entities to bid on construction and operation of hydro-based independent power projects (IPPs). The output from such power...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17625Date: April 30, 1996Author:
Besant-Jones,John E.
This note summarizes the results of a study of twenty-one agroforestry projects in six Central American and two Caribbean countries which analyzed the profitability of agroforestry for farmers as a crucial...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18298Date: April 30, 1996Author:
Current, Dean ;
Lutz,Ernst ;
Scherr,Sara
The research presented here used cost-benefit analysis to investigate the nature and severity of soil degradation problems in Central American and the Caribbean and to assess the cost-effectiveness of...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18287Date: April 30, 1996Author:
Lutz,Ernst ;
Pagiola,Stefano P. ;
Reiche Caal,Carlos Enrique
Raising primary school enrollment in low-income developing countries is an important policy goal. However, achieving this goal will require more than simply improving access to primary schools. Because...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17469Date: April 30, 1996Author:
Culhane, Brian [editor] ;
Orlando, Cynthia [editor]
Social analysts at the Bank have concluded that insufficient grassroots involvement in project activities is often the major factor when projects fail to meet specific development objectives, to benefits...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18616Date: April 30, 1996Author:
Garrison, John W., 2nd ;
Lisansky,Judith M. ;
Sprissler,Loretta
The objective of this study was to shed light on the extent of on-going deforestation, by whom, on whose land, and how. Three principal types of forest intervention were identified: (a) clear cutting to...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18300Date: April 30, 1996Author:
Lutz, Ernst ;
Vedova, Mario ;
Martinez, W. Hector ;
Sa
The conservation and management of lakes and reservoirs must enter the mainstream of the economic development process through comprehensive water resources management. Actions to improve management of...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 22757Date: March 31, 1996Author:
Ayres,Wendy Schreiber ;
Busia,Awa B. ;
Dinar,Ariel ;
Hirji,Rafik Fatehali ;
Lintner,Stephen F. ;
Robelus,Robert A.
Five countries (China, India, Pakistan, the United States, and Uzbekistan) account for over 70 percent of world cotton production. This crop is also an important source of foreign exchange and employment...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 21123Date: March 31, 1996Author:
Gillham, Fred
China's transition experience, reexamined (Jeffrey Sachs and Wing Thye Woo). Latvian banking crisis: stakes and mistakes (Alex Fleming and Samuel Talley). Using World Bank credit lines for bank rehabilitation:...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17835Date: March 31, 1996Author:
SACHS, JEFFREY D. ;
Woo,Wing Thye ;
Fleming,Alexander E. ;
Talley,Samuel H. ;
Grigoriev,Leonid M. ;
Kisunko,Gregory ;
Schrenk,Martin
News: the Jakarta Biodiversity Conference, by Ruth Raymond. Research highlights: millet production growing in Africa. What Africa grows to eat, by Inca Alipui. Research highlights: Cassava, Africa's food...
A recent World Bank research project entitled The Economic and Political Determinants of Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa explores the particular kinds of policies that can successfully lower the demand...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17468Date: February 29, 1996Author:
Culhane, Brian [editor] ;
Orlando, Cynthia [editor
World Bank efforts in Bosnia--conflict-solving through reconstruction (Michel Noel and Richard Hirschler). Sarajevo--a close-up: impressions from a tormented city ( Richard Hirschler). Wage convergence...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17834Date: February 29, 1996Author:
Lugendo,Michael Noel ;
Hirschler,Richard ;
Pinto,Brian R. ;
RAMAKRISHNAN, UMA ;
Vodopivec,Milan ;
Schrenk,Martin ;
Zachau,Ulrich ;
De Rezende Rocha,Roberto
"The World Bank Participation Sourcebook" (report no. 15363) is a how-to guide to help Bank staff support participatory approaches in economic and social development. It is a collection of cases, told...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18201Date: February 29, 1996Author:
Bhatnagar,Bhuvan ;
Kearns,James M. ;
Sequeira,Debra Tina
Countries in transition from centrally planned to market economies face several challenges when planning investments. These include a lack of information about beneficiary groups, particularly those in...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18215Date: February 29, 1996
This is a newsletter of the World Bank country office Manila. This issue features: Bhargava: New WB (World Bank) resrep in the Philippines. WB supports balanced pro-poor growth. Meet the World Bank family...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23270Date: January 31, 1996Author:
Gonzales, Leonora A. [editor]
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