Cities in transition : World bank urban a. local government strategy. - [Washington] : World bank, [2000]. - VIII,157p. : ill. ; 24cm.см.. - Bibliogr. in the text notes. - ISBN 0-8213-4591-5 : [10L.][MFN: 14011]
Summary: The exercise of preparing a new urban and local government strategy for the World Bank began in late 1997 as a cross-sectoral, cross-network effort coordinated by the urban Anchor and urban Partnership in the transition, water, and Urban development department
Governance impact on private investment : Evidence from the Intern. patterns of infrastructure Bond Risk Pricing / Nina B. Bubnova. - Washington : World Bank, [2000]. - XIV, 79 p. : tab. ; 28 cm.см.. - (World Bank technical paper ; No. 488). - ISBN 0-8213-4818-3 : [10 L.][MFN: 14016]
Summary: This paper uses international cross-series infrastructure bond risk premium and credit rating history data from the past decade to examine the factors that influence investor risk perceptions and that inflate the cost of borrowing for essential infrastructure
Rural development strategy : Eastern Europe a. Centr. Asia / Csaba Csaki, Laura Tuck. - Washington : World Bank, [2000]. - XI, 46 p. : fig. ; 28 cm.см.. - (World bank technical ; No. 484). - ISBN 0-8213-4809-4 : [10 L.][MFN: 14017]
Summary: This paper summarizes the World Bank assistance strategy for rual development in the ECA region. The rural sector includes the people; economic development activities;institutional, economic and social infrastructure and natural resources in rural areas and is thus not confined to agriculture
Summary: The World bank is a development institution whose mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results. It provides loans, policy advice, technical assistance and knowledge-sharing services, to reduce poverty and improve living standards for people in the developing world
From commissars to Mayors : Gities in the transition aconomies / Robert Buckley, Federico Mini. - Washington : World Bank, [2000]. - IV, 35 p. : fig. ; 28 cm.см.. - (A World free of poverty). - Bibliogr.: p.29-30. - ISBN 0-8213-4805-1 : [10L.][MFN: 14019]
Summary: The incidence of urban poverty is higghest in seconndary cities of the ECA region