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Statement by Ali Bourhane at the Board meeting of January 29, 1998

This is a statement by Ali Bourhane at the Board meeting of January 29, 1998 concerning the Country Assistance Strategy for Senegal.
Type: Executive Director's Statement Report#: 86879 Date: January 28, 1998 Author: Bourhane,Ali
Multiple ports of call versus hub-and-spoke : containerized maritime trade between West Africa and Europe : Multiple ports of call versus hub-and-spoke ; containerized maritime trade between West Africa and Europe

This paper discusses the containerized seaborne trade between West Africa and Europe. It gives an overview of current status of the maritime industry in the region, discusses ways in which less costly...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 27249 Date: January 1, 1998 Author: Palsson,Gylfi
Policy and human resources development fund (PHRD) : annual report FY1998 (Vol. 2 of 2) : Section one and two

This report reviews the operations of the Policy and Human Resources Development (PHRD) Fund in fiscal 1998 (July 1997 to June 1998), a year of challenges. During this period the program responded quickly...
Type: Annual Report Report#: 56380 Date: January 1, 1998
Petro-Canada International Assistance Corporation and World Bank 1988 Conference on Petroleum Industry Management (Vol. 5 of 9) : Planning and Managing a Major Pipeline in a Remote and High Cost Area

This report constitutes the proceedings--in part--of the conference on Petroleum Industry Management, held in China, in 1988, that was jointly sponsored by Petro-Canada International Assistance Corporation....
Type: Working Paper Report#: 17450 Date: January 1, 1998 Author: McNicholas, John ; Best, E. W. ; Twiss, W. R. ; Pearce
Culture and development

Culture includes not only arts and letters but also modes of life, the fundamental rights of human beings, value systems, traditions, and beliefs. It is a culture that has contributed to the heritage of...
Type: Working Paper Report#: 110196 Date: January 1, 1998 Author: Serageldin,M. Ismail
Philippines - Case studies in microfinance :Tulay Sa Pag-Unlad, Inc. (TSPI), 1981-1996

Tulay Sa Pag-Unlad, Inc. (TSPI) is a case of a microfinance nongovernmental organization trying to hold its organizational culture together while forces it has set in motion are beginning to have the opposite,...
Type: Working Paper Report#: 35467 Date: January 1, 1998 Author: Dichter, Thomas W.
How competition delivers positive results in transport - a case study

In this case study the government is initially the monopoly supplier of travel and freight service - by ferry, jetfoil, and airplane - between two islands. It then allows private operators to enter the...
Type: Viewpoint Report#: 18344 Date: December 31, 1997 Author: De Rus Mendoza,Gines
Urban air quality management strategy in Asia - Kathmandu Valley report

This report aims to assist policy makers in the design and implementation of policies, monitoring, and management tools to restore air quality in Kathmandu, the political and commercial hub of Nepal. The...
Type: Publication Report#: WTP378 Date: December 31, 1997 Author: Larssen, Steinair ; Gram, Frederick ; Haugsbakk, Iva
The benefits of separating rail infrastructure from operations

The author offers a number of reasons for separating rail infrastructure from operations: to reduce unit costs, to create intrarail competition, to better focus on the services to be provided, to clarify...
Type: Viewpoint Report#: 17283 Date: December 31, 1997 Author: Thompson,Louis Stanley
Urban air quality management strategy in Asia : Jakarta report

Tremendous growth in the human population, numbers of vehicles, and industrial development in the Jabotabek region have led to a significant deterioration in air quality in Jakarta. Near the main roads,...
Type: Publication Report#: WTP379 Date: December 31, 1997 Author: Shah,Jitendra J. ; Nagpal, Tanvi [editors]
The economics of traffic safety

The note examines several possible entry points for debating the economics of traffic safety, namely, the supply side approach, which addresses the cost of accidents to society, and those affected by it;...
Type: Brief Report#: 22583 Date: December 31, 1997 Author: Hansen, Jorgen Karthum
Global trend to railway concessions delivering positive results

The authors review a number of recent innovative rail concessions. Each country has approached its problems differently, and each provides different insights into what can be achieved with concessions....
Type: Viewpoint Report#: 17368 Date: December 31, 1997 Author: Thompson, Louis S. ; Budin, Karim-Jacques
Urban air quality management strategy in Asia : Metro Manila report

Eighty percent of the Metro Manila population live in areas where the national standard for air quality is exceeded, where average TSP (total suspended particle) concentrations are frequently five times...
Type: Publication Report#: WTP380 Date: December 31, 1997 Author: Shah,Jitendra J. ; Nagpal, Tanvi [editors]
Lessons from Sao Paulo's Metropolitan Busway Concessions Program

In an earlier paper (Policy Research Working Paper 1546), the authors described a pioneer initiative of Sao Paulo's municipal and state governments, to give the private sector a concession on building...
Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS1859 Date: December 31, 1997 Author: Rebelo, Jorge ; Benvenuto, Pedro
Urban air quality management strategy in Asia : Greater Mumbai report

This report aims to assist policymakers in designing and implementing policies, in monitoring and devising management tools to restore air quality in Mumbai (Bombay), India's financial and commercial capital....
Type: Publication Report#: WTP381 Date: December 31, 1997 Author: Shah, Jitendra J. ; Nagpal, Tanvi [editors]
Elimination of lead in gasoline in Latin America and the Caribbean - status report

Following the Summit of the Americas, held in December 1994, it was agreed among several nations in the Americas to develop and implement action plans to phase out lead additives in gasoline. This is a...
Type: ESMAP Paper Report#: ESM200 Date: December 31, 1997
Statement by Ali Bourhane at the Board meeting of December 23, 1997

This is a statement by Ali Bourhane at the Board meeting of December 23, 1997 concerning the Country Assistance Strategy for Cape Verde.
Type: Executive Director's Statement Report#: 86616 Date: December 23, 1997 Author: Bourhane,Ali
Statement by Matthias Meyer at the Board meeting of December 18, 1997

This is a statement by Matthias Meyer at the Board meeting of December 18, 1997 concerning the Country Assistance Strategy for Mozambique.
Type: Executive Director's Statement Report#: 86862 Date: December 17, 1997 Author: Meyer,Matthias
Statement by Ali Bourhane at the Board meeting of December 11, 1997

This is a statement by Ali Bourhane at the Board meeting of December 11, 1997 concerning the Country Assistance Strategy progress report for Togo.
Type: Executive Director's Statement Report#: 86901 Date: December 10, 1997 Author: Bourhane,Ali
Statement by Joaquim Carvalho at the Board meeting of December 11, 1997

This is a statement by Joaquim Carvalho at the Board meeting of December 11, 1997 concerning the Country Assistance Strategy progress report for Togo.
Type: Executive Director's Statement Report#: 86899 Date: December 10, 1997 Author: CARVALHO, JOAQUIM R.