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China: Issues and Options in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Control.

Johnson, T.M.; Li, J.; Jiang, Z.; Taylor, R.P. - World Bank Group - 1996

options for abatement in China over the coming decades. …

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Trade and Transport Facilitation. A Toolkit for Audit, Analysis, and Remedial Action.

Raven, J. - World Bank Group - 2001

. Informational trade performance and efficiency are essential components of overall success. And in this new economy of instant … infrastructure to increase trade is significant, trade cannot advance without parallel, systematic improvement in the invisible …

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Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policy in Latin America during Major Policy Reform.

Valdes, A - World Bank Group - 1996

Since approximately 1990, most countries in Latin America have embarked on a unilateral process of trade liberalization … trade reform, and the present status regarding tariffs and quantitative restrictions in the various countries. …

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Easing Barriers to Movement of Plant Varieties for Agricultural Development.

Gisseluist, D.; Srivastava, J. - World Bank Group - 1997

Many developing countries enforce seed regulations and other policies that obstruct private companies from operating and delivering new technology. This volume presents recommendations and selected papers from an international workshop organized by the World Bank in 1995 to review seed policies...

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Free Trade Area Membership as a Stepping Stone to Development: The Case of ASEAN.

Fukase, E.; Martin, W. - World Bank Group - 2001

This study investigates the economic impacts of accession to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) by the new member … countries of Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam. The trade policies of these countries are examined, and a series of …-specific policy challenges associated with trade liberalization-- such as declining tariff revenues in Cambodia, and the negative …

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Infrastructure and Poverty in Vietnam.

Van de Walle, D. - World Bank Group - 1996

This study uses the Viet Nam Living Standards Survey of 1992-93 to examine the association between household living standards and the level of access to various infrastructural services.

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The Targeted Credit Programs and Rural Poverty in Bangladesh.

Khander, S.R.; Showdbury, O.H. - World Bank Group - 1996

The alleviation of poverty has been the prime objective of small-scale targeted credit programs such as the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. Based on household survey data, this paper concludes that these programs can play an important role in both lesing poverty and sustaining household welfare on a...

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Sustainability of a Government Targeted Credit Program; Evidence from Bangladesh.

Khandker, S.R.; Khan, Z.; Khalily, B. - World Bank Group - 1995

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Education Achievements and School Efficiency in Rural Bangladesh.

Khandker, S.R. - World Bank Group - 1996

Bangladesh spends only 2 percent of its GNP on education, compared to 3.2 percent in an average low-income country. Low investment in education results in low literacy (only 35 percent), which in turn results in low productivity, low incomes, poor health and, above all, high population growth....

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Social Assessment and Agriculture Reform in Central Asia and Turkey.

Kudat, A.; Peabody, S.; Keyder, C. - World Bank Group - 2000

The transformation of Central and Eastern European agriculture started almost a decade ago. Looking back, it can be seen that the countries concerned made the right choice in setting their overall goals and policies for transition to a market economy, but the social costs have been high. Under...

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