With railway restructuring and privatization and other sector reforms begun or being considered, this report overviews the remaining public policy reforms needed to foster an efficient, multimodal fre...
Tipo: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportRelatorio#: 16361Data: 15 de outubro de 1997
These remarks were delivered by James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank Group, to the Board of Governors during the 1997 Annual Meetings in Hong Kong, China. Wolfensohn announced that this ye...
Tipo: President's SpeechRelatorio#: 22379Data: 23 de setembro de 1997Autor:
Wolfensohn,James D.
Most downsizing operations show high financial returns, but their economic returns depend crucially on their design. After comparing public sector employment across countries, the author analyzes the...
Tipo: Policy Research Working PaperRelatorio#: WPS1840Data: 1 de setembro de 1997Autor:
Rama,Martin G.
This is the summary of the report of the same name, no. 17285, published separately. It includes the forward and introduction to the report and the table of contents for the text of the book. The book...
Tipo: PublicationRelatorio#: 17286Data: 1 de junho de 1997
A World Bank team conducted a supervision visit for the Extractive Reserves Project in Brasilia and Rondonia. The principal objectives of the visit were to evaluate the implementation of the project s...
Tipo: NewsletterRelatorio#: 18620Data: 1 de abril de 1997Autor:
Lisansky,Judith M. ;
Sprissler,Loretta
Under the Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest, protected areas will be concentrated in seven rain forest corridors located in the Amazon and Atlantic forest regions. These corridors in...
Tipo: NewsletterRelatorio#: 18619Data: 1 de janeiro de 1997Autor:
Anderson, Anthony ;
Lisansky,Judith M. ;
Sprissler,Loretta
During the Fourth Annual Participants Meeting of the Pilot Program in Manaus (October 28-30, 1997), the participants reaffirmed their overall satisfaction with the progress made over the past 12 month...
Tipo: NewsletterRelatorio#: 18622Data: 1 de janeiro de 1997Autor:
Lisansky,Judith M. ;
Sprissler,Loretta
This is an executive summary of the 1997 World Development Report (WDR) : the State in a changing world. It presents an overview of the main message of this year's report, the need of the State's role...
Tipo: PublicationRelatorio#: 34131Data: 1 de janeiro de 1997
This report attempts to comprehensively examine the diverse components of the Custo Brasil (the costs of doing business in Brazil) and explore their implications for total firm costs. It first review...
Tipo: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportRelatorio#: 15663Data: 10 de dezembro de 1996
The Third Annual Meeting of the Participants of the Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest provided evidence of broadening political support in Brazil and internationally for protecting t...
Tipo: NewsletterRelatorio#: 18618Data: 31 de outubro de 1996Autor:
Lisansky,Judith M. ;
Sprissler,Loretta
The International Advisory Group (IAG) of the G-7 Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rain Forest met on July 1-12, 1996. Overall, the IAG gave high marks to the Pilot Program and noted that the p...
Tipo: NewsletterRelatorio#: 18617Data: 31 de julho de 1996Autor:
Lisansky,Judith M. ;
Sprissler,Loretta
World Development Report 1996, the nineteenth n this annual series, is devoted to the transition of countries with centrally planned economiesin particular, Central and Eastern Europe, the newly indep...
Tipo: World Development ReportRelatorio#: 15892Data: 1 de junho de 1996Autor:
Barr,Nicholas ;
Claessens, Stijn ;
Gelb,Alan Harold ;
Gray, Cheryl Williamson ;
Harrold,Peter C. ;
Le Gall,Francoise M. ;
Nellis,John R. ;
Wang,Zhen Kun ;
Zachau,Ulrich
Social analysts at the Bank have concluded that insufficient grassroots involvement in project activities is often the major factor when projects fail to meet specific development objectives, to benef...
Tipo: NewsletterRelatorio#: 18616Data: 30 de abril de 1996Autor:
Garrison, John W., 2nd ;
Lisansky,Judith M. ;
Sprissler,Loretta
The third and last project preparation workshop for the Management of the Forest Resources Project (formally called the National Forests Project) was held in Brasilia on December 18-20, 1995. The over...
Tipo: NewsletterRelatorio#: 18615Data: 30 de janeiro de 1996Autor:
Lisansky,Judith M. ;
Sprissler,Loretta
The purpose of this note is to provide a framework for thinking about the important connections between decentralization and regulation, with a specific emphasis on the implementation of regulatory ar...
Tipo: Departmental Working PaperRelatorio#: 16018Data: 1 de dezembro de 1995Autor:
Smith, Warrick ;
Shin, Ben
The indebtedness of the Brazilian states has reached crisis proportions. Total debt now exceeds $100 billion, and states are not servicing roughly one-half of this. Since 1993, the growth of debt has ...
Tipo: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportRelatorio#: 14842Data: 14 de novembro de 1995
Over the past decade, most countries in the Latin America and Caribbean Region have stabilized their economies and lowered barriers to international trade. Many of the policies aimed at reducing pove...
Tipo: PublicationRelatorio#: 14922Data: 1 de outubro de 1995Autor:
Cox Edwards,Alejandra C.
Implementation of the Pilot Program is firmly under way. Solid project implementation performance is essential. In the long run, however, the benefits of the Pilot Program will be measured by knowledg...
Tipo: NewsletterRelatorio#: 18614Data: 1 de outubro de 1995Autor:
Schneider,Robert R.
This eighteenth annual World Development Report assesses what a more market-driven and integrated world means for workers. It asks which development strategies best address workers' needs, and what do...
Tipo: World Development ReportRelatorio#: 14866Data: 1 de setembro de 1995Autor:
World Bank
The second meeting of the Pilot Program's Participants took place in Belem on July 6-7, hosted by the Ministry of the Environment, Water Resources and the Legal Amazon (MMA). The Governor of the State...
Tipo: NewsletterRelatorio#: 18613Data: 31 de julho de 1995Autor:
Lisansky,Judith M.
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