The objective of this study is to help assess the possible vulnerabilities in a number of Central European countries as they proceed with global financial integration and EU accession. The report focuses on those countries slated to be the first in the region to join the EU, the Czech Republic,...

Examining development projects for the impact they are likely to have on the environment is now standard practice in development planning. Environmental assessment (EA) and similar methodologies are required by most multilateral and bilateral development agencies and a growing number of...

Cette etude presente les principaux resultats de la recherche surles facteurs qui entravent la scolarisation des filles en Afrique subsaharienne. Ces facteurs se classent en trois categories: les facteurs politiquess et institutionnels, les facteurs relatifs a l'environnement scolaire et les...

This study presents the results of the research by a team of experts working in the energy sector of Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union. The objective of the study is to identify successful policies and measures that were employed to address the problem of non-payments in the energy sector.

Public concern about the impacts of economic activity on the environment and human health has gradually drawn policymakers' attention to the need to establish an environmental management framework that can properly address these issues. Actual environmental management practices are determined by...

Desireux d'ameliorer l'allocation des ressources publiques et l'efficacite de leurs activites de developpement sectoriel, de plus en plus de pays entreprennent des programmes de developpement agricole portant sur l'ensemble du secteur ou d'un sous-secteur. Ce guide fournira aux decideurs, aux...