The report is part of the continued
investigation on the public-private investment relationship,
and its focus for this year is on the quality of public
investment,...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD44Date: September 30, 2001Author:
Everhart, Stephen S. ;
Sumlinski, Mariusz A.
The vehicle inspection program in Mexico
City is regard as one of the most successful in a developing
country. As the program evolved it suffered the problem
common...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 23940Date: September 30, 2001Author:
Kojima,Masami ;
Bacon,Robert W.
The Republic of Colombia completed a
notes issuance of US$1 billion in May 2001, backed by a
World Bank policy based guarantee of US$158.8 million. The
launch of US$750...
This issue of the newsletter highlights
the emerging results of an ongoing study - Household Energy,
Air Pollution and Health - supported by South Asia Region of
the...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 28436Date: September 1, 2001
The Global Environment Facility, since
its inception, has supported countries in the region. GEF
projects have worked to smooth the transition to clean and
efficient...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 112005Date: September 1, 2001
Although Nepal is among the world's
poorest countries, it is a global leader in engaging
communities in forest protection and management.
Nepal's community forestry...
Type: BriefReport#: 24574Date: September 1, 2001Author:
Campbell-Page, Elizabeth [editor-in-chief]
Nigerian firms complain about increasing
competition from imported goods and commonly place much of
the blame on the high cost of manufacture. They report that
their...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56890Date: September 1, 2001Author:
Tyler, Gerald
The Wind Energy Resource Atlas of
Southeast Asia covers four countries: Cambodia, Laos,
Thailand, and Vietnam. The purpose of the atlas is to
facilitate the development...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 31870Date: September 1, 2001Author:
TrueWind Solutions, LLC
Combating pollution needs to be based on
standards supported by enforced regulatory, and physical
infrastructure, not always in place in countries in
transition from...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM242Date: August 31, 2001
As articulated in the new energy plan
for 1999-2008, the key sector objectives for the Philippines
energy sector remain security of energy supply, affordable
prices,...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM243Date: August 31, 2001
International Center Settlement
Investment Disputes (ICSID) issues its decisions regarding
place of arbitration, bifurcation of proceedings, production
of documents,...
Type: World Bank Annual ReportReport#: 41804Date: August 30, 2001
Reducing poverty in Nicaragua requires
special attention to rural areas because the majority of
Nicaragua's poor live in the countryside. Improving
access to electricity...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 36056Date: August 1, 2001Author:
Barnes,Douglas French ;
De Gouvello,Christophe ;
INEC ;
Mathieu,Pierre ;
Sterzinger,George J. ;
Torres,Jose Eddy
This Country Framework Report for
Uganda, is part of a series focused on achieving poverty
eradication, rural development, and economic growth through
sustained infrastructure...
Type: PublicationReport#: 22613Date: July 31, 2001
This is the first annual report of the
World Bank's Prototype Carbon Fund, which covers the
period from the fund's inception in 2000 to the time of
publication in September...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 23513Date: July 31, 2001
s. Whether it should be part of a global
climate mitigation strategy, however, remains controversial.
One of the key issues is that, contrary to emission
abatement,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS2635Date: July 31, 2001Author:
Lecocq, Franck ;
Chomitz, Kenneth
The West Bank and Gaza suffer from
severe environmental degradation, including deterioration of
groundwater and uncontrolled dumping of solid waste. These
problems have...
Type: BriefReport#: 27458Date: July 1, 2001Author:
Davis, Deborah
This case study on Orissa Power Reforms
is an attempt to understand basically the impact of
privatization on human resources and the strategies and
measures adopted...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 34503Date: July 1, 2001Author:
Ray,Pranabesh
This joint OED (Operations Evaluation
Department) / OEG (Operations Evaluation Group) study
follows up OED's 1993 review of the Bank's
experience in telecommunications....
Type: PublicationReport#: 22512Date: June 30, 2001Author:
Barbu,Alain A. ;
Dominguez, Rafael ;
Melody,William Harry
This report uses household surveys to
provide a diagnostic of poverty, human development, and
access to basic infrastructure. The report is based on
analytical work...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 20531Date: June 29, 2001
This is the first Operation Evaluation
Department (OED) evaluation of the Bank's overall
environmental strategy since the Environmental Department
was created in 1987....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 22441Date: June 25, 2001
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