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...
Broadcasting can have a significant part
to play in the fight to reduce global poverty. At least 77
percent of the world's population is estimated to be
within easy...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27142Date: October 1, 2003Author:
Carter Eltzroth, and Charles Kenny
This paper reviews the power sector
demand-supply balance in Southeastern Europe (SEE), covering
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Former
Yugoslav...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27712Date: October 1, 2003Author:
Varadarajan Atur, and David Kennedy
Poverty in Guatemala is high and deep.
In 2000, over half of all Guatemalans lived in poverty.
About 16 percent lived in extreme poverty. Available
evidence suggests...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27586Date: October 1, 2003
In with the performance of recently
privatized electricity distribution companies. Governments
complain that tariffs have increased without visible
improvements in service....
Type: PublicationReport#: 27143Date: October 1, 2003Author:
Tonci Bakovic, Bernanrd Tenenbaum, and Fiona Woolf
A perplexing question has become
increasingly important: Does investment promotion really
work? The authors hereby made a major step in providing a
convincing answer...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27150Date: October 1, 2003Author:
Morisset, Jaques; Andrews-Johnson, Kelly;
Infectious diseases, public policy, and
the marriage of economics and epidemiology; by Mark
Gersovitz and Jeffrey S. Hammer. Globalization and the labor
market; by Martin...
Type: PublicationReport#: 30257Date: September 30, 2003Author:
Devarajan, Shantayanan [editor] ;
Gersovitz,Mark ;
Hammer,Jeffrey S. ;
Hoeberle, Stefan ;
Hoff,Karla ;
Khan,Safa Mohsin ;
Martin, Will ;
Rama,Martin G. ;
Sharma, Sunil
Perspectives on Development 2003
provides a compilation of current Bank publications, that
offers an overview of the mission, and activities of the
Bank and its affiliates....
Type: PublicationReport#: 27660Date: September 30, 2003
The Regional Support Strategy is in
recognition of the threats that unchecked epidemics of
HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis pose to many of the World
Bank's client countries....
Type: PublicationReport#: 26888Date: September 30, 2003Author:
Adeyi,Olusoji O. ;
Baris,Enis ;
Chakraborty,Sarbani ;
Novotny,Thomas ;
Pavis,Ross S.
This book reviews the human
immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
(HIV/AIDS) situation in the Middle East, North Africa, and
Eastern Mediterranean...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26893Date: September 30, 2003Author:
Jenkins, Carol ;
Robalino, David A.
Forty years ago in a small village in
north India, an agricultural laborer had to work a whole day
to earn enough to buy 5pound of what. Today, there are many
more mouths...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26894Date: September 30, 2003Author:
Fields, Gary S. ;
Pfeffermann, Guy
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...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28806Date: September 15, 2003Author:
Manning, Nick; Parison, Neil;
This book presents an analysis of the
opportunities that are open to the developing world, but it
also examines the asymmetries and risks entailed in this
process, which...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27160Date: September 1, 2003Author:
Ocampo, Jose Antonio [editor] ;
Martin, Juan [editor]
The Doha Development Agenda of the
Fourth Ministerial Conference of the WTO opened many
contentious and important questions. Global Economic
Prospects 2004: Realizing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26759Date: September 1, 2003
This paper aims to develop a detailed
analysis of quasi-fiscal deficits and subsidies, and their
impact on Armenia's fiscal performance in the second
part of the 1990s....
Type: PublicationReport#: 27144Date: September 1, 2003Author:
Lev Freinkman, Gohar Gyulumyan, and Artak Kyurumyan
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