This paper examines the legal foundation
of large-value credit transfer systems and the importance of
certainty, efficiency, and fairness in funds transfer law. A
case...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP299Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Bhala, Raj
This priority-setting study elevates, as
a first principle, maintaining the representation of all
ecosystem and habitat types in regional investment
portfolios. Second,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14996Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Bookbinder, Marnie P. ;
Dinerstein, Eric ;
Graham,Douglas J. ;
Ledec,George Campos ;
Olson, David M. ;
Primm, Steven A. ;
Webster, Avis L. ;
World Wildlife Fund
This document serves two purposes.
First, for analysts with a general notion that LSMS data may
be of interest for their work, the document provides a brief
summary...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM120Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Grosh,Margaret Ellen ;
Glewwe,Paul W.
This publication is a product of
collaboration between the Country Operations Division of the
Europe and Central Asia Department One and the Transitional
Economies Division...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15016Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Bogetic, Zeljko ;
Hillman, Arye L. [editors]
This paper summarizes the proceedings of
a seminar on structural adjustment in Africa, which was held
in Harare, Zimbabwe, on May 23-24, 1994 and also includes
papers...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP288Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Kapoor, Kapil [editor]
This summary of Bureaucrats in Business
is an expanded version of the overview that opens the report
itself (no. 15037). Like the overview, it discusses the main
findings...
Type: PublicationReport#: 16341Date: September 30, 1995
Under the mounting pressures of urban
development, cities of the developing world are in vital
need of accurate and systematic information about their land
markets....
Type: PublicationReport#: 9640Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Dowall,David E.
This is the first in the new Lessons of
Experience series from IFC. This report reviews IFC's
experience in its dual role as advisor before a
privatization transaction...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15007Date: September 30, 1995
Many economists advocate the use of
tradable water rights as the most efficient system for
allocating scarce water resources among alternative economic
uses. According...
There are important gaps in our
understanding of the facets of environmentally sustainable
development, but there are also areas in which data
collection could be streamlined....
Type: PublicationReport#: 15023Date: September 30, 1995
Some countries are able to tap private
capital and, therefore, draw less on the World Bank's
financial resources. Others, such as most of the developing
countries,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15038Date: September 30, 1995
This study presents the methodological
customization of Institutional Environment Assessments
(IEAs) introduced in discussion paper no. 252 into Sector
Institutional...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP297Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Pinto, Rogerio F. ;
Mrope, Angelous J.
Ultimately, to be sustainable, cities
must function for peoples, protect their health, provide
shelter, and offer opportunities for employment and cultural
expression....
Type: PublicationReport#: 15022Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Serageldin, Ismail ;
Barrett, Richard ;
Martin-Brown
This book is the fourth in a series of
policy research reports that bring to a broad audience the
results of World Bank research on important policy issues.
It draws...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15037Date: September 1, 1995
"Global Economic Prospects
1995" (GEP'95) portrayed a favorable global
economic environment for the low- and middle-income
countries (LMICs), including a low-inflation...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14974Date: August 31, 1995Author:
World Bank
The world has changed dramatically over
the past five decades, and so has the World Bank. This
collection is devoted to improving understanding of the
evolving role...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14921Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Lateef, Sarwar K. [editor]
This report is the first in a series to
be pubished by the IFC Agribusiness Department. The series
will comprise sectoral presentations of industry trends with
specific...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14089Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Henry, Richard ;
Rothwelle, Graeme
The text of this document was drawn from
an address by Ismail Serageldin to the Eighth World Congress
on Water Resources of the International Water Resources
Association...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14910Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Seregeldin, Ismail
This is one of a series of handbooks
which have arisen from a Surveillance project to evaluate
agricultural price and trade interventions in eight Latin
American countries...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP284Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Valdes, Alberto ;
Schaeffer, Barry ;
Roldos, Jorge ;
C
The Government of Honduras created the
Honduras Social Investment Fund (FHIS) to mitigate the
negative effects of the stabilization and structural
adjustment program...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP295Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Webb, Anna Kathryn Vandever ;
Kye Woo Lee ;
Sant'Anna, Anna Maria
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