Documents & Reports
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Beyond Transition 18 (4) (English)
Theme of this issue is Central Asia and how regional cooperation with neighbors can help these land locked countries succeed. The states have been pretty good at keeping tensions from turning violent by...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 39643 Document Date: December 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Baharoglu,Deniz,De Tray,Dennis N.,Denning, Bill,Dihel,Nora Carina,Eschenbach,Felix,Grafe,Clemens,Hamilton,Ellen,Hoffman,Jariya,Jensen,Jesper,Kessides,C. Fallert,Kolev,Alexandre,Kowalski, Przemyslaw,Lomaia, Maka,Makhmoutova, Meruert,Mogilevsky, Roman,Myrzakhmet, Marat,Pomfret,Richard W.,Radosevic,Slavo,Raiser,Martin,Sakatsume, Toshiaki,Shemyakina,Olga,Sheperd, Ben,Svitkova, Katarina,Tarr,David
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Beyond Transition 18 (4) (Russian)
Theme of this issue is Central Asia and how regional cooperation with neighbors can help these land locked countries succeed. The states have been pretty good at keeping tensions from turning violent by...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 39643 Document Date: December 1, 2006 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Baharoglu,Deniz,De Tray,Dennis N.,Denning, Bill,Dihel,Nora Carina,Eschenbach,Felix,Grafe,Clemens,Hamilton,Ellen,Hoffman,Jariya,Jensen,Jesper,Kessides,C. Fallert,Kolev,Alexandre,Kowalski, Przemyslaw,Lomaia, Maka,Makhmoutova, Meruert,Mogilevsky, Roman,Myrzakhmet, Marat,Pomfret,Richard W.,Radosevic,Slavo,Raiser,Martin,Sakatsume, Toshiaki,Shemyakina,Olga,Sheperd, Ben,Svitkova, Katarina,Tarr,David
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The urban transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for economic growth and poverty reduction (English)
This paper challenges several common myths that cloud discourse about urban development in Africa. It finds that urbanization in the region is not excessive or imbalanced relative to the experience of...
Document Type: Other Urban Study Report No.: 35564 Document Date: August 30, 2006 Author: Kessides,C. Fallert
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The urban transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: implications for economic growth and poverty reduction : La transition urbaine en Afrique subsaharienne : impacts sur la croissance economique et la reduction de la pauvrete (French)
This paper challenges several common myths that cloud discourse about urban development in Africa. It finds that urbanization in the region is not excessive or imbalanced relative to the experience of...
Document Type: Other Urban Study Report No.: 35564 Document Date: August 30, 2006 Author: Kessides,C. Fallert
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Land and urban policies for poverty reduction (Vol. 2 of 2) : Land and urban policies for poverty reduction : proceedings of the third international urban research symposium held in Brasilia (English)
The first paper of this section (Durand-Laserve) documents how increasing pressures on urban land and the 'commodification' of shelter and settlement has increased 'market evictions' of families holding...
Report No.: 87976 Document Date: April 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cira,Dean A.,Ferguson,Bruce,Freire, Mila,Kessides,C. Fallert,Lima,Ricardo,Mota, Jose Aroudo,Motta,Diana Meirelles Da
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Land and urban policies for poverty reduction (Vol. 1 of 2) : Land and urban policies for poverty reduction : proceedings of the third international urban research symposium held in Brasilia (English)
The first paper of this section (Durand-Laserve) documents how increasing pressures on urban land and the 'commodification' of shelter and settlement has increased 'market evictions' of families holding...
Report No.: 87976 Document Date: April 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cira,Dean A.,Ferguson,Bruce,Freire, Mila,Kessides,C. Fallert,Lima,Ricardo,Mota, Jose Aroudo,Motta,Diana Meirelles Da
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A sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies (Vol. 1 of 2) : Core techniques and cross-cutting issues (English)
This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 29800 Document Date: January 1, 2002 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Achikbache,Bahjat,Alkire,Sabina,Ames,Brian,Aoki,Aya,Baharoglu,Deniz,Bamberger,J. Michael,Bebbington,Anthony J.,Belkindas,Misha V.,Blackden,C. Mark,Bojö, Jan,Bosch,Christophe E.,Brown, Ward,Bruns,Barbara,Bucknall,Julia,Christiaensen,Luc,Claeson,Mariam,Cord,Louise J.,Coudouel,Aline,Devarajan,Shantayanan,Dinc,Mustafa,Domelen, Julie Van,Dongier,Philippe,Donnelly-Roark,Paula,Drabble,Michael,Eele,Graham,Esmail,Talib B. K.,Ezemenari,Kenechukwu Maria,Fort,Lucia,Fozzard,Adrian,Gannon,Colin A.,Girishankar,Navin,Griffin,Charles C.,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Hamilton,Kirk E.,Hammergren,Linn A.,Hentschel,Jesko S.,Hoekman,Bernard M.,Holmes,Malcolm R. G.,Hommann,Kirsten,Izquierdo, Alejandro,Johnston,Timothy A.,Kenny,Charles J.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Kishor,Nalin M.,Klugman, Jeni [editor],Knack,Stephen,Kraus,Christiane,Lamech,Ranjit J.,Levy,Brian David,Litvack,Jennie I.,Liu,Zhi,Malmberg Calvo,Christina,Manning,Nicholas Paul,Manoukian,Violeta,Marope,Mmantsetsa,Mclachlan,Mildred,Messick,Richard E.,Michalopoulos,Constantine,Mingat,Alain Jean Louis,Moock,Peter Russell,Mozammel,Masud,Murphy,Patrick D.,Navas Sabater,Juan Francisco,O'Sullivan,Kyran,Ostrom,Elinor,Paci,Pierella,Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Pillai,Poonam,Polski,Margaret M.,Prennushi,Giovanna,Rinne,Jeffrey James,Ryan Rizvi,Andrea C.,Rubio Soto,Gloria Martha,Sadoff,Claudia Winkelman,Schiff,Maurice,Scott, Christopher,Shah,Parmesh,Sherburne-Benz,Lynne D.,Soucat,Agnes L. B.,Subbarao,Kalanidhi,Sutch,M. Helen,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Tan,Jee-Peng,Tarr,David,Thomas,Christopher J.,Tikare,Seema,Travers,Sumter Lee,Wagstaff, Adam,Wakeman,Wendy E.,Winter,Carolyn,Withers, Kate,Wodon,Quentin T.,Yang,Hongyu,Yazbeck,Abdo S.,Yitzaki, Shlomo,Youssef,Deborah,Zatlokal,Barbara
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A sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies (Vol. 2 of 2) : Macroeconomic and sectoral approaches (English)
This sourcebook was written to assist low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 29800 Document Date: January 1, 2002 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Achikbache,Bahjat,Alkire,Sabina,Ames,Brian,Aoki,Aya,Baharoglu,Deniz,Bamberger,J. Michael,Bebbington,Anthony J.,Belkindas,Misha V.,Blackden,C. Mark,Bojö, Jan,Bosch,Christophe E.,Brown, Ward,Bruns,Barbara,Bucknall,Julia,Christiaensen,Luc,Claeson,Mariam,Cord,Louise J.,Coudouel,Aline,Devarajan,Shantayanan,Dinc,Mustafa,Domelen, Julie Van,Dongier,Philippe,Donnelly-Roark,Paula,Drabble,Michael,Eele,Graham,Esmail,Talib B. K.,Ezemenari,Kenechukwu Maria,Fort,Lucia,Fozzard,Adrian,Gannon,Colin A.,Girishankar,Navin,Griffin,Charles C.,Grosh,Margaret Ellen,Gwilliam,Kenneth M.,Hamilton,Kirk E.,Hammergren,Linn A.,Hentschel,Jesko S.,Hoekman,Bernard M.,Holmes,Malcolm R. G.,Hommann,Kirsten,Izquierdo, Alejandro,Johnston,Timothy A.,Kenny,Charles J.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Kishor,Nalin M.,Klugman, Jeni [editor],Knack,Stephen,Kraus,Christiane,Lamech,Ranjit J.,Levy,Brian David,Litvack,Jennie I.,Liu,Zhi,Malmberg Calvo,Christina,Manning,Nicholas Paul,Manoukian,Violeta,Marope,Mmantsetsa,Mclachlan,Mildred,Messick,Richard E.,Michalopoulos,Constantine,Mingat,Alain Jean Louis,Moock,Peter Russell,Mozammel,Masud,Murphy,Patrick D.,Navas Sabater,Juan Francisco,O'Sullivan,Kyran,Ostrom,Elinor,Paci,Pierella,Patrinos,Harry Anthony,Pillai,Poonam,Polski,Margaret M.,Prennushi,Giovanna,Rinne,Jeffrey James,Ryan Rizvi,Andrea C.,Rubio Soto,Gloria Martha,Sadoff,Claudia Winkelman,Schiff,Maurice,Scott, Christopher,Shah,Parmesh,Sherburne-Benz,Lynne D.,Soucat,Agnes L. B.,Subbarao,Kalanidhi,Sutch,M. Helen,Swanson,Eric Valdeman,Tan,Jee-Peng,Tarr,David,Thomas,Christopher J.,Tikare,Seema,Travers,Sumter Lee,Wagstaff, Adam,Wakeman,Wendy E.,Winter,Carolyn,Withers, Kate,Wodon,Quentin T.,Yang,Hongyu,Yazbeck,Abdo S.,Yitzaki, Shlomo,Youssef,Deborah,Zatlokal,Barbara
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Cities in transition : World Bank urban and local government strategy (English)
This report incorporates the World Bank's new strategy for an urbanizing world. It recognizes that cities and towns form the frontline in a global campaign to address issues of poverty and development...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 21113 Document Date: September 30, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kessides,C. Fallert
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World Bank experience with the provision of infrastructure services for the urban poor : preliminary identification and review of best practices (English)
It is estimated that over the next quarter century, fifty percent of the developing world population will be urbanized, while, increasingly, the urban poor, are experiencing the deprivation of basic infrastructure...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 19634 Document Date: January 31, 1997 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kessides,C. Fallert
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World development report 1994 : infrastructure for development (Japanese)
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...
Document Type: World Development Report Report No.: 13184 Document Date: September 1, 1994 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Besant-Jones,John E.,Estache,Antonio,Ingram,Gregory K.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Lanjouw,Peter F.,Mody,Ashoka,Pritchett,Lant Hayward
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World development report 1994 : infrastructure for development : Relatorio sobre o desenvolvimento mundial 1994 : infra-estrutura para o desenvolvimento (Portuguese)
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...
Document Type: World Development Report Report No.: 13184 Document Date: September 1, 1994 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Besant-Jones,John E.,Estache,Antonio,Ingram,Gregory K.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Lanjouw,Peter F.,Mody,Ashoka,Pritchett,Lant Hayward
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World development report 1994 : infrastructure for development (Russian)
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...
Document Type: World Development Report Report No.: 13184 Document Date: June 30, 1994 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Besant-Jones,John E.,Estache,Antonio,Ingram,Gregory K.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Lanjouw,Peter F.,Mody,Ashoka,Pritchett,Lant Hayward
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World development report 1994 : infrastructure for development : Weltentwicklungsbericht 1994 : infrastruktur und entwicklung (German)
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...
Document Type: World Development Report Report No.: 13184 Document Date: June 30, 1994 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Besant-Jones,John E.,Estache,Antonio,Ingram,Gregory K.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Lanjouw,Peter F.,Mody,Ashoka,Pritchett,Lant Hayward
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World development report 1994 : infrastructure for development (Arabic)
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...
Document Type: World Development Report Report No.: 13184 Document Date: June 30, 1994 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Besant-Jones,John E.,Estache,Antonio,Ingram,Gregory K.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Lanjouw,Peter F.,Mody,Ashoka,Pritchett,Lant Hayward
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World development report 1994 : infrastructure for development : Rapport sur le developpement dans le monde 1994 : une infrastructure pour le developpement (French)
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...
Document Type: World Development Report Report No.: 13184 Document Date: June 30, 1994 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Besant-Jones,John E.,Estache,Antonio,Ingram,Gregory K.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Lanjouw,Peter F.,Mody,Ashoka,Pritchett,Lant Hayward
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World development report 1994 : infrastructure for development (English)
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...
Document Type: World Development Report Report No.: 13184 Document Date: June 1, 1994 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Besant-Jones,John E.,Estache,Antonio,Ingram,Gregory K.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Lanjouw,Peter F.,Mody,Ashoka,Pritchett,Lant Hayward
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World development report 1994 : infrastructure for development : Informe sobre el desarrolo mundial 1994 : infraestructura y desarrollo (Spanish)
World development report 1994, the seventeenth in this annual series, examines the link between infrastructure and development and explores ways in which developing countries can improve both the provision...
Document Type: World Development Report Report No.: 13184 Document Date: June 1, 1994 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Besant-Jones,John E.,Estache,Antonio,Ingram,Gregory K.,Kessides,C. Fallert,Lanjouw,Peter F.,Mody,Ashoka,Pritchett,Lant Hayward
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The contributions of infrastructure to economic development : a review of experience and policy implications (English)
This paper presents an examination of linkages between infrastructure and economic development based on both formal and empirical research and informal case studies. Its main thesis is that economic benefits...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WDP213 Document Date: September 30, 1993 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kessides,C. Fallert
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Institutional options for the provision of infrastructure (English)
This study provides an analytical framework, and a review and assessment of experiences regarding institutional reform issues and options in infrastructure. The framework is based on the presumption that...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: WDP212 Document Date: September 30, 1993 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kessides,C. Fallert