• The commercialization process in exploration and production agreements
    The Africa Gas Initiative (AGI) is an effort to promote development and trade in natural gas in the countries along West Africa's coastline from the Senegal River to South Africa. The initiative aims at...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: 17628 Date: November 30, 1995 Author: Shirazi, Mohsen
  • Airport infrastructure : the emerging role of the private sector : recent experiences based on 10 case studies
    During the coming years, air transport infrastructure needs to be expanded and modernized to accommodate the growing demand for international travel and transport of goods and merchandise. Developing...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: 15271 Date: November 30, 1995 Author: Juan, Ellis J.
  • Foreign trade statistics in the USSR and successor states
    Foreign trade statistics have been greatly affected by the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the economic transformation that the newly independent states are now undergoing. Previously, the measurement...
    Type: Publication Report#: 15178 Date: November 30, 1995 Author: Belkindas, Misha V. ; Ivanova, Olga V. [editors]
  • Moldova - Transport sector review (Vol. 1 of 3) : Main report
    This study has been carried out as a direct response to the government's request to develop a program of assistance in support of a comprehensive transport strategy, with emphasis on the following objectives:...
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 13891 Date: November 16, 1995
  • Moldova - Transport sector review (Vol. 2 of 3) : Statistical appendix
    This study has been carried out as a direct response to the government's request to develop a program of assistance in support of a comprehensive transport strategy, with emphasis on the following objectives:...
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 13891 Date: November 16, 1995
  • Moldova - Transport sector review (Vol. 3 of 3) : Policy note & executive summary
    This study has been carried out as a direct response to the government's request to develop a program of assistance in support of a comprehensive transport strategy, with emphasis on the following objectives:...
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 13891 Date: November 16, 1995
  • Privatization and deregulation in Mexico
    This Precis entitled, Privatization and deregulation in Mexico, is an abbreviated version of the Bank ' s Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Performance audit report, Report No. 14400, dated April...
    Type: Brief Report#: 29225 Date: November 1, 1995 Author: Weaving, Rachel V.
  • Infrastructure development in East Asia and Pacific - towards a new public-private partnership
    East Asia's infrastructure challenges arise from three related elements: 1) project investment requirements are vast: during the next decade, developing East Asian economies will need to invest about 7...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 30629 Date: November 1, 1995
  • Restructuring regulation of the railroad industry
    Throughout the world, the rail industry has been one of the most heavily regulated sectors. The public utility paradigm of government regulation has failed to handle the central regulatory problem - the...
    Type: Viewpoint Report#: 16918 Date: October 31, 1995 Author: Kessides, Ioannis N. ; Willig, Robert D.
  • Advanced infrastructure for time management: the competitive edge in East Asia
    Advanced infrastructure, as addressed in this article, refers to a spectrum of transportation and communications systems and services enhanced by using information technology and delivered by innovative...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: 16281 Date: October 31, 1995 Author: Mody, Ashoka ; Reinfeld, William
  • Surveillance of agricultural price and trade policies : a handbook for Argentina
    This is one of a series of handbooks which have arisen from a surveillance project to evaluate agricultural price and trade interventions in eight Latin American countries for seven commodities for the...
    Type: Publication Report#: WTP294 Date: October 31, 1995 Author: Schaeffer, Barry ; Sturzenegger, A ; Valdes, Alberto
  • Development of good governance in the road sector in Finland
    The development of the performance of the Finnish road sector discussed using the Finnish National Road Administration, RinnRA, as the main example. The author also takes examples from municipal street...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 27233 Date: October 1, 1995 Author: Isotalo, Jukka L.
  • Mainstreaming the environment : the World Bank Group and the environment since the Rio Earth Summit - fiscal 1995
    This publication comes three years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when almost all the countries in the world endorsed the concept of environmentally sustainable development. It documents...
    Type: Publication Report#: 15024 Date: September 30, 1995 Author: Mason, Jocelyn T.
  • Intellectual property protection, direct investment, and technology transfer : Germany, Japan, and the United States
    In IFC Discussion Paper 19, the author found that the strength or weakness of a country's system of intellectual property protection seems to have substantial effect, particularly in high-technology industries,...
    Type: Publication Report#: IFD27 Date: September 30, 1995 Author: Mansfield, Edwin
  • Mainstreaming the environment : summary
    This report is a summary of the publication "Mainstreaming the environment," which came three years after the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It documents how the World Bank has sought to be an...
    Type: Publication Report#: 15014 Date: September 30, 1995 Author: Mason, Jocelyn T.
  • Annual report on portfolio performance : fiscal 1994
    The World Bank Annual Report on Portfolio Performance (ARPP) for fiscal 1994 is the third in a series of annual reports prepared in accordance with the recommendations of the Portfolio Management Task...
    Type: IEG Evaluation Report#: 15012 Date: September 30, 1995
  • The land market assessment : a new tool for urban management
    Under the mounting pressures of urban development, cities of the developing world are in vital need of accurate and systematic information about their land markets. Such information is essential to a host...
    Type: Publication Report#: 9640 Date: September 30, 1995 Author: Dowall, David E.
  • The World Trade Organization, the European Union, and the Arab World : trade policy priorities and pitfalls
    The countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have lost the geographic advantage they used to have because of their proximity to the European Union at a time when Eastern Europe was effectively...
    Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report#: WPS1513 Date: September 30, 1995 Author: Hoekman, Bernard M.
  • The business of sustainable cities : public-private partnerships for creative technical and institutional solutions
    Ultimately, to be sustainable, cities must function for peoples, protect their health, provide shelter, and offer opportunities for employment and cultural expression. Leaders around the world are seeking...
    Type: Publication Report#: 15022 Date: September 30, 1995 Author: Barrett, Richard ; Martin-Brown, Joan [editors] ; Serageldin, M. Ismail
  • Poland - Urban transport review
    This study grew out of the World Bank's analysis of urban transport in Warsaw, which identified the critical importance of this sector for the well-being of urban residents and the economic growth of cities....
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 12962 Date: September 8, 1995
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