In every region of the world, the
intensification of crop-based agriculture has been
associated with a sharp increase in the use of chemical
fertilizer. Given the generally...
Type: PublicationReport#: 39037Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Byerlee,Derek R. ;
Kelly,Valerie A. ;
Kopicki,Ronald J. ;
Morris,Michael
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, 2007
Although host governments and the
investors may share one common objective-the desire for the
project to generate high levels of revenue-their other goals
are not entirely...
Type: PublicationReport#: 40902Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Tordo,Silvana
The report covers several types of
structured finance with such capital market instruments as
mortgage-backed securities, structured bond issues for
infrastructure financing,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 40534Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Cheikhrouhou,Hela ;
Gwinner,William Britt ;
Pollner,John Daniel ;
Salinas Munoz,Emanuel ;
Sirtaine,Sophie ;
Vittas,Dimitri
Although Africa is falling behind in
today's global economic race, it holds pockets of vital
economic activity -- many in the form of enterprise clusters
scattered across...
Type: PublicationReport#: 42774Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Zeng, Douglas Zhihua
Knowledge has always been an essential
force in economic development. Chapter one, describes the
knowledge revolution, which is leading us into a
postindustrial age...
Type: PublicationReport#: 41172Date: January 1, 2007
This paper is a contribution to our
understanding of building local capacity in economics
education and research in developing and transition
countries. The contributors...
Type: PublicationReport#: 39984Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Bourguignon, Francois ;
Elkana, Yehuda ;
Pleskovic, Boris
This handbook acknowledges the need for
better data and indicators on the environment, rural
economies and communities, and, very importantly, the farm
household itself...
Type: PublicationReport#: 71496Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Hill, Berkeley ;
Goll, Michael ;
Karlsson, Jan ;
Kingombe, Christian ;
Keita, Naman ;
Okidegbe, Nwanze ;
McGranahan, David ;
Bollman, Ray ;
Pfuderer, Simone ;
Perali, Federico ;
Johnson, Jim ;
Morehart, Mitch ;
Salvioni, Cristina
This report presents a comprehensive
overview of the information, communication, and
technological sector in China, and the role it has played
during economic and social...
Type: PublicationReport#: 39975Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Qiang,Zhenwei
Water -- the resource itself as well as
the irrigation and water supply services derived from it is
important for every country. It is fundamental to human
health, wellbeing,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 41113Date: January 1, 2007
This is the overview of the publication
(See report 40532). This report focuses on the challenges
that the region's aging countries will now face in
having to deal with...
Type: PublicationReport#: 40896Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Chawla, Mukesh ;
Betcherman, Gordon ;
Banerji, Arup ;
Bakilana, Anne M. ;
Feher, Csaba ;
Mertaugh, Michael ;
Puerta, Maria Laura Sanchez ;
Schwartz, Anita M. ;
Sondergaard, Lars
This paper updates the 1997 World Bank
Health, Nutrition, and Population (HNP) strategy to enhance
Bank capacity so that it continues to contribute to this
virtuous...
Type: PublicationReport#: 40928Date: January 1, 2007
To address these broad questions: How to
analyze the impact of globalization? What is the effect of
rich countries' policies on developing ones? How to
redefine the...
his volume provides advice on how to
institutionalize performance-based accountability,
especially in countries that lack good accountability
systems. The volume describes...
Type: PublicationReport#: 40524Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Shah, Anwar (editor)
Conceived in 1944 to reconstruct
war-torn Europe, the World Bank Group has evolved into one
of the world's largest sources of development
assistance, with a mission...
Type: PublicationReport#: 40519Date: January 1, 2007
This annual conference is a global
gathering of the world's leading scholars and
practitioners. Among the attendees are participants from
developing countries, think...
Type: PublicationReport#: 39987Date: January 1, 2007Author:
Bourguignon, Francois [editor] ;
Pleskovic, Boris [editor]
This report focuses on the challenges
that the region's aging countries will now face in
having to deal with multiple transitions. It argues that
their task ahead, though...
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
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
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