On November 8, 1989, World Bank President Barber B. Conable today announced the appointment of Wilfried P. Thalwitz, 57, as Senior Vice President, Policy, Planning and Research, effective November 15.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163582Date: November 8, 1989
This paper presents basic background information on Bank lending in energy, as ready reference for answering queries from companies, governments, and other entities outside the Bank. The paper describes...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 9333Date: October 31, 1989
This annual review is the fifteenth in its series. It looks at the Bank's experience over an extended period, taking as the basis for analysis all the Bank sponsored operations that have ever been evaluated....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 8164Date: October 30, 1989
This report reviews the present state of operations evaluation in the Bank (chapter 1), the main evaluation activities undertaken during FY89 (chapter 2), and recent efforts to enhance the dissemination...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 8131Date: October 30, 1989
On July 1, 1989, Economic Development Institute (EDI) launched its new strategic plan for fiscal years (FYs) 1990-94: the result of much reflection within EDI, extensive interaction with other parts of...
International seatrade has fluctuated greatly because of expansions and contractions in the global economy. Developments in commodity markets have been equally unsteady, presenting serious and often intractable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 8185Date: September 30, 1989Author:
Peters, Hans Jurgen
This partial transcript, from the session of the Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA) held on Thursday,...
Type: TranscriptReport#: 121206Date: September 14, 1989
The two major forms of environmental damage which result from energy use are greenhouse gas emissions and the depletion of forests. Beyond the obvious loss of a sustainable, renewable wood resource base,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 81184Date: September 1, 1989
A World Bank mission comprising C.S. Nawathe (Highway Engineer) from the New Delhi office visited Gujarat from August 28th through August 31st to supervise this project. Due to heavy rains throughout Gujarat...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73078Date: August 31, 1989
This report was initiated largely in response to interest by member governments and staff of the World Bank for information on the practical aspects of privatization of state-owned enterprises. It reviews...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP89Date: August 31, 1989Author:
Nankani,Helen Brigid
This study is the third of a new series of country studies initiated in 1985. The purpose is to look at the interaction between the Bank and selected borrowing countries over an extended period of time....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 8041Date: August 31, 1989
On August 31, 1989, Mexico will use a World Bank loan of 45.5 million dollars to carry out a project designed to improve forestry activities in the states of Durango and Chihuahua, increase rural incomes...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 161905Date: August 31, 1989
The South western Bolivan city of Oruro has few charms under the best of circumstances: in hardship, its raw edge is unmistakeable. Parking a jeep in a downtown street, a visitor is met (before turning...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 52720Date: August 18, 1989Author:
Schacter,Mark J.
Bangladesh has had a remarkable record of public enterprise reforms relative to most developing countries. The Government reversed its pro-nationalization policies in the 1980's, putting more emphasis...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 7654Date: August 3, 1989
The objective of this study is to analyze transportation costs incurred by Caribbean countries on their major export products to determine whether there is evidence of freight rate discrimination against...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS244Date: July 31, 1989Author:
Yeats,Alexander James
The past ten years have been an extraordinarily difficult period for most Latin American economies and financial systems. In several of the region's countries, the policy environment changed from one of...
This report evaluates the Syria cement industry. It includes measures to conserve the use of energy and to substitute less costly fuels, particularly natural gas. It presents an overview of the cement...
The World Bank thesaurus, a tool for storing, retrieving and disseminating information, is a collection of keywords and phrases which have been selected to represent concepts. It is used to index Bank...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 7934Date: June 30, 1989
On June 30, 1989, Algeria’s efforts to rehabilitate and modernize its port facilities will be supported by a 63 million dollars loan from the World Bank.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158883Date: June 30, 1989
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