This report consists of a collection of
essays on extreme poverty. The first part of the report
deals with what it means to live in extreme poverty, how to
reach the...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP502Date: May 1, 2001Author:
Wodon, Quentin [editor]
The report reviews the Bank's
experience with aid coordination, which lies at the
intersection of many development effectiveness challenges.
While globalization has...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22066Date: April 30, 2001Author:
Eriksson, John ;
McEuen, Caroline [editor]
The report assesses the performance of
financial markets in rural areas of Romania, based on three
- rural household, rural enterprise, and financial
intermediary -...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP499Date: April 30, 2001Author:
Chaves, Rodrigo A. ;
Sanchez, Susana ;
Schor, Saul ;
T
This book synthesizes the findings from
ten case studies that investigate whether, when, and how
foreign aid affected economic policy in Africa, and reveals
the range...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22118Date: April 30, 2001Author:
Devarajan, Shantayanan ;
Dollar, David R. ;
Holmgren
Private participation in infrastructure
has taken two distinct forms in the developing world. The
first model, applied primarily in Latin America, focuses on
privatization...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP501Date: April 30, 2001Author:
Baietti,Aldo
The World Bank Atlas provides a quick
view of the state of life on our planet, measured by key
development indicators and illustrated by colorful and
informative maps....
Type: PublicationReport#: 29802Date: April 30, 2001
Isolation contributes to rural poverty.
Without a minimum of reliable and efficient access to
locations of basic social and economic activities, rural
life stagnates...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP496Date: April 30, 2001Author:
Lebo, Jerry ;
Schelling, Dieter
The main objective of this document is
to map key policy issues that need to be addressed to
successfully implement energy sector reform at the national,
and regional...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP491Date: April 30, 2001Author:
Muller-Jentsch, Daniel
This report examines gender differences
in the Mexican economy, with a focus on the labor market. It
examines gender issues over the course of the life cycle,
beginning...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22242Date: April 30, 2001Author:
Katz, Elizabeth G. ;
Correia, Maria C. [editors]
The study builds on lessons from
Tanzania's development experience of the past four
decades, with emphasis on the period following the 1996
Country Economic Memorandum,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22136Date: April 30, 2001
The overall impact of financial
globalization on the domestic financial sector is profound.
Liberalization of capital flows has effectively made
domestic financial repression...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22239Date: April 30, 2001Author:
Caprio, Gerard ;
Honohan, Patrick
This book is a compendium of
Mexico's development process, one that recognizes its
comprehensive and multi-faceted nature. It focuses on five
overarching themes including...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29801Date: April 1, 2001Author:
Lafourcade, Oliver ;
Nguyen,Vinh H. ;
Giugale,Marcelo
This paper takes an initial look at some
of the potential negative transition mechanisms between
capital account liberalization and poverty. It is necessary
to understand...
Type: PublicationReport#: 62342Date: April 1, 2001
Turkmenistan's unique approach to
land reform and farm restructuring has produced a
significant shift to individual or household-based farming,
with more than three-quarters...
Intensified efforts are needed in the
Caribbean region if inroads are to be made against the AIDS
epidemic. Although many Caribbean governments have initiated
a limited...
Type: PublicationReport#: 21906Date: March 31, 2001Author:
Marquez,Patricio V. ;
Sierra,Victor H. ;
Gayle,Jacob ;
Beeharry,Girindre K. ;
Crown,Robert W.
This report proposes a strategy for
developing competitive pool markets in China's power
sector and for increasing energy trade between competitive
pool markets areas....
Indonesia has one of the lowest rates of
urban sewerage coverage in Asia, causing a widespread
contamination of surface and ground waters. The low coverage
is partly...
Type: PublicationReport#: 37311Date: March 31, 2001Author:
Pollard,Richard W. ;
Published by the Water and Sanitation
Program - ;
Soedjarwo, Anton
Starting in the fall of 1997, the World
Bank Institute organized a learning program on
Intergovernmental Roles in the Delivery of Education
Services in the Czech Republic,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22097Date: March 31, 2001Author:
Fiszbein, Ariel [editor]
The first World Bank Economists'
Forum was held on May 3-4, 1999. The forum attempts to
answer these questions: How do you recognize a hidden fiscal
crisis? When capital...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22086Date: March 31, 2001Author:
Devarajan, Shantayanan ;
Rogers, F. Halsey ;
Squire, Lyn [editors]
This study reviews the history and
development of district heating and district cooling,
together referred to as district energy in North America,
Western Europe, Asia,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP493Date: March 31, 2001Author:
Gochenour,Carolyn
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