This study uses a new data set of crime
rates for a large sample of countries for the period
1970-1994, based on information from the United Nations
World Crime Surveys,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 18544Date: October 31, 1998Author:
Fajnzylber, Pablo ;
Lederman, Daniel ;
Loayza, Norma
This summary was compiled from the full
text of the technical document "Decision Maker's
Guide on the Planning, Siting, Design and Operation of
Landfills in Middle-...
Type: PublicationReport#: 18491Date: October 31, 1998Author:
Thurgood, Maggie ;
Rushbrook, Philip ;
Pugh, Mike
The task of monitoring Africa's
development progress and aid flows requires basic empirical
data that can be readily used by analyst. This volume
presents the available...
Type: PublicationReport#: 18487Date: October 31, 1998
The Indian economy exhibited
considerable underlying strength in 1997-98, but the
environment is weakening in response to external and
internal developments, intensifying...
Type: PublicationReport#: 18458Date: October 31, 1998
Providing microcredit to the poor has
become an important antipoverty scheme in many countries.
Microcredit helps the poor become self-employed and thus
generates income...
Type: PublicationReport#: 18534Date: October 31, 1998Author:
Khandker, Shahidur R.
This report discusses how the Pacific
Islands development agenda could be put into practice by
improving the effectiveness of government activities in nine
Pacific Island...
Type: PublicationReport#: 18698Date: October 31, 1998
Consultations on access to and the
quality of, primary education services were held with
stakeholders in fifty-four primary schools and communities
in eighteen local...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP420Date: October 1, 1998Author:
Schmidt,Paul Francis
Based on empirical evidence, this report
assesses changes in social welfare and policy in Poland
during the economic transition. The report reviews changes
in three...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP417Date: September 30, 1998Author:
Rutkowski, Jan J.
This report examines the precise nature
of the required institutional reforms needed to achieve
higher sustained rates of growth and to make a dent in
poverty reduction...
Type: PublicationReport#: 18428Date: September 30, 1998Author:
Burki, Shahid Javed ;
Perry, Guillermo E.
The study profiles five case studies of
the International Finance Corporation-sponsored ventures,
chosen because of their development potential, or, because
of unusual...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23471Date: September 30, 1998Author:
Bouton, Lawrence ;
Karmokolias, Yannis ;
Elkan, Walter ;
Miller, Robert R. ;
Fitchett, Delbert A. ;
Jaspersen, Frederick Z.
The book is part of the International
Finance Corporation's (IFC) technical assistance
project for Asian regional housing finance, and consists of
case studies focusing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23482Date: September 30, 1998Author:
Watanabe, Masakazu [editor] ;
Lea, Michael J. ;
Lamoreaux, Pamela A. ;
Kumar Garg, Yogendra ;
Seki, Masatake ;
Joong-hee Lee ;
Sohan Lee ;
Huang Sin Chen ;
Gallarado, Joselito ;
Aphimeteetamrong, Virach ;
Kritayanavaj, Ballohh
Created three years after the end of
World War II, and on the eve of a Cold War, the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights is commemorating its 50th
anniversary. The...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23188Date: September 30, 1998Author:
Gaeta, Anthony ;
Vasilara, Marina
Increasingly, countries are undertaking
agriculture development programs that cover the entire
sector or a subsector in order to improve the allocation of
public resources...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP418Date: September 30, 1998Author:
Okidegbe, Nwanze
This report examines the current state
of Kyrgyz agriculture and the status of agricultural policy
reform program during its transition to a market economy. It
outlines...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP394Date: September 30, 1998Author:
Mudahar, Mohinder S.
The four basic objectives of the World
Bank's research program are: broadening understanding
of development; assisting in developing research capacity in
member countries;...
Type: PublicationReport#: 18461Date: September 30, 1998
East Asia's financial crisis
quickly has deteriorated into an economic and social crisis.
This study presents an analysis of the crisis, provides a
report card on progress...
Type: PublicationReport#: 18457Date: September 30, 1998
This report is the proceedings of the
Fifth Annual World Bank Conference on Environmentally and
Socially Sustainable Development, entitled
"Partnerships for Global Ecosystem...
To prosper, developing economies must
build strong financial sectors that operate successfully in
a climate of rapid change. IFC shares its experience in
financial markets...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23473Date: September 30, 1998Author:
Barger,Teresa C.
This publication provides general
information on the World Bank Group. Founded in 1944 it
consists of five associated institutions: IBRD
(International Bank for Reconstruction...
Type: PublicationReport#: 18474Date: September 30, 1998
Credibility of rules and economic
growth: evidence from a worldwide survey of the private
sector, by Aymo Brunetti, Gregory Kisunko, and Beatrice
Weder. Does economic...
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