This summary addresses the reform of
vocational education and training in China, reviewing the
successful economic reforms pursued since 1978, and its
labor market structure....
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 19774Date: October 31, 1998Author:
Dar, Amit ;
Gill, Indermit ;
Fallon, Peter ;
Hunting, Gordon
This volume of the Thailand Economic
Monitor gives the following assessments: Overall economic
recovery remains contingent on the prospects for the world
economy. The...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 18936Date: October 31, 1998Author:
Koeberle,Stefan G. ;
Sondergaard,Lars M.
The Metropolitan Environmental
Improvement Program is a pilot program aimed at finding
innovative solutions to the environmental problems in Asian
cities. In 1989, the...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 17937Date: June 30, 1998
This report examines how communities
have been organized to promote community development in
Panama. The data of the report draws on a Living Standard
Measurement Survey...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 17893Date: April 30, 1998Author:
Pena, Junho Maria-Valeria ;
Lindo-Fuentes, Hector
This working paper--reviewing the
Bank's experience in dealing with freshwater
biodiversity issues and outlining means for integrating the
conservation of freshwater...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 18271Date: April 30, 1998
In 1995 the government of Chile hosted a
study tour consisting of professionals from the World Bank
and from developing countries. This report draws together
the observations...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 18297Date: April 30, 1998Author:
Briscoe, John ;
Anguita Salas, Pablo ;
Pena T., Humberto
This report takes stock of the World
Bank s experience with its rapidly growing "green"
portfolio. That is, it summarizes results of the first
comprehensive stocktaking...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 18256Date: March 31, 1998
This paper characterizes the patterns of
development based on 93 countries over the last 25 years
(1970-74). It starts with a brief review of the literature
in this...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 19670Date: February 28, 1998Author:
Branson, William H. ;
Guerrero, Isabel ;
Gunter, Bernhard G.
This paper builds on the concept of
wealth (or the asset base) as the foundation of generating
well-being. National wealth takes on a much broader
definition and is...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 18257Date: January 31, 1998Author:
Kunte, Arundhati ;
Hamilton, Kirk ;
Dixon, John ;
Clemens, Michael
The present review examines the
implementation performance and future prospects of a subset
of the World Bank's natural resource management
portfolio, specifically those...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 18268Date: January 31, 1998Author:
Redwood III, John ;
Robelus, Robert ;
Vetleseter, Tonje
This paper documents the main stylized
features of macroeconomic fluctuations and business cycle
regularities for a group of 12 developing countries.
Cross-correlations...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 19675Date: January 1, 1998Author:
Agenor, Pierre-Richard ;
McDermott, C. John ;
Prasad, Eswar
Building strong institutions is a
central challenge of development and is a key to controlling
corruption. Among public institutions, the Supreme Audit
Institutions...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 19684Date: January 1, 1998Author:
Dye, Kenneth M. ;
Stapenhurst, Rick
The Economic Development Institute, in
collaboration with World Bank Operations and Ministries of
Finance in client countries, has facilitated workshops in
reforming...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 18884Date: January 1, 1998Author:
Langlois, Louis A. ;
Beschel, Robert P., Jr ;
Stapenhurst, Rick
The World Bank has used OptionFinder
(OF), a computerized groupware technology, on the Gender and
Institutional Innovation in Latin America (GINO) Program.
The GINO...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 17892Date: November 30, 1997Author:
Correia, Maria ;
Simmons, Curt
The Framework Convention on Climate
Change (FCCC) requires countries to "formulate,
implement, publish, and regularly update national, and ...
regional programs containing...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 18276Date: October 31, 1997Author:
Rosebrock, Jens
This notes summarizes the chronology of
the Brazil state debt crisis and the efforts by the
Brazilian government to resolve it. It also describes the
World Bank's efforts...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 17430Date: September 30, 1997Author:
Dillinger, William
This paper is specifically concerned
with economic perspectives on nature tourism in developing
countries. Nature tourism is particularly important in the
context of...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 18260Date: September 30, 1997Author:
Wells, Michael P.
Spatial analysis is the use of models
that quantify the interactions of behavioral, biological,
and physical relationships using spatial data. The purpose
of this paper...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 18259Date: September 30, 1997Author:
Nelson, Gerald C. ;
Gray, David A.
The objectives of this report are to:
(i) provide a diagnostic assessment of post-privatization
regulation in the telecommunications, electricity, and gas
sectors of...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 17409Date: June 30, 1997Author:
Kessides, Ioannis
The objectives of this survey are to
assess the current state of the sector, and evaluate the
performance of highways and rural roads, waterways, ports,
railways, and...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 17121Date: June 30, 1997Author:
Schulz, Renato
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