Sound public policy addresses
externalities directly, when possible. Air pollution is
best alleviated by policy instruments that internalize the
social cost of pollution,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1323Date: July 31, 1994Author:
Eskeland, Gunnar S. ;
Jimenez, Emmanuel ;
Lili Liu ;
D
In exploring the short-term
macroeconomic effects of energy-supply shocks in Ukraine,
this paper relies on the simplifying assumption that
enterprises face economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13422Date: July 31, 1994Author:
Grais, Wafik ;
H. Quan Chu
Is the world economy on a path to free
trade, or is it headed for greater protectionism? The recent
completion of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreements on
Tariffs...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13378Date: July 31, 1994
Most of the power industry's
engineers and planners have gained their work experience in
vertically integrated public utilities, where investments
are identified through...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16960Date: July 31, 1994Author:
Anderson, Dennis
On 7 July 1994 staff from the World Bank
and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) made a joint
presentation to their Board of Directors on the power sector
and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 13656Date: July 7, 1994
The Zimbabwe technology study is part of
a series of similar studies undertaken in Sub-Saharan
African countries under the auspices of the multi-donor
Regional Program...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56869Date: July 1, 1994Author:
Teitel, Simon ;
Thoumi,Francisco E.
Charging for social marginal costs is
efficient regardless of price elasticities, but the
importance of getting prices "right" is greater
the more manageable, or elastic,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1309Date: June 30, 1994Author:
Eskeland, Gunnar S. ;
Feyzioglu, Tarhan N. ;
DEC
This paper analyses the adjustments of
state-owned or formerly state-owned enterprises in Russia to
the economic reforms started in early 1992, drawing on
evidence from...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP141Date: June 30, 1994Author:
Fan, Qimiao ;
Schaffer, Mark E.
This report seeks to consolidate and
synthesize the chief observations and contributions gathered
by a mission of governors, legislators, executives and
federal government...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP147Date: June 30, 1994
The pattern of power sector
restructuring being applied in most countries is derived
from the experience of Argentina, Chile, and the United
Kingdom. This model is based...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16954Date: June 30, 1994Author:
Bacon,Robert W.
Most OECD countries have committed
themselves to stabilizing their carbon emission at 1990
levels by the year 2000, and some to reducing emissions to
80-90 percent of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1315Date: June 30, 1994Author:
Larsen, Bjorn ;
Shah, Anwar
The Global Environment Facility (GEF)
provides grants to developing countries and countries in
transition to a market economy, to help them implement
projects that protect...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 18308Date: June 30, 1994Author:
Thompson, Gordon (Institute for Resource and Sec
This study investigates the apparent
contradiction between the high propensity of small- and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to identify finance as their
primary constraint...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP251Date: June 30, 1994Author:
Aryeetey, Ernest ;
Baah-Nuakoh, Amoah ;
Duggleby, Ta
Wise use of forest resources in
sub-Saharan Africa can contribute to sustainable development
and benefit many people, especially the poor, who depend on
these resources...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP251Date: June 30, 1994Author:
HEIMO, CLAUDE R. ;
Patel,Jyoti ;
Rietbergen,Simon A. P. ;
Sharma,Narendra P.
This report describes the current status
of the food and agriculture system and the ongoing process
of transformation in the Ukraine and it also provides an
agenda and...
Type: Agriculture Sector ReviewReport#: 11880Date: June 30, 1994
In some of the poorer countries now
starting to look at large power projects, the information on
past power demand patterns is not good enough to make
reliable demand...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16953Date: June 30, 1994Author:
Bacon,Robert W.
This press release announces that The
World Bank's five hundred million dollar loan to Russia
for oil production rehabilitation brings the total
commitment for the 1994...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 160514Date: June 29, 1994
This press release announces The World
Bank's two hundred thirty million dollar loan to
Pakistan to support the restructuring and privatization to
its power sector on...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 160510Date: June 24, 1994
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