This report summarizes the governance
work undertaken by the World Bank in the last two years. It
provides an overview of governance activities in lending,
economic...
This book examines how educational
development happens. It analyzes the actions of policy
makers and the decisions they make regarding educational
change. Although the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13481Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Haddad,Wadi D
This collection of eight papers on the
transformation of public sector institutions in Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet republics blends the new
economics of institutions...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP241Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Schiavo-Campo, Salvatore [editor]
Hundreds of millions of people rely on
woodfuels for most of their energy needs, despite the
problems associated with traditional use of woodfuels -
including energy...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP242Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Barnes, Douglas F. ;
Openshaw, Keith ;
Smith, Kirk R. ;
van der Plas, Robert
Developing countries are turning
increasingly to cost recovery to pay for health care
services; but the decision makers who must develop and
implement systems for cost...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13306Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Bitran Dicowsky,Ricardo A.
A meeting was held of social scientists
from the International Agriculture Research Centers of the
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
(CGIAR),...
Type: PublicationReport#: CGR28Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Collinson, Michael P. ;
Platais, Kerri Wright [editors]
This report presents the findings of a
survey of private sector firms in St. Petersburg. Services
are defined as all sectors of the economy other than
agriculture, manufacturing,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13033Date: May 31, 1994Author:
de Melo, Marta ;
Ofer, Gur
This paper is a contribution to the
debate on how to transfer modern irrigation concepts and
technology to developing countries. In modern schemes,
irrigation is provided...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP246Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Plusquellec, Herve ;
Burt, Charles ;
Wolter, Hans W.
This booklet is the second in a series
summarizing the main points of full-length World Bank books.
This is a reference book that addresses the health policy
choices...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12474Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Jamison, Dean T. [editor] ;
Mosley, W. Henry [editor] ;
Measham, Anthony R. [editor] ;
Bobadilla, Jose Luis [editor]
Measuring the restrictiveness of trade
policy. The trade restrictiveness of the multi-fibre
arrangement. Labor supply and targeting in poverty
alleviation programs....
Type: PublicationReport#: 17649Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Anderson, James E. ;
Neary, J. Peter ;
Kanbur, Ravi
This volume presents selected papers
that were presented and discussed at the International
Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) conference on
environmental assessment...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13101Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Goodland, Robert ;
Edmundson, Valerie [editors]
This paper reviews efforts to improve
the efficiency and responsiveness of urban service delivery
in developing countries. It argues that failures in urban
service delivery...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12925Date: May 31, 1994Author:
Dillinger, William
This report updates Implementing the
World Bank's Strategy to Reduce Poverty: Progress and
Challenges (World Bank 1993a). It assesses the Bank's
progress in supporting...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12991Date: April 30, 1994
This volume provides an overview of the
external debt of 116 developing countries, including the
former Soviet Union. Compiled from the World Bank's
exclusive Debtor...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13040Date: April 30, 1994Author:
World Bank
This paper discusses the enormous
economic benefits of investing in women's education.
The author suggests that, over time, increases in
girls' education have the potential...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13058Date: April 30, 1994Author:
Summers,Lawrence Henry
This paper focuses on the automotive
industry in developing countries. It builds on the
round-table discussions organized by the International
Finance Corporation (IFC)...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD21Date: April 30, 1994Author:
O'Brien, Peter ;
Karmokolias, Yannis
This paper discusses the reduction of
government activity through the participation of the private
sector in service delivery. The paper poses the questions of
whether...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12996Date: April 30, 1994Author:
Cointreau-Levine, Sandra
This monograph attempts to summarize the
main findings of the World Bank research program known as
the City Study. The study examined five major uban
subsectors - housing,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13093Date: April 30, 1994Author:
Mohan,Rakesh
Excess capacity in fishing and fish
processing characterizes many, if not most, fisheries today.
Because the capital and labor employed in fisheries are
generally use-specific,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP240Date: April 30, 1994Author:
John, Joshua
The ability of social policy to protect
people from poverty - as well as help promote them out of
poverty - is of great concern in transition economies, where
the process...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM102Date: April 30, 1994Author:
van de Walle, Dominique ;
Ravallion, Martin ;
Gautam, Madhur
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