This discussion paper focuses on venture
capital finance in developing countries, the structuring of
these funds, and how they are managed to maximize investment
value....
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD36Date: July 31, 1998Author:
Aylward,Anthony H.
This Joint Country Assistance Strategy
(CAS) for the Former Yugoslavia Republic (FYR) of Macedonia
has five characteristics. First, the objective of the CAS is
resumption...
Type: Country Assistance Strategy DocumentReport#: 18162Date: July 14, 1998
Deteriorating urban air quality causes
significant economic losses in many developing countries. In
some of the more industrialized developing countries, whose
cities...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 26347Date: July 1, 1998Author:
Masami Kojima, and Eleodoro Mayorga-Alba
The results of technical tests on a
range of lamps provide a guide to an optimal choice of lamps
for improved lighting, mainly in rural areas in distributed
applications...
In the 10 years since the World Bank
Group produced its first set of environmental guidelines,
there has been an important shift in the way in which
environmental agencies...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 45571Date: July 1, 1998
The world recognizes that airborne lead
is a serious danger to human and ecosystem health, and that
eliminating lead in gasoline is a critical step. However,
the policy...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP410Date: June 30, 1998Author:
Sayeg,Philip J.
This is a report on the Bank's
role, past and current, in supporting agricultural
development in Tanzania. It aims to assess and review
current Bank performance, and...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 18111Date: June 30, 1998
The report is intended to focus the
attention of decision makers in bilateral and multilateral
development agencies on the need for major investments and
technical assistance...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP388Date: June 30, 1998Author:
Taylor, Robert P. ;
Bogach, V. Susan
This study assesses the relevance,
efficacy, and efficiency of the World Bank operations in
Mexico's transport sector. It assesses the Bank's
performance in encouraging...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 18153Date: June 30, 1998
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP),
the first formal international pool to be set outside North
American and Western Europe, was inaugurated in 1995. While
the utilities...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 18347Date: June 30, 1998Author:
Charpentier,Jean-Pierre ;
Minogue,Diane Catherine ;
O'Leary,Donal T.
This study is the first in a series of
initiatives aimed at addressing the issues related to
changing fuels specifications in Latin America and the
Caribbean. The report...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM203Date: June 30, 1998
This Bank's World newsletter
includes some of the following headings: Ruiz aims for the
top of the world, by Juan Pablo Ruiz; income debate begins,
by Kevin Rafferty;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 56995Date: June 25, 1998Author:
Rafferty, Kevin ;
Ruiz,Juan Pablo ;
Shen,Anna ;
Tuller,Alexandra
The resettlement component of the Kedung
Ombo project has been among the most controversial of big
dam projects and the only one with documented evidence of
military...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 17540Date: June 2, 1998
This report studies involuntary
resettlement behind large dams in both Shuikou and Yantan.
While both are single-purpose hydroelectric dams, the
Shuikou project is treated...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 17539Date: June 2, 1998
Itaparica is one of a series of dams
constructed on the Sao Francisco River to supply energy to
the cities of northeast Brazil. The Companhia Hidro
Eletrica do Sao...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 17544Date: June 2, 1998
This overview reports on an Operations
Evaluation Department (OED) study to assess the resettlement
process of Bank-supported projects and to determine the
impact on...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 17538Date: June 2, 1998
This report presents status of ongoing
activities, and contains information on all current Energy
Sector Assessment Program (ESMAP) tasks. It is normally
circulated...
Between 1979 and 1996, the Bank carried
out five projects to support Kenya's program to develop
geothermal power resources -the first such program in
Africa. An OED...
Type: BriefReport#: 27788Date: June 1, 1998Author:
Berney, Richard
A Rural Energy Roundtable was organized
by the Joint UNDP/World Bank Energy Sector Management
Assistance Program (ESMAP) from April 16-18, 1997, at
Washington D.C. The...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM202Date: May 31, 1998
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