China's economic development since the opening of its economy in the late 1970s has resulted in an eight percent average annual rate of economic growth. Key facets of this growth are rapidly increasing...
China is the second largest energy consumer in the world and the largest producer and consumer of coal. Owing to its large coal resources, it is and will remain in the foreseeable future largely energy...
Infrastructure loans and credits (transport and energy) represent almost half the Bank's portfolio in China. The projects although large for the Bank and small relative to total Chinese investments in...
The World Bank's transport lending strategy in China is constrained to a narrow window of opportunity. If there is a reasonable chance that a project will be financially viable without substantial government...
Infrastructure loans and credits (transport and energy) represent almost half the Bank's portfolio in China. The projects although large for the Bank and small relative to total Chinese investments in...
China is now the second largest energy consumer in the world and the largest producer and consumer of coal. Owing to its large coal resources, it is and will remain in the foreseeable future largely energy...
Many recent scenarios of future world energy demand and supply assume a lower growth of energy demand in the developing world than has been the case in recent decades. Such scenarios are based on experience...
This Bank's world newsletter includes some of the following issue: an encounter in the Hague, by Sanja Plavcic; smaller families, greater opportunities, by Mary Lou Ingram; World Development Report (WDR);...
Rural populations throughout the developing world continue to be without adequate access to safe, convenient water and appropriate sanitation facilities. Although considerable advances have been made...
Economic development is a complex process in which both the private and public sectors have important roles to play. Their roles are best played if they can be cast as partners in helping to achieve growth...
This Banks world newsletter includes some of the following issue: attitude survey: an analysis of the results and what lies ahead; rivers of disease by Thomas A. Blinkhorn; Shorinji Kempo: discipline and...
In any discussion of basic needs, shelter is always given prominence along with food and clothing. Shelter does not mean, however, simply protection from the elements; location is an essential attribute...
In any discussion of basic needs, shelter is always given prominence along with food and clothing. Shelter does not mean, however, simply protection from the elements; location is an essential attribute...
In any discussion of basic needs, shelter is always given prominence along with food and clothing. Shelter does not mean, however, simply protection from the elements; location is an essential attribute...
This paper is divided into four sections. The first sectionexamines the role shelter plays in meeting basic needs, discusses the factorsgoverning the supply and demand for shelter, and highlights the approachbeing-...
Between 1975 and the year 2000 the cities of the developing countries will be expected to absorb 70 percent of the projected population increases 1.3 billion people, most of them poor. By any measures...
The application of the principles of pricing of road user services to Central America is described. If the maximum net benefit from the highway network is to be achieved, the correct price to be charged...