Procurement And Disbursement Manual For Projects With Community Participation

Author : Gita Gopal
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821334921

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Procurement and Disbursement Manual for Projects with Community Participation by Gita Gopal Pdf

Draws on the experience of Bulgaria to study the problems encountered in financing government operations in the transition economies. This report describes Bulgaria's experience in addressing external shocks to its economy and large declines in the ratio of tax revenues to GDP. The book provides broad coverage of the problems many other governments face in transforming their systems of taxation in the transition to a market economy. Chapters discuss taxation and incentives, government and households, indirect taxation, and financing of social expenditures. Attention is also drawn to the implementation of a value-added tax and to policies on fuel taxes. The report facilitates an understanding of the differences between actual and optimal policies as governments seek to establish a framework for resolving their budgetary problems in the transition.

Author : Gita Gopal,Alexandre Marc
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : World Bank
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016444353

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World Bank-financed Projects with Community Participation by Gita Gopal,Alexandre Marc Pdf

Author : Deepa Narayan-Parker,Katrinka Ebbe
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821340190

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Design of Social Funds by Deepa Narayan-Parker,Katrinka Ebbe Pdf

Annotation World Bank Discussion Paper No. 375.Social funds have proved to be important instruments for reaching the poor using community-based strategies. Yet, while there have been innovations in the design of these funds, the projects are much less participatory and demand-oriented than is commonly believed. This paper examines the extent to which social fund subprojects are designed to support community participation, demand orientation, and investment in local organizational capacity to achieve sustainability at the community level.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0821343335

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Hard Lessons by Anonim Pdf

Education is a basic condition for economic and social development. Working in conjunction with the National Primary Education Commission, the World Bank supported consultations among teachers, parents, educational administrators, and community leaders to develop a strong foundation for primary education in Nigeria. The innovative work documented in this publication illustrates the potential not only for partnership between the users and providers of primary education but also between the World Bank and its clients.

Author : Thomas B. Wiens,Maurizio Guadagni
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821342290

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Designing Rules for Demand-driven Rural Investment Funds by Thomas B. Wiens,Maurizio Guadagni Pdf

The demand-driven rural investment fund (DRIF) is a new mechanism for decentralizing decisionmaking authority and financial resources to local governments and communities to use for investments of their choice. To counteract the local government's weak capacity to choose and implement projects well, central governments have often constrained the choices of communities by limiting the types of projects eligible for financing and requiring specific procedures for procurement and disbursement. This study explores the extent to which well-designed DRIF rules and incentive structures can substitute for central control. It looks at the different and often conflicting motivations of donors, central governments, and communities and explores how rules can be devised to allow actors to achieve their objectives.

Author : Stephen P. Jones
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821340255

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Sector Investment Programs in Africa by Stephen P. Jones Pdf

South Asia has made much progress in deregulation and liberalization in the 1990s, but it still remains one of the least integrated regions in the world. However, this general trend masks wide disparities among South Asian nations: the larger economies tend to be more highly protected, with low import penetration rates, while the smaller economies are relatively more open. If the current reform program continues, the benefits of liberalization will translate into higher growth. This report reviews the regions economic performance from an international perspective and the steps taken to increase integration, especially in terms of financial integration (increased foreign direct investment, portfolio and capital flows) and regional integration (intra-regional trade, regional arrangements). Chapters also discuss the economic outlook for the region and prospects for South Asian exports such as textiles and clothing.

Author : Nat J. Colletta,Markus Kostner,Ingo Wiederhofer
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 0821336746

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Case Studies in War-to-peace Transition by Nat J. Colletta,Markus Kostner,Ingo Wiederhofer Pdf

World Bank Discussion Paper No. 331. With the assistance of Emilio Mondo, Taimi Sitari, and Tadesse A. Woldu. Provides a detailed analysis of the intricate nature of the political, economic, and sociocultural issues that arise during the transition from war to peace in Ethiopia, Namibia, and Uganda. These countries offer a unique range of conditions and program models, as well as a variety of successes and failures from which to learn. A recently released overview, The Transition from War to Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa (Stock no. 13581; ISBN 0-8213-3581-2), is based on these country studies and a synthesis of reports of demobilization and reintegration programs in several other countries.

Author : 'Ladipo Adamolekun,Guy de Lusignan,Armand Atomate
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821339109

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Civil Service Reform in Francophone Africa by 'Ladipo Adamolekun,Guy de Lusignan,Armand Atomate Pdf

The world's financial markets are rapidly integrating into a single global marketplace, and developing countries are being drawn into this process starting from different points and moving at various speeds. Those with adequate institutions and sound policies in place may proceed smoothly along the road toward financial integration and gain the many benefits that integration can bring. Most of the developing economies lack many of the necesssary prerequisites for such a move; a few are so unprepared that integration may do them more harm than good. Developing countries may have little choice about whether to follow this path'advances in communications and new developments in finance have made the course inevitable'but they may still choose the ways in which they proceed, choosing the policies that benefit the economy and averting potential shocks. This World Bank report looks at the important challenges both sets of countries face in a new age of global capital. The book presents new and compelling evidence that, while low interest rates in industrial countries provided an initial impetus to the surge in private capital flows during 1989-93, these flows have entered a new phase, driven by increased financial integration . The report analyzes the causes and effects of integration, with a particular emphasis on how developing countries in the nascent stages of integration can learn from the experiences of the more rapidly integrating developing countries.

Author : Ernest Aryeetey
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821338617

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Financial Market Fragmentation and Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa by Ernest Aryeetey Pdf

FIAS Occasional Paper No. 9. Many developing countries have made dramatic progress in promoting private sector participation in their infrastructure sectors, especially with the help of foreign investors. However, this has not been the case in Southern and Eastern Africa, which have been perceived as relatively unattractive locations for investment. This paper describes the state of infrastructure in the region, takes stock of actual and potential projects in the various sectors, and analyzes the main impediments to private investment in the region's infrastructure services.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0821340298

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Listening to Farmers by Anonim Pdf

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Author : Venkatachalam Venkatesan,Jacob Kampen
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0821342592

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Evolution of Agricultural Services in Sub-Saharan Africa by Venkatachalam Venkatesan,Jacob Kampen Pdf

This paper traces the evolution of World Bank support to agricultural services, particularly agricultural extension and research in Sub-Saharan Africa. It describes the Bank's experience with the implementation of national programs in agricultural extension and research and how these are evolving to face the problems of the future. The paper concludes that participation of the beneficiaries in the design and implementation of programs is critical and will ensure the programs' convergence towards rural development.

Author : Amy Jo Reinhold
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0821339680

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Review of Early Childhood Policy and Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa by Amy Jo Reinhold Pdf

The collaborative efforts of ColombiaA's Department of National Planning (DNP) and the World Bank has produced the National Evaluation System of Public Sector Performance (SYNERGY). Put in place by the Special Division for Evaluation in DNP, this system has been designed and implemented to change the public sector from an inward-looking, process-oriented body (which sometimes restrains economic and social progress) into a more dynamic, results-oriented partner of the community and private sector in development. This report explores the critical factors in making SYNERGY a successful evaluation system. Such factors include ways of making it an effective management tool, promoting civil society participation by focusing on results for people and leveraging on their energy and resource, defining a constructive learning process for implementation, and providing an enabling environment for a results-oriented public sector.

Author : Susan Stout
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0821338811

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Evaluating Health Projects by Susan Stout Pdf

This book explores the wave of decentralization that has swept through Latin America and the projected institutional changes within the governments in the region. Although it notes the ways in which decentralization implies a critique of past governing patterns, the emphasis is on such potential consequences of governmental change as the strengthening of democratic participation in government and the improvement of local public service. The book draws upon institutional experiments carried out at the state level to examine which decentralization strategies work best in Latin America. It is organized around three major requirements for the success of decentralization: * Establishing the national fiscal framework * Moving government closer to the people * Improving municipal service delivery. Tables illustrate the shift of revenues and expenditures from central authorities to intermediate levels of government.

Author : Tim Campbell
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 082133882X

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Innovations and Risk Taking by Tim Campbell Pdf

Annotation World Bank Discussion Paper No. 357.Decentralization and democratization in the Latin America and the Caribbean region have produced a wave of innovations on the local government level--upgrading professional staffs, raising taxes and user fees, delivering better services, and mobilizing participation in public choice-making. This paper documents five cases of best practices at the local level, focusing on innovations in Mendoza, Argentina; Curitiba, Brazil; Cali, Colombia; Manizales, Colombia; and Tijuana, Mexico. A the central message of the paper is that by supporting creation and adoption of best practice, donors can enjoy a cost-effective impact in achieving the next stages of reform in the region, but that work must be done at the local level.

Author : Dermot Gately,Shane S. Streifel
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821338919

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The Demand for Oil Products in Developing Countries by Dermot Gately,Shane S. Streifel Pdf

World Bank Discussion Paper No. 354. Promoting a high savings rate is high on the World Bank's agenda for promoting national income growth. This study surveys broad saving trends worldwide, summarizes current knowledge about savings and consumption, identifies main unresolved issues, and outlines the major policy questions to be researched. The paper include case studies from Sub-Saharan Africa, China, Colombia, India, Mexico, and Pakistan.