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11769: Railways in Development: Global Round-Up 1996-2005

Paul Amos and Lou Thompson

11768: Railways in Development: Global Round-Up 1996-2005

Paul Amos and Lou Thompson

11767: If on-the-Job Trraining is So Important to Competitiveness, Why isn't There a Better Market for It

Reyes Aterido

11766: Management Information Systems in Social Safety Net Programs: A Look at Accountability and Control Mechanisms

Colin Andrews

11765: The Effects of Globalization on Working Conditions in Developing Countries: An Analysis Framework and Country Study Results

Ruwan Jayasuriya

11764: India's Water Economy: Bracing for a Turbulent Future

Fernando Ruiz-Mier and Meike van Ginneken

11763: Consumers Count: How Water and Sanitation Utilities Can Become More Accountable to Their Users

Mike Muller, Robin Simpson and Meike van Ginnekan

11762: Public Private Partnerships in Irrigation Development and Management

Salah Darghouth

11761: Town Water Supply and Sanitation: Challenges, Solutions, and Guidelines

Nick Pilgrim, Bob Roche, John Kalbermatteni, Cathy Revels and Mukami Kariuki

11760: Improving the Performance of China’s Urban Water Utilities

Greg J. Browder, Shiqing Xie, Yoonhee Kim, Lixin Gu, Mingyuan Fan and David Ehrhardt

11759: Sink or Swim—Toward Water Security for All

World Bank

11758: Managing Water Resources to Maximize Sustainable Growth: A World Bank Water Resources Assistance Strategy for Ethiopia

Claudia Sadoff

11757: Regulatory Frameworks for Water Resources Management: A Comparative Study

Salman M.A. Salman and Daniel D. Bradlow

11756: Republic of Yemen Country Water Resources Assistance Strategy

World Bank

11755: Economic Regulation of Urban Water and Sanitation Services

David Ehrhardt, Eric Groom, Jonathan Halpern and Seini O'Connor

11754: Understanding Demand When Reforming Water Supply and Sanitation: A Case Study from Sri Lanka

Subhrendu Pattanayak, Caroline van den Berg, Jui-Chen Yang and Herath Gunatilake

11753: Reducing Water Loss in Developing Countries Using Performance-Based Service Contracting

William D. Kingdom, Roland Liemberger and Philippe Marin

11752: Engaging Local Private Operators in Water Supply and Sanitation Services

Thelma Triche, Sixto Requeno and Mukami Kariuki

11751: Consumer Cooperatives for Delivery of Urban Water and Sanitation Services

Fernando Ruiz-Mier and Meike van Ginneken

11750: Aggregation of Water and Sanitation Provision: Finding the Optimal Scale for Operations

World Bank

11749: Groundwater in Rural Development: Facing the Challenges of Supply and Resource Sustainability

Stephen Foster, John Chilton, Marcus Moench, Franklin Cardy and Manuel Schiffler

11748: Groundwater in Urban Development: Assessing Management Needs & Formulating Policy Strategies

Stephen Foster, Adrian Lawrence and Brian Morris

11747: The Niger River Basin: A Vision for Sustainable Management

Inger Andersen, Ousmane Dione, Martha Jarosewich-Holder, Jean-Claude Olivry and Katherin George Golitzen

11746: Pakistan’s Water Economy: Running Dry

John Briscoe and Usman Qamar

11745: Water, Electricity, and the Poor: Who Benefits from Utility Subsidies?

Kristin Komives, Vivien Foster, Jonathan Halpern, Quentin Wodon and Roohi Abdullah

11744: Assessment of Road Funds in South Asia Region

Jean-Noel Guillossou and Natalya Stankevich

11743: Unemployment Insurance Simulation Model (UISIM)

Jean Fares and Milan Vodopivec

11742: Minimum Wages in Developing Countries: Helping or Hurting Workers?

Katherine Terrell and Rita Almeida

11741: High Labour Intensive (HIMO) Public Works in Madagascar: Issues and Policy Options

Anna Maria Milazzo

11740: Social Safety Nets in World Bank Lending and Analytical Work: FY2002–2007

Colin Andrews

11739: Levels and Patterns of Safety Net Spending in Developing and Transition Countries

Colin Andrews

11738: Protecting the Quality of Public Water-Supply Sources: A Guide for Water Utilities, Municipal Authorities, and Environmental Agencies

Stephen Foster, Richardo Hirata, Daniel Gomes, Monica D'Elia and Marta Paris

11737: Deterring Corruption and Improving Governance in the Urban Water & Sanitation Sector

Jonathan Halpern, Charles Kenny, Eric Dickson, David Erhardt and Chloe Oliver

11736: Climate Variability and Water Resources in Kenya: The Economic Cost of Inadequate Management

Hezron Mogaka, Samuel Gichere, Richard Davis and Rafik Hirji

11735: Lessons for Managing Lake Basins: Measuring Good Governance

Rafik Hirji

11734: Poverty Analysis in Agricultural Water Operations of the World Bank

Salah Darghouth, Christopher Ward, Price Gittinger, Julienne Roux and Animesh Srivastava

11733: Improving Water Security for Sustaining Livelihoods and Growth in Tanzania

Rafik Hirji, Richard Davis and Francis Ato Brown

11732: Key Topics in Public Water Utility Reform

Meike van Ginneken and Bill Kingdom

11731: Managing Lakes and Lake Basins for Sustainable Use

World Bank

11730: Rural Watershed Management: The Power of Integration

Salah Darghouth, Christopher Ward, Gretel Gambarelli, Erika Styger and Julienne Roux

11729: Toward Cleaner, Cheaper Power: Streamlined Licensing of Hydroelectric Projects in Brazil

World Bank

11728: Competition or Cooperation? A New Era for Agricultural Water Management

Christopher Ward, Salah Darghouth, Gayane Minasyan and Gretel Gambarelli

11727: Handwashing Programs for Better Hygiene

World Bank

11726: Monitoring and Evaluating Agricultural Water Management Projects: Better Tools for Better Results

World Bank

11725: Securing Water for Agriculture: A Guide to Investment Decisions

World Bank

11724: Guiding Principles for Successful Reforms of Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sectors

Alain R. Locussol and Matar Fall

11723: Public-Private Partnerships to Reform Urban Water Utilities in Western and Central Africa

Matar Fall, Philippe Marin, Alain Locussol and Richard Verspyck

11722: Addressing China’s Water Scarcity

Jian Xie

11721: Making the Most of Scarcity: Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa

World Bank

11720: Post-Construction Support and Sustainability in Community-Managed Rural Water Supply

Alexander Bakalian and Wendy Wakeman

11719: Environmental Health and Child Survival

World Bank

11718: How to Make Public Works Work: A Review of the Experiences

Kalanidhi Subbarao, Carlo del Ninno and Annamaria Milazzo

11717: Addressing the Employment Effects of the Financial Crisis: The Role of Wage Subsidies and Reduced Work Schedules

David Robalino and Arup Banerji

11716: Planning and Implementation of Road Use Charging: Options and Guidelines

Oh Jung Eun, Svetlana Vukanovic and Christopher R. Bennett

11715: Globalization, Wages and the Quality of Jobs: Lessons for Policy Makers

World Bank

11714: The Impact of Non-Wage Benefits on Job Quality and Labor Market Outcomes in the Developing World: What Do We Know?

Brooke Helppie and Mario Macis

11713: A Practicioner's Guide to Evaluating the Impacts of Labor Market Programs

Emla Fitzsimons and Marcos Vera-Hernandez

11712: Global Scaling Up Handwashing Project: Insights from Designing a Handwashing Station for Rural Vietnamese Households

World Bank

11711: Improving Local Roads and Creating Jobs through Rapid Response Projects: Lessons from Armenia Lifeline Roads Improvement Project

Satoshi Ishihara and Christopher R. Bennett

11710: Global Scaling Up Handwashing Project: Emergent Learning About Learning

World Bank

11709: Improving Secondary and Local Roads in Albania: Lessons from a Programmatic Approach

Martin Humphreys, Artan Guxho and Satoshi Ishihara

11708: Geohazard Management in the Transport Sector

Stephen Muzira, Martin Humphreys and Wolfhart Pohl

11707: Benchmarking Local Government Performance on Rural Sanitation: Learning from Himachal Pradesh, India

World Bank

11706: Public-Private Partnerships for Urban Water Utilities: A Review of Experiences in Developing Countries

World Bank

11705: Environmental Flows in Water Resources Policies, Plans, and Projects - Part 1: Findings and Recommendations and Part 2: Case Studies

World Bank

11704: Making a Large Irrigation Scheme Work: A Case Study from Mali

World Bank

11703: Overcoming Drought in India: Adaptation Strategies for the State of Andhra Pradesh

World Bank

11702: Directions In Hydropower: Scaling up for Development

World Bank

11701: Template for Assessing the Governance of Public Water Supply and Sanitation Service Providers: A Tool for Understanding Water System Effectiveness

Alain Locussol and Meike van Ginneken

11700: Using a Private Operator to Establish a Corporatized Public Water Utility: The Management Contract for Johannesburg Water

World Bank

11699: Global Scaling Up Handwashing Project: Involving Men in Handwashing Behavior Change Interventions in Senegal

World Bank

11698: Global Scaling Up Sanitation Project: Training and Capacity Building to Scale Up Rural Sanitation

World Bank

11697: Ecological Sanitation: Social Factors Impacting Use of EcoSan in Rural Indonesia

Martin Albrecht, Isabel Blackett and Ikabul Arianto

11696: Climate Change and Urban Water Utilities: Challenges and Opportunities

Eric Dickson, Alexander Danilenko and Michael Jacobsen

11695: Strategic Environmental Assessment: Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making

World Bank

11694: Tanzania - Public Expenditure Review (PER) of the Water Sector

World Bank

11693: Research on the Sustainability of Rural Sanitation Marketing in Vietnam

World Bank

11692: Peru: A Handwashing Behavior Change Journey

World Bank

11691: Senegal: A Handwashing Behavior Change Journey

World Bank

11690: Active Labor Market Programs for Youth: A Framework to Guide Youth Employment Interventions

Maria Laura Sanchez-Puerta, Wendy Cunningham and Alice Wuermli

11689: Output-Based Aid and Sustainable Sanitation

World Bank

11688: Utilizing Community-Based Registers to Monitor Improved Access to Sanitation and Hygiene in Tanzania

World Bank

11687: The Hard Way to the High Road: Transition of Community-based Water Groups to Professional Service Providers in Indonesia

Jemima Sy

11686: Natural Disasters: What is the Role for Social Safety Nets?

Edward Clay

11685: Learning by Doing: Working at Scale in Ethiopia

World Bank

11684: World Bank Gender Transport Surveys: An Overview

Julie Babinard

11683: Tanzania: A Handwashing Behavior Change Journey

World Bank

11682: Vietnam: A Handwashing Behavior Change Journey for the Caretakers’ Program

World Bank

11681: Using Credit Ratings to Improve Water Utility Access to Market Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Rajesh Advani

11680: Behavioral Determinants of Handwashing with Soap Among Mothers and Caretakers: Emergent Learning from Senegal and Peru

World Bank

11679: Privatization by Capitalization: The Case of Bolivia - A Popular Participation Recipe for Cash-Starved SOEs

Andrew Ewing and Susan Goldmark

11678: Developing Long-Term Finance in Emerging Markets: Using Bank Debentures - Lessons from Japan

Masakazu Watanabe

11677: Franchising and Privatization

Antony Dnes

11676: Cash Constraints and Credit Corsets: The Chimera of Interenterprise Credit

Timothy Condon and S. Ramachandran

11675: International Power Interconnections: Moving from Electricity Exchange to Competitive Trade

J. P. Charpentier and K. Schenk

11674: The Power of Collateral: How Problems in Securing Transections Limit Private Credit from Movable Property

Heywood Fleisig

11673: The Right to Borrow: Legal and Regulatory Barriers that Limit Access to Credit by Small Farms and Businesses

Heywood Fleisig

11672: Competitive Contracting for Privately Generated Power: What to Do in the Absence of Competition in the Market

Robert Bacon

11671: Fiscal Systems for Oil: The Government "Take" and Competition for Exploration Investment

Chakib Khelil

11670: Gender Issues in Participation

World Bank