The book assesses the current state of
Russia's regional and local fiscal relations, and
self-government, and analyzes the related reforms undertaken
over the past decade....
The book offers a realistic assessment
of experiences, trends, and outlook on the Information,
Communications Technology (ICT) sector, with a focus on
actual results...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35924Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Adamali,Aref ;
Coffey,John Oliver ;
Halewood,Naomi J. ;
Lanvin,Bruno Dominique ;
Minges,Michael ;
Safdar,Zaid ;
Swanson,Eric Valdeman ;
Wellenius,Bjorn ;
Qiang,Zhenwei ;
Clarke,George R.
This year, the workshop examined the
conceptual foundation of the workshop sessions by discussing
the definition of equity itself. What do we mean by equity,
and how...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35918Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Battaini-Dragoni, Gabriella ;
Boix, Carles ;
Bourguignon,Alain Jean-Francois ;
Dervis,Kemal ;
Ferreira,Francisco H. G. ;
Gavrilenkov, Vladimir ;
Gligorov,Vladimir ;
Gogneau, Dennis ;
Hobbs, Jeremy ;
Hofman, Michael ;
Kochendorfer-Lucius, Gudrun [editor] ;
Pleskovic, Boris [editor] ;
Ravallion,Martin ;
Svejnar,Jan ;
Walton,Michael ;
Warner,Andrew M. ;
van der Hoeven, Rolph
Agricultural development depends to a
great extent on how successfully knowledge is generated and
applied. Investments in knowledge, especially in the form of
science...
Type: PublicationReport#: 37900Date: January 1, 2006
This study reports on recent development
and future potential for U.S.-based Guatemalan workers
cross-border retail transfers to be more formal, cheaper,
and disposed...
Type: PublicationReport#: 38059Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Cheikhrouhou, Hela ;
Jarque, Rodrigo ;
Hernandez-Coss, Raul ;
El-Swaify, Radwa
The book offers a realistic assessment
of experiences, trends, and outlook on the Information,
Communications Technology (ICT) sector, with a focus on
actual results...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35924Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Adamali,Aref ;
Coffey,John Oliver ;
Halewood,Naomi J. ;
Lanvin,Bruno Dominique ;
Minges,Michael ;
Safdar,Zaid ;
Swanson,Eric Valdeman ;
Wellenius,Bjorn ;
Qiang,Zhenwei ;
Clarke,George R.
This book presents a timely and valuable
review of key concepts, issues, experiences and emerging
lessons relevant to budget support. It provides an overview
of principal...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35967Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Koeberle, Stefan [editor] ;
Stavreski, Zoran [editor] ;
Walliser, Jan [editor]
This paper provides a comparative
analysis of school-based management reforms in four Central
American countries (EDUCO in El Salvador, PRONADE in
Guatemala, PROHECO...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35036Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Di Gropello,Emanuela
Globalization and its relation to
poverty reduction and development are not well understood.
The book identifies the ways in which globalization can
overcome poverty...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35123Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Goldin, Ian ;
Reinert, Kenneth
Biotechnology is probably as old as
civilization itself. Special methods of food preparation,
such as developing drinks from fermenting wheat or fruit, or
making cheese,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36406Date: January 1, 2006
The prospect of European integration
presents huge opportunities and challenges for the
development of non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) in
Ukraine. By most measures,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36339Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Fursova,Olena ;
Kantur Ozenci,Zeynep ;
Noel,Michel Desire R ;
Prygozhyna,Angela ;
Rutledge, Sue
South Asia has performed well over the
past 25 years in reducing poverty, improving human
development and increasing growth, but faster progress with
poverty reduction...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36802Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Ahmed,Sadiq
The Financial Sector Assessment Program
(FSAP) is a major initiative, undertaken jointly by the
World Bank and the IMF, in response to the financial crises
of the late...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36501Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Chu, Lily ;
Siraj, Khalid ;
Hinds, Manuel ;
Bueno, Marcelo ;
Funke, Ilka ;
Hwang, Jane ;
Karaguisheva, Gulmira
This is an essay from the Africa
Development Indicators 2006. Making headway against African
poverty and meeting the Millennium Development Goals are
raising difficult...
Type: PublicationReport#: 63410Date: January 1, 2006
The vast majority of data used for
economic research, analysis, and policy design comes from
surveys-surveys of households, firms, schools, hospitals,
and market participants,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35034Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Iarossi,Giuseppe
More than 200 new infrastructure
regulators have been created around the world in the last 15
years. They were established to encourage clear and
sustainable long-term...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36499Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Brown,Ashley C. ;
Gencer,Defne ;
Stern, Joh ;
Tenenbaum,Bernard W.
By reviewing the Bank's experience
with shelter lending, this paper seeks to address the
question of whether the Bank has helped developing countries
deal with the inevitable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36217Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Buckley, Robert M. [editor] ;
Kalarickal, Jerry [editor]
The prevalence of child undernutrition
in India is among the highest in the world; nearly double
that of Sub-Saharan Africa, with dire consequences for
morbidity, mortality,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36805Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Bredenkamp,Caryn ;
Das Gupta,Monica ;
Gragnolati,Michele ;
Lee,Yi-Kyoung ;
Shekar,Meera
Who is not poor? Dreaming of a World
truly free of poverty by Lant Pritchett; reducing the
incidence of low birth weight in low-income countries has
substantial economic...
The Doha round and preference erosion: a
symposium by Bernard Hoekman; Doha merchandise trade reform:
what is at stake for developing countries? By Kym Anderson,
Will...
Type: PublicationReport#: 43616Date: January 1, 2006Author:
Olarreaga,Marcelo ;
Adam, Christopher S. ;
Anderson,Kym ;
Bennathan,Esra ;
Bevan,David L. ;
Mboua Yogo,Daniel Francois Joseph ;
Hoekman,Bernard M. ;
Hulten,Charles R. ;
Limao,Nuno ;
Manchin,Miriam ;
Martin, Will ;
Van Der Mensbrugghe,Dominique ;
Ozden,Caglar ;
Sharma, Gunjan ;
Srinivasan,Sylaja
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