Life is good. A model for the future. It is not enough to cry. Seeing is believing. Back to basics. A shelter for mothers in crisis. Social policy and community social services development project. Facts...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23006Date: January 1, 2000
SP news notes. The end of charity, by Lotte Lund. De-frosting time in Mphango, by Lotte Lund. "We are not tired.", by Lotte Lund. Beyond the bottom line, by Lotte Lund. Facts about Zamsif. Evolvinh into...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23008Date: January 1, 2000Author:
Dinah K., Lopez ;
Antony Nsour, Surat ;
Caroline McLeod ;
Lund, Lotte Levine ;
Van Domelen, Julie
An exciting new project is waiting in the wings to support sustainable development by providing production technology skills, business "know-how" and assistance with marketing, and financial support to...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 21899Date: January 1, 2000Author:
Lisansky, Judith M. ;
Sprissler, Loretta
Innovative initiative : water no longer a pipe-dream in Kerala villages. Editorial; by P.V. Valsala Kutty. News briefs : water for India's poor; new Department of Rural Water Supply. States : in Orissa...
Digital divide and digital opportunities. Will poor countries be left behind: an interview with Francisco Rodriguez and Ernest Wilson. The networked economy. Zambia, Namibia and the information revolution....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 24732Date: December 31, 1999Author:
Scaramuzzi, Elena [executive editor]
The note reviews the extent to which environmental management plans (EMPs) have been implemented in urban projects in China, addressing the importance of EMPs, which ensure a comprehensive work, internalizing...
This note is based on the "Appraisal of the Road Management Initiative RMI) Concepts Implementation in Sub-Saharan African SSA) Countries", a study carried out using forms, and procedures prepared by...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 22198Date: December 31, 1999Author:
The World Bank
CGIAR at the millennium: preparing for the future. CGIAR convenes forum on biotechnology and the poor. Serageldin remains at the Head of CGIAR. Crawford lecture: expert on rural poverty address CGIAR....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23560Date: December 31, 1999
This is a newsletter of the World Bank country office Manila. This issue features: Philippines, World Bank sign project to fight poverty in Mindanao. Philippines, major donors commit to improve project...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23224Date: December 31, 1999Author:
Gonzales, Leonora Aquino
The provision of essential urban services like water, sanitation, and drainage is defined as a compulsory function to be performed by the urban local councils under the Punjab Local government Ordinance...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23752Date: December 31, 1999
Process monitoring is a new and exciting tool for improving project effectiveness, and the sustainability of the benefits it delivers. Process monitoring promotes adaptive learning in projects by feeding...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23753Date: December 31, 1999
Non-payments cycle in Russia suffocates economic growth - proposal of World Bank Economists; by Brian Pinto, Vladimir Drebentsov, and Alexander Morozov. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 20098Date: December 31, 1999Author:
Amelina, Maria L. ;
Black, Bernard S. ;
Chi Fulin ;
Coffee, John ;
Drebentsov, Vladimir ;
Fox, Merritt ;
Fries, Steven M. ;
Heller, Michael A. ;
Hirschler, Richard ;
Kalra, Sanjay ;
Korhonen, Iikka ;
Kraakman, Reinier ;
Mahoney, Christopher Paul ;
Marcours, Karen ;
Morozov, Alexander ;
Pinto, Brian R. ;
Skare, Marinko ;
Slok, Torsten ;
Swinnen, Johan F. M. ;
Tarassova, Anna
The GEF recently completed an Interim Assessment of Biodiversity Enabling Activities, which help recipient countries develop national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) as required by Article...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 26341Date: December 1, 1999Author:
Harstad, Jarle
Rural development is more than just expanding agricultural output and growth in real per capita agricultural income. In many developing countries, agriculture is not the sole sector - sometimes not even...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 20877Date: November 30, 1999Author:
Lanjouw, Peter F.
Cities without slums: taking up the challenge. From favelados to citizens, by Flavia Sekles. Micro enterprise in small cities. The art of negotiation: Somsook Boonyabancha, by Lin Neumann. Going off the...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 22881Date: November 30, 1999Author:
Breslin, Patrick ;
Chatterjee, Patralekha ;
Chatterji, Gautam ;
Larbi, Kojo ;
Neumann, Lin ;
Patel, Sheela ;
Sekles, Flavia ;
Sulcas, Adele
Convention to Combat Desertification. "Greening Industry" publication launch and seminar. NGO-World Bank committee meeting rescheduled. "Hotspots" launch. World Bank/WWW launch. World Bank/WWW high-level...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23124Date: November 30, 1999Author:
Alegre, Maria-Isabel ;
Benedicto, Mitos ;
Bradford, Bonnie ;
Canlas, Fleurdeliza S. ;
Cantrell, James T. ;
Goodland, Robert James ;
Gordon, Anita ;
Heister, Johannes ;
Jammi, Ramachandra ;
Kangasniemi, Jaako ;
Klees, Rita ;
Kuroda, Kazuhide ;
LaCava, Gloria ;
Lucca, Danielle A. ;
Mearns, Robin ;
Mercier, Jean-Roger Roger ;
Newcombe, Kenneth J. ;
Pieri, Christian J. ;
Senderowitsch, Roberto Adrian ;
Sherman, Mariam J. ;
Toppin, Fulvia T. ;
Werbrouck, Pierre ;
Williams, Melissa ;
Xie, Jian
Contents: Theory and practice: Siberian leasing company shares its experience. Expert opinion: some tips for calculating lease payments. Small business: Avana Dry Cleaner, Irkutsk. Leasing in Russia: survey...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 39576Date: November 1, 1999
New corruption indexes of transparency international : wide range of scores, by Richard Hischler. Development Dividend of good governance. The art of attracting foreign direct investment in transition...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 19999Date: October 31, 1999Author:
Belk, Russell W. ;
Coolidge, Jacueline ;
Hirschler, Richard ;
Jefferson, Gary H. ;
Komulainen, Tuomas ;
Mencinger, Joze ;
Morita, Tsuneo ;
Park, Albert Francis ;
Savitt, Ronald ;
Schrenk, Martin ;
Sehrt, Kaja ;
Struyk, Raymond J. ;
Sutela, Pekka
The Note looks at the poignant inefficiency of road maintenance systems in Africa, where the creation of a "second generation" Road Maintenance Fund is considered, particularly due to pressure from the...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 22197Date: October 31, 1999Author:
The World Bank
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