The main objective of this options paper
on poverty reduction is to review the specific actions which
municipalities and city government may take in contributing
to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16030Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Vanderschueren,Franz Marie Gerard Ghislain ;
Wegelin,Emiel A. ;
Wekwete, Kadmiel
Foreign direct investment in developing
countries has increased dramatically in the last ten years.
As a result many developing countries have begun to search
for ways...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15987Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Battat, Joseph ;
Frank, Isaiah ;
Xiaofang Shen
This volume is a thematically arranged
summary of an associated event of the Third Annual World
Bank Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development
held in Washington....
Type: PublicationReport#: 16235Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Sarageldin, Ismail ;
Barrett, Richard [editors]
This paper examines the promise and
challenge of infrastructure privatization in sub-Saharan
Africa, with particular emphasis on power,
telecommunications, water, rail,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP337Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Kerf, Michel ;
Smith, Warrick
This study synthesizes the results of
six recent experiences with private sector participation in
the water and wastewater sectors of developing countries.
Its objectives...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15978Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Rivera,Daniel
This volume argues that biodiversity
must be better managed and conserved to meet the twin
challenges of improving living standards and enhancing the
environment. The...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15996Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Srivastava, Jitendra P. ;
Smith, Nigel J. H. ;
Forno
The purpose of this paper is to take
stock of developing countries' efforts and of the
support the development community has provided in the rural
energy sector, to...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16002Date: September 30, 1996
This book examines the dynamics and
constraints faced by informal sectors in 12 West African
countries -Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, the Gambia,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16096Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Webster, Leila ;
Fidler, Peter [editors]
The purpose of this report is to give
attention to Asian freshwater biodiversity. Asia is home to
some 3500 species of fishes, hundreds of other organisms
which spend...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP343Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Kottelat, Maurice ;
Whitten, Tony
Patterns of transition from plan to
market. Martha de Melo, Cevdet Denizer, and Alan Gelb
Hungary's bankruptcy experience, 1992-1993. Cheryl W.
Gray, Sabine Schlorke,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16038Date: September 30, 1996Author:
De Melo, Martha ;
Denizer, Cevdet ;
Gelb, Alan ;
Gray,
This volume contains a summary of the
proceedings of the Sustainability and Self-Empowerment
Seminar held in conjunction with the World Bank's Third
Annual Conference...
The eighth edition of Trends in
Developing Economies (TIDE) provides brief reports on 117
borrowing member countries of the World Bank as of August
1996. This compendium...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16022Date: September 30, 1996
This monograph reviews, assesses and
describes the operational use of the concepts and methods
for estimating economic benefits of investment and
allocation decisions...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP338Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Young,Robert A
This study draws upon the methodology of
the 1993 World Development Report: Investing in Health to
provide analyses of the burden of disease and
cost-effectiveness of...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP333Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Jha, Prabhat ;
Ranson, Kent ;
Bobadilla, Jose Luis
This paper synthesizes the thoughts and
ideas expressed during the discussions of the High-Level
Roundtable on the Business Environment for Foreign Direct
Investment...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16012Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Carter, Laurence ;
Sader, Frank ;
Holtedahl, Pernill
This volume is the summary of the
collaboration between the Banks and the Union of Concerned
Scientists during the Third Annual World Bank conference on
Environmentally...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15989Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Kendall, Henry W. ;
Arrow, Kenneth J. ;
Borlaug, Nor
This discussion paper considers the case
of a cement plant in Estonia and tries to answer the
question: how do the costs of curbing pollution compare to
the benefits...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD30Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Karmokolias, Yannis
This World Bank Discussion Paper brings
together two contributions on external debt issues. The
first paper discusses the insurability of sovereign debt
against default....
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP328Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Babbel, David F. ;
Bertozzi, Stephano
This report articulates the lessons of
IFC's experience in mobilizing financing for private
infrastructure projects in the developing world. It
discusses the issues...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16034Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Bond,Gary E. ;
Carter,Laurence W.
This volume contains the edited texts
and testimony provided by the 183 presenters at the Third
Annual World Bank Conference on Environmentally Sustainable
Development...
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