• Bank's World
    This Bank's World newsletter includes some of the following headings: Merrily They roll along, by Gillian Ross; Executive Director (ED) advocates bicycling, by Eveline Herfkens; bank operations and bicycles,...
    Type: Newsletter Report#: 57327 Date: April 1, 1994 Author: Barry, Rick ; Frank, Michele ; Groen,Hendrik G. ; Hayes,Elizabeth M. ; Herfkens,Eveline ; ROESSNER, J. JILL ; Ross,Gillian Waring ; Swanson,Eric Valdeman ; Tuck-Primdabl, Merrell ; Wilkie,Neil Anderson
  • Non-motorized transport : confronting poverty through affordable mobility
    Non-motorized transport is the primary means of transportation for people in many developing countries and is essential to consider in the design and modernization of transportation systems. This note...
    Type: Brief Report#: 33899 Date: April 1, 1994 Author: Guitink,Paulus A. ; Holste,Susanne ; Lebo,Jerry A.
  • Urban transport in Asia : an operational agenda for the 1990s
    The extent to which Asian cities meet the challenges of urbanization and contribute to macroeconomic performance will, to a large extent, depend on how efficiently they can transport the goods, services,...
    Type: Publication Report#: WTP224 Date: March 31, 1994 Author: Midgley,Peter Granville
  • Rural road maintenance and improvement
    Two recent World Bank reports investigated past experience in transport and agriculture projects with rural road components, and drew some lessons for future practice. The Operations Evaluations Department...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 16123 Date: March 31, 1994 Author: Hoban,Christopher Joseph ; Riverson,John D. ; Weckerle,Albert
  • Calendar of aid coordination meetings CY1994
    This report presents tentative schedule of aid coordination meetings for CY1994 as of March 31, 1994 prepared by the Operations Policy Group of the Operations Policy Department (OPRPG).
    Type: Board Report Report#: 86435 Date: March 31, 1994
  • Transport and economic performance : linkages and implications for sector policy
    Infrastructure's interactions with and importance to the economies of developing countries have not been fully understood. This is evident in the Bank's approach to sector work in infrastructure and in...
    Type: Brief Report#: 22794 Date: March 31, 1994 Author: Creightney,Cavelle D.
  • Economic regress : concepts and features
    Different criteria for measuring economic regress show varying results. Alternative procedures involve parametric variations in the focal variable (such as real income, gross domestic product - GDP - or...
    Type: Publication Report#: 14342 Date: March 31, 1994 Author: Sen,Amartya K.
  • Does privatization deliver? Highlights from a World Bank conference
    This volume summarizes the presentations at a two-day World Bank conference on the welfare effects of privatization, held in Washington, D.C. on June 11-12, 1992, and attended by some 100 senior policymakers,...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 13020 Date: March 31, 1994 Author: Galal, Ahmed ; Shirley, Mary [editors]
  • Calendar of aid coordination meetings CY1994
    This report presents calendar of aid coordination meetings for March 31, 1994 prepared by the Operations Policy Group of the Operations Policy Department (OPRPG).
    Type: Board Report Report#: 86453 Date: March 31, 1994
  • Railways, energy and environment
    This paper addresses the question whether rail transport should be preferred over road-based modes because of its superior environmental characteristics, presumed to exist because rail is more energy efficient...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 16124 Date: March 31, 1994 Author: Gwilliam,Kenneth M. ; Shalizi,Zmarak ; Thompson,Louis Stanley
  • Scope for fuel substitution
    Fiscal policies such as commodity taxes, subsidies, and price reforms, can complement direct pollution abatement instruments, and encourage fuel substitution. The note explores barriers to efficient abatement...
    Type: Brief Report#: 21676 Date: March 31, 1994 Author: Moss, Diana L. ; Tybout, James R.
  • Announcement of The World Bank's Transport Rehabilitation Project in Peru on March 18, 1994
    This press release announces The World Bank's one hundred fifty million dollar loan for Peru's transport rehabilitation project on March 18, 1994. The project objective is to address urgent transport infrastructure...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 160481 Date: March 18, 1994
  • Announcement of The World Bank’s Brazil State Highway Management Project on March 17, 1994
    This press release announces The World Bank's two hundred twenty million dollar loan for a Brazil state highway management project on March 17, 1994. The immediate objective of the project is to prevent...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 160480 Date: March 17, 1994
  • Sri Lanka - Strategic Options for the Telecommunications Sector
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 12464 Date: March 16, 1994
  • Benin - Transport Sector Strategy
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 12098 Date: March 15, 1994
  • Announcement of The World Bank's Approval of a Fifty Point Five Million Credit for a Road Project in Nepal on March 15, 1994
    This press release announces The World Bank's approval of a fifty point five million credit for a road project in Nepal on March 15, 1994. The loan helps create a more efficient and cost-effective road...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 160478 Date: March 15, 1994
  • Announcement of The World Bank's Second Highway Sector Project in Indonesia on March 11, 1994
    This press release announces The World Bank's three hundred fifty million dollar loan to Indonesia for the second highway sector project: paving the way for continued economic growth on March 11, 1994....
    Type: Announcement Report#: 160477 Date: March 11, 1994
  • Peru - Public Expenditure Review for the Infrastructure Sectors
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 17808 Date: March 4, 1994
  • Case study on intermediate means of transport : bicycles and rural women in Uganda
    The study reviews the intermediate means of transport in eastern Uganda, suggesting that ownership, and use of bicycles is a double-sided factor in meeting household needs, for it not only provides transportation,...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 19833 Date: February 28, 1994 Author: Malmberg Calvo, Cristina
  • Announcement of Yemenis Help to Outline Investment Project to the Boost Education Sector on February 24, 1994
    This press release announces Yemenis help to outline investment project to boost the education sector on February 24, 1994. Over two hundred Yemeni private and public sector educational professionals contributed...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 160450 Date: February 24, 1994
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