• India - Proposed bank financed highway projects : aide memoire (November 2 - December 12, 1988)
    A World Bank highway mission comprising Robert Mulligan visited India from November 2 - December 12, and in conjunction with other project matters, visited several of the states preparing the technical...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 73090 Date: December 12, 1988
  • Announcement of World Bank Lends 61.5 Million Dollars to Guatemala for Education and Road Projects on December 8, 1988
    On December 8, 1988, Guatemala’s efforts to improve the quality of its primary education, particularly in the rural areas, and to rehabilitate its deteriorated road network will benefit from two World...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 162899 Date: December 8, 1988
  • A longer-term strategy for public expenditure analysis in EMENA
    Past Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs) were generally initiated in an atmosphere of crisis and focused primarily on cutting back public investment as part of adjustment programs. Recognizing that public...
    Type: Internal Discussion Paper Report#: IDP25 Date: November 30, 1988 Author: Kahnert,Friedrich A. K.
  • Trade, exchange rate, and agricultural pricing policies in Zambia
    Zambia's agricultural potential is great. Less than a quarter of its available agricultural land is now being used for farming, and rainfall in most years is substantial. Nonetheless, the government of...
    Type: Publication Report#: WBC1 Date: November 30, 1988 Author: Jansen, Doris
  • The future of rail transport in Sub-Saharan Africa and the role of the World Bank
    In the last decade, a number of railways around the world have undergone restructuring in order to remain viable by providing efficient, customer-oriented transport services. This restructuring has also...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: 21725 Date: November 30, 1988
  • Road deterioration in developing countries : causes and remedies
    Between the 1960s and the 1980s, developing countries have lost precious infrastructure worth billions of dollars through the deterioration of their roads. Large road networks, built at great expense,...
    Type: Publication Report#: 13370 Date: October 31, 1988 Author: Harral, Clell G. ; Faiz,Asif
  • Announcement of Cameroon Moves to Improve Services, Transportation in Major Cities on October 31, 1988
    On October 31, 1988, poor people living in Cameroon’s larger cities will have greater access to work and social services as a result of an urban development project being supported by a World Bank loan...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 158337 Date: October 31, 1988
  • Announcement of India Expands Road Transport in Four States on October 24, 1988
    On October 24, 1988, the road networks in four Indian states will be upgraded or repaired through a project supported by a loan of 170 million dollars from the World Bank and a credit of SDR 62.2 million...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 158271 Date: October 24, 1988
  • Quality controls of traded commodities and services in developing countries
    The report examines the predictive effects of quality regulation on the allocation of resources, the distribution of income and the national wealth of the quality regulating countries. The research seeks...
    Type: Publication Report#: WDP38 Date: September 30, 1988 Author: Rottenberg, Simon ; Yandle, Bruce
  • Sea trade logistics management and related transport infrastructure and services
    This report provides an overview of changing patterns in international seatrade and related logistics management practices. Critical assessments are made of what these changes imply for ports and national...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: INU11 Date: September 30, 1988 Author: Peters,Hans J. ; INU
  • Modular management information systems for railways
    This report will assist railways in developing countries in their implementation plans for management information systems and allow them to take advantage of the benefits that can be achieved. The objective...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: INU30 Date: September 30, 1988 Author: Porter, Don
  • A basic guide for bridge management
    This guide aims at providing officials and road managers in developing countries with technical advice on how to set up a bridge management system (BMS) that best meets the country's needs. The paper first...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: INU28 Date: September 30, 1988 Author: Demarre, Michel
  • Caribbean Region - Caribbean exports : preferential markets and performance
    This report reviews the performance of Caribbean exports during 1980-86. Compared to those of most other developing countries, the growth of CGCED (Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic Development)...
    Type: Publication Report#: PUB7207 Date: September 30, 1988 Author: Policy, Planning and Research
  • China - Growth and development in Gansu province
    The province of Gansu in China, the object of three Bank missions and this report, faces a challenging situation in achieving income growth and poverty reduction for its population. The report begins by...
    Type: Publication Report#: PUB6064 Date: September 30, 1988
  • Trinidad and Tobago - Country economic report : toward a program of policy reform and renewed growth
    As the economy of Trinidad and Tobago is at a crossroads, this report reviews serious recent economic developments and the main policy issues for the country. The report focuses on the state of the economy...
    Type: Publication Report#: PUB7139 Date: September 30, 1988
  • Laos - Country economic memorandum
    The current economic system of Laos is the result of a series of institutional changes initiated in the late 1970s and the early 1980s. The main objective of these changes was to ensure that economic development...
    Type: Country Economic Memorandum Report#: 7188 Date: September 21, 1988
  • Infrastructure constraints on industrial growth in Thailand
    With almost six million people, Bangkok is almost thirty times larger than the second largest city, Chiang Mai. The secondary cities in Thailand have stayed small and have not shared proportionately in...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 82687 Date: September 1, 1988 Author: Lee,Kyu Sik
  • Transport policy issues in sub-Saharan Africa
    This document reports on three meetings (roundtables) held in Rome, Italy, in April 1986 to discuss important transport policy issues in sub-Saharan Africa. A different grouping of countries participated...
    Type: Publication Report#: EDI9 Date: August 31, 1988 Author: Levy,Hernan ; Malone,Patrick O.
  • Papua New Guinea - Policies and prospects for sustained and broad-based growth
    Despite abundant natural resources and the prospects of a major increase in mineral revenues, Papua New Guinea faces several development challenges in the years ahead. Nevertheless, opportunities exist...
    Type: Publication Report#: PUB7121 Date: August 31, 1988
  • Annual review of project performance results for 1987
    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: IEG Evaluation Report#: 7404 Date: August 17, 1988
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