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
The multifaceted nature of the poverty
problem, and the widening gap between the levels of human
well-being in Africa, compared with the other developing
regions, are...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22067Date: March 31, 2001Author:
White, Howard ;
Killick, Tony ;
Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Ste
This book consists of series of studies
written by a range of specialists who analyze the responses
of private sector agents--households, farms, and firms--and
of the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 21994Date: March 31, 2001Author:
Reinikka, Ritva ;
Collier, Paul [editors]
Principles of financial regulation : a
dynamic portfolio approach; by Joseph E. Stiglitz.
Competition and scope of activities in financial services;
by Stijn Claessens,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 26453Date: March 31, 2001Author:
Claessens, Stijn ;
Devarajan, Shantayanan [editor] ;
Dyck,Alexander ;
Estache,Antonio ;
Jack,William G. ;
Kaufmann,Daniel ;
Klingebiel,Daniela M. H. ;
Stiglitz,Joseph E. ;
Vishwanath,Tara
Structural reform of the economies of
developing countries has been in the forefront of
development interest since the early 1980s. This interest
stems from a recognition...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22024Date: March 31, 2001Author:
Akiyama, Takamasa ;
Baffes, John ;
Larson, Donald ;
Va
Although China has long been recognized
for its achievements in reducing absolute poverty since
1978, international standards now estimate increased poverty
incidences,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22137Date: March 31, 2001Author:
Piazza, Alan ;
Li, Julia ;
Su Guoxia ;
McKinley, Terry ;
Enjiang Cheng ;
Saint-Pierre, Claude ;
Sicular, Terry ;
Trangmar, Bruce ;
Weller, Robert
Before the breakup of the Soviet Union,
Armenia had a highly developed and expensive education
system, matching the needs of the command economy. The
country is now...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP498Date: March 31, 2001Author:
Perkins, Gillian ;
Yemtsov, Ruslan
Capital account liberalization: what do
cross-country studies tell us? by Barry Eichengreen. Where
has all the education gone? by Lant Pritchett. Measuring the
dynamic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35056Date: March 1, 2001Author:
Bourguignon, Francois [editor] ;
Eichengreen, Barry ;
Pritchett, Lant ;
Wacziarg, Romain ;
Gylfason, Thorvaldur ;
Herbetwwon, Tryggvi Thor ;
Zoega, Gylfi ;
Limao, Nuno ;
Venables, Anthony J. ;
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli ;
Sobaci, Tolga
Without rapid and substantial
improvements in education access and quality, broader
poverty reduction efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa will be
thwarted. This report argues...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22005Date: February 28, 2001Author:
Verspoor, Adriaan ;
Mattimore, Angel ;
Watt, Patrick
The report is intended to provide a
consistent, and convenient set of data to monitor
development programs, and aid flows in the Africa region,
while continuing the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22025Date: February 28, 2001Author:
Badr, Ziad ;
Khan, Tariqul ;
Campbell-White, Oliver
The document is an assessment of the
impacts of a large sample of the Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency (MIGA) assisted investments, reflecting to
various degrees,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 21908Date: February 28, 2001Author:
West, Gerald T. ;
Tarazona, Ethel I.
In the preface to this report, it is
asserted that, "history hovers... over any discussion
of fiscal federalism in Russia." This report not only
reviews that history,...
This study investigates the economic
impacts of accession to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) by
the new member countries of Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar,
and Vietnam....
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP421Date: February 28, 2001Author:
Fukase, Emiko ;
Martin, Will
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