The World Bank committed $30.6 billion
in transport-related projects during the past decade, making
it one of the largest sectors. The evaluation looks into the
Bank's...
Type: PublicationReport#: 39660Date: January 1, 2007
This volume covers the conduct of fiscal
policy in Latin America, and its consequences for
macroeconomic stability and long-term growth. The
volume's chapters examine...
Type: PublicationReport#: 41450Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Perry, Guillermo (editor) ;
Serven, Luis (editor) ;
Suescun, Rodrigo (editor)
Four billion low-income people, a
majority of the world's population, constitute the base
of the economic pyramid. New empirical measures of their
behavior as consumers...
Type: PublicationReport#: 39127Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Hammond, Allen L. ;
Katz,Robert M. ;
Kramer, William J. ;
Tran, Julia T.
This book is intended to explain the
factors underlying the stellar growth record that has led to
Armenia's emergence as the Caucasian Tiger and to
provide policy advice...
Type: PublicationReport#: 39250Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Mitra, Saumya ;
Andrew, Douglas ;
Gyulumyan, Gohar ;
Holden, Paul ;
Kaminski, Bart ;
Kuznetsov, Yevgeny ;
Vashakmadze, Ekaterine
This book argues for the urgent need for
countries to move forward aggressively on adopting and
upgrading quality and standards. The focus is on developing
countries,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 40516Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Diop,Makhtar ;
Guasch, Luis J. ;
Racine,Jean-Louis Charles ;
Sanchez,Maria Isabel
This paper provides an assessment of the
Polish funded pension system and the quality of the
regulatory framework for the accumulation phase. There are
two elements...
Type: PublicationReport#: 40537Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Rocha, Roberto ;
Rudolph,Heinz P.
At the March 30-31, 2006, meeting of the
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD)/Development Assistance Committee (DAC) network on
development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48394Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Gerrard, Chris ;
Hill, Dale ;
Kelly, Lauren ;
Wee-Ling Ooi, Elaine
This issue includes the following:
growth and risk: methodology and micro evidence; by Chris
Elbers, Jan Willem Gunning, and Bill Kinsey. Dollars, debt,
and international...
This Sourcebook deals with social
analysis in policy reform, encompassing the transition from
gaining a better understanding of the distributional impacts
of proposed...
Type: PublicationReport#: 39022Date: January 1, 2007Author:
World Bank
This Sourcebook deals with social
analysis in policy reform, encompassing the transition from
gaining a better understanding of the distributional impacts
of proposed...
Type: PublicationReport#: 39022Date: January 1, 2007Author:
World Bank
India's recent growth has been
impressive, with real GDP rising by over eight percent a
year since 2004 -- accompanied by a jump in innovative
activities. Growth has...
Type: PublicationReport#: 41175Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Dutz,Mark Andrew
The study reviews the experience in the
EU8 countries of the emergence of private higher education
institutions and introduction of fees for student who do not
gain...
Type: PublicationReport#: 40539Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Canning, Mary ;
Godfrey, Martin ;
Holzer-Zelazewska, Dorota
While each country's judiciary is
unique in its individual needs, capabilities and contexts,
the lessons learned from Singapore's success can help
guide judicial reform...
Type: PublicationReport#: 38779Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Malik,Waleed Haider
This study assesses the development
effectiveness of World Bank assistance in addressing
constraints to agricultural development in Africa over the
period of fiscal...
Type: PublicationReport#: 41790Date: January 1, 2007
The analysis of the cost of
environmental degradation conducted as part of the country
environmental analysis (CEA) shows that the most costly
problems associated with...
This study is intended to be a
systematic and practical guide to the basic features of
modern forestry legislation. It identifies a range of issues
that should be considered...
Type: PublicationReport#: 40003Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Christy,Lawrence Craig ;
Di Leva,Charles E. ;
Lindsay,Jonathan Mills ;
Talla Takoukam,Patrice
This report is the fifth in a series of
Flagship Development Reports that highlight key challenges
facing the Middle East and North Africa Region. This volume
aims to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 39361Date: January 1, 2007
East Asian Visions: Perspectives on
Economic Development is a collection of essays by 17 eminent
East Asians who represent a broad spectrum of backgrounds
and experiences....
Type: PublicationReport#: 38538Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Gyohten, Toyoo ;
Hayami,Yujiro ;
Jinglian,Wu ;
Kiem, Cao Sy ;
Koh, Tommy ;
Kuroda, Haruhiko ;
Mahbubani, Kishore ;
Medalla,Felipe ;
Moniroth, Aun Porn ;
Pangestu,Mari E. ;
Pei,Minxin ;
Sheng, Andrew ;
Sundaram,Jomo Kwame ;
Yam, Joseph ;
Yongtu, Long ;
Zheng, Bijian ;
De Ocampo,Roberto F.
This edition of environment matters
arrives just as the international community embarks on a
two-year process to secure a new global framework to limit
the amounts of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 75575Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Hillers, Astrid ;
Iqbal, Fareeha Y. ;
Livernash, Robert T. ;
Cantrell, Jim ;
Herekar, Yawar
Presented in this study are nine
development initiatives in six less developed countries -
Afghanistan, Cambodia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Timor Leste
and Uganda. The...
Type: PublicationReport#: 37959Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Manor, James [editor]
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