Although reduction of fiscal deficits is
commonly cited as the main objective for the adoption of
privatization in Africa, the choices of enterprises for
privatization...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17972Date: April 30, 1998Author:
Campbell White, Oliver ;
Bhatia, Anita
This booklet contains the provisional
agenda for the Assembly and a provisional timetable for the
Assembly and other related meetings that will be held before
or during...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35532Date: April 30, 1998
The health of Russian women has suffered
during the economic crisis of recent years. Morbidity and
mortality from chronic and infectious diseases has
increased. Women's...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP404Date: April 30, 1998Author:
Stephenson, Patricia ;
Donnay, France ;
Frolova, Olga ;
Melnick, Tatiana ;
Worzala, Chantal
Fisheries in the world are reaching a
turning point. Many of the traditional most highly valued
stocks are fully or overexploited in a biological sense; in
economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP406Date: April 30, 1998Author:
Milazzo, Matteo
This report examines and identifies
institutional, legal, and regulatory constraints on the
expeditious and effective implementation of the national
women's policy in...
A combination of economic development,
improved education, increased access to safe water, and
improved basic health programs has enabled Honduras to
improve the health...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17731Date: April 30, 1998Author:
Cotlear, Daniel ;
Walker, Ian ;
Coignez-Sterling, Veerle ;
Lenz, Rony ;
Pinheiro, Carlos Daniel ;
Ordonez, Fidel ;
Cardenas, Helmis
This report examines key issues faced by
regional financial managers confronting the challenges of
fiscal crisis. A number of authors have reviewed the
existing institutional...
This paper demonstrates how the World
Bank Group entities contribute to minerals sector
development in developing member countries. It explains the
various modalities...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP405Date: April 30, 1998Author:
Onorato, William T. ;
Fox, Peter ;
Strongman, John E
This country study analyzes the main
economic developments of the past few years and the
challenges faced by the Slovak Republic in its EU (European
Union) accession...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17565Date: April 30, 1998
The nature, scale, and proliferation of
conflicts--particularly interstate conflicts--in this
post-cold war era are undermining development in a wide
range of countries,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17752Date: April 30, 1998Author:
Holtzman, Steven ;
Elwan, Ann ;
Scott, Colin
The 1997 World Bank Conference on
Development Economics held April 30-May 1, 1997, addressed
four themes: corruption, incentives and performance in
public organizations,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17700Date: April 30, 1998Author:
Pleskovic, Boris ;
Stiglitz, Joseph E. [editors]
This report provides a guide to the
complex range of issues and options related to design,
award, implementation, monitoring, and modification of
concessions. The main...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP399Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Kerf, Michael ;
Gray, R. David ;
Irwin, Timothy ;
Levesque, Celine ;
Taylor, Robert R. ;
Klein, Michael
Mining and industrial activities, if
poorly managed, can damage the environment and leave behind
contaminated materials which release pollutants for many
years after...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP398Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Ayres, Wendy S. ;
Anderson, Kathleen ;
Hanrahan, David
This report provides information on a
series of associated analyses done on how climate change
impacts on the agricultural system in India. The analysis
features the...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP402Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Dinar, Ariel ;
Mendelsohn, Robert ;
Evenson, Robert ;
Parikh, Jyoti ;
Sanghi, Apurva ;
Kumar, Kavi ;
McKinsey, James ;
Lonergan, Stephen
This report of the proceedings of the
Second Annual Bank Conference on Development in Latin
America and the Caribbean (ABCD-LAC) focuses on prospects
for reducing poverty...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17563Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Burki, Shahid Javed ;
Aiyer, Sri-Ram ;
Hommes, Rudolf [editors]
This report is the third in a series of
World Bank Middle East and North Africa Economic Studies.
The present study is devoted to Egypt, summarizing its
recent economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17765Date: March 31, 1998
El Salvador has recorded impressive
overall economic growth in the 1990s, averaging 6.7
percentage during 1991-95. However, during this period,
agricultural growth has...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17686Date: March 31, 1998
This bibliography is a review of
available information on indicators of sustainable land
management and land quality available in the scientific
literature and on the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17630Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Dumanski, Julian ;
Gameda, Samuel ;
Pieri, Christian
This paper aims to raise the awareness
among policymakers of hydrogeological processes in urban
areas, to highlight key urban groundwater issues, to provide
a framework...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP390Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Foster, Stephen ;
Lawrence, Adrian ;
Morris, Brian
Most privatization programs outside the
transition economies take a case-by-case approach.
Governments move control of state enterprises to the private
sector, usually...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP403Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Welch, Dick ;
Fremond, Olivier
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