1998 CGIAR Mid-Term Meeting : mobilizing science for global food security. New appointment for CGIAR Chairman. The CGIAR in the twenty-first century; by Mahendra Shah. A new vision for ICRISAT; by Shawki...
A new economic reality on Asian city streets (Patralekha Chatterjee). City war zones (Sultan Barakat). Beirut: the lights are back on (May Farah). Preparing African cities for the bond market (Akin L....
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18337Date: May 31, 1998Author:
Chatterjee,Patralekha ;
Barakat, Sultan ;
Farah, May ;
Mabogunje, Akin L. ;
Bergen,Margaret ;
Auclair,Christine
Private companies must be involved in finding and carrying out solutions to global environmental problems. Otherwise, the technologies and approaches piloted by GEF (Global Environment Facility) projects...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18249Date: May 31, 1998Author:
Harstad, Jarle [editor]
In this example, the social assessment (SA) alerted the World Bank and the Government of Argentina to social differences among beneficiary groups and to problems and priorities that needed attention during...
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: Naqvi in search of identity; emergency airlift; spouses' soapbox; airmiles save lives; TV for people; AIDS rider; hijack at G8; staff...
"The management of the Fund favors greater transparency" - Stanley Fischer responds to IMF critics. Conditionality : this time, attached to the IMF : the US Congress's waiting game. Will wage arrears continue...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18332Date: April 30, 1998Author:
Eberstadt, Nicholas ;
Fischer,Stanley ;
Gray,George Michael ;
Kim,Junki ;
Mertzanis, Harilaos ;
Mustafa,Muhamet ;
Oks, Danil ;
Orszag-Land, Thomas ;
Petrakos, George ;
Pfeffermann,Guy Pierre
This note provides a look at the World Bank's commitment to re-activate the existing production facilities among its client countries, allowing these facilities to obtain the necessary inputs and financing...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18559Date: April 30, 1998Author:
Watkins,Alfred Jay ;
Ruhl,Onno ;
Tar,Marie-Sophie
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: refugee boat docks in heart of DC by Anna Shen; income boosting talks begin by Kevin Rafferty; answerline on ITS; cornucopia of facts...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 56990Date: April 28, 1998Author:
Drattell,Alan M. ;
Please,Stanley ;
Rafferty, Kevin ;
Schrader-King,Kristyn E. ;
Shen,Anna ;
Radhika,Yeddanapudi
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: Stern becomes Vice Presidency (VP) to boost Human Resource (HR) implementation; champagne on ice by Kevin Rafferty; launching into the...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 56989Date: April 8, 1998Author:
Drattell,Alan M. ;
Granzow,Sandra ;
Rafferty, Kevin
The CGIAR nurtures an evaluation culture. China-CGIAR Forum ushers in closer partnership. Message from the Chairman: the CGIAR calls for moratorium, by Ismail Serageldin. CGIAR happenings. Highlights of...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23548Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Serageldin,M. Ismail
The conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity can succeed in most places only in cooperation with the people who inhabit areas of high diversity and earn a living from these resources. ...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18247Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Harstad, Jarle [editor]
This Note focuses on natural resource management (NRM) on arid rangelands used by pastoralists in Africa and the Middle East. Although the World Bank started funding NRM projects only recently, it has...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 21129Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Le Gall,Francois G. ;
Van Der Sluijs,Dirk H. ;
English,John C.
This is a newsletter of the World Bank country office Manila. This issue features: WB (World Bank) President visits the Philippines. WB OKs 3 projects to help the poor. The Club of 29 News: government,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 23274Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Gonzales, Leonora A. [editor]
ARPP reports portfolio performance on the upswing. Staff honored for excellence in project supervision. "Quagging" the QAG: off to a good start, but scope for further improvement. Findings from the...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18167Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Garg,Prem Prakash
Competition in the natural gas industry - the emergence of spot, financial, and pipeline capacity markets. Natural gas markets in the United Kingdom - competition, industry structure, and market power...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17728Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Juris, Andrej ;
Mostefai, Djamal ;
Crousillat, Enriq
Targeting based on geographic location is a useful mechanism for transferring benefits to the poor. Programs are relatively simple to implement. No complicated means testing is required in order to distribute...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 17477Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Culhane, Brian [editor]
The purpose of this note is to describe the public consultation program to date for the Nam Theun 2 (NT2) hydroelectric project and share lessons learned regarding the process and methodologies that were...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18205Date: March 31, 1998Author:
Mcphail,Kathryn ;
Callieri, Christian
This Banks World newsletter includes some of the following headings: for Walker security is not enough, by Anna Shen; jumbo $13billion fundraising, by Kevin Rafferty; Human Development (HD) week brings...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 56988Date: March 23, 1998Author:
Goto,Shihoko ;
Rafferty, Kevin ;
Shen,Anna ;
Tuller,Alexandra
Benin offshore oil field development - a model project for mitigating potential environmental threats. Global power pricing study. EU natural gas market liberalization.
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