Argentina

Contents: Development news. Toward a pro - poor trade agenda. Trade reform for economic growth and poverty reduction. Mainstreaming trade for poverty alleviation - ... Show More + A Cambodian experience. Farm fallacies that hurt the poor. Agricultural protectionism - debt problems and the Doha Round. GATS negotiations must focus on services liberalization - the case of SADC. More favorable treatment of developing countries - toward a new grand bargain. An international investment agreement - promise and potential pitfalls. Trade facilitation, WTO rules, and capacity building - What's at stake? China and the WTO - policy reform and poverty reduction. Show Less -

Civil society in turmoil, civil society in development; by Mary McNeil. Afghanistan and Pakistan : at the crossroads.; by Homira Nassery, Jennifer Brinkerhoff, and ... Show More + Najma Siddiqi. The revolt of Argentina's middle class; by Rosa Alonso. Building civil society in the former Yugoslavia - Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Kosovo; by Zarko Papic. From resistance to nation building - the changing role of civil society in East Timor; by Natacha Meden. Defining civil society : the elusive term; by Thomas Carothers and Marina Ottaway. Global is good, global is bad; by John D. Clark. Africa and Decentralization : enter the citizens ; by George W.M. Matovu. Engaging the poor; by Mary McNeil. Two case studies : Romania and India - getting involved in Romania; by Daniel Serban and Caludia Pamfil, and, Dynamics of participation in Bangalore's slums; by Joop de Wit. Voices from the field: investing in innovation; by Sheila Kinkade. From "scavenger" to "worker" - garbage collectors in Argentina; by Cristina Lezcano and Violeta Uranga. Knowledge Resources. Bookshelf. Calendar of events. Show Less -

The note describes the objectives of the Inspection Panel (IP), i.e., to provide an independent forum to private citizens, who may believe their interests have been... Show More + , or could be directly harmed by a project financed by the Bank. It describes operating procedures, and how to file a request, the method of processing requests for inspection, and lists the IP's members, with a brief outline of each one of them. Current requests for inspection are then summarized (as at June 1998) with a brief project description, claims of harm, policies allegedly violated, followed by the IP's findings, outcome, and significance. Show Less -

Private companies must be involved in finding and carrying out solutions to global environmental problems. Otherwise, the technologies and approaches piloted by GEF... Show More + (Global Environment Facility) projects will not be widely applied or sustained. Private capital flows to developing countries are not five times greater than official development assistance. Private enterprises produce goods and provide services needed to address global environmental and development challenges. At the same time, private businesses are often the source of significant greenhouse gas emissions and ozone depleting substances, pollution of international waters, and threats to conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. Effectively engaging them in finding lasting solutions to these problems is essential. The Overall Performance Study recommended that GEF take actions to expand private investment and the participation of the private sector in GEF projects. The first generation of GEF projects provides lessons that offer some insights on opportunities and things to watch out for in this area. Show Less -

Privatization in St. Petersburg: challenges in the post-Soviet era. Russian cities on the road to a market economy: the housing sector. Privatization: changing the ... Show More + nature of Buenos Aires. Albania: creating a new private sector. Privatization of municipal services in India. Public-private partnerships in municipal infrastructure services. At the limits: the success and failure of water privatization in Britain. Cote d'Ivoire: public sector participation in water supply and sanitation. Phoenix, Arizona: privatization of solid waste services. Privatization of land in Russia. Privatization in Peru: reducing the distances between us. Privatizing toll roads in the Philippines. The reform of urban grain stores in China. Privatization: can government manage it? China: the challenge of urban migration. Show Less -