The nineteenth Annual Review of
Evaluation Results - conducted by the World Bank's
Operations Evaluation Department (OED) - presents the
findings of operations evaluations...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13186Date: June 30, 1994
Woodfuels play a dominant role in energy
balance of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, and shortages of
woodfuel exist, or are perceived to exist, in many areas.
This...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12995Date: June 30, 1994Author:
Millington, Andrew C. ;
Critchley, Richard W. ;
Douglas, Terry D. ;
Ryan, Paul
Experience of past decades confirms that
the solution to infrastructure problems is not merely to
expand capacity by making new investments. Much more
systematic changes...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13164Date: June 30, 1994Author:
Fox,William F.
Regional agreements to liberalize
international transactions in services were prominent in the
late 1980s and early 1990. At the same time, services were
also introduced...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP243Date: June 30, 1994Author:
Hoekman, Bernard ;
Sauve, Pierre
Capacity building has been singled out
as the missing link in sub-Saharan Africa's development
-- hence its importance in the region work agenda. It is
also now widely...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP252Date: June 30, 1994Author:
Pinto, Rogerio F. ;
Mrope, Angelous J.
This paper examines the relationship
between child mortality and fertility in two neighboring
West African countries: Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. The
authors first explore...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM103Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Benefo, Kofi Darkwa ;
Schultz, T. Paul
The paper analyzes the pesticide-related
policies of a large number of developing countries
(pesticides in crop protection and public health uses) using
a conceptual...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP238Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Farah, Jumanah
The 1992 United Nations Conference on
the Environment and Development Earth Summit concluded that
the environmental problems of the world's growing urban
population...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13017Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Leitmann, Josef
The successful experience of the Pacific
islands in using and maintaining solar photovoltaic systems
(PV) indicates that such systems could come to play a
substantial...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP244Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Liebenthal, Andres ;
Mathur, Subodh ;
Wade, Herbert
Economic development creates the
foundation for better, healthier lives. But when it is
badly planned or too rapid, it can damage a nations cultural
fabric. The destruction...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13128Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Wigg, David
Uruguay offers an excellent laboratory
for studying both comparatively and individually the
consequences of highly restrictive regulations for a small
economy, bringing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13069Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Connolly, Michael ;
De Melo, Jaime [editors]
This booklet attempts to pick out some
of the highlights of the book, "World without End:
Economics, Environment, and Sustainable Development."
It is hoped that this...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12217Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Pearce,David W. ;
Warford,Jeremy James
Since the early 1980s Indonesia has been
engaged in serious efforts to reform the financial system,
and thereby stimulate sounder economic growth. This paper
discusses...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP237Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Hanna,Donald P.
The movement toward structural reform of
the telecommunications sector which began in the 1980s, has
become a veritable worldwide wave of change. Most
organization for...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13121Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Wellenius, Bjorn ;
Stern, Peter A. [editors]
Higher education is of paramount
importance for economic and social development, yet it is in
crisis throughout the world. Industrial as well as
developing countries...
This volume presents the issues and
recommendations that emerged from the Electric Power Utility
Efficiency Improvement Study conducted by the World Bank and
nine other...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP243Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Menke, Christoph ;
Fazzari, P. Gregory
This report updates Implementing the
World Bank's Strategy to Reduce Poverty: Progress and
Challenges. It assesses the Bank's progress in
supporting poverty reduction...
The 1992 United Nations Conference on
the Environment and Development Earth Summit concluded that
the environmental problems of the world's growing urban
population...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13017Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Leitmann, Josef
This document provides policymakers,
managers, and planning and evaluation staff with ideas about
participatory processes and indicators that can be used to
involve...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP207Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Narayan,Deepa
Turkmenistan is well endowed with energy
resources, primarily natural gas and oil. It is the second
largest natural gas producer in the Former Soviet Union
after the...
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