A Framework for Analyzing Financial Performance of the Transport Sector

A Framework for Analyzing Financial Performance of the Transport Sector
Author: Ian Graemie Heggie
Publisher:
Total Pages: 74
Release: 1990
Genre: Transportation
ISBN:

Here is a framework for analyzing the current financial state of a country's transport sector, identifying and measuring the seriousness of financial problems, and identifying options for improving financial performance and mobilizing revenues for maintenance of transport infrastructure.

The Savings and Loan Problem in the United States

The Savings and Loan Problem in the United States
Author: Stanley C. Silverberg
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 58
Release: 1990
Genre: Bank failures
ISBN:

The institutional arrangements for U.S. savings and loan institutions were a disaster waiting to happen. Recent economic events and government policies made it a big disaster. Developing countries can learn some important lessons from this experience.

Cost Recovery Strategy for Rural Water Delivery in Nigeria

Cost Recovery Strategy for Rural Water Delivery in Nigeria
Author:
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 42
Release: 1990
Genre: Nigeria
ISBN:

Kiosk systems with metered private connections for some households appear to be the most promising way to recover costs and meet consumers' cash flow needs (and counter their reluctance to pay in advance for a service they are not sure the government will deliver). Kiosk systems can provide cheaper, better, and more reliable water than water vendors do.

Nagarlok

Nagarlok
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1996
Genre: Cities and towns
ISBN:

Voluntary Export Restraints and Resource Allocation in Exporting Countries

Voluntary Export Restraints and Resource Allocation in Exporting Countries
Author: Jaime De Melo
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 45
Release: 1990
Genre: Export controls
ISBN:

By reducing the marginal revenue of the factors of production , a voluntary export restraint (VER) causes an exporting country's industry to contract. Efficiency losses depend on whether sales can be diverted from restricted to unrestricted markets. A VER is likely to produce a welfare loss if demand is relatively elastic and supply is not.

Pricing, Cost Recovery, and Production Efficiency in Transport

Pricing, Cost Recovery, and Production Efficiency in Transport
Author: Rachel E. Kranton
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 51
Release: 1990
Genre: Costos de transporte
ISBN:

Public sector pricing policies may undermine incentives to reduce costs. Therefore measures to promote cost reduction should be part of any pricing policy reform designed to increase cost recovery.

Tanzania

Tanzania
Author: Colin Darch
Publisher: Oxford, England : Clio Press
Total Pages: 424
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN:

Tanzania is a country of remarkable natural beauty which has been a source of fascination for foreign travellers for centuries. The country contains a landscape of rich diversity, which embraces the snowcapped Mount Kilimanjaro at its highest point, and at its lowest, the spectacular Great Rift Valley. This volume provides the reader with a systematic guide to the large and growing body of literature on all aspects of the country's past and present, including the political democratization and economic liberalization.