Infrastructure Delivery

Infrastructure Delivery
Author: Ashoka Mody
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780821335208

IFC Lessons of Experience Paper No. 3. Describes the International Finance Corporation's (IFC's) 20 years of leasing experience in developing countries and assesses the developmental impact of leasing. The IFC has invested in leasing companies in more than half of the developing countries that have a leasing industry today.

New Directions in Development Economics

New Directions in Development Economics
Author: Mats Lundahl
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2005-08-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113480881X

New Directions in Development Economics is divided into two parts. The first half considers the dilemna of growth with special reference to its environmental cost. The second half focuses on the role of the state in the context of the growing dominance of the free market argument. The contributors include Paul Collier, Partha Dasgupta, Ronald Findlay and Deepak Lal.

Reforming and Privatizing Hungary's Road Haulage

Reforming and Privatizing Hungary's Road Haulage
Author: Esra Bennathan
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 41
Release: 1991
Genre: Privatization
ISBN:

Options for restructuring the Volàn group -- the current provider of Hungary's public passenger and freight transport services and the largest enterprise in Hungary's road transport industry.

International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics Key Issues for Transport beyond 2000 15th International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics, Tessaloniki, Greece, 7th - 9th June 2000

International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics Key Issues for Transport beyond 2000 15th International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics, Tessaloniki, Greece, 7th - 9th June 2000
Author: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 648
Release: 2002-06-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9282112829

A clear dichotomy exists between an European economy centred on international trade and the environmental damage to which this focus gives rise. There is a need for a novel approach based on a shift away from the goal of ever-faster travel and ...

Do the Benefits of Fixed Exchange Rates Outweigh Their Costs?

Do the Benefits of Fixed Exchange Rates Outweigh Their Costs?
Author: Shantayanan Devarajan
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 37
Release: 1991
Genre: Economics
ISBN:

Fixed exchange rates have been a bad bargain for the CFA member countries. Under reasonable tradeoffs between output and inflation, these countries would have been better off having the flexibility to adjust to external shocks.

Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction

Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction
Author: Organisation mondiale de la santé
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 18
Release: 1991
Genre: Birth control
ISBN:

This highly regarded organization is one of the few engaged in contraceptive research and development that focuses on the needs of the developing world. The Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP) merits the Bank's continued and expanded support.