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Of Mosaics and Mosques : a look at the campaign to preserve cultural heritage

Economic development creates the foundation for better, healthier lives. But when it is badly planned or too rapid, it can damage a nations cultural fabric. The destruction of cultural heritage - ancient...
Type: Publication Report#: 13128 Date: May 31, 1994 Author: Wigg, David
The World Bank economic review 8(2)

Measuring the restrictiveness of trade policy. The trade restrictiveness of the multi-fibre arrangement. Labor supply and targeting in poverty alleviation programs. Dual exchange rates in Europe and Latin...
Type: Publication Report#: 17649 Date: May 31, 1994 Author: Anderson, James E. ; Neary, J. Peter ; Kanbur, Ravi
Measuring the restrictiveness of trade policy

This article provides an introduction to the trade restrictiveness index (TRI), which equals the uniform tariff that is welfare equivalent to a given pattern of trade protection. Unlike standard measures...
Type: Journal Article Report#: 13324 Date: May 31, 1994 Author: Anderson, James E. ; Neary, J. Peter
Bank lending for African transport corridors : an OED Review

The study reviews Bank assistance to sub - Saharan Africa (SSA) for transport corridor projects with a view to improve the design and implementation of projects. The study covered 42 completed projects...
Type: IEG Evaluation Report#: 13099 Date: May 31, 1994
Mexico - The End of Transition : A Review of the Transport Sector

Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 12654 Date: May 31, 1994
Announcement of a World Bank Credit to China for an Environment Project and a Credit to Mongolia for the Overhaul and Upgrade of their Transportation System

These press releases announce a one hundred fifty million dollar World Bank Credit to China for an Environment Project and a thirty-six point seven dollar credit to Mongolia for the overhaul and upgrade...
Type: Announcement Report#: 160498 Date: May 26, 1994
Conformed Copy - TF028650 - Oil Pollution Management Project for the Southwest Mediterranean Sea - Global Environment Trust Fund Grant Agreement

Type: Grant or Trust Fund Agreement Date: May 20, 1994 Author: Legal Dept of World Bank
Conformed Copy - C2579 - Luang Namtha Provincial Development Project - Japanese Grant Agreement

Type: Grant or Trust Fund Agreement Date: May 18, 1994 Author: Legal Dept of World Bank
Angola - Policies for Recovery of the Industrial Sector

Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 12880 Date: May 4, 1994
Conformed Copy - C2587 - Transport Rehabilitation Project - Development Credit Agreement

Type: Credit Agreement Date: May 3, 1994 Author: Legal Dept of World Bank
Conformed Copy - C2587 - Transport Rehabilitation Project - Supplemental Letter

Type: Side Letter Date: May 3, 1994 Author: Legal Dept of World Bank
Port state control

Notwithstanding the numerous provisions dealing with maritime safety and the prevention of pollution at sea contained in various conventions and protocols, some unscrupulous ship-owners still put to sea...
Type: Brief Report#: 81611 Date: May 1, 1994 Author: Chung,Kek Choo ; Tsutsumi,Toshiro
Announcement that Europe Should Embrace, Not Fear, East Asia, and an Urban Transport Project in Kazakhstan

These press releases announce that Europe should shake off its apprehension about trading more vigorously with East Asia and recognize that closer ties with the region offered the best long-term prospects...
Type: Announcement Report#: 160491 Date: April 25, 1994
Conformed Copy - C2599 - Second Roads and Coastal Shipping Project - Supplemental Letter 1

Type: Side Letter Date: April 15, 1994 Author: Legal Dept of World Bank
Indonesia - Issues and Policy Options for Repelita VI

Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 12946 Date: April 15, 1994
Announcement of The World Bank's Loan to Upgrade the Energy Sector in Romania on April 5, 1994

This press release announces The World Bank's one hundred seventy-five point six million dollar loan to upgrade the energy sector in Romania on April 5, 1994. Funds are earmarked to: (a) strengthen the...
Type: Announcement Report#: 160487 Date: April 5, 1994
Bank's World

This Bank's World newsletter includes some of the following headings: Merrily They roll along, by Gillian Ross; Executive Director (ED) advocates bicycling, by Eveline Herfkens; bank operations and bicycles,...
Type: Newsletter Report#: 57327 Date: April 1, 1994 Author: Barry, Rick ; Frank, Michele ; Groen,Hendrik G. ; Hayes,Elizabeth M. ; Herfkens,Eveline ; ROESSNER, J. JILL ; Ross,Gillian Waring ; Swanson,Eric Valdeman ; Tuck-Primdabl, Merrell ; Wilkie,Neil Anderson
Non-motorized transport : confronting poverty through affordable mobility

Non-motorized transport is the primary means of transportation for people in many developing countries and is essential to consider in the design and modernization of transportation systems. This note...
Type: Brief Report#: 33899 Date: April 1, 1994 Author: Guitink,Paulus A. ; Holste,Susanne ; Lebo,Jerry A.
Urban transport in Asia : an operational agenda for the 1990s

The extent to which Asian cities meet the challenges of urbanization and contribute to macroeconomic performance will, to a large extent, depend on how efficiently they can transport the goods, services,...
Type: Publication Report#: WTP224 Date: March 31, 1994 Author: Midgley,Peter Granville
Economic regress : concepts and features

Different criteria for measuring economic regress show varying results. Alternative procedures involve parametric variations in the focal variable (such as real income, gross domestic product - GDP - or...
Type: Publication Report#: 14342 Date: March 31, 1994 Author: Sen,Amartya K.