This study looks at lessons to be drawn
from the ten-year experience of the transition countries in
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union in the period
1991 to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23511Date: January 1, 2002
The book measures the strengths and
determination to overcome environmental challenges, by
examining five of the key challenges we will all face in the
coming decades....
Type: PublicationReport#: 32474Date: January 1, 2002
Financial crises, credit ratings, and
Bank failures : an introduction; by Carmen M. Reinhart.
Default, currency crises, and sovereign credit ratings; by
Carmen M. Reinhart....
The conference meeting was organized by
the Supreme Court of Justice of Guatemala, in partnership
with the World Bank, where judicial school directors,
judges, practitioners,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP528Date: January 1, 2002Author:
Malik, Waleed Haider ;
Larios Ochaita, Carlos Este
Many inhabitants of rural areas in
developing countries lack adequate and affordable access to
transport infrastructure and services. Improving rural
people's access...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP525Date: January 1, 2002Author:
Starkey, Paul ;
Ellis, Simon ;
Hine, John ;
Ternell, Anna
Transition has been a wrenching process
for the labor markets of Central and Eastern European
countries (CEECs), and the prospect of joining the European
Union gives...
Type: PublicationReport#: 24885Date: January 1, 2002Author:
Funck, Bernard ;
Pizzati, Lodovico [editors]
The prospects for educational
development are excellent in Madagascar, in light of the
increasingly favorable, policy environment for the sector.
Public spending for...
The paper highlights that the education
of children, and youth merits the highest priority in a
world afflicted by HIV/AIDS, specifically because a good
basic education...
Type: PublicationReport#: 24059Date: January 1, 2002
This is the final book in a three-part
series entitled, "Voices of the Poor." The series
is based on an unprecedented effort to gather the views,
experiences, and aspirations...
Eliminating excessive tariffs on exports
of least developed countries; by Bernard Hoekman, Francis
Ng, and Marcelo Olarreaga. Imported machinery for export
competitiveness;...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35057Date: January 1, 2002Author:
Bourguignon, Francois [editor] ;
Estache,Antonio ;
Fink,Carsten ;
Harrison,Glenn W. ;
Hoekman,Bernard M. ;
Laeven,Luc A. ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Mody,Ashoka ;
Neagu, Ileana Cristina ;
Ng,Francis K. T. ;
Olarreaga,Marcelo ;
Rossi,Martin Antonio ;
Rutherford,Thomas F. ;
Tarr, David G. ;
Yilmaz,Kamil
This book describes and analyzes
critical aspects of the labor market and social protection
in the Arab world. The authors address the interrelationship
between labor,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 73351Date: January 1, 2002Author:
Handoussa, Heba (ed.) ;
Tzannatos, Zafiris ;
Billeh, Victor ;
Abrahart, Alan ;
Kaur, Iqbal ;
El-Mikawy, Noha ;
Posusney, Marsha Pripstein ;
Girgis, Maurice ;
Ali, Ali A.G. ;
Elbadawi, Ibrahim A. ;
Doraid, Moez ;
Moghadam, Valentine
this volume is the result of a
cooperative effort between the world Bank Institute and the
Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) to encourage policy
discussion of the links...
Type: PublicationReport#: 24123Date: January 1, 2002Author:
Cruz, Wilfredo ;
koichiro Fukui ;
Warford, Jeremy [editors]
Forest concessions have been an
important element of forestry, and forest management in many
countries, including many developing countries. More often
than not, the...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP522Date: January 1, 2002Author:
Gray,John Andrew
Under-nutrition, and micronutrient
deficiencies are critical issues for Eastern Europe and
Central Asia. Failure to target programs to address the
impact of malnutrition,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23965Date: January 1, 2002Author:
Rokx, Claudia ;
Galloway, Rae ;
Brown, Lynn
This is an overview of the Global
Economic Prospect (GEP) 2002, the Bank's yearly report
on prospects for developing countries. It addresses the
reshaping the world~^!!^s...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27780Date: January 1, 2002
This sourcebook was written to assist
low-income countries with the development and strengthening
of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been
designed...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29800Date: January 1, 2002Author:
Achikbache,Bahjat ;
Alkire,Sabina ;
Ames,Brian ;
Aoki,Aya ;
Baharoglu,Deniz ;
Bamberger,J. Michael ;
Bebbington,Anthony J. ;
Belkindas,Misha V. ;
Blackden,C. Mark ;
Bojö, Jan ;
Bosch,Christophe E. ;
Brown, Ward ;
Bruns,Barbara ;
Bucknall,Julia ;
Christiaensen,Luc ;
Claeson,Mariam ;
Cord,Louise J. ;
Coudouel,Aline ;
Devarajan,Shantayanan ;
Dinc,Mustafa ;
Domelen, Julie Van ;
Dongier,Philippe ;
Donnelly-Roark,Paula ;
Drabble,Michael ;
Eele,Graham ;
Esmail,Talib B. K. ;
Ezemenari,Kenechukwu Maria ;
Fort,Lucia ;
Fozzard,Adrian ;
Gannon,Colin A. ;
Girishankar,Navin ;
Griffin,Charles C. ;
Grosh,Margaret Ellen ;
Gwilliam,Kenneth M. ;
Hamilton,Kirk E. ;
Hammergren,Linn A. ;
Hentschel,Jesko S. ;
Hoekman,Bernard M. ;
Holmes,Malcolm R. G. ;
Hommann,Kirsten ;
Izquierdo, Alejandro ;
Johnston,Timothy A. ;
Kenny,Charles J. ;
Kessides,C. Fallert ;
Kishor,Nalin M. ;
Klugman, Jeni [editor] ;
Knack,Stephen ;
Kraus,Christiane ;
Lamech,Ranjit J. ;
Levy,Brian David ;
Litvack,Jennie I. ;
Liu,Zhi ;
Malmberg Calvo,Christina ;
Manning,Nicholas Paul ;
Manoukian,Violeta ;
Marope,Mmantsetsa ;
Mclachlan,Mildred ;
Messick,Richard E. ;
Michalopoulos,Constantine ;
Mingat,Alain Jean Louis ;
Moock,Peter Russell ;
Mozammel,Masud ;
Murphy,Patrick D. ;
Navas-Sabater,Juan ;
O'Sullivan,Kyran ;
Ostrom,Elinor ;
Paci,Pierella ;
Patrinos,Harry Anthony ;
Pillai,Poonam ;
Polski,Margaret M. ;
Prennushi,Giovanna ;
Rinne,Jeffrey James ;
Ryan Rizvi,Andrea C. ;
Rubio Soto,Gloria Martha ;
Sadoff,Claudia W. ;
Schiff,Maurice ;
Scott, Christopher ;
Shah,Parmesh ;
Sherburne-Benz,Lynne D. ;
Soucat,Agnes L. B. ;
Subbarao,Kalanidhi ;
Sutch,M. Helen ;
Swanson,Eric Valdeman ;
Tan,Jee-Peng ;
Tarr,David ;
Thomas,Christopher J. ;
Tikare,Seema ;
Travers,Sumter Lee ;
Wagstaff, Adam ;
Wakeman,Wendy E. ;
Winter,Carolyn ;
Withers, Kate ;
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Yang,Hongyu ;
Yazbeck,Abdo S. ;
Yitzaki, Shlomo ;
Youssef,Deborah ;
Zatlokal,Barbara
This book focuses on the World
Bank's experience with Participatory Poverty
Assessments (PPAs). Some practitioners have argued that a
number of World Bank PPAs should...
Type: PublicationReport#: 63385Date: January 1, 2002Author:
Robb, Caroline M.
This paper attempts to describe and
assess the achievements of the countries of South Eastern
Europe - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,
FYR Macedonia,...
The development of industrial relations
in different countries, can be essential in their efforts to
balance competitiveness, with equitable wages, and improved
working...
The report consists of an introduction,
and three separate, but inter-related parts. The
introduction provides an overview of the workshop
discussions, arguing that...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP524Date: January 1, 2002Author:
Gonzalez, Fernando J. ;
Salman, Salman M.A. [edito
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