Improving Rural Mobility

Paul Starkey, Simon Ellis, John Hine, Anna Ternell

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 525
• Many inhabitants of rural areas in developing countries do not have adequate and affordable access to transport infrastructure services. Insufficient ... Lees meer

Energy from Biomass

Hubert E Stassen, Peter Quaak, Harrie Knoef

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 422
• While energy is essential for development, standard fossil fuels are often in short supply in countries where it is needed most. However, alternative ... Lees meer

The Development of Electricity Markets in the Euro-Mediterranean Area

Daniel Mmuller-Jentsch, Daniel Muller-Jentsch, Myilibrary

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 491
• Electricity markets world-wide are undergoing a transformation, as state-owned and vertically integrated monopolies are being replaced by competitive ... Lees meer

Commercial Management and Financing of Roads

Ian G Heggie, Pier Vickers

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 409
• In developing and transition economies, 60 to 80 percent of all passenger and freight transport moves by road--the main form of access for most rural ... Lees meer

Planning the Management, Operation, and Maintenance of Irrigation and Drainage Systems

International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 389
• This paper provides the basis for the preparation of manuals necessary for managers and staffs to perform needed activities at the proper time. The gu... Lees meer

Solid Waste Landfills in Middle- And Lower-Income Countries

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 426
• As cities grow and produce more waste, deciding where all the waste will go becomes a public health priority. Although many cities have reserved dumps... Lees meer

Urban Air Quality Management

Magda Lovei, Masami Kojima

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 508
• 'Urban Air Quality Management' examines the contribution of vehicles to urban air pollution which is a growing problem in many cities in developing co... Lees meer

District Energy Trends, Issues, and Opportunities

Gochenour Carolyn

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 493
• This report evaluates the history and development of district heating and district cooling, together referred to as district energy, in North America,... Lees meer

Design and Appraisal of Rural Transport Infrastructure

Jerry Lebo, Dieter Schelling

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 496
• This paper is part of a four-volume series of publications on rural transport promoted by the World Bank's Rural Transport Thematic Group under the ae... Lees meer

Agricultural Incentives in Sub-Saharan Africa

Robert Frederick Townsend

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 444
• The main focus of this study is on improving the policy regime in Africa to stimulate agricultural growth. It examines the state of agricultural incen... Lees meer

Evaluating Water Institutions and Water Sector Performance

R Maria Saleth

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 447
• Physical limits to fresh water expansion--an emerging reality in many parts of the world--make absolute water scarcity inevitable. The inability of th... Lees meer

Solar Pumping

Roy Barlow

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 168
• This is a practical handbook providing an introduction to the equipment, maintenance and operation of solar pumping systems. It identifies situations ... Lees meer

Roads and the Environment

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 376
• World Bank Technical Paper No. 376. Roads are agents of change and can be responsible for both benefits and damage to the existing balance between peo... Lees meer

Ukraine

Zvi Lerman, Csaba Csaki

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 459
• 'Restructuring has produced a definite favorable impact on labor relations and workers behavior in the reorganized farms. Managers of reorganized farm... Lees meer

Institutional Elements of Tax Design and Reform

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 539
• This book consists of a collection of papers that analyze the constraints on fiscal systems imposed by problems of institutions, administrations, and ... Lees meer

Measurement and Meaning

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 518
• Over the past decade, the World Bank has evolved its analysis and reporting on poverty to a multi-dimensional view which includes issues of social dis... Lees meer

Legal Impediments to Effective Rural Land Relations in Eca Countries

Roy Prosterman, Tim Hanstad

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 436
• 'Excessive concentration of land ownership, as is feared by many transition governments, has not been a feature of land markets where they have been a... Lees meer

Las Aguas Subterraneas En El Desarrollo Urbano

Adrian Lawrence, Brian Morris, Stephen Foster

• Paperback | Spaans | World Bank Technical Papers
• This paper highlights key urban groundwater issues and management needs. It also raises awareness and understanding of hydrogeological processes in ur... Lees meer

Setting Priorities for Environmental Management

Wendy Ayres, Kathleen Anderson, David Hanrahan

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 398
• Mining and industrial activities, if poorly managed, can damage the environment and leave behind contaminated soils, polluted groundwater, and waste m... Lees meer

Attacking Extreme Poverty

Quentin Wodon, The World Bank

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 502
• This book is comprised of a collection of essays on extreme poverty. It focuses on what it means to live in extreme poverty, how to reach the very poo... Lees meer

Groundwater in Urban Development

Adrian Lawrence, Brian Morris, Stephen Foster

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 390
• This paper highlights key urban groundwater issues and management needs. It also raises awareness and understanding of hydrogeological processes in ur... Lees meer

Comprehensive River Basin Development

Barbara A Miller, Richard B Reidinger

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 416
• The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in the United States represents one of the few successful examples of comprehensive river basin development. Esta... Lees meer

Options for Managing and Financing Rural Transport Infrastructure

Christina Malmberg Calvo

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 411
• In Sub-Saharan Africa, ineffective rural transport services present a major obstacle to economic and social development. Deciding who owns the roads, ... Lees meer

Institutional Frameworks in Successful Water Markets

Karin E Kemper, Manuel Marino

• Paperback | Engels | World Bank Technical Papers | nr. 427
• Water is increasingly recognized as a scarce resource that must be managed more efficiently than in the past. In addition to physical scarcity, the co... Lees meer