Since China's reform have been
successful - at least in terms of sustained and high rates
of growth - it is useful to look at its experience, and to
draw lessons from...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 18531Date: July 31, 1991Author:
Singh,Inderjit
Burgeoning urban populations and
incessant rural land clearing threaten the sustainability of
supply of charcoal, the principal urban cooking fuel of
sub-Saharan Africa...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 11340Date: July 31, 1991Author:
Feinstein, Charles ;
van der Plas, Robert ;
Industry
This report is a contribution to the
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development to
be held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992, and which builds on
the trailblazing...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV46Date: July 31, 1991Author:
Goodland, Robert ;
Daly, Herman ;
El Serafy, Salah [
The purpose of this study is to analyze
the major characteristics and consequences of state-owned
enterprise (SOE) reforms in Latin America so as to derive
conclusions...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 17566Date: July 25, 1991Author:
del Campo, Antonio Martin ;
Winkler, Donald R.
This press release announces on July 24,
1991, the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to the
Consultative Group of the Energy Sector Management
Assistance Programme (ESMAP)...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162540Date: July 24, 1991
This press release announces the World
Bank pledged that it will not under any circumstances
finance commercial logging in primary tropical moist forests
(TMFs), as...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162537Date: July 18, 1991
The principal objective of this study
was to apply techno-economic criteria to improve the design
and economic viability of irrigation based mini-hydro
schemes, and...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM139Date: July 1, 1991
This press release announces the World
Bank has approved one hundred fifty-eight million US dollars
loan, and International Development Association (IDA) has
approved...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 161792Date: July 1, 1991
The principal objective of this study
was to apply techno-economic criteria to improve the design
and economic viability of irrigation based mini-hydro
schemes, and...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM139Date: July 1, 1991
The objective of this report is to
provide background information on the issue of management of
radioactive wastes generated by nuclear power plants and
related facilities....
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 11342Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Adamantiades, Achilles G. ;
Traiforos, Spyros ;
Industry and Energy Department
Attempts are being made to control the
pollution of the oceans and coastal waters. One major step
towards this objective has been the introduction of the
MARPOL 73/78...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: INU80Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Lethbridge, John ;
Wonham, Jon ;
Oestergaard, John ;
Klein, J. W. ;
Willekes, M. J.
This report addresses the accelerating
demand for woodfuels as an energy source for Burkina
Faso's urban households and its impact on the
country's natural resource...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM134Date: June 30, 1991
This press release announces the World
Bank loan of three hundred million US dollars to Yugoslavia
for a project designed to develop a thermal plant and a
lignite mine...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 160420Date: June 26, 1991
This press release announces the World
Bank loan of eighty-four million US dollars for Egypt to
support a project designed to expand development and
distribution of...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 160343Date: June 24, 1991
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