On December 14, 1989, the World Bank has approved two loans, totaling 450 million dollars, to help finance a housing project in Mexico that will benefit 250,000 poor families and another project to modernize...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162832Date: December 14, 1989
The objective of this study is to analyze transportation costs incurred by Caribbean countries on their major export products to determine whether there is evidence of freight rate discrimination against...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP62Date: November 30, 1989Author:
Yeats,Alexander James
Despite its natural handicaps of being a small and relatively remote island economy, Mauritius has enjoyed remarkable success in its economic performance between 1982 and 1988. This report attempts to...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB7661Date: November 30, 1989
The Bank's transport sector activities during FY89 point to a continuing trend towards supporting sector development and improving the management of transport services and infrastructure in borrowing countries...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 11085Date: November 30, 1989Author:
Infrastructure and Urban Development Department
Matching exporters' freight on board (fob) trade statistics with the corresponding importers' cost, inventory and freight (cif) data, this paper studies the quality of official information on trade between...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS307Date: November 30, 1989Author:
Yeats,Alexander James
This is the fourteenth annual review of project performance results. The main purpose of this review is to report on the performance of World Bank supported projects evaluated in 1987 and to draw lessons...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB7404Date: November 30, 1989Author:
OED ;
EXT
This paper is about global warming. It focuses on what developing countries might do to address greenhouse gas emission issues related to their use of energy, and on areas where an energy sector management...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 48207Date: November 29, 1989Author:
This report is a joint effort of the World Bank ;
United Development Programme (UNDP) ;
Bilateral aid Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP)
On November 16, 1989, Indonesia is launching a project to improve the overall efficiency of its highway system, vital to the country’s growth as its economy expands and diversifies. The World Bank is supporting...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162325Date: November 16, 1989
On November 9, 1989, Mauritius, an island nation that depends heavily on foreign trade, is intensifying its efforts to upgrade its road network as it prepares for increased international trade traffic...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162749Date: November 9, 1989
On November 8, 1989, World Bank President Barber B. Conable today announced the appointment of Wilfried P. Thalwitz, 57, as Senior Vice President, Policy, Planning and Research, effective November 15.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163582Date: November 8, 1989
This paper presents basic background information on Bank lending in energy, as ready reference for answering queries from companies, governments, and other entities outside the Bank. The paper describes...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 9333Date: October 31, 1989
This annual review is the fifteenth in its series. It looks at the Bank's experience over an extended period, taking as the basis for analysis all the Bank sponsored operations that have ever been evaluated....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 8164Date: October 30, 1989
This report reviews the present state of operations evaluation in the Bank (chapter 1), the main evaluation activities undertaken during FY89 (chapter 2), and recent efforts to enhance the dissemination...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 8131Date: October 30, 1989
On July 1, 1989, Economic Development Institute (EDI) launched its new strategic plan for fiscal years (FYs) 1990-94: the result of much reflection within EDI, extensive interaction with other parts of...
International seatrade has fluctuated greatly because of expansions and contractions in the global economy. Developments in commodity markets have been equally unsteady, presenting serious and often intractable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 8185Date: September 30, 1989Author:
Peters, Hans Jurgen
This partial transcript, from the session of the Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA) held on Thursday,...
Type: TranscriptReport#: 121206Date: September 14, 1989
The two major forms of environmental damage which result from energy use are greenhouse gas emissions and the depletion of forests. Beyond the obvious loss of a sustainable, renewable wood resource base,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 81184Date: September 1, 1989
A World Bank mission comprising C.S. Nawathe (Highway Engineer) from the New Delhi office visited Gujarat from August 28th through August 31st to supervise this project. Due to heavy rains throughout Gujarat...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73078Date: August 31, 1989
This report was initiated largely in response to interest by member governments and staff of the World Bank for information on the practical aspects of privatization of state-owned enterprises. It reviews...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP89Date: August 31, 1989Author:
Nankani,Helen Brigid
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