The World Bank supports development that
improves human welfare and reduces poverty. Achieving this
goal requires sustainable economic growth; the development
of physical...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18216Date: August 31, 1995
Many developing countries are
experimenting with decentralizing power and responsibilities
to local governments. These processes of decentralization
have achieved some...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 22751Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Aiyar, Swaminathan ;
Parker, Andrew ;
Van Zyl, Johan
Historically, land reform has been
implemented by government agencies expropriating land, with
or without compensation, and then distributing it to the
landless. Such...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 22753Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Aiyar, Swaminathan ;
Parker, Andrew ;
Van Zyl, Johan
Beneficiary Assessment (BA) is a
qualitative, social assessment method of investigation and
evaluation that consists of three kinds of data collection
techniques: (i)...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18198Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Salmen, Lawrence F.
The study on which this dissemination
note is based points to the need for awareness of the
sensitivities surrounding interethnic relations in the
Central Asian countries...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18197Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Youssef, Nadia H.
Large, mechanized farms are often viewed
as more efficient than small ones. This myth has often
included policymakers and technicians who favor large
commercial farms...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 22755Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Aiyer, Swaminathan ;
Parker, Andrew ;
Van Zyl, Johan
Urban environmental problems can be
critical impediments to sustainable development. Faced with
rapid urbanization and the often accompanying problems of
uncontrolled...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18284Date: August 31, 1995
This Banks World newsletter includes
some of the following headings: ten days in India: European
journalists visit social sectors projects by Monbart,
Claudia von; Bissell,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 57344Date: August 1, 1995Author:
Alexandrowicz, Melinda Roth ;
Bissell,Bimla N. ;
Kiss,Agnes I. ;
Marshall,Katherine ;
Von Monbart,Claudia M. ;
Ngo,Brian T. ;
Prest,Michael Richard ;
Reines,Sheila ;
Tager,Carolyn S.
The professionals and policy makers who
plan projects and programs are often far removed from the
people for whom these activities are intended. Beneficiary
Assessment...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 27382Date: August 1, 1995
The second meeting of the Pilot
Program's Participants took place in Belem on July 6-7,
hosted by the Ministry of the Environment, Water Resources
and the Legal Amazon...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18613Date: July 31, 1995Author:
Lisansky, Judith [editor]
Future agriculture will be more
knowledge intensive, and be more productive in sustainable
ways, based on the importance of information technology (IT)
development,...
Promising initial results from the Niger
household energy project suggest that an integrated program
of taxation and land tenure reform can bring about
sustainable management...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17620Date: July 31, 1995Author:
Willem Floor [task manager]
This Banks World newsletter includes
some of the following headings: together, we can change the
World, by Jill Roessner; a fishy tale, by Jan Post;
communicating about...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 57343Date: July 1, 1995Author:
Calderisi,Robert ;
Huttlinger, Jim ;
Peterson, Jake A. ;
Post,Jan Cornelis ;
ROESSNER, J. JILL ;
Simmons,Lesley Anne ;
Solo, Tova Maria ;
Swanson,Eric Valdeman
Hydroelectricity will continue to be
important for meeting power requirements in developing
countries. Much of the funding required for hydroelectric
projects must come...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17619Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Besant-Jones, John
The participation of local communities
and other stakeholders in managing forestry and conservation
projects can help to improve forest productivity, alleviate
poverty,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18193Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Banerjee, Ajit ;
Campbell, Gabriel ;
Cruz, Maria C. ;
Davis, Shelton ;
Molnar, Augusta
Putting responsibility in the hands of
farmers to determine agricultural extension programs can
make services more responsive to local conditions, more
accountable,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18194Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Antholt, Charles ;
Zijp, Willem
The Bank's approach to country
poverty assessments (PAs) is increasingly stressing the
involvement of stakeholder groups, with the aim of building
in-country capacity...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18190Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Norton, Andrew ;
Stephens, Thomas
Operations in the education sector can
be greatly improved by increasing the participation of
government officials, education professionals, local
communities, and the...
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