The macroeconomic picture in Romania is puzzling at first sight. As in other countries in Eastern Europe, output has fallen (by over a third since 1989) and inflation has risen to about 200 percent per...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 11878Date: July 31, 1993
Since the breakup of the USSR, trade has contracted sharply for the fifteen new independent states, both with each other and with the rest of the world. This paper analyzes the factors that contributed...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12174Date: July 31, 1993Author:
Michalopoulos, Constantine
This press release announces the World Bank's 1993 fiscal year (FY) operational results on July 6, 1994. New lending commitments to developing countries from the International Bank for Reconstruction and...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 160519Date: July 6, 1993
This press release announces the World Bank has approved a loan of one hundred twenty-eight million five hundred thousand US dollars to Brazil for Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan transport decentralization...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162961Date: July 1, 1993
This press release announces the World Bank has approved a loan of four hundred eighty million US dollars to Mexico to help finance a project to rehabilitate and resurface highways of the federal network,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162954Date: June 25, 1993
Since the launching of the reform program in 1979, the promotion of external trade has been central to China's efforts to modernize its economy. The policy has met with remarkable success, with exports...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 11568Date: June 18, 1993
This press release announces the World Bank has approved a loan of three hundred twenty-five million US dollars, and the International Development Association (IDA) a credit of one hundred sixty-five million...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162949Date: June 18, 1993
This press release announces the World Bank has approved a loan of one hundred twenty million US dollars for Republic of Korea who is embarking on a program to further improve energy sector efficiency...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162944Date: June 4, 1993
This press release announces the World Bank has approved a loan of three hundred forty million US dollars for a four-year road maintenance and rehabilitation program on June 4, 1993. The project will cover...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162943Date: June 4, 1993
Many railway activities traditionally reserved for monolithic public railways can be performed more effectively by the private sector. During the 1980s, the large budgetary demands and failure to achieve...
Type: BriefReport#: 36009Date: June 1, 1993Author:
Galenson, Alice C. ;
Thompson, Louis Stanley
This paper reports on the discussions and conclusions of the three working groups which have been established to deal with the main topics: (a) macroeconomic impact of maritime transport on the African...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 27228Date: June 1, 1993Author:
Cotonou, Benin
The ancient scourge called onchocerciasis or river blindness as recently as 1987 threatened 85 million people worldwide with blindness, mostly in Africa. About 18 million were infected, 1 million had sight...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11988Date: May 31, 1993Author:
Wigg, David Martin W.
In May 1992, the World Bank hosted a Railway Rountable in Vienna, Austria, attended by transport ministers, advisors, and senior railway staff from the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. The...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1137Date: May 31, 1993Author:
Blackshaw, Philip W. ;
DEC ;
ESD ;
Thompson, Louis S.
This press release announces the meeting held between Askar Akaev, the president of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and Lewis T. Preston, President of the World Bank on May 20, 1993. The meeting between the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163043Date: May 20, 1993
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