Mongolia's transport sector is underdeveloped and is unable to fulfill its objectives of stimulating economic growth and national integration. The greatest obstacles are physical distance from international...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 18242Date: May 25, 1999
This paper outlines how the World Bank Group can contribute to Southern Africa's regional vision. The contribution of the World Bank Group in facilitating regional cooperation in Southern Africa is based...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 48909Date: May 1, 1999
This article discusses tax incidence in Madagascar and asks who pays the taxes that finance government spending. Its main concern is to identify the progressivity of different taxes levied in Madagascar,...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 77296Date: May 1, 1999Author:
Younger,Stephen D. ;
Sahn,David E. ;
Haggblade, Steven ;
Dorosh,Paul A.
This Bank's World newsletter includes some of the following headings: dispatch from Albania~^!!^s border with Kosovo: Tirana mission officer describes refugee exodus, by Ana Gjokutaj; improving human resources...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 57005Date: May 1, 1999Author:
Berka Njovens, Ben ;
Beatrice Dehasse,Joelle ;
Delgadillo,Cynthia Raquel ;
Floyd,Thomas Jerry ;
Frick,Helen Louise ;
George,Morallina Fanwar ;
George-Alleyne,Ramatoulaye ;
Gjokuta,Ana ;
Njovens, Ben Berka ;
Samji,Ismail ;
Simmons,Lesley Anne ;
Stem, Richard
This paper examines the increasing participation of the private sector in the transmission and distribution of natural gas in developing countries during the 1990s, resulting mainly from the growing demand...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 19158Date: April 30, 1999Author:
Bradley,Ada Karina Izaguirre
To help address a budgetary crisis in early 1995, the Rio de Janeiro state government began reforms aimed at selling or concessioning to the private sector loss-making state-owned enterprises. In the transport...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 19439Date: April 30, 1999Author:
Rebelo,Jorge M.
This Note presents the Roads Economic Decision Model (RED) that performs an economic evaluation of road investments and maintenance options customized to the characteristics of low-volume roads such as:...
Type: BriefReport#: 22650Date: April 30, 1999Author:
Archondo-Callao,Rodrigo
The author describes a bold effort by the state government to increase private sector participation in Rio de Janeiro's urban transport sector, reduce heavy operating subsidies, and establish a foundation...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS2096Date: April 30, 1999Author:
Rebelo,Jorge M.
This report presents an overview of the discussions held at the workshop. It does not attempt to elaborate on the entire content of the presentations. Instead, it presents highlights of the international...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 27045Date: April 21, 1999Author:
Nishimizu,Mieko
This paper reviews options for creating an enabling environment for the construction industry, thus leading to more involvement of private contractors and consultants in improved management of road assets....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 30178Date: April 16, 1999Author:
Queiroz,Cesar Augusto
The Bank's reports on poverty and industrialization in Vietnam identified affordable physical access to markets, health, education, and other amenities as central to triggering growth in rural areas. The...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 18748Date: April 7, 1999
When the Bank designed a set of projects in the mid-1980s to strengthen Indonesia's transport infrastructure, which was becoming overburdened by the country's rapid economic growth, efforts focused on...
Type: BriefReport#: 22992Date: April 1, 1999Author:
Talvitie,Antti P.
The Governance, Regulation and Finance Division of the World Bank Institute (WBIGF) conducted a core course on fundamentals of infrastructure project finance for South Asia in Goa, India, from January...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 49448Date: April 1, 1999Author:
Dailami,Mansoor
Development practice is concerned with achieving results on the ground, towards improving economic, and social welfare. Road sector development, and administration are no exception to it, being increasingly...
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