The World Bank Research Program 2000 : Abstracts of Current Studies
The World Bank research program seeks to improve the design of Bank-financed projects, and programs to increase the effectiveness of aid, and improve recognition of emerging problems, in a responsive manner to crises. Moreover, this program support...
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/09/1561480/abstracts-current-studies-world-bank-research-program-2000 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13970 |
| Summary: | The World Bank research program seeks to
improve the design of Bank-financed projects, and programs
to increase the effectiveness of aid, and improve
recognition of emerging problems, in a responsive manner to
crises. Moreover, this program supports policy-oriented
research in developing, and transition economies, by
assisting in the development of research capacity in member
countries, as well as improving the Bank's own advisory
role capacity. The report is the annual compendium of
current Bank research (FY00), with abstracts covering 173
research projects, grouped as follows: 1) poverty, and
social welfare, including equity, demographics, and
health/nutrition; 2) education and labor markets; 3)
environmentally sustainable development, including energy,
agriculture, natural resources, and environmental economics;
4) infrastructure, and urban development; 5) macroeconomics,
including adjustment, monetary, and fiscal policy; 6)
international economics, including debt, trade, and finance;
7) domestic finance, and capital markets; 8) transition
economies; and, 9) private sector development, and public
sector management, including regulation, institutions,
privatization, political economy, and industrial
organization. The appendix lists reports, and publications
produced from Bank research. |
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