Urban environmental problems can be critical impediments to sustainable development. Faced with rapid urbanization and the often accompanying problems of uncontrolled waste and pollution, lack of safe...
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, Bim; at works in the fields...
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 (BA) is a method that can be used...
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 (MMA). The Governor of the State...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18613Date: July 31, 1995Author:
Lisansky,Judith M.
Future agriculture will be more knowledge intensive, and be more productive in sustainable ways, based on the importance of information technology (IT) development, as a production factor in rural 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 of fuelwood resources. Although...
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 the Bank in Cote d'Ivoire, by Robert...
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 from non-government sources; hydroelectric...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17619Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Besant-Jones,John E.
The participation of local communities and other stakeholders in managing forestry and conservation projects can help to improve forest productivity, alleviate poverty, enhance environmental sustainability,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18193Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Banerjee,Ajit Kumar ;
Campbell, Gabriel ;
Cruz, Maria C. ;
Davis,Shelton H. ;
Molnar,Augusta
Putting responsibility in the hands of farmers to determine agricultural extension programs can make services more responsive to local conditions, more accountable, more effective, and more sustainable....
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 to address the problems of the poor....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18190Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Norton, Andrew ;
Stephens,Thomas W.
Operations in the education sector can be greatly improved by increasing the participation of government officials, education professionals, local communities, and the private sector. Such participation...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18184Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Colletta,Nat J. ;
Perkins,Gillian M.
The irrigation sector provides a rich source of experiences and lessons in user participation. Participation by farmers in system design and management helps to ensure the sustainability of the system,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18186Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth ;
Reidinger,Richard B. ;
Manzardo,Andrew E.
Bombay: one city - two worlds. The human face of the urban environment. Urban development program in Calcutta integrates environmental concerns. The changing face of Shanghai. Quality water for Shanghai....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17447Date: June 30, 1995Author:
McNeil, Mary ;
Biswas, Kalyan ;
Leman, Edward ;
Burley
The full participation of both men and women in policymaking, in economic and sectoral analysis, and in project design and management, may be impeded by cultural and legal constraints which limit women's...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18195Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Bamberger, Michael ;
Blackden, Mark ;
Taddese, Abeba
Using a participatory approach in the Bank's country economic and sector work may involve extra costs, as well as some loss of control over timing and quality of work. Experience suggests, however, that...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18188Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Aronson,Dan R.
The newest Bank supported social funds are designed explicitly to increase the participation of beneficiaries in identifying and managing microprojects, with the aim of making project activities more relevant...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18189Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Schmidt,Mary E. ;
Marc,Alexandre
World Bank discussion on second-generation transition issues: growth, restructuring, corruption (Michael Bruno, Stanley Fischer, Jana Matesova, and Susan Rose-Ackerman). Anticorruption crackdown in China...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17830Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Bruno,Michael P. ;
Cohen, Ariel ;
De Masi, Paula ;
Fischer,Stanley ;
Hirschler,Richard ;
Koen, Vincent ;
Matesova,Jana ;
Oxford Analytica ;
Rose-Ackerman, Susan ;
Schrenk,Martin
The characteristics of indigenous groups make participatory approaches especially critical to safeguarding their interests int he development process. Such approaches, recognizing the right of indigenous...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18191Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Davis, Shelton H. ;
Soefestad, Lars T.
The participation of users - in designing and implementing projects and managing water and sanitation services - is now being built into Bank-funded projects with the aim of increasing efficiency, equity,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18183Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Watson, Gabrielle ;
Jagannathan, N. Vijay
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