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:
Borrell, Brent ;
Bianco, Jose R. ;
Bale, Malcolm D.
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:
Lusigi, Walter ;
Buursink, John
This report analyzes the industrial dynamism occurring in China during the period 1978-90. A detailed research of the relative importance of the Hong Kong and Taiwan factor, or coastal strategy, as well...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 18512Date: August 31, 1994Author:
Ratha,Dilip Singh ;
Inderjit,Geng Xiao
The paper looks at the transformation of intergovernment fiscal relations from the point of view of a regional administration in Russia. It also describes changes in local fiscal management. The Yaroslavl...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP143Date: August 31, 1994Author:
Freinkman, Lev ;
Titov, Stepan
Tajikistan's economic situation has been affected by unprecedented shocks since it gained independence. Since 1992 the country has undergone a protracted period of civil war, political instability, and...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 12692Date: August 12, 1994
In 1986, Viet Nam embarked on a cautious program of economic reforms designed to reverse the rapid economic deterioration of the previous 15 years, reduce the country's dependence on the Council for Mutual...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 12778Date: August 8, 1994
The purpose of Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme's (ESMAP's) study on energy conservation in the Philippine is to assist the government of the Philippines to formulate a long-term. This study...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 48188Date: August 1, 1994
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