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Trust Fund for East Timor Update No. 1

This report updates the activities of the Trust Fund for East Timor (TFET), established by the World Bank's Board of Governors following the December 1999 Tokyo Donors' Meeting. It gives a financial status...
Type: Newsletter Report#: 39248 Date: August 7, 2000
Restructuring highway agencies : the FinnRa case - options for Africa ?

Until the late 1970s, the Finnish Road and Waterways Administration (RWA), under Finland's Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC), operated as a highly centralized, monopolistic agency. The...
Type: Brief Report#: 54799 Date: August 1, 2000 Author: Ojala,Lauri M. ; Sirvio,Esko
Telecom traffic and investment in developing countries : the effects of international settlement rate reductions

Developing countries, which received about $35 billion in net settlement payments from the United States telecom carriers between 1985 and 1998, were upset by the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC)...
Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS2401 Date: July 31, 2000 Author: Wallsten, Scott J.
Trade polices for electronic commerce

Some countries in the World Trade Organization initially opposed WTO's decision to exempt electronic delivery of products from customs duties, out of concern for the revenue consequences. Others supported...
Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS2380 Date: June 30, 2000 Author: Mattoo, Aaditya ; Schuknecht, Ludger
The long and winding path to private financing and regulation of toll roads

Road transport has long been the dominant form of transport for freight and passenger movement throughout the world. Because most road projects require investments with long amortization periods and because...
Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS2387 Date: June 30, 2000 Author: Estache, Antonio ; Romero, Manuel ; Strong, John
Statement by Bassary Touré at the meeting of June 20, 2000

This is a statement by Bassary Touré at the meeting of June 20, 2000 concerning the Country Assistance Strategy Progress Report for Togo.
Type: Executive Director's Statement Report#: 86928 Date: June 19, 2000 Author: Touré, Bassary
Romania - Regulatory and structural assessment in the network utilities

This structural and regulatory review focuses on key infrastructure sectors in Romania. The report has both substantive and procedural aspects. At the substantive level, it seeks to: (1) examine the structure...
Type: Working Paper Report#: 36057 Date: June 15, 2000 Author: Kessides, Ioannis N. [editor]
Caspian oil and gas - mitigating political risks for private participation

The paper is an economic analysis of how to mitigate political risk to stimulate private investment in Caspian oil and gas reserves, and explores the macroeconomic implications of risk mitigation. It reviews...
Type: Working Paper Report#: 35370 Date: June 1, 2000 Author: Walters,Jonathan D.
The Sao Mateus - Jabaquara Trolleybusway Concession in Brazil

The authors describe how Sao Paulo State granted a 20-year concession for operating a busway, one requirement for which was that the concessionaire replace the diesel bus operation with electric traction...
Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS2353 Date: May 31, 2000 Author: Rebelo, Jorge ; Machado, Pedro
Roads improvement for poverty alleviation in China

In China, rural road improvements have been integrated with major highway projects, implemented with World Bank assistance, during 1995-98. These improvements were called, "Roads Improvement for Poverty...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 21038 Date: May 31, 2000 Author: Hajj,Hatim M. ; Pendakur, V. Setty
Cambodia governance and corruption diagnostic: evidence from citizen, enterprise and public official surveys

Governance is the way in which public power and authority is formed and used to control and manage society's resources. Good governance rests on four pillars: (a) accountability, meaning that public officials...
Type: WBI Working Paper Report#: 28019 Date: May 1, 2000 Author: Lee, Young ; Nunberg,Barbara ; Pilichowski,Elsa ; Song,Su Yong ; Stone,Andrew H. W. ; Zoido-Lobaton,Pablo
Fourteenth Rural Travel and Transport Program (RTTP) Coordinating Committee Meeting

The document provides the papers presented, and discussions held at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Coordinating Committee for the Rural Travel and Transport Program (RTTP) of the Sub-Saharan Africa Transport...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 27296 Date: May 1, 2000 Author: Banjo,George A. ; Bamberger,J. Michael ; Mbogori, E.
14th Road Management Initiative (RMI) coordinating committee meeting, December 5-10, 1999, Center for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Pretoria, South Africa

This report comprises the proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Coordinating Committee Meeting for the Road Management Initiative (RMI), held in Pretoria, the Republic of South Africa, December 5 to 9,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 27469 Date: May 1, 2000
Trade and transport facilitation : an audit methodology

The World Bank has participated, along with other financing agencies and many client countries, in notable improvements to basic visible transport infrastructure, through a wide range of road, rail, port,...
Type: Publication Report#: 20379 Date: April 30, 2000 Author: Raven,John A.
Statement by Todd Crawford at the meeting of April 27, 2000

This is a statement by Todd Crawford at the meeting of April 27, 2000 concerning the Country Assistance Strategy for Tunisia.
Type: Executive Director's Statement Report#: 86349 Date: April 26, 2000 Author: Crawford,Todd W.
Statement by Jannes Hutagalung at the meeting of April 27, 2000

This is a statement by Jannes Hutagalung at the meeting of April 27, 2000 concerning the Country Assistance Strategy for Tunisia.
Type: Executive Director's Statement Report#: 86347 Date: April 26, 2000 Author: Hutagalung,Jannes
Remarks at promoting dialogue : global challenges and global institutions by James D. Wolfensohn, President

This report discusses the remarks delivered by James D. Wolfensohn, President of the World Bank. He discusses on poverty and the way in which the institution is reacting. He decides on: first, the new...
Type: President's Speech Report#: 101404 Date: April 13, 2000 Author: Wolfensohn,James D.
Private participation in public transport in the FSU

This paper describes and analyses the growth of private sector participation in public transport supply in the countries in the Former Soviet Union in which the World Bank has had recent sector involvement....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 27040 Date: April 1, 2000 Author: Gwilliam,Kenneth M.
Tanzania : mini hydropower development case studies on the Malagarasi, Muhuwesi, and Kikuletwa Rivers (Vol. 2 of 3) : The case study on the Muhuwesi River

The report examines three case studies in Tanzania, and presents the findings for hydropower development, based on cost-effective schemes designs, intended to benefit the country's state-owned electric...
Type: ESMAP Paper Report#: 25218 Date: March 31, 2000
Extending telecommunications beyond the market : toward universal service in competitive environments

Competitive markets go a long way toward making telecommunications services available throughout the population. But governments often seek to extend access to services beyond what the private sector will...
Type: Viewpoint Report#: 21463 Date: March 31, 2000 Author: Wellenius,Bjorn