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10568: Improving Municipal Management for Cities to Succeed

World Bank

10567: Creating Financial Infrastructure in a Large Transition Economy – Lessons from China’s New Credit Bureau

Prashan Paramanathan and Lin Huang

10566: Local Taxes, Regulations, and the Business Environment: Finding the Right Balance

Laurent Corthay

10565: Introducing the Value-Added Tax: Considerations for Implementation

Farid Tadros

10564: Tackling Corruption Through: Tax Administration Reform

Aminur Rahman

10563: Uganda - Country Assistance Evaluation, 2001-07

World Bank

10562: Capturing Results a Better Way: Eight Lessons in Productive Data Collection

Mustahid Hossain, Monira Firdouse and Deepak P. Adhikary

10561: Getting Universities to Adopt Corporate Governance - Not as Easy as It Looks!

Khawar Ansari

10560: Independent Evaluation of IFC’s Development Results 2009: Knowledge for Private Sector Development

World Bank

10559: National Planning Commission Arrangements

Joanna Watkins

10558: Leveraging the Supply Chain Development to Achieve Greater Impact in the Industry

Tetyana Korinna and Oksana Varodi

10557: Financial Innovation Drives Small Businesses

Paolo Spagnoletto

10556: Show Me the Money II: From Concept to Practice

Sanda Liepina, Sanwaree Sethi and Christopher Miller

10555: Injecting International Good Practices into Policy Reforms: The Importance of Study Tours

Yehia K. Eldozdar

10554: Art or Science? Measuring the Impact of Business Environment Reforms at the Subnational Level

Margo Thomas, Cesar Cordova-Novion and Ana Batic

10553: The Sun Rises on the Solar Sector

Reyaz A. Ahmad

10552: Helping Local SME Suppliers Survive the Global Economic Crisis: Lessons from Zambia

Peter Mwanza

10551: Reaching Out to Indigenous People in the Russian Far East

Natalia Buhonina

10550: Developing a Credit Reporting Framework in Kenya

Makena Mwiti

10549: Help Me To Help You: Strategies for Working Effectively with Governments

Kakhaber Kutchava and Maia Tevzadze

10548: Increasing Energy Efficiency in the Manufacturing Process in Bangladesh’s Re-Rolling Mills

Sheikh Hasan Iqbal Mohammed, Muhammad Ul Islam Taif and Mustahid Hossain

10547: Nepal Country Assistance Evaluation, 2003–08

World Bank

10546: Winning through Cross-Cutting: Breaking Down IFC Silos to Promote Access to Finance in Rural Bangladesh

Sayed Tarek Kamal, Mekhola Haque and Zaki Uz Zaman

10545: Ashta Hydropower—Turning a Doubtful Concept into a Technological Trailblazer

Martin Sobek

10544: Two Are Better Than One: Leveraging Resources across Advisory Business Lines

Arif Nasibov and Elbek Khodjaev

10543: Contingent Liability Risks from State-Owned Enterprises

World Bank

10542: New Needs for Technical Assistance: Responding to the Effects of the Financial Crisis on Private Participation in Infrastructure

James Leigland and Henry Russell

10541: Another Lost Decade? Effects of the Financial Crisis on Project Finance for Infrastructure

James Leigland and Henry Russell

10540: Private Participation in Transport: Lessons from Recent Experience in Europe and Central Asia

Carolina Monsalve

10539: How Effective Have Poverty and Social Impact Analyses Been?

World Bank

10538: Earnings Growth and Employment Creation: An Assessment of World Bank Support in Three Middle-Income Countries

World Bank

10537: The World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment — An Evaluation

World Bank

10536: Getting More from a Fiscal Stimulus

Theo Thomas

10535: Breaking New Ground: Lesotho Hospital Public-Private Partnership—A Model for Integrated Health Services Delivery

Carla Faustino Coelho and Catherine O'farrell

10534: Bangladesh Country Assistance Evaluation, 2001-08

World Bank

10533: Annual Review of Development Effectiveness 2009: Achieving Sustainable Development

World Bank

10532: Review of Public Investment Management Performance (PIMP) in an Economic Crisis

Tom Ferris and Theo Thomas

10531: Service Delivery Reviews in Canada and the U.K

World Bank

10530: Comparative Experiences with Functional Reviews and Alternative Service Delivery

World Bank

10529: Partnering for Water in Cote d'Ivoire: Lessons from 50 Years of Successful Private Operation

Philippe Marin, Eustache Ouayoro, Matar Fall and Richard Verspyck

10528: From Takeoff to Landing in Accrediting Corporate Governance Training Programs

Yehia El Husseiny

10527: Energy-Efficient Technologies Are Saving a Vital Industry in Bangladesh

Muhammad Taif Ul Islam, Rajeev Gopal and Mustahid Hossain

10526: Investment Promotion Essentials: What Sets the World’s Best Investment Facilitators Apart From the Rest

Celia Ortega and Carlos Griffin

10525: World Bank Engagement at the State Level: The Cases of Brazil, India, Nigeria and Russia

World Bank

10524: Delivering the Goods: Multi-Donor Approaches to Project Development and Funding

John Hodges

10523: Gender and Development: An Evaluation of World Bank Support, 2002–08

World Bank

10522: The Importance of Private Sector Development in Conflict-Affected Countries

Chris Bold

10521: Arms Length Bodies

Geoffrey Shepherd and Nick Manning

10520: Pay Policy Reform: Building a Foundation for Public Sector Performance Through Improved Public Sector Pay Policy by Using a "Single Pay Spine"

Malcolm Green

10519: Five Keys to Power Up a Private-Sector Participation Transaction: The Albanian Experience

Ariana Progri

10518: Bringing Reliable Electricity to Rural Areas of the Philippines

Art Cariaga, Jed A. Sevilla, Marianna Fernando-Pacua and William Trant Beloe

10517: Scaling Up Rural Water Supply Service in Benin: A Programmatic Approach and Budget Support

Christophe Prevost, Sylvestre Bea and Claude Leroy-Themeze

10516: Changing the Minds of Skeptics: How Strategic Communications Can Build Momentum for Tax Reform

Shaela Rahman

10515: Poverty Reduction Support Credits: An Evaluation of World Bank Support

World Bank

10514: Maryland’s StateStat: A State-level Performance Management System

Bill Dorotinsky and Joanna Watkins

10513: Options for Restraining the Wage Bill (While Preserving Essential Service Delivery)

Bill Dorotinsky, Nick Manning and Jeffrey Rinne

10512: Water and Development: World Bank Support, 1997-2007

World Bank

10511: Providing Incentives for Investment: Advice for policymakers in developing countries

Sebastian James

10510: PPI in Poor Countries: How to Increase Private Participation in Infrastructure Management and Investment

James Leigland

10509: Tax Compliance Cost Surveys: Using data to design targeted reforms

Jacqueline Coolidge

10508: Improving Performance: Foundations of Systemic Performance

Nick Manning

10507: Corporatizing a Water Utility: A Successful Case Using a Performance-Based Service Contract for ONEA in Burkina Faso

Philippe Marin, Matar Fall and Harouna Ouibiga

10506: Improving Water Services in a Post-Conflict Situation: The Case of the Management Contract in Kosovo

Philippe Marin, Josses Mugabi and Manuel Mariño

10505: Creating a Market Pull for Cleaner Production

Jigar Shah

10504: “The Crab Model”: Tips for Project Implementation at the Country Level

Christopher Hartwell

10503: Reforming Customs Clearance in Pakistan

Manzoor Ahmad

10502: Developing a Single Window to Facilitate Trade in Senegal

Ibrahima Diagne

10501: Managing Risk in Customs: Lessons from the New Zealand Customs Service

Rebecca Foley and Bruce Northway

10500: Ghana Leads West Africa in Transit Reform

Luc De Wulf

10499: Private Sector Participation in Urban Rail: Getting the Structure Right

Iain Menzies and Cledan Mandri-Perrott

10498: Non-monetary Awards for Public Sector Programs and Institutions: Survey of Selected International Experience

Joanna Watkins and Robert Beschel

10497: How to Drive a Peer-to-Peer Learning Event—from the Backseat

Penelope Brook and Penelope Fidas

10496: Incorporating Gender Activities into Cotton Lending Project Design: High Impact at Reasonable Cost

Raiomand Billimoria, Adkham Ergashev, Muhayyo Nosirova and Ziyoda Kurbanova

10495: Automating the Control of Goods in International Transit: Implementing the TIM in Central America

Alvaro Sarmiento, Krista Lucenti and Aurelio Garcia

10494: Getting Everybody to the Table: The Negotiation Process for the Regional Trade Facilitation Project in the Western Balkans

Lazar Ristic

10493: From Burdens to Brownie Points: From “Have To’s” to “Want To’s” to Combat Climate Change

Rob Pearlman

10492: Breaking Up the Logjam: Automated Customs Risk Management System Implementation in Georgia

Natalia Beruashvili and Olin Mcgill

10491: Designing Market Transformation Projects for the Base of the Pyramid: The Lighting Africa Program

Lindsay Madeira, Patrick Avato and Arthur Itotia Njagi

10490: SME Solutions Center—Kenya: Developing Alternative Financing Solutions for Small and Medium Enterprises

Kiragu Maina, Scholastica Butoyi and Nkatha Michira

10489: Adapting to Climate Change in Bangladesh: Stress Tolerant Seeds for Stress-Prone Regions

Anika Ali and Mrinal Sircar

10488: Success Factors in Microfinance Greenfielding

Tor Jansson

10487: GEDOEL: A Powerful Regional Trade Facilitation Tool

Fernando Barragan and Ana Escalante

10486: Mozambique Country Program Evaluation, 2001-08

World Bank

10485: Taxing Tourism in Developing Countries: Principles for Improving the Investment Climate Through Simple, Fair, and Transparent Taxation

Laurent Corthay and Jan Loeprick

10484: Using Taxation to Enable a Fair and Thriving Mining Industry

Farid Tadros and Kristina Svensson

10483: Water Operators from Emerging Markets: New Players for Public-Private Partnerships

Philippe Marin, Ada Karina Izaguirre and Alexander Danilenko

10482: Internal Delegation Contracts for Water in Uganda: An Innovative Approach to Establishing a Successful Public Utility

Philippe Marin, William Muhairwe, Silver Mugisha and Josses Mugabi

10481: Cost-Benefit Analysis in World Bank Projects

World Bank

10480: More Synergy with Less Energy: A Partnership Approach to Achieving Results in Financial Infrastructure

Taha Rafi and Oscar Maddedu

10479: How to Maximize IFC’s Development Impact, Play a Catalytic Role, and Strengthen Collaboration with Other Institutions: The Joint IFI Action Plan for Central and Eastern Europe

Jean-Marie Masse, Andrea Engel and Denis Nakagaki

10477: Overview of Public Sector Performance Assessment Processes in Japan

Miki Matsuura, Joanna Watkins and William Dorotinsky

10476: Sowing Seeds on the Beautiful Journey in 10 Cities: Improving Corporate Governance Practices among Chinese Companies by Strengthening Local Capacity for CG Consulting Services

Min Liu

10475: Does Linking Teacher Pay to Student Performance Improve Results?

World Bank

10474: Do Scholarships Help Students Continue Their Education?

World Bank

10473: Promoting Sanitation Markets at the Bottom of the Pyramid in Peru: A Win-Win Scenario for Government, the Private Sector, and Communities

Malva Rosa Baskovich

10472: Sanitation Market Development: A Head Start for Healthier Living

Rokeya Ahmed

10471: Watch Out for Potholes on the Exit Ramp! Experiences from the IFC Against AIDS Program

Lovemore Mhuriyengwe

10470: Dealing with Informality in Water Supply Services in Indonesia

Deviariandy Setiawan

10469: Making Insurance Markets Work for Farmers in India

Olivier Mahul and Niraj Verma

10468: Helping Small Water Utilities Become Bankable

Leila H. Elvas