Thee worldwide development of
information and communication technology (ICT) has
accelerated dramatically over the past decade. Increased ICT
production and use has...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27716Date: December 1, 2003Author:
Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang, Alexander Pitt,
and Se
The purpose of this study is to assess
the results of the World Bank Group's (WBG's)
private sector development (PSD)-related interventions
during the 1990s in the power...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28042Date: December 1, 2003Author:
Manibog,Fernando ;
Rafael Dominguez ;
Wegner,Stephan R.
This paper reviews the changes in the
supply of electricity and gas from the perpective of
households, utility operators, and the government. The
objective is to highlight...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27930Date: December 1, 2003Author:
Hamilton,Ellen ;
Hernan Gonzalez ;
Lampietti,Julian A. ;
Wilson,Margaret A. ;
Vashakmadze,Sergo
This report approaches the transmission
tariff design in the context of the development of
China's gas industry and related policies and
regulation presented in the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 94348Date: December 1, 2003Author:
Hunt,Paul Thomas ;
Miles,Peter L. ;
Priddle,Roland
This report reviews the collaboration
between the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) and the
African states. Since 1991 GEF has financed 425 projects to
address global...
Type: PublicationReport#: 33249Date: December 1, 2003
Georgia is experiencing fast growing
HIV/AIDS epidemic, although the prevalence remains at low
level. The primary mode of transmission are injecting drug
users representing...
This volume presents a set of Policy
Notes prepared by the World Bank's Brazil Team with
partners during 2002 as a contribution for the debate of
policies by the new...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27832Date: December 1, 2003
Information and communication
technologies (ICTs) are increasingly seen as integral to the
development process. This paper reviews some of the evidence
for the link...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27949Date: December 1, 2003Author:
Jeremy Grace ;
Charles Kenny ;
Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang ;
Jia Liu ;
Taylor Reynolds
At the economic level, corruption is
seen as a contributing factor to the East Asian financial
crisis. The crisis focused people's attention on the
staggering impact...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27580Date: November 1, 2003Author:
Vinay Bhargava, and Emil Bolongaita
Urban growth is, in all parts of the
world, inevitable and welcomed. Despite concerns that local
governments will not be able to address those issues
associated with...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27833Date: November 1, 2003Author:
Mila Freire and Mario Polese
This paper has four objectives: 1. To
offer an analysis of public administration reform
experiences in a set of countries chosen to illustrate the
range and depth of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27582Date: November 1, 2003Author:
Manning, Nick ;
Parison, Neil
Improvement in the management of public
finances in developing countries has been an increasingly
important focus of World Bank and IMF assistance to member
countries....
Type: PublicationReport#: 27713Date: November 1, 2003Author:
Ali. Hashim, and Allister J. Moon
Recently developing countries have
focused attention on the usefulness of tax
expenditures' in shaping prudent and transparent fiscal
policy. In adopting a market economy,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27583Date: November 1, 2003Author:
Hanna Polackova Brixi, Christian M.A.
Valenduc, and Zhicheng Li Swift [editors]
The countries of Central Asia are still
at the earliest stages of an HIV/AIDS epidemic. However,
there is cause for serious concern due to: the steep growth
of new HIV...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27714Date: November 1, 2003Author:
Godinho,Joana ;
Novotny,Thomas ;
Tadesse,Hiwote ;
Vinokur,Anatoly L.
The aim of this paper is to create a
publicly available resource that provides concise
descriptions of selected infoDev ICT-for-development
projects, and their impact...
Type: PublicationReport#: 34149Date: November 1, 2003Author:
Batchelor, Simon ;
Evangelista, Soc ;
Hearn, Simon ;
Peirce, Malcolm ;
Sugden, Susan ;
Webb, Mike
The study seeks to answer four questions
that summarize the fundamental issues in the international
debate about the capacity of social funds to improve
beneficiaries'...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27834Date: November 1, 2003Author:
Laura B. Rawlings, Lynne Sherburne-Benz, and Jul
This book aims to expand the
international discourse by: Calling attention to a broader
range of knowledge that has commercial potential in
developing countries. Bringing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28410Date: November 1, 2003Author:
Finger,Joseph Michael ;
Schuler,Philip M.
The miniAtlas of global development is
an at-a-glance guide to the most pressing development issues
facing the world. Based on the World Bank's
authoritative compilation...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28407Date: November 1, 2003
The 'Wireless Internet Opportunity
for Developing Countries' examines the emergence and
promise of proven and inexpensive technologies to bridge the
connectivity gap...
Type: PublicationReport#: 79904Date: November 1, 2003Author:
Annan, Kofi A ;
Hasson, Amir Alexander ;
Jhunjhunwala Noopur
Doing Business 2004 is the very first of
a series of reports investigating the regulations that
enhance business activity and those that constrain it. To
document the...
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