This report examines the current
economic situation of the public sector in the Caribbean
countries. It presents a reform agenda intended to
transform the private sector...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15185Date: April 30, 1996
This report analyzes the problems of the
intergovernmental transfer system. Its underlying logic is
to consider changes in the implementation, rather than the
principles,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15298Date: April 29, 1996
This report analyzes the problems of the
intergovernmental transfer system. Its underlying logic is
to consider changes in the implementation, rather than the
principles,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15298Date: April 29, 1996
This report discusses the role of the
state in Paraguay and proposes several reforms to improve
its contribution to the country's development. It
devotes considerable...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15044Date: April 26, 1996
Labor market outcomes are unsatisfactory
in Bangladesh. Under-unemployment is rampant and is
equivalent to having more than one-fourth of the labor force
unemployed....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13799Date: April 22, 1996
During the past decade more than 11
million adults and 1 million children have been infected
with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Africa.
Indeed, the Acquired...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15569Date: April 20, 1996
Government policies helped lower
inflation in 1995 and edge GDP growth down to a more
sustainable level. The key measures included administrative
restrictions on investment,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15288Date: April 4, 1996
Government policies helped lower
inflation in 1995 and edge GDP growth down to a more
sustainable level. The key measures included administrative
restrictions on investment,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15288Date: April 4, 1996
Among the many challenges facing Turkey
today, two stand out as key to the country's
medium-term economic prospects: to reduce inflation
decisively; and to position...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15076Date: April 1, 1996
Among the many challenges facing Turkey
today, two stand out as key to the country's
medium-term economic prospects: to reduce inflation
decisively; and to position...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15076Date: April 1, 1996
Among the many challenges facing Turkey
today, two stand out as key to the country's
medium-term economic prospects: to reduce inflation
decisively; and to position...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15076Date: April 1, 1996
The gross primary school enrollment rate
of girls in Guinea is among the lowest in the world, despite
an upward trend from 19 percent in 1989 to 29 percent in
1994....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14488Date: March 29, 1996
This report is based on the output of
two workshops in Sri Lanka, four background papers written
by local consultants and the findings of a mission to Sri
Lanka in November-December...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14564Date: March 20, 1996
Reducing poverty is a central policy of
the new government of Malawi which initiated the Poverty
Alleviation Programme. This created a new imperative to
increase understanding...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15437Date: March 19, 1996
Nigeria's tremendous potential for
growth and poverty reduction has yet to be fulfilled. A key
constraint has been the recent conduct of macroeconomic,
particularly...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14447Date: March 18, 1996
Hungary's transition from a command
economy to a market economy has involved important
structural changes in the past few years. Although now
recording modest GDP growth,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14658Date: March 14, 1996
Sri Lanka has achieved remarkable
success in human development. The level of social
development, as measured by key indicators such as life
expectancy and adult illiteracy...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15455Date: March 14, 1996
The Ukrainian coal industry is in deep
crisis. Between 1990 and 1995, coal output (after washing)
decreased by about 50 percent. The productivity of Ukrainian
coal miners...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15056Date: March 4, 1996
This report describes how China has made
impressive gains in human resource development in the past
two decades, and continuing its strides will help redress
poverty,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 17348Date: February 29, 1996
The report evaluates Moldova's
potential competitiveness for trade of key agricultural
commodities. The objectives are to: a) provide initial
information and background...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 15961Date: February 26, 1996
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