Economic diversification is a major
policy objective of the Government of Botswana and has been
a key determinant of macro and microeconomic policy. Against
this background...
Type: PublicationReport#: 69680Date: January 1, 2006
This evaluation presents an independent
assessment of the Bank's support for financial sector
reforms over the period FY93-03. It is the second part of a
two-part evaluation;...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36214Date: January 1, 2006
Water is a scarce and finite resource
with no substitute, and upon which the very existence of
life on earth depends. The challenges facing water resources
are daunting....
Type: PublicationReport#: 36216Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Bradlow,Daniel ;
Salman, M.A. Salman [editor]
The overarching theme of the book is
development in a land of contrasts. There have been large
economic, social, and political changes. The mass of society
is far more...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35549Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Thomas,Vinod
Infrastructure at the Crossroads brings
together lessons from the last two decades of World Bank
engagement in infrastructure. It analyzes trends in the
Bank's infrastructure...
Type: PublicationReport#: 37800Date: January 1, 2006
Agriculture is yet again causing
contention in international trade negotiations. It caused
long delays to the Uruguay round in the late 1980s and
1990s, and it is again...
Type: PublicationReport#: 48595Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Anderson, Kym ;
Martin, Will
This report analyzes the Bank's
assistance to support pension reform to determine if the
Bank's strategy was relevant and if it was followed.
The evaluation assesses...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35521Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Andrews,Emily S. ;
Bateman,Hazel ;
Ferraresi,Pier Marco ;
Fornero,Elsa ;
Palmer,Ed ;
Piggott,John ;
Rofman,Rafael P. ;
San Martino,Jorge Antonio ;
Valdes Prieto,Salvador ;
Wang,Debby Kim
This study addresses the legal and
policy issues underpinning the development of, and the
strengthening of the regulatory and institutional framework
for unified financial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35919Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Mwenda, Kenneth Kaoma ;
Salman, Salman M.A. [editor]
This book contributes to the empirical
and theoretical analysis of the performance of cities in a
globalizing world, bringing together a range of perspectives
on the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35028Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Leautier, Frannie A. [editor] ;
Lemer, Andrew C. ;
Kaufmann, Daniel ;
Mastruzzi, Massimo ;
Mehta, Barjor ;
Dinghem, Severine
The quality of a country's
investment climate (IC) is determined by the risks and
transaction costs of investing in and operating a business.
These costs, in turn, are...
Type: PublicationReport#: 44338Date: January 1, 2006
This publication, Earthquake insurance
in Turkey, is an exposition of the dangers faced by Turkey
as it is located in one of the most active earthquake (EQ)
and volcanic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 38654Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Gonulal,Serap ;
Gurenko,Eugene Nikolay ;
Lester,Rodney Ross ;
Mahul,Olivier
The second edition of the Consulting
Services Manual provides details guidance to borrowers,
World Bank staff, and consultants on the application of
mandatory provisions...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36461Date: January 1, 2006
Home to almost 500 million people,
roughly half of whom earn less than a dollar a day, fragile
states, until recently known in the World Bank as Low-Income
Countries...
Type: PublicationReport#: 38285Date: January 1, 2006
This volume presents a rich set of
analyses exploring how trade and foreign direct investment
(FDI) can help increase economic growth by allowing firms to
tap into and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36126Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Hoekman,Bernard M. ;
Smarzynska Javorcik, Beata
This evaluation provides an independent
assessment of lines of credit financed by the World Bank
during the period FY93-FY03. It is the first of a two-part
evaluation...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36616Date: January 1, 2006
Infrastructure development in the past
was often implemented without adequately taking into
consideration the possible negative environmental and social
impacts. Drawing...
This is the second edition of the
original 1993 publication on public health. The purpose of
this book is to provide information about what works,
specifically, the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 41460Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Alleyne, George [editor] ;
Breman, Joel G. [editor] ;
Claeson, Mariam [editor] ;
Evans, David B. [editor] ;
Jamison, Dean T. [editor] ;
Jha, Prabhat [editor] ;
Measham, Anthony R. [editor] ;
Mills, Ann [editor] ;
Musgrove, Philip [editor]
Afghanistan's drug industry is a
central issue for the country's state-building,
security, governance, and development agenda. This work
covered the major elements of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 38931Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Buddenberg, Doris [Editor] ;
Byrd, William A. [Editor]
The previous decade has been one of
pension reform throughout the world. In high income
countries, the driving force has been the threat that
current systems will become...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35347Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Alho, Juha M. ;
Barr,Nicholas ;
Borsch-Supan, Axel H. ;
Brooks,Sarah Marie ;
Chlon-Dominczak,Agnieszka ;
Diamond,Peter A ;
Dominguez-Fabian, Inmaculada ;
Felderer, Bernhard ;
Franco, Daniele ;
Gora,Marek ;
Gronchi, Sandro ;
Hedborg, Anna ;
Holzmann, Robert [editor] ;
Koman,Reinhard ;
Konberg, Bo ;
Lassila, Jukka ;
Legros,Florence ;
Lindbeck,Assar ;
Lindeman,David ;
Mikula,Boguslaw ;
Mora,Marek ;
Nistico, Sergio ;
Palmer, Edward [editor] ;
Robalino,David A. ;
Sartor, Nicola ;
Schuh,Andreas-Ulrich ;
Settergren, Ole ;
Stabina,Sandra ;
Sunden,Annika ;
Svensson,Ingemar ;
Takayama,Noriyuki ;
Tutkowski, Michal ;
Valdes Prieto,Salvador ;
Valkonen, Tarmo ;
Vanovska, Inta ;
Vidal-Melia, Carlos ;
Weaver, R. Kent ;
Wilke, Christina B.
This book addresses a variety of issues
relating to intergovernmental finance and the provision and
financing of local services including budgeting and
financial management,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35628Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Bird, Richard M. [editor] ;
Vaillancourt, Francois [editor]
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