This note looks at trade facilitation from a development perspective, and asks three questions: Why is trade facilitation important to the growth of developing country trade? What proposals for new disciplines...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 32106Date: May 10, 2004Author:
Bagai,Shweta ;
Newfarmer,Richard S. ;
Wilson,John S.
This note is the global public-private partnership for hand washing newsletter. The model was applied to the completed Central America hand washing Initiative which was found to be highly cost-effective...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 42975Date: May 1, 2004Author:
Corey,Stephanie Kathleen
A delegation of twelve Iraqi businesswomen and policy makers with an interest in women's business issues attended a five day capacity building training program in Vancouver, Canada from March 30 through...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 34969Date: May 1, 2004Author:
Gera,Madan Mohan ;
Okajima,Aya
In this issue: The GEF Council Meeting. GEF/NGO network news. Focal point news. Country dialogue news. Focal area news. News from monitoring and evaluation. Other news.
This newsletter highlights some of the many policies, programs, and initiatives of the World Bank (WB) which may involve or be of interest to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). This includes: spring meetings...
In this issue: World Bank Executive Directors request briefing on fast track initiative (FTI); support to FTI secretariat from UK and France, secretariat recruitments; FTI catalytic fund: simplified disbursements;...
This newsletter highlights some of the many policies, programs, and initiatives of the World Bank (WB) which may involve or be of interest to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). This includes: spring meetings...
This Note is prepared by the World Bank Colombo Office to review the trends of some of the key indicators which have an impact on the financial sector performance. The main indicators identified in the...
This Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region poverty team newsletter includes some of the following headlines: Shanghai conference on poverty reduction; Serbia and Montenegro Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper...
Infrastructure is once again part of the World Bank's mainstream business - interview with World Bank Executive Director Carole Brookins. World Bank study reveals tainted links between the state and businesses...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 29714Date: April 1, 2004Author:
Gray,Cheryl W. ;
Haaparanta,Pertti ;
Hellman,Joel ;
Juurikkala,Tuuli ;
Lazareva,Olga ;
Mateju, Petr ;
McIntyre, Robert J. ;
Mosina, Olga ;
Pirttila, Jukka ;
Pleskovic,Boris ;
Reti, Tamas ;
Ryterman,Randi Susan ;
Solanko, Laura ;
Zamulin,Oleg A. ;
Zhuravskaya,Ekaterina
Contents: Flood of innovative ideas to banish poverty. E-governance can help change India. Growth does not always dispel poverty, says World Bank Chief Economist. Shanghai Learning Process visits Karnataka....
This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Lebanon Country Office. This issue features: Editorial: Visible Commitment and Urgent Action are needed for the Economy; Energy in Lebanon and the Role...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 37122Date: April 1, 2004Author:
Bjerde,Anna M. ;
Bou Habib,Chadi ;
Dessus,Sebastien C. ;
El Khalil,Zeina ;
Razzaz,Omar Ahmad Munif ;
Saba,Joseph P. ;
Thirumalai,Srinivasan Gopalan ;
Zacchia,Paolo B. ;
Ziade,Mona
This is the first report in a new World Bank series aimed at monitoring economic and reform developments in the eight Central European and Baltic EU accession countries (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 29028Date: April 1, 2004Author:
Laursen,Thomas Blatt ;
Sasin,Marcin Jan
Memorandum of Understanding to institutionalize sector reforms - State-specific action framework for rural drinking water and total sanitation coverage. Involving women stakeholders in improving sanitation...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 31249Date: April 1, 2004Author:
Ganju, Deepika [editor]
Contents: The World Bank energy sector mission presented a report on water and energy nexus in Central Asia. Health II negotiations. Learning from each other: HIV/AIDS training for the WBCO staff. PIC...
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