This report aims to identify and
consolidate information on crucial issues that impact on
rural development in China. China's rural economic
achievements of the past...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19852Date: August 31, 1999Author:
Nyberg, Albert ;
Rozelle, Scott
This report builds on the framework laid
out in the 1997 Country Economic Memorandum, "China
2020: Development Challenges in the New Century," and
its companion reports,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19602Date: July 31, 1999
Over the last twenty years, while
developed countries witnessed unparalleled rise in new
regulations, developing countries complemented their
privatization, with deregulation...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19633Date: July 31, 1999Author:
Guasch, J. Luis ;
Spiller, Pablo
Commodity prices showed strength in the
second quarter as supply cutbacks began to take effect and
hopes for the global economy improved. Energy prices
continued to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 20305Date: July 31, 1999
The World Bank began lending for
population in the 1970s and to health in 1980s, and has
since committed over $14 billion to support the health,
nutrition, and population...
Type: PublicationReport#: 21392Date: July 31, 1999Author:
Johnston, Timothy ;
Stout, Susan
The study focuses on decentralization,
referring to the process of returning the political, fiscal,
and administrative powers, to sub-national units of
government. It...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19636Date: July 31, 1999Author:
Burki, Shahid Javed ;
Perry, Guillermo ;
Dillinger, William ;
Griffin, Charles ;
Gutman, Jeffrey ;
Rojas, Fernando ;
Webb, Steven ;
Winkler, Donald
This document constitutes the World
Bank's Standard Request for Proposals (SRFP). As
outlined in the World Bank's Guidelines -- Selection
and Employment of Consultants...
Type: PublicationReport#: 18039Date: July 31, 1999
Increasing importance has been placed on
an effective and efficient judiciary by governments and
civil society. However, apart from decisions that they
render, little...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP430Date: July 31, 1999Author:
Dakolias, Maria
This book present and analyzes the
concrete results of four successful municipal development
projects (MDPs) on the institutional capacity building of
local governments...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19619Date: July 31, 1999Author:
Kyu Sik Lee ;
Gilbert, Roy
The paper analyzes the adjustment
process in the aftermath of speculative attacks against the
currencies of six countries - Argentina, Brazil, Mexico,
Indonesia, Korea,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19607Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Perry, Guillermo ;
Lederman, Daniel
This paper presents a broad set of data
on health expenditures, services, and outcomes in African
countries, as well as examples of how this information can
be used....
Type: PublicationReport#: 19578Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Peters, David H. ;
Kandola, Kami ;
Elmendorf, A. Edw
The regional consultation on social
cohesion and conflict management gave experts and
practitioners in key fields of economic, social, and
political development an opportunity...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23245Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Colletta,Nat J. ;
Teck Ghee Lee ;
Kelles-Vii, Anita
This report looks at the World
Bank's efforts in fiscal 1998 to deliver results on
poverty reduction. It is the sixth in a series of assessment
on how well World Bank...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19574Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Prennushi, Giovanna
The paper examines aggregate primary
capital market activity in a cross section of emerging
market, and developed countries. The authors analyze data on
the value of...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD39Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Aylward, Anthony ;
Glen, Jack
This report reviews the non-payment
problems in the electricity sector in Eastern Europe and the
Former Soviet Union during the period 1990-1997. In
addition, the review...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP423Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Krishnaswamy, V.
This report deals with the Annual World
Bank Conference on Development in Latin American and the
Caribbean, held in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 1998.
Opening remarks...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19577Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Burki, Shahid Javed ;
Perry, Guillermo E. [editors] ;
de la Torre, Augusto ;
Freire, Mila ;
Huertas, Marcela
This report examines the legal
impediments to effective land ownership and markets in the
former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. The
report also analyses...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP436Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Prosterman, Roy ;
Hanstad, Tim [editors] ;
Giovarelli, Renee ;
Rolfes, Leonard Jr. ;
Schwarzwalder, Brian ;
Duncan, Jennifer ;
Bledsoe, David
This report assesses the impact of
regulatory regimes on the market performance of private
pension funds in Latin American countries that have
undertaken reforms of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19562Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Srinivas, P. S. ;
Yermo, Juan
The study reviews the share of
agriculture in the Czech economy, which has diminished
significantly since 1989. Two opposing trends are analyzed:
a) a reduction in the...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP437Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Csaki, Csaba ;
Debatisse, Michel ;
Honisch, Oskar
This study distinguishes between
preventive and curative measures, and between direct and
indirect ways to fight corruption. In this context, it
examines the national...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19653Date: June 30, 1999Author:
Ofosu-Amaah, W. Paatii ;
Soopramanien, Raj ;
Uprety,
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