This document is an expanded version of
the paper published in 2000 under the title "Trade and
Transport Facilitation: An Audit Methodology." It seeks
to improve the...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP427Date: December 31, 2001Author:
Raven,John A.
The study documents how people living in
poor urban communities in Guatemala perceive violence.
Specifically, it identifies the categories of violence
affecting poor...
The report summarizes the work of the
Bank, as outlined in the Environment strategy, that
addresses client countries with environmental challenges,
and, aims at ensuring...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27948Date: December 30, 2001
This report provides recommendations on
how to better manage ongoing changes in livestock
development. First, it presents an overview of the main
trends that can be...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23241Date: November 30, 2001Author:
De Haan, Cornelis ;
Van Veen, Tjaart Schillhorn ;
Br
The study overviews the most relevant,
current intergovernmental fiscal issues in the Czech
Republic, centered on the options available to prod policy
planning. Fragmentation...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP517Date: November 30, 2001Author:
Oliveira, Joao do Carmo ;
Martinez-Vasquez, Jorge
The term "development finance
institutions" (DFI) encompasses no only government
development banks, but also nongovernmental micro-finance
organizations, that match...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23037Date: October 31, 2001Author:
Schreiner, Mark ;
Yaron, Jacob
The study reviews recent labor market
developments in Poland, examining the factors behind the
rise in unemployment, and, proposing actions that should
contribute to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23033Date: October 31, 2001
In response to emerging epidemiological
evidence of the toxicity of diesel vehicular emissions,
there is growing interest in substituting conventional
diesel with much...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP516Date: October 31, 2001Author:
Kojima, Masami
On October 18, 1999, albania passed the
Law for Securing Charges, which in many of its concepts and
features has no precedent in prior Albanian law. This is a
complex...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23589Date: October 31, 2001Author:
Baranes, Yair
The chapters in this volume underscore
the transformative role of globalization and urbanization,
and show the interplay between these forces. Trade reform
and liberalized...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP415Date: October 31, 2001Author:
Yusuf, Shahid ;
Evenett, Simon ;
Weiping Wu [editors
The report outlines the work of the
World Bank in addressing client countries with environmental
challenges, and, aims to ensure the lending program
integrates principles...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23084Date: October 31, 2001
This discussion paper contains seven
studies, designed to a) review, and assess the impact of the
implementation of the Uruguay Round (UR) Agreement on
Agriculture,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP418Date: September 30, 2001Author:
Ingco, Merlinda ;
Winters, L. Alan [editors] ;
Oyejide, T. Ademola ;
Athukorala, Prema-chandra ;
Bale,Malcolm ;
Paz Cafferata, Julio ;
Valdes, Alberto ;
Kazlauskiene, Natalija ;
Meyers, William H. ;
Tangermann, Stefan ;
Roberts, Ivan ;
Podbury, Troy ;
Andrews, Neil ;
Fischer, Brian S.
The Czech government is confronted with
a worsening fiscal situation. The structural deficit
ballooned in 2000, and it is expected to widen further in
2001. The report...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22888Date: September 30, 2001
Transport-related air pollution is
increasingly contributing to environmental health risks in
many developing country cities. The social costs of poor
urban quality...
The transition economies of Central and
Eastern Europe, through the reform process of
decentralization, are now seeking the devolution of fiscal
powers, and responsibilities...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23031Date: September 30, 2001Author:
Malme, Jane H. ;
Youngman, Joan M [editors] ;
Brzesk
This study has two main objectives: 1)
to analyze trends and differences in women's health,
examples of good practices in delivery and financing of
women's health programs;...
Increasing concerns have been raised
about the sustainability of many fish stocks. A number of
international instruments, both voluntary and binding, have
been formulated...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23239Date: September 30, 2001Author:
Edeson, Willaim ;
Freestone, David ;
Gudmundsdottir, ;
Van Puymbroeck, Rudolf. V. [editor]
The report is part of the continued
investigation on the public-private investment relationship,
and its focus for this year is on the quality of public
investment,...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD44Date: September 30, 2001Author:
Everhart, Stephen S. ;
Sumlinski, Mariusz A.
Counting the world's poor: problems
and possible solutions; by Angus Deaton. Comments on
"counting the world's poor"; by Martin
Ravallion, and T. N. Srinivasan. Ecology,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23416Date: September 30, 2001Author:
Ali,Mubarik ;
Byerlee,Derek R. ;
Deaton,Angus S. ;
Desai,Raj M. ;
Devarajan, Shantayanan [editor] ;
Goldberg,Itzhak ;
Hayami,Yujiro ;
Murgai,Rinku ;
Ravallion,Martin ;
Srinivasan,Giridhar N.
Many factors contribute to poverty. War,
corruption, and destructive economic management are among
the most pervasive. Others worsen poverty's impact.
Unsustainable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78747Date: September 6, 2001
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