Hungary has chosen to reform its economy, moving away from central planning and toward a market-oriented system. This change will impose particularly demanding requirements on the transport sector, basically...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 41591Date: February 1, 1991Author:
Bennathan , Esra ;
Gutman , Jeffrey ;
Thompson , Lou
This eighth annual progress report examines Bank-NGO cooperation in two broad areas : operational collaboration and policy dialogue. The section on operational collaboration provides an update on patterns...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 9433Date: January 31, 1991
Does trade with developing countries have a small and benign effect on workers in industrial countries, as most economists have maintained, or a large and adverse effect, as the general public and advocates...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 14213Date: January 31, 1991Author:
Wood, Adrian J. B.
There was a remarkable expansion and improvement of the Nigerian road system over the last 15 years, but inadequate road maintenance now threatens the road network, raising the possibility of irretrievable...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 7844Date: January 10, 1991
This press release announces the World Bank loan of seventy-nine million four hundred thousand US dollars, and a credit of eighty-nine million US dollars from International Development Association for...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 160087Date: January 8, 1991
The need to determine the delivered costs of imported or exported commodities occurs with increasing frequency in many Bank or International Finance Corporation (IFC) lending operations. Ocean transport...
Type: BriefReport#: 81606Date: January 1, 1991Author:
Peters, Hans J.
This press release announces two World Bank loans totaling one hundred thirty-two million US dollars for Morocco to support its ongoing efforts to expand and modernize port facilities on December 21, 1990.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 160084Date: December 21, 1990
This report is concerned with the efficiency of public investment in Venezuela. First, the report reviews and offers suggestions on the size and composition of the public sector investment program included...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 8588Date: December 20, 1990
This press release announces the quick-disbursing World Bank loan of three hundred four million US dollars for Colombia to support the implementation of the country's medium-term economic modernization...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 160047Date: December 13, 1990
In December 1990, Wilfried Thalwitz was interviewed on behalf of the World Bank Group Archives oral history program by John Lewis, Richard Webb, Devesh Kapur, and Paul Isenman. During his tenure at the...
Type: TranscriptReport#: 79136Date: December 12, 1990
This report is expected to serve two purposes: to provide an overview of the status of the Bank's efforts in transport in FY90 and to identify key issues or concerns. It is a resource document in that...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 11086Date: December 7, 1990Author:
Infrastructure and Urban Development Department
This press release announces the World Bank loan of thirty-eight million six hundred thousand US dollars for Zimbabwe to finance a project to restructure and improve the efficiency of the national railway...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 160038Date: December 6, 1990
Although clearly not the only factor which consumers consider, the relative prices of different fuels are a key determinant of the choices which households make concerning which fuels to use in their daily...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 48199Date: December 1, 1990Author:
Taylor, R.
This report reviews trends in the incidence of poverty in Indonesia during the past two decades, investigates the nature of the problem and outlines a strategy for further reducing poverty during the 1990s....
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB8034Date: November 30, 1990
This press release announces the World Bank loan of two hundred fifty million US dollars to Indonesia for the second phase of a program that will help strengthen the country's private sector. on November...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 159995Date: November 15, 1990
The use of outside contractors for some port maintenance tasks offers an attractive alternative to port managers seeking to improve their equipment availability and faced with a poorly staffed and equipped...
Type: BriefReport#: 81605Date: November 1, 1990Author:
Lethbridge, John R.
This report has two themes. The first is that, despite an impressive recovery from the crises of the mid-1980s, the Philippines economy has not yet attained a sustainable growth path. The need for further...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 8933Date: October 31, 1990
Containerization and modern bulk handling methods can substantially increase ship and labor productivity. This paper argues that many ports have failed to change their labor practices and to accept the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS514Date: October 31, 1990Author:
Harding, Alan S.
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