This book grew out of the Global Issues seminars and is itself a testament to that two-way dialogue: the suggestion to compile the speakers' lecture notes into a book came from the students themselves...
This paper is an update of previous World Bank reports, and the rationale and activities are consistent with the World Bank's "Environment Strategy: Making Sustainable Commitments" and the World Bank's...
Watson,Crawford和Farley考查了科学技术在减轻贫困和经济发展中发挥作用的方式,以及这些题目在世界银行工作的各个领域中受到的重视或冷遇。其论文的重点是目前已经相当成熟的论点,即一个国家的发展将越来越依赖它利用符合自己的文化、期望和发展水平的方式来掌握、解释、选择、适应、使用、传播、扩散、产生和商业化科技知识的能力。作者越过这一主旨,分析了科学技术对具体部门内发展的重要意义。他们提出了发展中国家提高科技体制效率的政策性选择,回顾了世界银行和其它捐赠机构以往在支持科技开发方面的经验,并提出了世界银行及其伙伴在提高目前科技开发工作的影响方面可以进行的改革。作者的要点是:...
The fall issue of the annual review on the environment highlights the World Bank's work in FY98 in the promotion of sustainable use of resources. Each operational region and the International Finance Corporation...
This fall issue of the annual review on the environment looks back on the World Bank's environmental work in the fiscal year 1997, and highlights the upcoming challenges and opportunities. The lead article...