"Community-based and -driven
development : a critical review" by Ghazala Mansuri and
Vijayendra Rao. "Agricultural extension : good
intentions and hard realities" by...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29662Date: March 1, 2004Author:
Anderson,Jock R. ;
Coady, David ;
Devarajan, Shantayanan [editor] ;
Devlin,Julia C. ;
Feder,Gershon ;
Grosh,Margaret Ellen ;
Hoddinott,John ;
Kikeri,Sunita ;
Mansuri,Ghazala ;
Nellis,John R. ;
Rao,Vijayendra ;
Titman,Sheridan
Smoking is the single largest cause of
premature mortality in the developed world. Obtaining
accurate estimates of smoking's impacts in south east
Europe (SEE) is hindered...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28864Date: March 1, 2004Author:
Bozicevic, Ivana ;
Gilmore,Anna Bc ;
Oreskovic, Stipe
The main objective of the book is to
analyze Slovenia's threefold transition in the context
of a broader transition process in Central and Eastern
Europe and to contribute...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28376Date: March 1, 2004Author:
Arhar, France ;
Bole, Velimir ;
Borak, Bistra ;
Borak, Neven ;
Bucar,Bojko ;
Cvikl,Milan Martin ;
Damijan, Joze ;
Domadenik, Polona ;
Drnovsek, Janez ;
Gaspari,Mitja ;
Gligorov,Vladimir ;
Gregoric, Aleksandra ;
Inotai,Andras ;
Jasovic,Bozo ;
Kaminski, Bartlomiej ;
Kosak, Tomaz ;
Kramberger, Bostjan ;
Lombardero, Jaime Garcia ;
Marjcen, Boris ;
Mencinger, Joze ;
Mrak, Mojmir [editor] ;
Mramor, Dusan ;
Ovin, Rasto ;
Potcnik, Janez ;
Prasnikar, Janez ;
Pyszna-Nigge, Dorota ;
Rant, Andrej ;
Ribnikar, Ivan ;
Rojec, Matija [editor] ;
Sabic, Zlatko ;
Silva-Jauregui, Carlos [editor] ;
Simoneti,Marko ;
Stanovinik, Peter ;
Stanovnik,Tine ;
STIBLAR, FRANJO DRAGO ;
Sustersic, Janez ;
Svetlicic, Marjan ;
Vodopivec,Milan ;
Voljc,Marko ;
Wessels, Wolfgang
The Institutional Economics of Water
evaluates water institutional reform and water sector
performance from an institutional economics and political
economy perspective....
Type: PublicationReport#: 29794Date: February 1, 2004Author:
Saleth,R. Maria ;
Dinar,Ariel
This monograph and its technical annexes
identify and discuss four key pillars that are necessary to
foster a secure electronic environment and the safety and
soundness...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28405Date: February 1, 2004Author:
Glaessner,Thomas C. ;
Kellermann, Tom ;
Mcnevin,Valerie J.
It is generally accepted that only one
in five of the world�s population has adequate social
security coverage. Those without coverage tend to work in
the informal economy,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28116Date: February 1, 2004Author:
Lund, Francie ;
Nicholson, Jillian [editors]
This report addresses the important
issue of interconnection, the application and enforcement of
which is widely recognized to be key to effective
liberalization strategy,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28402Date: February 1, 2004Author:
Andrew Dymond
This paper assesses the role of non-bank
financial institutions and capital markets in the financial
sectors of the eight first-wave of Eastern European EU
accession...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28404Date: February 1, 2004Author:
Drees-Gross,Alexandra L. ;
Marie-Renee Bakker
The original mission of the CGIAR was a
strategic, science-based focus on increasing "the pile
of rice on the plates of food-short consumers," as
characterized by a...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28131Date: February 1, 2004
2004 was a good year for doing business
in most transition economies, the World Bank Group concluded
in its Doing Business in 2005 survey, the second in its
series tracking...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30059Date: January 1, 2004
This book illustrates the decade-long
transformation of the Hungarian sub-national system with a
focus on sub-national finance. It shows the rocky path of
transition...
This paper presents the case that
opening international voice communication to competition is
key to reform the telecommunications sector, is sustainable
in developing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 32526Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Gomez,Carlos R. ;
Lewin,Anat ;
Rossotto,Carlo Maria ;
Wellenius,Bjorn
Forest resources directly contribute to
the livelihoods of 90 percent of the 1.2 billion people
living in extreme poverty and indirectly support the natural
environment...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29704Date: January 1, 2004
Since the past decade, several
Sub-Saharan African governments, through technical
assistance provided by the World Bank and other donors, have
undertaken to reform their...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28039Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Christophe Rudelle ;
Gille,Laurent ;
Lucile Simon ;
Noumba Um,Paul
An effective state is essential to
achieving socio-economic and sustainable development. With
the advent of globalization, there are growing pressures on
governments...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29672Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Kusek,Jody Zall ;
Rist, Ray C.
Poverty is an outcome of interaction
between economic, social, and political forces. The World
Bank has emphasized poverty reduction in its programs and
operational...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28113Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Hegedus,Jozsef ;
Bell,Michael E. ;
Yilmaz,Serdar
The Millennium Development Goals aim for
universal primary education by 2015 and gender equality in
enrolments at all levels of education. The Education for All
(EFA)...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30222Date: January 1, 2004
Presenting the proceedings of the May
2003 World Bank Annual Bank Conference on Development
Economics (ABCDE), the volume imparts new research findings
and discussions...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30228Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Attanasio,Orazio Pietro ;
Bourguignon,Francois J. ;
Burgess,Robin Stuart L. ;
Dasgupta,Partha Sarathi ;
Duflo,Esther ;
Lin, Justin Yifu ;
Meghir, Costas ;
Liu,Mingxing ;
Mohan,Rakesh ;
Nayyar, Rohini ;
Ndulu,Benno Joseph ;
Ofer,Gur ;
Platteau,Jean-Philippe ;
Pleskovic, Boris [editors] ;
Polenske, Karen R. ;
Premji, Azim Hasham ;
Rao,Govinda ;
Rao,Vijayendra ;
Schultz,Theodoro Paul ;
Srinivasan,Thirukodikaval N. ;
Stern,Nicholas H. ;
Szekely Pardo,Esteban Miguel ;
Venables,Anthony J. ;
Winter,Sidney G.
This volume presents case studies of
customs modernization initiatives in eight developing
countries: Bolivia, Ghana, Morocco, Mozambique, Peru, the
Philippines, Turkey,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30112Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Sokol,Jose B. ;
Wulf, Luc De
This paper reviews what has happened in
the field of assessment since then. It deals with public
examinations, but differs from the 1992 report in that,
other than in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30115Date: January 1, 2004Author:
Greaney,Vincent M. ;
Kellaghan,Thomas
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