Cote d'Ivoire's fortunes have fluctuated dramatically over the past thirty years. Throughout this period the Bank has been firm in its support, especially since the boom of the 1970s gave way to the p...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27791Fecha: 1 de junio de 1998Autor:
Vandendries, Rene I.
The Bank-funded improvement of more than 1,500 kilometers of roads in the Brazilian state of Bahia helped expand agricultural production, increase the avail- ability of hospital beds, and raise school...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27790Fecha: 1 de junio de 1998Autor:
Levy, Hernan
The first free-standing flood protection project funded by the World Bank in Tunisia successfully reduced the flow of uncontrolled water and damage to urban areas, according to a study by OED Impact e...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27795Fecha: 1 de junio de 1998Autor:
Parker, Ronald
Since March 1974 The World Bank has funded five dairy development projects in India. These projects have supported Operation Flood, an Indian initiative to support a farmer-controlled cooperative dair...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27789Fecha: 1 de junio de 1998Autor:
Chandler, Wilfred ;
Kumar, Nalini B.
Between 1979 and 1996, the Bank carried out five projects to support Kenya's program to develop geothermal power resources -the first such program in Africa. An OED performance audit report on the Olk...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27788Fecha: 1 de junio de 1998Autor:
Berney, Richard L.
This economic policy note addresses the issue of the East Asian financial crisis, suggesting that recent trade socks, were both a cause and a consequence of this crisis. It further suggests that, thou...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 18568Fecha: 1 de abril de 1998Autor:
Hoekman, Bernard ;
Martin, Will
This briefly examines some considerations when designing safety nets: a) local needs; b) financial and political sustainability; c) cost benefit analysis; and d) approach at targeting needy groups. Fu...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 18567Fecha: 1 de abril de 1998Autor:
Swaminathan S.A. Aiyar ;
Lateef, K. Sarwar ;
Subbara
This note summarizes recent projections on the longer-term effects of the East Asia's financial crisis, and the significant effect already felt in developing countries. Five main points are examined, ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 18566Fecha: 1 de marzo de 1998Autor:
Dadush, Uri ;
Lynn, Robert ;
Riordan, Mick ;
Dasgupta
How do the member donors of CGAP fund micro-finance institutions (MFIs)? What are the structures, funding instruments, procedures, and points of entry within each agency? Consultative Group to Assist ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 18625Fecha: 1 de enero de 1998Autor:
Malhotra, Mohini ;
CHIDZERO, ANNE-MARIE N.
The well-intentioned objective of state-owned development finance institutions is too often subjected to political influence. Politicized mandates place undue emphasis on credit outflows over recovery...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 18606Fecha: 1 de diciembre de 1997Autor:
Mukherjee, Joyita ;
Malhotra, Mohini
What is the best way to support a micro-finance institution (MFI) that has a track record of extending quality financial services to significant numbers of poor people on a progressively financially s...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 18605Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 1997Autor:
Helms, Brigit S. ;
Malhotra, Mohini
Evaluation is an integral part of the World Bank's operational cycle. Evaluation assesses the results of the Bank's policies, programs, project, and processes, providing and objective basis for improv...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 31245Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 1997Autor:
Thumm, Ulrich R. W. ;
Weaving, Rachel V.
At its completion in 1992, the Mali Rural Water Supply Project was giving about 228,000 people-more than twice the original estimates- access to potable water in about 230 drought-prone rural villages...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27796Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1997Autor:
Parker, Ronald
Bank-supported project in the Central Visayas region of the Philippines in the 1980s developed natural resource management tools under very sensitive conditions. It achieved most of its objectives, cr...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27792Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1997Autor:
English, John C.
The World Bank has founded 25 transportation projects in Thailand since 1950. An OED Performance audit report, by Antti Talvitie, of five of these projects, approved between 1983 and 1990, found that ...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27793Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1997Autor:
Talvitie, Antti P.
Five Bank-funded Urban Projects carried out in Brazil between 1979 and 1989 helped municipalities improve the provision of services and demonstrated that well-designed operations can lead to sustained...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27794Fecha: 1 de octubre de 1997Autor:
Kreimer, Alcira I.
Two very different project components sat uneasily together in a Bank-funded education project carried out in Jamaica from 1988-94. One component, prepared in 1985, was to pilot and evaluate options f...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 27797Fecha: 23 de septiembre de 1997Autor:
Dove, Linda Ankrah
This Precis entitled, Conflict and structural adjustment in Sri Lanka, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Performance audit report, Sri Lanka : Economic restructuring c...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 28702Fecha: 1 de junio de 1997Autor:
EBRAHIMI, FARAH
This Precis entitled, Romania's adjustment after the Cold War, complements the Bank's Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Performance audit report, Romania : Technical assistance / critical im...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 28717Fecha: 1 de junio de 1997Autor:
PETRUCCI, STEFANO
Voluntary deposits as a source of commercial finance for microcredit institutions, has generated a lot of interest and debate in recent years. Locally mobilized voluntary savings is potentially the la...
Tipo: BriefInforme#: 18604Fecha: 1 de junio de 1997Autor:
Mukherjee, Joyita ;
Malhotra, Mohini
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