This study examines how the Bank
approached environmental concerns in several large projects
in Brazil, so as to draw lessons for future Bank operations
involving environmental...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 10039Date: April 30, 1992
This partial transcript, from the
session of the meeting of the Executive Directors of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IDBI)
and International...
Type: TranscriptReport#: 121214Date: April 14, 1992
A central objective of economic system
reform is to reduce productive inefficiency - both technical
and allocative inefficiency - that has arisen under regimes
in which...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 18527Date: March 31, 1992Author:
Jefferson, Gary ;
Xu Wenyi
The energy sector in Myanmar at present
faces a critical situation. Modern energy consumption levels
is one of the lowest in the world even accounting for the
low per...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 10394Date: March 31, 1992
This paper reviews the principal
institutional, economic/financial, and technical issues
related to energy sector rehabilitation and development
which the countries...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 11337Date: March 31, 1992Author:
Richter, Joerg-Uwe ;
Industry and Energy Department
This paper proposes a strategy for
fisheries development, aimed primarily at the World Bank
Group but it is also believed to have relevance to all
development institutions...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP135Date: March 31, 1992Author:
Loayza,Eduardo A. ;
Sprague,Lucian M.
The dramatic growth of urban populations
in developing countries has caused a rise in the demand for
energy, food, water, and other resources. The growing number
of...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 11336Date: March 31, 1992Author:
Barnes, Douglas F. ;
Liu Qian ;
Industry and Energy Department
A fundamental proposition of modern
economics is that to the extent that the prices of goods and
services are established through exchanges in
well-functioning markets,...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 10497Date: March 31, 1992Author:
Pskin, Henry M. ;
Floor, Willem ;
Barnes, Douglas F.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) accounts for 55% of
the buildup of greenhouse gases based on radiative
equivalence and atmospheric residence time. The most
important emitters of...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 10496Date: March 31, 1992Author:
Floor, Willem ;
van der Plas, Robert
This press release announces the World
Bank approved today a structural adjustment loan to Peru in
support of the country's efforts to stabilize the
economy and carry...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 157130Date: March 26, 1992
This press release announces the fourth
consultative group meeting for Costa Rica took place in
Washington, D.C., on March 24, 1992 under the auspices of
the World Bank,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162647Date: March 24, 1992
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