These proceedings from a workshop in
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, organized jointly by the
government of Cote d'Ivoire, the Public Administration
Division of the United Nations...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP357Date: May 31, 1997Author:
Adamolekun, Ladipo ;
Atomate,Armand E. ;
DE LUSIGNAN, GUY A.
This report aims to describe briefly for
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela -the Andean
Group- their present status regarding policy reform in
agricultural...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP364Date: May 31, 1997Author:
Josling,Timothy E.
This paper aims to increase
understanding of Sector Investor Programs (SIPs) as useful
instruments for improving resource allocation and fostering
sustainable development....
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP363Date: May 31, 1997Author:
Okidegbe,Nwanze
This paper highlights the key
characteristics of the quantitative and qualitative
approaches to poverty measurement and analysis, examines the
strengths and weaknesses...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP366Date: May 31, 1997Author:
Carvalho, Soniya ;
White, Howard
This report evaluates the World
Bank's experience with the fifty agricultural
adjustment operations (agsecals) approved by the Board since
1979 and reflects the impact...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16701Date: May 31, 1997Author:
Meerman, Jacob
Efforts to implement environmentally
sound pest management strategies have often been impeded by
government policies and regulations that inadvertently
promote the use...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16681Date: May 31, 1997Author:
Schillhorn van Veen, Tjaart W. ;
Forno, Douglas A. ;
Joffe, Steen ;
Umali-Deininger, Dina L. ;
Cooke, Sanjiva
The International Development
Association (IDA), the World Bank Group's concessional
lending window, provides long-term loans at zero interest to
the poorest of the...
This book explores the nature of the
changes leading to the integration of developing countries
in world financial markets, and analyzes the process of
international...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16700Date: April 30, 1997
Five years after Rio : the World
Bank's environmental professionals take stock; by
Andrew Steer. Persuasion and incentives : new ways to
achieve a cleaner world; by...
Type: PublicationReport#: 21284Date: April 30, 1997Author:
Fleming, Clare [editor] ;
Steer, Andrew ;
Hanrahan, David ;
Landrigan, Steven ;
Briscoe, John ;
Asad, Musa ;
Davis, Sandy ;
Agarwal, Anil ;
Rees, Colin ;
Whitford, Peter ;
Hancock, Lucy ;
Post, Jan ;
Lintner, Steve ;
Tandberg, Eivind ;
Hamilton, Kirk ;
Kunte, Aru ;
Dixon, John
This report reviews the literature on
the causes of observed changes in health and fertility
levels, the evaluation of policies, and programs designed to
accelerate...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP356Date: April 30, 1997Author:
Stout, Susan ;
Evans, Alison ;
Nassim, Janet ;
Raney, Laura
This paper deals with the rationale,
history, and prospects for the rural fuelwood market system,
an innovative energy strategy whereby communities are given
formal...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP362Date: April 30, 1997Author:
Foley, Gerald ;
Floor, Willem ;
Madon, Gerard ;
Lawali, Elhadji Mahamane ;
Montagne, Pierre ;
Tounao, Kiri
This first Annual Bank Conference on
Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) took
stock of the immediate challenges created by the peso crisis
and its aftermath...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16498Date: April 30, 1997Author:
Burki, Shahid Javed ;
Edwards, Sebastian ;
Aiyer,Sri-Ram
This publication contains the annual
review for fiscal 1996 (July 1995-June 1996) and a 10-year
accounting of the project portfolio in a project matrix
(Appendix). ...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17050Date: April 30, 1997
This is a summary of the book,
"Private Capital Flows to Developing Countries: the
Road to Financial Integration," exploring the nature of
the changes leading to the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16675Date: April 30, 1997
This report presents the findings of an
assessment of Jordan's health sector which was prepared
jointly by the Government of Jordan and the World Bank. The
study evaluates...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16561Date: April 30, 1997
This Operations Evaluation Department
study examines the impact of irrigation investments,
operation, and maintenance in Southeast Asia. The review
covers 6 gravity...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16705Date: April 30, 1997Author:
Rice,Edward B.
This report presents the findings of a
regional study on poverty and income distribution in Latin
America and the Caribbean. The study was undertaken because
of the...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP351Date: April 30, 1997Author:
Psacharopoulos, George ;
Morley, Samuel ;
Fiszbein, Ariel ;
Lee, Haeduck ;
Wood, Bill
This paper addresses the basic question:
under what conditions are user organizations most effective
in managing water systems? The first part examines the
conditions...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP354Date: April 30, 1997Author:
Subramanian, Ashok ;
Jagannathan, N. Vijay ;
Meinzen-Dick, Ruth [editors]
This paper is one of a series of reports
based upon the "Social Challenges of Transition
(SCT)" database, documenting empirically the evolving
effects of transition...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP361Date: April 30, 1997Author:
Laporte,Bruno Andre ;
Ringold,Dena
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