The analysis of firm-level data
collected through parallel international enterprise surveys
can reveal important linkages between governance constraints
and business...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26103Date: May 31, 2003Author:
Batra, Geeta ;
Kaufmann, Daniel ;
Stone, Andrew H. W
Over the years, the term private sector
development, has been misunderstood and misconstrued -
variously vilified and sanctified. During the decade of the
1990s, the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26290Date: May 31, 2003Author:
Klein, Michael U. ;
Hadjimichael, Bita
The review by the Operations Evaluation
Department finds the Heavily Indebted poor Countries (HIPC)
initiative highly relevant in addressing a key obstacle
facing many...
Type: PublicationReport#: 25952Date: May 31, 2003Author:
Gautam,Madhur
The European Union (EU) stands out
internationally as one of the regions of the world that has
most explicitly and deliberately attempted to reduce
regional disparities...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26102Date: May 31, 2003Author:
Funck, Bernard G. ;
Pizzati, Lodovico
The book provides an evaluation of, and
policy advice on key environmental, social, and economic
issues concerning the development of nature tourism. Using
KwaZulu-Natal...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26514Date: May 29, 2003Author:
Aylward, Bruce ;
Lutz, Ernst [editors] ;
Lindberg, Kreg ;
Dellaert, Benedict G.C. ;
Stavrou, Aki ;
Wilson, Erica ;
Ramlagan, Shandir ;
James, Barry ;
Goodman, Pete ;
Scriven, Lisa ;
Eloff, Theuns ;
Porter, Sarah ;
Ferrer, Stuart ;
Mullins, David ;
Mulder, Lindi
This Port Reform Toolkit, consisting of
eight modules, presents background information, concrete
examples, and specific tools and methods that public
officials can use...
This report highlights the key themes
and findings of the Second Public Pension Fund Management
Conference that was organized by the Bank and took place in
May 2003....
Type: PublicationReport#: 30225Date: May 1, 2003Author:
Musalem,Alberto Roque ;
Palacio, Robert J.
This hands-on, interactive guide to
evaluating and revamping education policy is designed to
help policymakers in low-income countries identify weakness
and make the...
Of the 515,000 maternal deaths that
occur every year worldwide, 99 percent take place in
developing countries. Women In the developing world have a 1
in 48 chance of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 25953Date: April 30, 2003Author:
Koblinsky, Marjorie A. [editor] ;
Campbell, Oona ;
D
This study analyses the state of
development, and prospects of future growth of Turkish
non-bank financial institutions, and capital markets.
Currently, credit markets...
Type: PublicationReport#: 25954Date: April 30, 2003
Education is a major instrument for
economic growth and poverty reduction. Rapid changes in
technology, globalization and economic reforms are creating
dramatic shifts...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26289Date: April 30, 2003
This publication aims to complement
existing methodologies by establishing a comprehensive
framework for the assessment of banks, not only by using
financial data, but...
Type: PublicationReport#: 20043Date: April 30, 2003Author:
Van Greuning, Hennie ;
Brajovic-Bratanovic, Sonja
In this note work from the end of 2001
to August 2002 is updated in an attempt to disentangle
potential contagion and spillover effects of the Argentine
crisis from...
Type: PublicationReport#: 28132Date: April 1, 2003Author:
Guillermo E. Perry ;
Fiess,Norbert Matthias
Governments have long recognized the
vital role that modern infrastructure services play in
economic growth and poverty alleviation. For much of the
post-Second World...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26526Date: April 1, 2003Author:
Clive Harris
This report focuses not only on the gaps
facing Latin America in both education and technology, but
especially on the interactions between the two. The central
premise...
Type: PublicationReport#: 25834Date: March 31, 2003Author:
De Ferranti, David ;
Perry, Guillermo E. ;
Gill, Ind
Infrastructure has played a major role
in China's rapid development. Over the past decade the
road network expanded by more than 40 percent, water
production grew by...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26057Date: March 31, 2003Author:
Bellier,Michel ;
Zhou,Maggie
The volume is divided into five
traditional areas of finance: the macroeconomy, banking,
securities markets, pension issues, and regulations. Four
cross-cutting messages...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26060Date: March 31, 2003Author:
Hanson, James A. ;
Honohan, Patrick ;
Majnoni, Giova
This is the main volume in a series of
publications based on a study cosponsored by the government
of Japan and the World Bank to examine the future sources of
economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26064Date: March 31, 2003Author:
Yusuf,Shahid
This document assesses the quality of
financial accountability and transparency in Nepal and makes
recommendations for improvement. The findings and
recommendations...
Type: PublicationReport#: 25833Date: March 31, 2003
This report reviews loan classification
and provisioning practices in a broad sample of countries
that differ in size, location and level of financial
development. The...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26056Date: March 31, 2003Author:
Laurin, Alain ;
Majnoni, Giovanni
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