Negotiating change: building local democracy in South Africa. Innovative urban management practices. Institutional behavior change in Tunisian municipalities. Report cards: a novel approach for improving...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17449Date: January 31, 1996Author:
Swilling, Mark ;
Cheema, G. Shabbir ;
Yacoob, May ;
Bendahmane,Diane B ;
Paul,Samuel ;
Campbell,Tim E. ;
KATZ, TRAVIS ;
Serageldin,Mona ;
Kipta, Ewa ;
Fouad, Randa
The third and last project preparation workshop for the Management of the Forest Resources Project (formally called the National Forests Project) was held in Brasilia on December 18-20, 1995. The overall...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18615Date: January 31, 1996Author:
Lisansky,Judith M. ;
Sprissler,Loretta
In this issue: twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Administrative Council; recent signatures and ratifications of the ICSID convention; institute for transnational arbitration's seventh annual workshop...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 99086Date: January 1, 1996
Toward creating a pverty-free world, by Muhammad Yunus. The view of the chair, by Ismail Serageldin. The conceptual underpinnings of CGAP - A micro-finance program, by Mohini Malhotra. Opening statement...
Lead impairs the mental and physical development of children even at low levels of exposure. The social benefits of removing lead from gasoline -- the major source of exposure in many urban areas -- vastly...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18286Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Bam,Christopher ;
Lovei, Magda
Education and information are fundamental to success: World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn visits Russia and Eastern Europe (James Wolfensohn). From plan to market: patterns of transition (Martha...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17833Date: December 31, 1995Author:
de Melo, Martha ;
Denizer,Ahmet Cevdet ;
Gelb,Alan Harold ;
Gillibrand,Michael Gray ;
Zhilin, Aleksandr ;
SACHS, JEFFREY D. ;
Stark, David ;
Oxford Analytica ;
Schrenk,Martin ;
Wolfensohn,James D.
Environmental Information Systems (EIS) International Advisory Committee to discuss EIS Development at regional EIS workshop. National environment action plan and environmental initiatives in Uganda; by...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 20979Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Kouakou, Koffi [editor] ;
Matthews, Jeff ;
Manecas, Inacio ;
Turyatunga,Frank R
Sustainable agriculture (SA) is an economically feasible approach that maintains the viability of soil, water, and air while promoting social equity and community well-being. Combining sustainable farming...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 21122Date: December 31, 1995
This Bank's World newsletter includes some of the following headings: it's a small world: meeting again 30 years later, by Jill Roessner; Meet Kofi, Maria and Sunita: stories from the World Bank, by Jill...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 57348Date: December 1, 1995Author:
Bregman, Jaap ;
Chang,Luis V. ;
Demas,Barbara ;
Ebbe, Trinka ;
Levenson,Caroline S. ;
Maly,Daniel ;
ROESSNER, J. JILL ;
Simmons,Lesley Anne ;
Solo, Tova Maria ;
Swanson,Eric Valdeman ;
Weber-Fahr,Monika M.
Mitigating commercial risks in project finance; by Ruster, Jeff. A pre-export guarantee facility in Moldova - mitigating political risk in transition; by Ruhl, Onno and Alfred Watkins. Are bank interest...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 47576Date: December 1, 1995Author:
Randenborgh, Matthias van ;
Pernia, Joseph ;
Ramac ;
Ruster, Jeff ;
Ruhl, Onno ;
Watkins, Alfred ;
Monte
Substantial intensification of agriculture in Bangladesh has led to foodgrain self-sufficiency being achieved in good years. As currently practiced, however, intensive agriculture is degrading the soil...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18296Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Pagiola,Stefano P.
This Bank's World newsletter includes some of the following headings: negotiation: the high tech, low budget approach, by Mark Kosmo; are you stressed? You're not alone; lessons from New Zealand: what...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 57347Date: November 1, 1995Author:
Bale,Malcolm D. ;
Yusuf,Paru Desai ;
Floyd,Thomas Jerry ;
KOSMO, MARK N. ;
Marke, Blanshard ;
Patorni,Linda ;
Swanson,Eric Valdeman
Poor urban households in developing countries spend a significant proportion of their limited cash incomes, often as much as 15 to 22 percent, on energy, and much of their remaining income is spent on...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 76070Date: November 1, 1995Author:
Barnes,Douglas French
Dramatic population trends in countries of the FSU (Timothy Heleniak). Poverty in Russia--an assessment (Jeni Klugman). Checklist for action in the Russian economy (Michael D. Intriligator, Robert McIntyre,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17832Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Dobozi,Istvan ;
Heleniak,Timothy E. ;
Intriligator, Michael D. ;
Kaminski, Bartlomiej ;
Kekic, Laza ;
Klugman,Jeni ;
McIntyre, Robert ;
Nellis,John R. ;
Pomer, Marshall ;
Rosenberg, Dorothy J. ;
Taylor, Lance ;
Tulin, Dmitri ;
Winters,L. Alan ;
Zhen KunWang
News: wheat is doing well in Syria. A glimpse of ICW 95 (International Centers Week). Research highlights: apomixes: giving poor farmers access to hybrids, by Elizabeth de Paez. New Barley boosts Chinese...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23540Date: October 31, 1995Author:
De Paez, Elizabeth ;
Seckler, David ;
El-Beltagy, Adel ;
Islam, Nurul
Implementation of the Pilot Program is firmly under way. Solid project implementation performance is essential. In the long run, however, the benefits of the Pilot Program will be measured by knowledge...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 21898Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Schneider,Robert R.
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: travels with the first lady; innovation and cooperation, by Michael J. Eddy; adopting a school, by Morallina Fanwar-George; October...
Social Assessment (SA) provides a framework for incorporating participation and social analysis into the design and delivery of Bank operations. This note provides an early report on 42 social assessments...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18200Date: September 30, 1995Author:
McPhail, Kathryn ;
Salmen, Lawrence ;
Jacobs, Sue ;
Sc
Good municipal financing practices in Latin America. What kind of financing systems support decentralization? The Philippines: financing investment in urban infrastructure through local government bonds....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17448Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Ramirez Londono,Monica L. ;
Peterson,George E. ;
Varley,Robert C. ;
Kehew, Robert ;
Charles, Cecilia Mou ;
Wiesner, Eduardo ;
Munjee,Nasser M ;
Devas, Nick ;
Vine, R. J. ;
Salinas Briones,Roberto M. ;
Foreman,Jonathan ;
Jaime, Hector Osuna
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