This paper is offered as a sourcebook
for decision makers seeking to create such an environment.
The paper first outlines the traditional approach to rural
finance which...
Type: PublicationReport#: 64900Date: September 1, 1996Author:
Yaron Jacob ;
Benjamin, McDonald ;
Piprek, Gerda
This Bibliography of Publications of the
Technical Department, Africa Region of the World Bank makes
available a complete list of all formal and informal
publications...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP329Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Mohan, P.C. [editor]
This study reviews the African Region of
the World Bank's current thinking on cost sharing and
the poor as applied in sub-Saharan Africa. It inventories
country experiences...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP338Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Van Adams, Arvil ;
Hartnett, Teresa
This report is the second in a series of
World Bank Middle East Economic Studies. It describes the
economic progress and prospects of the Republic of Tunisia,
and proposes...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15966Date: August 31, 1996
This study focuses on the process of
technology catch-up and competitive advantage creation,
drawing on the successful experiences of Japan, Korea,
Singapore, Taiwan,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP326Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Hanna, Nagy ;
Boyson, Sandor ;
Gunaratne, Shakuntala
In Sub-Saharan Africa, a number of
adverse conditions have placed children at high risk,
including persistent and worsening poverty, an alarming pace
of economic change,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP326Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Colletta, Nat J. ;
Balachander, Jayshree ;
Xiaoyan Liang
This paper pursues the following
questions: 1) whether family planning programs were
important in contributing to the recent fertility decline in
Bangladesh; and 2)...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP337Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Khandker, Shahidur R. ;
Latif, M. Abdul
This book is concerned with educational
assessments that are systematic, usually sample based,
collections of data that include a measurement of student
achievement...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16023Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Murphy, Paud ;
Greaney, Vincent ;
Lockheed, Marlaine
The appropriate role of the state in
health is complex both in economic theory and in practice.
Theory identifies three reasons for state action: (i) public
goods or...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP339Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Musgrove, Philip
The purpose of this paper is to
challenge much of the conventional wisdom about the
indisputable desirability of government intervention into
urban land markets and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 23358Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Dowall,David E. ;
Clark,Giles
In both developed and developing
countries the coastal zone is likely to undergo the most
profound change in the near future. Already more than 60
percent of the world's...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15957Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Post, Jan C. ;
Lundin, Carl G. [editors]
This study presents the results of
consultative surveys examining local organizations in 36
rural and urban communities across Nigeria. A plethora of
local associations...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP336Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Francis, Paul ;
Akinwumi, J. A. ;
Ngwu, P. ;
Nkom, S. A. ;
Odihi, J. ;
Olomajeye, J. A. ;
Okunmadewa, F. ;
Shehu, D. J.
This analysis used firm-level data to
measure how the largest industrial firms in five Central and
Eastern European nations restructured during 1992-94 and to
make projections...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP332Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Pohl, Gerhard ;
Djankov, Simeon ;
Anderson, Robert E.
This report is the first of a series of
Middle East and North Africa Economic Studies. Its purpose
is to identify the key elements of a medium-term strategy to
promote...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15972Date: August 31, 1996
Some lessons from the East Asian
Miracle, by Joseph E. Stiglitz. In search of owners:
privatization and corporate governance in transition
economies, by Cheryl W. Gray....
Type: PublicationReport#: 20867Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Stiglitz, Joseph E. ;
Gray, Cheryl W. ;
Ravallion, Martin ;
Hyde, William F. ;
Amacher, Gregory S. ;
Magrath, William ;
Uy, Marilou ;
Vittas, Dimitri ;
Yoon Je Cho
This publication provides summaries of
the tariff liberalization agreed at the Uruguay Round
negotiations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT). The tables...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15976Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Finger, J. Michael ;
Ingco, Merlinda D. ;
Reincke, U
Alternative institutions, most notably
nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), have evolved in many
countries in response to the shortcomings of the state and
the market...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP324Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Khandker, Shahidur R. ;
Khalily, Baqui
This report identifies an important
economic niche for photovoltaic (PV) systems within rural
electrification programs. Chapter 1 sketches the evolution
of household...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP324Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Cabraal, Anil ;
Cosgrove-Davies, Mac ;
Schaeffer, Lo
Water resources in sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA) have become a strategic commodity, with supply limited
in terms of quantity and quality, and demand increasing due
to population...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP331Date: August 31, 1996Author:
Damhaug,Torbjorn ;
Gilgan-Hunt,Edeltraut ;
Grey,David R. C. ;
Okaru-Bisant,Valentina O. ;
Rothberg, Daniel ;
Sharma,Narendra P. ;
Valentina Rothberg, Daniel
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