• Utility regulators : roles and responsibilities
    There are three main issues in defining a utility regulator's role: the scope of its coverage, its role in relation to ministers, and its role in relation to other regulatory entities such as the competition...
    Type: Viewpoint Report#: 17223 Date: October 31, 1997 Author: Smith, Warrick P.
  • Brazil - Multimodal freight transport : selected regulatory issues
    With railway restructuring and privatization and other sector reforms begun or being considered, this report overviews the remaining public policy reforms needed to foster an efficient, multimodal freight...
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 16361 Date: October 15, 1997
  • Seminar on railway concessioning in Africa - proceedings
    These are the proceedings of the Seminar on Railway Concessioning in Africa, which provide the overall theme of the conference, namely the concern that the railway experience in Africa shows a declining...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 27250 Date: October 14, 1997 Author: Akele, Ezan ; Monpert, Jean-Yves ; Posner, Henry ; Thiam, Tidjane Cheick ; Thompson, Louis Stanley ; Victo, Paul
  • Bangladesh – Road Rehabilitation and Maintenance
    Type: Brief Report#: 141516 Date: October 6, 1997
  • Village immersion : Mandaka, Cameroon
    During the period May 19-31, 1997, three Bank staff, Connie Luff, Philippe Callier, and Mark Blackden, took part in a village immersion program. They stayed for two weeks in the village of Mandaka, Far...
    Type: Brief Report#: 57077 Date: October 1, 1997
  • Mongolia - Economic Transition Support Project
    Type: Brief Report#: 140078 Date: October 1, 1997
  • Turkey - Agroindustry
    Type: Brief Report#: 139957 Date: October 1, 1997
  • Transport in Thailand : lessons for institutional development
    The World Bank has founded 25 transportation projects in Thailand since 1950. An OED Performance audit report, by Antti Talvitie, of five of these projects, approved between 1983 and 1990, found that they...
    Type: Brief Report#: 27793 Date: October 1, 1997 Author: Talvitie, Antti P.
  • The World Bank economic review 11(3)
    Rationing can backfire: the "day without a car" in Mexico City. Prices and protocols in public health care. Formal and informal regulation of industrial pollution: comparative evidence from Indonesia and...
    Type: Publication Report#: 17657 Date: September 30, 1997 Author: Djankow, Simeon ; Eskeland, Gunnar Saethern ; Feyzioglu, Tarhan ; Haggarty, Luke Augustine ; Hammer, Jeffrey S. ; Hettige, Hemamala S. ; Hoekman, Bernard M. ; Pargal, Sheoli ; Sarno, Lucio ; Shirley, Mary M. ; Singh, Manjula ; Taylor, Mark P. ; Wheeler, David
  • Brazil - hydro and thermal power sector study
    The objective of this study is to assess the economic viability of the inclusion of gas turbine and combined cycle power plants in the Brazilian South-Southeast (SSE) Electrical system over the timeframe...
    Type: ESMAP Paper Report#: ESM197 Date: September 30, 1997
  • Poverty and transport
    The role of transport sector operations in the contribution to poverty reduction, needs to be articulated. By and large, transport projects are assessed in terms of reducing transport costs, improving...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 22568 Date: September 30, 1997 Author: Gannon, Colin A. ; Liu, Zhi
  • A retrospective on the Mexican toll road program (1989-94)
    Mexico's private toll road program more than doubled the national toll road network from 1989 to 1994. The investment of approximately US$13 billion in the program was sourced from local commercial bank...
    Type: Viewpoint Report#: 17083 Date: September 30, 1997 Author: Ruster, Jeff E.
  • Vehicular air pollution : experiences from seven Latin American urban centers
    Latin America and the Caribbean is the most urbanized region in the developing world with a rapidly growing motor vehicle fleet. The number of urban areas with populations exceeding 1 million was 43 in...
    Type: Publication Report#: WTP373 Date: September 30, 1997 Author: Gautam, Surhid P. ; Onursal, Bekir A.
  • China 2020 : China engaged - integration with the global economy
    China was closed economy until 1979. As a result of open-door policies and reforms, its relationship with the rest of the world has been transformed and its growth has accelerated. According to projection...
    Type: Publication Report#: 17231 Date: September 30, 1997 Author: Dasgupta, Dipak
  • Bolivia - Export Corridors Project
    Type: Brief Report#: 141051 Date: September 10, 1997
  • Honduras - Energy Sector Structural Adjustment
    Type: Brief Report#: 140112 Date: September 10, 1997
  • Jamaica – Road Infrastructure Planning and Maintenance
    Type: Brief Report#: 141515 Date: September 10, 1997
  • Guinea-Bissau - Infrastructure Rehabilitation
    Type: Brief Report#: 141287 Date: September 10, 1997
  • Statement by llkka Niemi at the Board meeting of September 4, 1997
    This is a statement by llkka Niemi at the Board meeting of September 4, 1997 concerning the Country Assistance Strategy for Ghana.
    Type: Executive Director's Statement Report#: 86558 Date: September 3, 1997 Author: Niemi, Ilkka Juhani
  • Rationing can backfire : day without a car in Mexico city
    A ban restricting each car from driving on a specified weekday is found to have increased total driving in Mexico City. Because of the ban, cars effectively represent 'driving permits' and some households...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: 77256 Date: September 1, 1997 Author: Eskeland, Gunnar Saethern ; Feyzioglu, Tarhan
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