The OECD Scientific Expert Group on "Pavement Monitoring Systems for Developing Countries" was created to help prepare a manual for road pavement inspection applicable to Third World countries' conditions....
Type: PublicationReport#: 8702Date: January 1, 1990Author:
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Part 1 of this report reviews and analyses the ocean shipping regulations that operated at the end of the 1970s, the system resulting from the deregulation act of 1979 and other changes in the law in the...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP67Date: December 31, 1989Author:
Bennathan,Esra ;
Escobar, Luis ;
Panagakos, George
During the 1980s, the automotive industry has undergone significant changes that have transformed its structure. Technological innovations and new organizational and managerial approaches have resulted...
Type: PublicationReport#: 74601Date: December 31, 1989Author:
Karmokolias, Yannis
For more than two decades, there has been growing concern over the environmental implications of development. There is evidence that the mismanagement of renewable resources has been widespread as populations...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB7345Date: December 31, 1989
One of the critical problems of Nigeria's agricultural sector is the inadequate or nonexistent supporting physical infrastructure such as rural roads, storage and marketing facilities, and water supply....
Type: MADIA Discussion PaperReport#: 8437Date: December 31, 1989Author:
Lele,Uma ;
Bindlish, Vishva L. ;
Gaviria,Juan
One of the objectives of the World Bank in its lending activities for development is to assist its borrower countries in enhancing and widening their export opportunities through reducing the costs of...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: INU4Date: December 31, 1989Author:
Sinclair, Joseph
The paper first categorizes public policy interventions to improve traffic in cities, through quantity and price management focused on public and private transport. It notes that availability of both information...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: INU58Date: December 31, 1989Author:
Pachon,Alvaro ;
Johansen,Frida Felicia
The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the Uruguayan railways. This report first looks at the transport sector as a whole, giving a history performance of the sector. It then describes the...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: INU59Date: December 31, 1989Author:
Kohon, Jorge C. ;
Thompson, Louis S.
On December 26, 1989, the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank of Japan has signed a co-lender’ agreement with the World Bank to support Algeria’s program of investment in agriculture, power and railways.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163579Date: December 26, 1989
Nontraditional agricultural exports ( NTAE ) offer a proven opportunity for agricultural growth in economies which are increasingly dampened by saturated local and world markets. The strategy to promote...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP60Date: December 20, 1989Author:
Raine, Martin F.
On December 18, 1989, Malaysia will carry out a major road and bridge rehabilitation project with the assistance of an 83.2 million dollars World Bank loan.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162404Date: December 18, 1989
On December 14, 1989, the World Bank has approved two loans, totaling 450 million dollars, to help finance a housing project in Mexico that will benefit 250,000 poor families and another project to modernize...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162832Date: December 14, 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: PublicationReport#: WDP62Date: November 30, 1989Author:
Yeats,Alexander James
Despite its natural handicaps of being a small and relatively remote island economy, Mauritius has enjoyed remarkable success in its economic performance between 1982 and 1988. This report attempts to...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB7661Date: November 30, 1989
This is the fourteenth annual review of project performance results. The main purpose of this review is to report on the performance of World Bank supported projects evaluated in 1987 and to draw lessons...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB7404Date: November 30, 1989Author:
OED ;
EXT
The Bank's transport sector activities during FY89 point to a continuing trend towards supporting sector development and improving the management of transport services and infrastructure in borrowing countries...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 11085Date: November 30, 1989Author:
Infrastructure and Urban Development Department
Matching exporters' freight on board (fob) trade statistics with the corresponding importers' cost, inventory and freight (cif) data, this paper studies the quality of official information on trade between...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS307Date: November 30, 1989Author:
Yeats,Alexander James
This paper is about global warming. It focuses on what developing countries might do to address greenhouse gas emission issues related to their use of energy, and on areas where an energy sector management...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 48207Date: November 29, 1989Author:
This report is a joint effort of the World Bank ;
United Development Programme (UNDP) ;
Bilateral aid Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP)
On November 16, 1989, Indonesia is launching a project to improve the overall efficiency of its highway system, vital to the country’s growth as its economy expands and diversifies. The World Bank is supporting...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162325Date: November 16, 1989
On November 9, 1989, Mauritius, an island nation that depends heavily on foreign trade, is intensifying its efforts to upgrade its road network as it prepares for increased international trade traffic...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162749Date: November 9, 1989
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