Documents & Reports
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Financial transition in Europe and Central Asia : challenges of the new decade (English)
The financial sectors of the post-communist economies of Europe and Central Asia are perhaps where the most intractable problems existed and where the most difficult reforms were forced to begin. This...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 23251 Document Date: July 31, 2001 Author: Bokros, Lajos,Fleming, Alexander,Votava, Cari [e
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Roma and the transition in Central and Eastern Europe : trends and challenges (English)
Poverty among the Roma minority is one of the most challenging development issues facing the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Conditions have deteriorated more severely for Roma than for others...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20939 Document Date: September 30, 2000 Author: Ringold,Dena
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The determinants of enterprise restructuring in transition : an assessment of the evidence (English)
The most intensive area of empirical research on transition countries has been the examination of enterprise-level data to ascertain whether enterprises have responded productively to changes in ownership...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20942 Document Date: September 30, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Djankov, Simeon,Murrell, Peter
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Making transition work for everyone : poverty and inequality in Europe and Central Asia - background papers (English)
This book is a collection of background papers to the publication entitled "Making Transition Work for Everyone: Poverty and Inequality in Europe and Central Asia". 1) The first paper focuses on the distributive...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 20923 Document Date: September 30, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jimeno, Juan F.,Canto, Olga,Cardoso, Ana Rute,Iz
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From commissars to mayors : cities in the transition economies (English)
The objective of this report is to consider one important part of the transition process for countries in Central and Eastern Europe: that is, the role that urban policy has played and continues to play...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20941 Document Date: September 30, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Buckley,Robert M.,Mini,Federico
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Balancing protection and opportunity : a strategy for social protection in transition economies (English)
This report presents a social protection strategy for transition economies rooted in three pillars of analysis: a conceptual framework based on risk management, an understanding of the context, and Bank...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20890 Document Date: September 30, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Progress toward the unification of Europe (English)
The upcoming enlargement of the European Union by ten countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC) and the Baltics as well as by Cyprus and Malta, with Turkey also having been given an opening for eventual...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20919 Document Date: September 30, 2000 Author: Tang,Helena,Kaminski,Bartek K.,Kaps,Franz H.,Alba,Pedro,Reid,Gary J.,Polastri,Rossana,Mlakar,Tina,Klytchnikova,Irina I.,Brandtzaeg, Bjorn
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Hidden challenges to education systems in transition economies (English)
This book addresses problems in the education systems of countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. These problems have emerged as the region adjusts to changes in the social and economic rules that...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20889 Document Date: September 30, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Berryman,Sue Ellen
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Maintaining utility services for the poor : policies and practices in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (English)
Households in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union receive several types of utility subsidies in order to receive utility services without having to sacrifice other essential needs. This...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20874 Document Date: September 30, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Who is paying for health care in Europe and Central Asia? (English)
Informal payments in the health sector in Eastern Europe and Central Asia are emerging as a fundamental aspect of health care financing and a serious impediment to health care reform. Informal payments...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20940 Document Date: September 30, 2000 Author: Lewis,Maureen A.
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The evolution of pension systems in Eastern Europe and Central Asia : opportunities, constraints, dilemmas and emerging best practices (English)
Since the early 1990s the transition economy countries of Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) have had to adapt their pension systems in both minor and often very major ways. Some of the changes related...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20872 Document Date: August 31, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lindeman, David,Rutkowski, Michal,Sluchynskyy, O
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Making transition work for everyone : poverty and inequality in Europe and Central Asia (English)
Virtually all transition countries experienced a collapse in economic output in the initial years of the transition. This book explores the different responses to this collapse and their implications for...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20920 Document Date: August 31, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Cleaner transport fuels for cleaner air in Central Asia and the Caucasus (English)
Urban air pollution is a matter of increasing concern in many of the newly independent states (NIS). This study has reviewed the current status of three principal areas closely linked to urban air quality...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20873 Document Date: August 31, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bacon,Robert W.,Fodor,Martin,Kojima,Masami,Lovei,Magda
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Moving from residential institutions to community-based social services in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (English)
This study reviews the use of residential institutions for the care of children, the elderly and people with disabilities (mental, physical, or sensory impairment) in the region of Central and Eastern...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20943 Document Date: July 31, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tobis,David
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Rural, environment, and social development strategies for the Europe and Central Asia region (English)
The report proposes a strategy for assisting the rural, environmental, and social development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, in compliance with the Bank's mandate to assist in alleviating poverty...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20938 Document Date: June 29, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Caspian oil and gas - mitigating political risks for private participation (English)
The paper is an economic analysis of how to mitigate political risk to stimulate private investment in Caspian oil and gas reserves, and explores the macroeconomic implications of risk mitigation. It reviews...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 35370 Document Date: June 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Walters,Jonathan D.
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The World Bank in Europe and Central Asia (English)
A little more than a decade has pased since the Berlin Wall came down in November 1989 and the Soviet Union dissolved. From Central Europe to Central Asia, from the Baltics to the Balkans, countries embarked...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 21017 Document Date: April 30, 2000
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Cleaner transport fuels for cleaner air in Central Asia and the Caucasus (Russian)
Urban air pollution is a matter of increasing concern in many of the newly independent states (NIS). This study has reviewed the current status of three principal areas closely linked to urban air quality...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 20873 Document Date: January 1, 2000 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bacon,Robert W.,Fodor,Martin,Kojima,Masami,Lovei,Magda