Integration with the global economy is essential in making the transition from plan to market. All 15 new independent states (NIS) established in the economic space of the former Soviet Union (FSU) suffered...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15524Date: March 31, 1996Author:
Michalopoulos,Constantine ;
Tarr,David
Viet Nam has poor physical infrastructure and high levels of income poverty. What role might better infrastructure play in reducing poverty in Viet Nam? This paper explores the link between poverty and...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM121Date: February 29, 1996Author:
Van De Walle,Dominique
In January and February 1996, Wilfried Thalwitz was interviewed on behalf of the World Bank Group Archives oral history program by Jochen Kraske. During his tenure at the Bank from 1963 to 1995, Mr. Thalwitz...
Type: TranscriptReport#: 79137Date: February 28, 1996
Over the past twenty-five years, cofinancing has become an integral part of the World Bank's activities. It has allowed a tremendous level of resources to be efficiently and quickly channeled to developing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 63487Date: February 1, 1996
This report attempts to assess the influence of the Bank's research program on those outside the Bank, using quantitative performance indicators and qualitative approaches, including case studies. The...
Type: Report on the World Bank Research ProgramReport#: 15296Date: January 31, 1996
The purpose of this paper is to review the progress made in implementing key elements of road policy as it evolved, following the Road Maintenance Initiative (RMI), launched in 1987, as a partnership of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 21211Date: January 31, 1996Author:
Triche,Thelma A.
Solving environmental problems, in both developing and industrial countries, appears to be more challenging than merely applying a fee on polluters. The purpose of this book is to show that indirect instruments...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15490Date: January 31, 1996Author:
Eskeland,Gunnar Saethern ;
Devarajan,Shantayanan
Today Georgia is largely an agriculture-based economy. It has quite favorable conditions for the production of a wide variety of annual and perennial crops including grapes, fruits, tea, citrus, tobacco...
Type: Agriculture Sector ReviewReport#: 14659Date: January 24, 1996
Since independence in April of 1991, Georgia has suffered political and civil strife. The government has been focusing its attention on economic issues ever since the cessation of hostilities in Abkhazia....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13978Date: January 16, 1996
Since independence in April of 1991, Georgia has suffered political and civil strife. The government has been focusing its attention on economic issues ever since the cessation of hostilities in Abkhazia....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13978Date: January 16, 1996
The Tenth Replenishment (IDA10) of the general resources of the International Development Association (IDA) has funded operations during FY94-FY96. During 1995, donors' representatives, the IDA Deputies,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 81438Date: January 1, 1996
Lead impairs the mental and physical development of children even at low levels of exposure. The social benefits of removing lead from gasoline -- the major source of exposure in many urban areas -- vastly...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 18286Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Bam,Christopher ;
Lovei, Magda
From the mid-1950s to 1990, sub-Saharan Africa's share of global exports fell from 3.1 to under 1.2 percent, a decline that implies associated export earning losses of about $65 billion annually. Previous...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1559Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Amjadi, Azita ;
Yeats, Alexander J.
The economic performance of East Asia has been a remarkable story spanning several decades. The region has enjoyed macroeconomic stability, consistent growth, low inflation, increasing openness to international...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15293Date: December 31, 1995
This volume, "Global climate change: economic and policy issues," contains three papers dealing with key issues and options relating to the economic and policy aspects of global warming. The authors of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15317Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
In November 1989, Mexico City's administration imposed a regulation banning each car from driving on a specific day of the week. The regulation has been both popular and controversial. Some feel that...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1554Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Eskeland,Gunnar Saethern ;
Feyzioglu, Tarhan
Drawing on extensive interviews with airport authorities in both developed and developing countries, this report analyzes the current ownership and management structure and describes the privatization...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP313Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Kapur,Anil
In Asia, where recognition of acid rain is just beginning, very little research has been done on the levels and impacts of acid deposition. However, available monitoring data show that the acidity of rainfall...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: 21148Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Foell, Wes ;
Amann, Markus ;
Carmichael, Greg ;
Chadwi
This study has been carried out as a direct response to the government's request for assistance in preparing a comprehensive transport development strategy, with emphasis on the following objectives: 1)...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13808Date: December 19, 1995
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