This paper analyses patterns of economic
and social interactions that sustain the poor or,
alternatively, isolate them yet further from other
households, from the communities...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29790Date: June 1, 2004Author:
Amelina, Maria ;
Chiribuca, Dan ;
Knack, Stephen
This study attempts to provide an
overview of (a) the amount of Amu Darya flows generated in
the northern Afghanistan; (b) the amount of water presently
used in northern...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29703Date: June 1, 2004Author:
Ahmad,Masood ;
Wasiq,Mahwash
This report documents the main
highlights and findings from the Middle East Regional
Symposium, "Meeting the Public Health Challenges of the
21st Century in the Middle...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29163Date: May 10, 2004Author:
Akala, Francisca Ayodeji [editor] ;
Claeson,Mariam ;
Downing,Andrew ;
Jenkins,Carol Feldman ;
Karam, Hadia Samaha [editor] ;
Kickbusch,Ilona ;
Musgrove,Philip A. ;
Pierre-Louis, Anne M. [editor] ;
Rawaf, Salman ;
Robalino,David A. ;
Sadrizadeh, Bijan ;
Salhab,Nisrine ;
Yartey,Juliana
This evaluation, prepared in
collaboration with the Islamic Development Bank, looks at
the effectiveness of Bank assistance to Jordan during the
1990s, from three perspectives:...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29284Date: May 1, 2004Author:
Al-Saci, Djelloul ;
Hassan,Fareed M. A.
This report studies impediments to
investment and private sector development in Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29301Date: May 1, 2004Author:
Anderson,James ;
Broadman,Harry G. ;
Claessens,Constantijn A. ;
Ryterman,Randi Susan ;
Slavova,Stefka ;
Vagliasindi,Maria ;
Andronova Vincelette,Gallina
The purpose of this guidelines is to
define the Bank's policies and procedures for
selecting, contracting, and monitoring consultants required
for projects that are...
The purpose of these Guidelines is to
inform those carrying out a project that is financed in
whole or in part by a loan from the International Bank for
Reconstruction...
How does culture matter for development?
Do certain societies have cultures which condemn them to
poverty? The anthropologists and economists in this volume
contend...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29816Date: May 1, 2004Author:
Rao, Vijayendra ; Walton, Michael [editors]
Negotiations to restructure the Global
Environment Facility (GEF) concluded at a GEF participants
meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, in March 1994, with the
acceptance...
Most community financing schemes have
evolved in the context of severe economic constraints,
political instability, and lack of good governance. Usually
government taxation...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28986Date: May 1, 2004Author:
Preker,Alexander S. ;
Guy Carrin [editors]
In most developing and industrial
countries, infrastructure services have traditionally been
provided by government enterprises, but in developing
countries at least,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28816Date: April 1, 2004Author:
J. Luis Guasch
The paper first surveys the literature
on accountability and establishes a categorization of the
different ways by which civil society can interact with the
state in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29701Date: April 1, 2004
The most traditional and widely used
farming systems in the humid upland tropics are based on
fallowing and various forms of slash-and-burn agriculture.
Their sustainability...
Innovation systems and science and
technology (S&T) projects supported by the World Bank
have taken on many forms in the past several years. The
Bank's involvement in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28814Date: April 1, 2004Author:
Vinod K. Goel ;
Koryukin, Ekaterina ;
Mohini Bhatia ;
Priyanka Agarwal
This book seeks to contribute to
knowledge in two areas that are key to poverty reduction and
social development: education and youth vulnerability.
Specifically, the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 33962Date: April 1, 2004Author:
Bonelli,Regis ;
Brakarz,Barbara ;
Medrado De Franco,Vania ;
Gomes Da Silva,Jose Edson ;
Junho Pena, Maria-Valeria [editor] ;
Rodrigues dos Santos, Maria Magdalena [editor] ;
Salem,Tania Rachel ;
Veiga,Alinne De Carvalho
This guide has three objectives: First
and foremost, it seeks to provide newcomers to the
Administrative and political scene in Afghanistan with a
basic guide to the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29416Date: April 1, 2004Author:
Evans, Anne ;
Manning, Nick ;
Osmani, Yasin ;
Tully,Anne ;
Wilder,Andrew
With the exception of Sub-Saharan
Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean has been one of the
regions of the world with the greatest inequality. This
report explores...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28989Date: April 1, 2004Author:
De Ferranti,David ;
Ferreira,Francisco H. G. ;
Perry, Guillermo E. ;
Walton,Michael
The Annual World Bank Conference on
Development Economics(ABCDE)-Europe 2003 presents selected
papers from the fourth annual ABCDE-Europe meetings, held
June 24-26,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28995Date: April 1, 2004Author:
Bertil Tungodden; Nicholas Stern; Ivar
Kolstad [
The Government of Cambodia, as well as
donors, is increasingly recognizing the importance of
addressing gender issues in poverty reduction strategies and
development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 33276Date: April 1, 2004Author:
Brereton, Helen ;
Brown, Gillian ;
Hyun, Mia ;
Urashima, Cheryl
This study examines the gender profile
of the Russian Federation through a comprehensive review of
the current literature (1248 publications on gender issues
throughout...
Type: PublicationReport#: 33605Date: April 1, 2004
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