The World Bank, which consists of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
and the International Development Association (IDA), has one
central...
Type: PublicationReport#: 188345Date: June 22, 2005Author:
World Bank
This volume analyzes the economic
challenges confronting Turkey in its quest to accede to the
European Union (EU). It focuses on the extent to which
Turkey is ready...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34422Date: June 20, 2005Author:
Hoekman, Bernard M. [editor] ;
Togan, Subidey [editor]
This report is a self-evaluation of the
Operations Evaluation Department's (OED) Country
Assistance Evaluations (CAEs). CAEs examine World Bank
performance in a particular...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34467Date: June 20, 2005Author:
Peters,Roland K. ;
Poonam, Gupta
The report offers policy options to
support developing countries and transition economies in
adapting their secondary education systems to the demands
arising from the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34360Date: June 20, 2005Author:
Abu-Ghaida,Dina N. ;
Bundy,Donald A. P. ;
Crouch, Luis [editor] ;
Cuadra, Ernesto [editor] ;
Hay, Philip ;
Kim,Gwang-Jo ;
Koda,Yoshiko ;
Moreno, Juan Manual [editor] ;
Nagashima,Yoko ;
Psifidou,Irene ;
Sosale,Shobhana ;
Wang,Yidan ;
Welsh,Thomas
This publication is the third in a
series of volumes based on the Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency-Georgetown University Symposium in
International Political...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34364Date: June 2, 2005Author:
Coppola,Edward Attilio ;
Hansen,Kenneth W. ;
Heppel, Toby ;
Jenney, Frederick E. ;
Moran, Theodore [editor] ;
O'Sullivan, Robert C. ;
Omura,Yukiko ;
Riordan, Daniel W. ;
Tobin, Clive ;
Wells Jr., Louis T. ;
West, Gerald T. [editor] ;
Westholm-Schroder,Christina S.
As in previous years, African
Development Indicators (ADI 2005 assembles economic,
social, and environmental data from a variety of sources to
present a broad picture...
A major problem in the Europe and
Central Asia (ECA) agricultural sector and rural areas
during the transition was the breakdown of the relationships
of farms with input...
Type: PublicationReport#: 37050Date: June 1, 2005Author:
edited by Swinnen, Johan F.M. ;
White, John ;
Gataulima, Ekaterina A. ;
Uzun, Vasiliy Y. ;
Petrinov, Alexander V. ;
Yanbykh, Renata G. ;
Sadler, Marc ;
Berkum, Siemen van ;
Bijman, Jos ;
Dries, Liesbeth ;
Noev, Nivelin
The purpose of the Third Overall
Performance Study (OPS3), commissioned by the Global
Environment Facility (GEF) Council, is "to assess the
extent to which GEF has achieved,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36404Date: June 1, 2005Author:
Wagner,Mark Chandler
With three quarters of its population
living in cities, Latin America is now essentially an urban
region. Higher urbanization is usually associated with a
number of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 33795Date: June 1, 2005Author:
Cohan,Lorena Maria ;
Fay, Marianne [editor] ;
Mcevoy,Karla J. ;
Monkkomen, Paavo ;
Moser, Annalise ;
Moser,Caroline O. ;
Ruggeri Laderchi,Caterina ;
Wellenstein,Anna ;
Winton, Ailsa ;
Woolcock,Michael
This publication provides a glimpse into
the world of World Bank environmental projects which have
incorporated components on youth, and provides a snapshot of
how the...
This paper examines the evolution of the
U.S. interest swap market. The authors review the theory and
past empirical studies on U.S. swap spreads, and estimate an
error-correction...
The purpose of the Third Overall
Performance Study (OPS3), commissioned by the Global
Environment Facility (GEF) Council, is "to assess the
extent to which GEF has achieved,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 36404Date: June 1, 2005Author:
Wagner,Mark Chandler
The past two decades have witnessed a
fundamental transformation in the structure of government
across East Asia. Prior to 1990 most East Asian countries
were highly...
This is the first comprehensive
assessment of pension systems in the Middle East and North
Africa. While other regions-Central Asia, Eastern Europe,
and Latin America,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34358Date: May 23, 2005Author:
Musalem,Alberto Roque ;
Robalino, David [editor] ;
Sherwood, Elizabeth ;
Sluchynsky, Oleksiy ;
Whitehouse,Edward R.
This book summarizes social policy
reform during the transition and European Union accession
and analyses the social policy challenges which continue to
face both old...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34383Date: May 18, 2005Author:
Adeyi,Olusoji O. ;
Barr, Nicholas [editor] ;
Fretwell,David Herbert ;
Hanushek,Eric A. ;
Mertaugh,Michael T. ;
Preker,Alexander S. ;
Rashid,Mansoora ;
Ringold,Dena ;
Rutkowski,Jan Jerzy ;
Rutkowski,Michal J. ;
Sipos,Sandor
With a special focus on strategic
purchasing and contracting of services from nongovernmental
providers, this title reviews ways to make public spending
on health care...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34425Date: May 15, 2005Author:
Langenbrunner, John C. [editor] ;
Preker, Alexander S. [editor]
The strategy builds on the earlier
reform agenda in the sector by leveraging the achievements
to date of Sub-Saharan African countries to advance the
essential goal...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34366Date: May 10, 2005Author:
Ampah,Mavis A. ;
Besancon,Laurent ;
Guislain,Pierre ;
Niang,Cecile Thioro ;
Serot,Alexandre
Health Systems Innovations in Central
America reports on how these experiences fared -- a hospital
in Panama, a nutrition program in Honduras, primary care
extension...
Type: PublicationReport#: 33004Date: May 1, 2005Author:
La Forgia, Gerard M. [editor]
The book has a comprehensive
introduction and two main parts. Part I presents the
conceptual underpinnings for the Bank's thinking on
pension systems and reforms, including...
Type: PublicationReport#: 32672Date: May 1, 2005Author:
Holzmann,Robert ;
Hinz,Richard Paul ;
Von Gersdorff,Hermann A. ;
Gill,Indermit S. ;
Impavido,Gregorio ;
Musalem,Alberto Roque ;
Rutkowsk, Michal ;
Palacios,Robert J. ;
Robalino,David A. ;
Sin,Yvonne Yee Mun ;
Subbarao,Kalanidhi ;
Schwarz,Anita M.
Earthquakes, floods, drought, and other
natural hazards cause tens of thousands of deaths, hundreds
of thousands of injuries, and billions of dollars in
economic losses...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34423Date: April 30, 2005Author:
Agwe,Jonathan N. ;
Arnold,Margaret ;
Buys,Piet ;
Chen, Robert S. ;
Deichmann,Uwe Klaus ;
Dilley, Maxx ;
Kjevstad, Oddvar ;
Lerner-Lam, Arthur L. ;
Lyon, Bradfield ;
Yetman, Gregory
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