Agriculture plays an important role in
generating economic growth, and increased agricultural
productivity tends to increase rural employment and help
alleviate poverty....
Type: PublicationReport#: 21393Date: April 30, 1999Author:
Faruqee, Rashid [editor]
This report provides a set of
recommendations for bankruptcy reform in the Latin American
region, both legislative and institutional, recognizing that
the sequencing...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP433Date: April 30, 1999Author:
Rowat, Malcolm ;
Astigarraga, Jose
Meant for a wider audience, this volume
describes the essentials and complexities of project
structuring. A primary message is the importance of clearly
identifying...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23474Date: April 30, 1999
Commodity prices were generally lower
during the first quarter, with non-energy prices down an
additional five percent from the fourth quarter. The sharp
price declines...
Type: PublicationReport#: 20258Date: April 30, 1999
The study uses detailed case studies of
private education companies to draw conclusions on key
elements for successful investments in these types of
companies, and examines...
Type: PublicationReport#: 20915Date: April 30, 1999Author:
Tooley,James
This book analyzes economic developments
of Indonesia and Nigeria during the period 1950-85. It
addresses why Indonesia was so much more successful than
Nigeria during...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19405Date: April 30, 1999Author:
Bevan, David L. ;
Collier, Paul ;
Gunning, Jan Willem
The 1998 Annual World Bank Conference on
Development Economics, the tenth anniversary, was held at
the Bank on April 20-21, 1998. The discussions focused on
four areas...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19221Date: April 30, 1999Author:
Pleskovic, Boris ;
Stiglitz, Joseph E. [editors]
This is the proceedings of the
Conference on Culture in Sustainable Development: Investing
in Cultural and Natural Endowments held at Washington DC on
September 28-29,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19156Date: April 30, 1999Author:
Serageldin, Ismail ;
Martin-Brown, Joan [editors]
Prompted by the East Asian crisis and
the need to address its urgent social dimension, the Bank
was asked to develop "general principles of good
practice" in social...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22375Date: April 30, 1999
This thirteenth annual survey of
emerging stock markets provides essential coverage of stock
market characteristics for the 45 markets covered by the
IFC's three highly...
Type: PublicationReport#: 29778Date: April 1, 1999
The handbook has been prepared to update
and replace the "1988 Environmental Guidelines."
The Handbook is specifically designed to be used in the
context of the World...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19128Date: April 1, 1999Author:
Ackermann,Richard O. ;
Aggarwal,Sanjeev ;
Dixon,John Richard ;
Fitzgerald,Arthur D. ;
Hanrahan,David C. ;
Hughes,Gordon A. ;
Kunte,Arundhati ;
Lovei,Magda ;
Lvovsky,Kseniya ;
Somani,Anil H.
Since 1995 agricultural output has
stagnated in Albania, despite positive growth early in the
reform process of its economic transition. Albania has
carried out major...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP431Date: March 31, 1999Author:
Kodderitzsch,Severin L.
This report provides guidance on how to
assess the suitability of source water for aquaculture.
Aquaculture development worldwide is growing rapidly due to
increasing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23764Date: March 31, 1999Author:
Zweig, Ronald D. ;
Morton, John D. ;
Stewart, Macol
This country study consists of two
volumes. Volume I is a summary report that condenses main
findings and conclusions. This volume focuses mainly on
elimination of the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19020Date: March 31, 1999
This report examines the linkages
between gender inequality, growth, and poverty in
Sub-Saharan Africa. It documents the interdependence of the
market and household...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP428Date: March 31, 1999Author:
Blackden, C. Mark ;
Bhanu, Chitra
The Palestinian economy has been
operating below its enormous potential since the 1993
signing of the Declaration of Principles. This book
documents the degrees to which...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19162Date: March 31, 1999Author:
Diwan, Ishac ;
Shaban, Radwan A. [editors]
This volume presents a broad policy and
intellectual debate about reorienting the development
paradigm toward social inclusion and social development by
focusing on...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19081Date: March 31, 1999Author:
Cernea, Michael M. [editor]
Nearly all countries worldwide are now
experimenting with decentralization. Their motivation are
diverse. Many countries are decentralizing because they
believe this...
Type: PublicationReport#: 19080Date: March 31, 1999Author:
Manor,James Gilmore
This booklet describes the meaningful
involvement of communities in Hyderabad, engaged under the
Eighth India Population Project (IPP VIII), and its
successful achievements....
Type: PublicationReport#: 19637Date: March 31, 1999Author:
Gill, Kirrin
Biomass materials have properties that
differ from those of conventional solid fuels such as coal.
A major difference is the high content of volatile matter in
biomass...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP422Date: March 31, 1999Author:
Quaak, Peter ;
Knoef, Harrie ;
Stassen, Hubert
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