The handbook has been prepared to update and replace the "1988 Environmental Guidelines." The Handbook is specifically designed to be used in the context of the World Bank Group's environmental policies...
The handbook has been prepared to update and replace the "1988 Environmental Guidelines." The Handbook is specifically designed to be used in the context of the World Bank Group's environmental policies...
Despite efforts by Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries to tackle environmental problems, there are still a number of serious environmental problems that require immediate and urgent action. The...
This report answers the question, Does paying too much attention to environmental problems slow economic growth and industrialization? Although the Asia/Pacific region may say yes and the experience of...
Lending to Russia: a new challenge to the World Bank - interview with Managing Director Earnest Stern. Russia's withdrawal syndromes in currency reform. Environmental cleanup in eastern Europe: a down-to-earth...
The contents of this socialist economies in transition newsletter include: telecommunications: a crisis sector in Eastern Europe; World Bank networking; ownership changes in the Soviet Union - opinion...
The plan of this paper is as follows: section two gives a brief description of the data set and the methodology used to analyze it, and look at certain special cases. Section three then summarizes the...