It is often difficult to compare freight tariffs and passenger fares among the world's railways. Using purchasing power parity adjustments, this note attempts an initial cross-country comparison of Tariff...
On July 8, 1993 the Executive Directors of the World Bank approved "Next Steps: A Program of Action," based on management's proposals on how to implement the recommendations of the Portfolio Management...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13756Date: November 30, 1994
This press release announces The World Bank~^!!^s support of private sector energy development in Pakistan on November 30, 1994. The Bank approved two operations to advance Pakistan~^!!^s policy of improving...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 161201Date: November 30, 1994
The annual report on operations evaluation informs the Board of Executive Directors on the adequacy of the Bank's overall evaluation function. Unlike the Operations Evaluation Department's (OED's) Annual...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 13689Date: November 4, 1994
Road maintenance does not lead to substantive degradation of the environment or have tangibly negative effects on people living along the road. Maintenance work may result, nevertheless, in frequent minor...
Type: BriefReport#: 84191Date: November 1, 1994Author:
Lantran, Jean-Marie M.
China, as a major coal user, is a major contributor of greenhouse gas emissions. Although the energy consumption of China is relatively low--per capita consumption is about one quarter of the world average...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 23801Date: October 31, 1994
The Brazilian sugar and ethanol story goes like this: direct market intervention overrides market forces. Markets undergo dramatic change. Intervention establishes vested interests. Rent-seeking blocks...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1363Date: October 31, 1994Author:
Bale, Malcolm D. ;
Bianco, Jose R. ;
Borrell, Brent
Based on the short fact-finding mission to Romania, Bulgaria, and Hungary, the purpose of this report is to assess: (i) the state of trade over the Danube river with regard to grain and feed products;...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 13937Date: October 25, 1994Author:
Debatisse, Michel L. ;
Engstrand, Lynn ;
Henry, Rich
This paper reviews the present infrastructure and trade status of the grain and feed grain sectors of the countries on the Danube River plain -- Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary. It examines the navigability...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 13680Date: October 25, 1994Author:
Debatisse, Michel L. ;
Engstrand, Lynn ;
Henry, Rich
The main purpose of this report is to discuss areas in which the Bank can support China in implementing policy improvements that will allow the Government of China to carry out more efficiently its programs...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13555Date: October 18, 1994
This report is based on a November 1993 mission in response to the Government's request for additional analysis to support its efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of state enterprises and...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13132Date: October 11, 1994
Over the past three decades, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested over $2 billion in more than 300 enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa. Although its experience with mineral projects and...
This is a progress report on the Zimbabwe industrial surveys conducted as part of the Regional Programme on Enterprise Development (RPED). The report is based on the first and second rounds of data collection,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 56886Date: October 1, 1994
Firms need to have easy access to inputs at world market prices to be internationally competitive. Free trade--with no tariffs, no indirect taxes, no import or foreign exchange restrictions--is the ideal...
Type: ViewpointReport#: 16964Date: September 30, 1994Author:
Rhee, Yung Whee
Roads often bring significant economic and social benefits, but they can also have substantial negative impacts on communities and the natural environment. As we become more aware of these impacts, there...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 13709Date: September 30, 1994Author:
Shalizi, Zmarak
If regulations are used to make cars and fuels cleaner, should gasoline taxes be used to manage demand for trips that pollute? Anaysis of a well-composed program for Mexico City indicates that the emission...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 13668Date: September 30, 1994Author:
Eskeland, Gunnar Saethern
India's trade policy regime has changed dramatically since July 1991. The objective of reform has been to improve export performance by improving export incentives and eliminating discretionary controls....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1355Date: September 30, 1994Author:
Kathuria, Sanjay
The Sahel Operational Review (SOR) seeks to accelerate the transfer of lessons learned in natural resource management from ongoing Bank projects to the design of new Bank projects. This paper is the final...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 13598Date: September 30, 1994Author:
Buursink, John ;
Lusigi, Walter
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