The World Bank Annual Report on Portfolio Performance (ARPP) for fiscal 1994 is the third in a series of annual reports prepared in accordance with the recommendations of the Portfolio Management Task...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 15012Date: 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. Such information is essential to a host...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9640Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Dowall,David E.
The countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have lost the geographic advantage they used to have because of their proximity to the European Union at a time when Eastern Europe was effectively...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1513Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Hoekman,Bernard M.
Ultimately, to be sustainable, cities must function for peoples, protect their health, provide shelter, and offer opportunities for employment and cultural expression. Leaders around the world are seeking...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15022Date: September 30, 1995Author:
Serageldin,M. Ismail ;
Barrett,Richard ;
Martin-Brown, Joan [editors]
This study grew out of the World Bank's analysis of urban transport in Warsaw, which identified the critical importance of this sector for the well-being of urban residents and the economic growth of cities....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 12962Date: September 8, 1995
This report discusses how public expenditure management can be further improved in the Philippines, focusing on four areas: 1) the role of the public sector in the environment of the expanding private...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14680Date: September 5, 1995
This press release announces the World Bank credit extended to Congo for Privatization and Capacity Building Project that aims at furthering the capacity of the Government to prepare and implement the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 153699Date: September 5, 1995
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 emphasis on developing countries....
Type: PublicationReport#: 14089Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Henry, Richard ;
Rothwelle, Graeme
Railways have a unique position in the state ownership portfolios and industrial policies of most nations, because of their long and complex histories and the unique dual public utility/private use aspects...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 16280Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Kopicki, Ron ;
Thompson,Louis Stanley
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 for seven commodities for the...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP267Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Valdes, Alberto ;
Schaeffer, Barry ;
de los Santos,
Barge-mounted diesel generators (BMDs) can represent a useful addition to the array of power generation technologies suitable for developing countries. Where they have been adopted, BMDs have proved highly...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17621Date: August 31, 1995Author:
Bacon,Robert W.
This article examines the generation and management of municipal solid waste through the lens of economics. The authors estimate that the global burden of municipal solid waste amounted to 1.3 billion...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 77078Date: August 1, 1995Author:
Beede, David N ;
Bloom,David E.
This report is intended for key stakeholders in the maritime transport sector in West and Central Africa (West Africa) and provides an overview of the issues and problems highlighted during the Round Table...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 27232Date: August 1, 1995Author:
Michel Audigé
This press release announces a twenty-seven million dollar loan to China to help eradicate iodine deficiency disorders by financing investments in production, iodization, packaging and distribution of...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 161218Date: July 6, 1995
The authors estimate the potential commercial benefits that tropical timber producing countries could enjoy by adopting timber certification schemes. Such benefits are crucial for encouraging the supply...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1479Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Varangis, Panayotis N. ;
Crossley, Rachel ;
Braga, C
This report presents tentative schedule of aid coordination meetings for CY1995 (as of June 30, 1995) prepared by the Operations Policy Group of the Operations Policy Department (OPRPG).
Type: Board ReportReport#: 86468Date: June 30, 1995
The Pacific Rim members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group have different views about the role each should play in fostering further trade liberalization. But at the November 1994 APEC...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1467Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Lewis, Jeffrey D. ;
Robinson, Sherman ;
Zhi Wang
This press release announces the World Bank Support of Transport and Urban Infrastructure Project in Guinea-Bissau. The Project will enhance the efficiency of country-wide transport and transit, particularly...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 154091Date: June 22, 1995
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