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11369: Why Have Trade Promotion Organizations Failed, and How Can They Be Revitalized?

Luc De Wulf

11368: Hurricane Mitch - The gender Effects of Coping and Crises

Maria Correia

11367: Petroleum Taxes: Trends in Fuel Taxes (and Subsidies) and the Implications

Robert Bacon

11366: Primary Health Services: Output-Based Contracting to Lift Performance in Romania

Cristian Vladescu and Silviu Radulescu

11365: Emission Control: Privatizing Vehicle Inspection and Reducing Fraud in Mexico City

Masami Kojima and Robert Bacon

11364: Abuses in Fuel Markets: How to Protect Consumers and Public Health

Masami Kojima and Robert Bacon

11363: Features and Functions of Supreme Audit Institutions

Rick Stapenhurst and Jack Titsworth

11362: Writing an Effective Anticorruption Law

Richard E. Messick and Rachel Kleinfeld

11361: Strengthening Peru's Tax Agency

Robert Taliercio and Michael Engelschalk

11360: Introducing a Value Added Tax: Lessons from Ghana

Emma Chapman

11359: International Experience with Civil Service Censuses

Edward Mountfield and Robert Beschel

11358: Public Hospitals: Options for Reform through Public-Private Partnerships

Rob Taylor and Simon Blair

11357: Unsolicited Proposals: Competitive Solutions for Private Infrastructure

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11356: Reforming the Courts: The Role of Empirical Research

Linn Hammergren

11355: Monitoring Fiscal Risks of Subnational Governments

Jun Ma and Hana Polackova

11354: Strengthening Legislatures: Implications from Industrial Countries

Richard E. Messick

11353: Implementing Anticorruption Programs in the Private Sector

Ronald E. Berenbeim and Jean-Francois Arvis

11352: Best Practices in Customs Reform - Lessons from Morocco

Luc De Wulf and Emile Finateau

11351: A Water Scorecard: Setting Performance Targets for Water Utilities

Nicola Tyman and Bill Kingdom

11350: Power Subsidies: A Reality Check on Subsidizing Power for Irrigation in India

Lucio Monari

11349: Vouchers for Health: Using Voucher Schemes for Output-Based Aid

Peter Sandiford, Anna Gorter and Micol Salvetto

11348: Currency Crises and Government Finances

Craig Burnside

11347: Multi-Utilities and Access: Can Private Multi-Utilities Help Expand Service to Rural Areas?

Sophie Tremolet

11346: Private Infrastructure

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11345: Financing Development Through Future-Flow Securitization

Dilip Ratha

11344: Using Information and Communications Technology to Reduce Poverty in Rural India

Simone Cecchini and Giovanna Prennushi

11343: Rural Water Service: Is a Private National Operator a Viable Business Model?

Sophie Tremolet

11342: Benchmarking Regulators: Making Telecom Regulators More Effective in the Middle East

Mohammad A. Mustafa

11341: Private Rural Power: Network Expansion Using an Output-Based Scheme in Guatemala

Clive Harris

11340: Community User Groups: Vehicles for Collective Action - or Personal Gain?

Ruth Aslop and Samantha Forusz

11339: Recent Trends in Lending for Civil Service Reform

Ranjana Mukherjee and Nick Manning

11338: Thailand's Hurdle Approach to Budget Reform

Geoffrey Dixon and Bill Dorotinsky

11337: Private Infrastructure: A Review of Projects with Private Participation, 1990–2001

Ada Karina Izaguirre

11336: Strengthening Oversight by Legislatures

Rick Stapenhurst and Nick Manning

11335: The Conflict Analysis Framework (CAF): Identifying Conflict-Related Obstacles to Development

Shonali Shardesai and Per Wam

11334: Institutional and Governance Reviews: A New Type of Economic Sector Work

Brian Levy and Nick Manning

11333: Colombia - Development and Peace in the Magdalena Medio Region

Jairo Arboleda and Elsie Garfield

11332: Lessons from Armenia's Institutional and Governance Review

Amitabha Mukherjee and David Shahzadeyan

11331: Conflict and Labor Markets in Manufacturing: The Case of Eritrea

World Bank

11330: Sustainable Telecenters: A Guide for Government Policy

Bjorn Wellenius

11329: Infrastructure Projects: A Review of Canceled Private Projects

Clive Harris, John Hodges and Michael Schur

11328: Private Infrastructure: Emerging Market Sponsors Dominate Private Flows

Ada Karina Izaguirre

11327: Why Worry About Tax Expenditure?

Zhicheng Li Swift and Carlos B. Cavalcanti

11326: The Economic and Social Costs of Armed Conflict in El Salvador

Humberto Lopez

11325: Tax Incentives: Using Tax Incentives to Attract Foreign Direct Investment

Jacques Morisset

11324: Performance-Based Budgeting: Beyond Rhetoric

Donald P. Moynihan

11323: Leapfrogging Technology: Cost-Effective Solution for Pollution in Developing Countries?

Masami Kojima

11322: Aid, Policy and Peace: Reducing the Risks of Civil Conflict

Ian Bannon

11321: Internet Access: Regulatory Levers for a Knowledge Economy

Mohammad A. Mustafa

11320: Participation in Public Expenditure Systems

Swarnim Wagle and Parmesh Shah

11319: Enabling Environments for Civic Engagement in PRSP Countries

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11318: Making Services Work for Poor People: The Role of Participatory Public Expenditure Management (PPEM)

World Bank

11317: Case Study 4 - Poland: Participation in Macroeconomic Policy Making and Reform

World Bank

11316: Case Study 3 - El Salvador: Participation in Macroeconomic Policy Making and Reform

World Bank

11315: Case Study 2 - Andhra Pradesh, India: Participation in Macroeconomic Policy Making and Reform

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11314: Case Study 1 - Ireland: Participation in Macroeconomic Policy Making and Reform

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11313: The Role of Civic Engagement and Social Accountability in the Governance Equation

World Bank

11312: Case Study 5 - Uganda: Participatory Approaches in Budgeting and Public Expenditure Management

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11311: Case Study 4 - Indonesia: Participatory Approaches in Budgeting and Public Expenditure Management

World Bank

11310: Case Study 3 - Gujarat, India: Participatory Approaches in Budgeting and Public Expenditure Management

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11309: Case Study 2 - Porto Alegre, Brazil: Participatory Approaches in Budgeting and Public Expenditure Management

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11308: Case Study 1 - Bangalore, India: Participatory Approaches in Budgeting and Public Expenditure Management

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11307: Participation in Public Expenditure Systems: Participation in Public Expenditure Systems

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11306: ‘Mind the Gap’: The World Bank, Humanitarian Action and Development—A Personal Account

Colin Scott and Ian Bannon

11305: Unsolicited Proposals: The Issues for Private Infrastructure Projects

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11304: Market Power: Airports - Vertical Integration between Airports and Airlines

Tomas Serebrisky

11303: Water Services in Chile: Comparing Private and Public Performance

Gabriel A. Bitrán and Eduardo P. Valenzuela

11302: Market Power: Ports - A Case Study of Post-Privatization Mergers

Lourdes Trujillo and Tomas Serebrisky

11301: Social Accountability and Public Voice through Community Radio Programming

World Bank

11300: Nigeria - Strategic Conflict Assessment: Methodology, Key Findings and Lessons Learnt

Sarah Lyons and Dirk Reinermann

11299: Financing Health Care: Singapore’s Innovative Approach

Rob Taylor and Simon Blair

11298: Franchising in Health: Emerging Models, Experiences, and Challenges in Primary Care

Jeff Ruster, Chiaki Yamamoto and Khama Rogo

11297: Water User Association Development in China: Participatory Management Practice under Bank-Supported Projects and Beyond

Zong-cheng Lin

11296: Financing and Aid Management Arrangements in Post-Conflict Settings

S. Schiavo-Campo

11295: Private Health: Policy and Regulatory Options for Private Participation

World Bank

11294: Exchange Rate Risk: Reviewing the Record for Private Infrastructure Contracts

Philip Gray and Timothy Irwin

11293: Minority Shareholders: What Works to Protect Shareholder Rights?

Mierta Capaul

11292: Social Assessment

Kathryn McPhail and Sue Jacobs

11291: Reforming Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in the Czech Republic

João do Carmo Oliveira and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

11290: Recent Bank Support for Civil Service Reconstruction in Post-Conflict Countries

Ranjana Mukherjee

11289: Mental Health and Conflict

Florence Baingana

11288: Reaching Effective Consensus: Monterrey and the Development Agenda

John Page and Todd Pugatch

11287: Estimating Financing Needs for Local Services in Madagascar

Wolfgang Fengler and Frank Borge Wietzke

11286: Exchange Rate Risk: Allocating Exchange Rate Risk in Private Infrastructure Projects

Philip Gray and Timothy Irwin

11285: Building Capacity in Post-Conflict Countries

Alastair J. McKechnie

11284: Building Capacity in Post-Conflict Countries

Alastair J. Mckechnie

11283: Conflict Prevention and Reconstruction

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11282: Salary Bonuses in Revenue Departments: Do They Work?

Luc De Wulf

11281: Social Change in Conflict-Affected Areas of Nepal

World Bank

11280: Colombia: The Role of Land in Involuntary Displacement

World Bank

11279: Redefining Corporate Social Risk Mitigation Strategies

Luc Zandvliet

11278: SMEs, Growth, and Poverty

Thorsten Beck and Asli Demirguc-Kunt

11277: Citizen Report Card Surveys: A Note on the Concept and Methodology

Swarnim Wagle, Janmejay Singh and Parmesh Shah

11276: Private Infrastructure: Activity Down by 30 Percent in 2002

World Bank

11275: Gender-Differentiated Impacts of Pension Reform

Alexandra van Selm

11274: Minimizing Negative Distributional Effects of Public Sector Downsizing

Susan Razzaz

11273: Output-Based Aid in Water: Lessons in Implementation from a Pilot in Paraguay

Franz Dress, Jordan Schwartz and Alexander Bakalian

11272: Regulating Utilities

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11271: The Impact of International Trade on Gender Equality

Gurushri Swamy

11270: Corporate Responsibility

World Bank