This discussion paper examines in its
first part, the role of private investment in economic
growth. While theoretical growth models developed in the
economics literature,...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD41Date: June 30, 2000Author:
Bouton, Lawrence ;
Sumlinski, Mariusz A.
This paper sets out an environmental
strategy for the World Bank Group in the energy sector,
building on existing Bank policies and activities and
drawing from lessons...
Type: PublicationReport#: 20740Date: June 30, 2000
This report is a tool for preliminary
assessment of the feasibility of introducing large-scale
incineration plants into the waste management systems of
major cities...
Type: PublicationReport#: 21091Date: June 30, 2000Author:
Rand, T. ;
Haukohl, J. ;
Marxen, U.
Solid waste management is in crisis in
many of the world's largest urban areas as populations
attracted to cities continues to grow. This has led to ever
increasing...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP462Date: June 30, 2000Author:
Rand, T. ;
Haukohl, J. ;
Marxen, U.
Efficient reduction of carbon dioxide
emissions requires coordination of international efforts.
Approaches proposed include carbon taxes, emission quotas,
and jointly...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS2359Date: June 30, 2000Author:
Martin, Will
This issue, which serves as the annual
review on the environment and looks back on the World
Bank's environmental activities from July to June 2000,
describes many of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 20955Date: June 30, 2000
Under the Kyoto Protocol, industrial
countries accept caps on their emissions of greenhouse
gases. They are permitted to acquire offsetting emissions
reductions from...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS2357Date: June 30, 2000Author:
Chomitz, Kenneth M.
The focus of this evaluation is on the
period since 1990. Until 1990, lending was concentrated on
investments in industry and finance, infrastructure, power,
and agriculture....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 20513Date: June 26, 2000
The report is a summary of the
proceedings from the Forest Strategy Review Workshop,
intended to review, and discuss the Operations Evaluation
Department's preliminary...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 20692Date: June 23, 2000
This study is based on: (i) a review of
all the forest-based investments approved by IFC during
FY85-98 to identify the changes induced in IFC operations on
a ‘before/after...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114589Date: June 23, 2000Author:
Ojumu,Afolabi ;
Dominguez, Rafael ;
Samuel,Cherian ;
Zwinkels,Dominique
This study is based on: (i) a review of
all the forest-based investments approved by IFC during
FY85-98 to identify the changes induced in IFC operations on
a ‘before/after...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114589Date: June 23, 2000Author:
Ojumu,Afolabi ;
Dominguez, Rafael ;
Samuel,Cherian ;
Zwinkels,Dominique
This study signals that the impact of
economic crisis at macro level (national) was not
necessarily transmitted to the micro level with the same
magnitude. Land ownership...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 37405Date: June 22, 2000Author:
Adnyana, Made Oka ;
Kustiari, Reni ;
Rachmat, Muchjidin ;
Soeprapto ;
Sumaryanto,Totok ;
Supriyati ;
Suryani, Erma ;
Susilowati, Sri Hery
This structural and regulatory review
focuses on key infrastructure sectors in Romania. The report
has both substantive and procedural aspects. At the
substantive level,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 36057Date: June 15, 2000Author:
Kessides, Ioannis N. [editor]
The Prototype Carbon Fund (PCF) will
develop a project portfolio with the intention of achieving
a broad balance in the number of projects undertaken in
economies in...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 33239Date: June 13, 2000
This news release, dated June 6, 2000,
announces the World Bank approved a United States (U.S.)
33.9 million dollars loan to support a U.S. 8 million
dollars grant by...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 161923Date: June 6, 2000
The paper is an economic analysis of how
to mitigate political risk to stimulate private investment
in Caspian oil and gas reserves, and explores the
macroeconomic implications...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 35370Date: June 1, 2000Author:
Walters,Jonathan D.
This paper provides the first systematic
review of global environmental facility (GEF) climate change
projects, offering a catalogue of project types and design
approaches....
Type: Global Environment Facility Working PaperReport#: 46713Date: June 1, 2000Author:
Martinot, Eric; McDoom, Omar;
The authors examine policy problems
related to the use of emissions taxes, and emissions
trading, two market-based instruments for controlling
pollution by getting regulated...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS2351Date: May 31, 2000Author:
Kennedy, Peter W. ;
Laplante, Benoit
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