Public spending is a potentially
powerful instrument for fighting poverty. But how well is it
achieving this objective? Can public expenditure policies be
made more...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15152Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Van De Walle, Dominique [ed.] ;
Nead,Kimberly [ed.]
The focus of this report is on world
wide experience and identification of factors which make for
trade facilitation through successful application of
information technology...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP316Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Schware, Robert ;
Kimberley, Paul
The great successes achieved by the
Onchocerciasis Control Program in West Africa (OCP) in the
large-scale control of the blinding savanna form of
onchocerciasis (river...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP302Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Baldry, David ;
Calamari, Davide ;
Yameogo, Laurent
This paper aims to review the impact of
the Uruguay Round on the countries of sub-Saharan Africa.
The Uruguay Round is the most comprehensive multilateral
trade arrangement...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP311Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Harrold, Peter
In the past decade, the countries of
Southeast Asia and other regions have made siginificant
progress on the health care front. Thanks to a substantial
expansion in...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15153Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Dunlop, David W. ;
Martins, Jo M. [editors]
The situation of children in the
Philippines is considerably worse than it need be for a
country of its per capita income. Ill health, malnutrition,
and poor psychosocial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15130Date: November 30, 1995Author:
heaver, Richard A. ;
Hunt, Joseph M. ;
Asian Develop
Foreign trade statistics have been
greatly affected by the dissolution of the Soviet Union and
the economic transformation that the newly independent
states are now...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15178Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Belkindas, Misha V. ;
Ivanova, Olga V. [editors]
The cost of photovoltaic (PV) systems
continues to fall. At the same time, experience is being
rapidly gained in their practical use in the developing
world. It is now...
Colombia has made a strategic decision
to decentralize to subnational government's
responsibilities in sectors that are key to the
country's future. The success of that...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15096Date: November 30, 1995
This document provides a review of past
experiences with the introduction of agricultural
technologies in World Bank-funded projects in Mediterranean
climates, with...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP300Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Oram, Peter A. ;
de Haan, Cornelis
Commonly used procedures for procurement
and disbursement in World Bank-financed projects are more
suited for large investment projects and are not always
appropriate...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP312Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Gopal, Gita
The countries of the Middle East and
North Africa (MENA) region face unprecedented challenges.
The pace of change in the global economy has been faster,
prompting the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15047Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Shafik, Nemat
The issue of environmental problems and
their effects on foreign investment has attracted growing
attention in Central and Eastern Europe. The World Bank and
the OECD...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15116Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Klavens, Jonathan ;
Zamparutti, Anthony ;
OECD
Agricultural public enterprises in
Pakistan, like their counterparts in most developing
countries, share common problems of economic, financial, and
managerial inefficiency....
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP305Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Faruqee, Rashid ;
Ali, Ridwan ;
Choudhry, Yusuf
The central objective of the research
summarized in this report was to explore the ways and means
of reforming state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to achieve
efficiency,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP306Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Muir, Russell ;
Saba, Joseph P.
Uganda was one of the first African
countries to confront the seriousness of the HIV/AIDS
epidemic. AIDS is not solely a health problem, nor can it be
dealt with as...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP298Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Armstrong,Jill
This is the final report of the Biomass
Gasification Monitoring Program (BGMP) sponsored by the
joint UNDP/World Bank Energy Management Assessment Programme
(ESMAP)....
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP296Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Stassen, Hubert E.
The Grameen Bank, in Bangladesh, has
attracted worldwide attention by providng small loans to the
rural poor and recording high repayment rates. It has over
two million...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP306Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Khandker, Shahidur R. ;
Khalily, Baqui ;
Khan, Zahed
The major obstacle to creating safe and
sound banks in transitional economies is the absence of
political will and of traditions and techniques for
exercising governance...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP308Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Roulier,Richard P.
This discussion paper contains thirteen
studies designed to assess the economic impact of the
Uruguay Round on the developing economies. Some of the key
conclusions...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP307Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Martin, Will ;
Winters, L. Alan [editors]
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