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Do No Harm
International Support for Statebuilding
Despite the best of intentions, donors can inadvertently undermine statebuilding processes. When the resources they deliver or the reforms they advocate weaken rather than strengthen the state’s decision- and policy-making functions, their efforts can do more harm than good. D...
(2009)
618 Reads
Transport Infrastructure...
This Round Table is one of a series of research events to discuss tools to improve transport planning. It addressed the macroeconomic effects of transport infrastructure policies, and aimed at identifying analytical and empirical tools that could determine the overall volume o...
(2007)
97 Reads
Long-Life Surfaces for B...
Long-life surfaces could substantially cut the costs of road works, including the delays they cause, especially on congested routes with heavy traffic. These surfaces use new materials that cost more than conventional asphalt and require special handling. This report presents ...
(2008)
9 Reads
Transport Infrastructure...
Options for Efficiency
Surface transport plays a fundamental role in nearly all social and economic activity. Providing and maintaining the infrastructure consumes enormous resources. Thus, it is essential that this be carried out in the most efficient and effective way possible. Many options are a...
(2008)
16 Reads
Intergovernmental Transf...
Lessons from Armenia, the Russian Federation and Ukraine
This report draws on three detailed case studiesfrom Armenia, the Russian Federation and Turkeyand on the experience of OECD countries to provide guidance on how transfers from central budgets to local authorities could be designed to finance environmental infrastructures in t...
(2006)
No Reads
Local Capital Markets fo...
Prospects in China, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and Ukraine
Transition and emerging economies have difficulties developing their financial markets to a level that would provide access to long-term debt finance at an affordable cost. This report examines opportunities beyond the public sector for financing water and other environmental ...
(2006)
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Transport Infrastructure...
Self-financing Road Maintenance and Construction
Much of the current policy debate has considered infrastructure charges as a form of “fiscal” instrument for managing transport demand. The Round Table analysed the opportunities for setting infrastructure service prices so that they also provide guidance for the supply of ser...
(2007)
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Enterprise Security for ...
Setting the Tone from the Top
_Enterprise Security for the Executive: Setting the Tone from the Top_ is designed to help business executives become familiar with security concepts and techniques to make sure they are able to manage and support the efforts of their security team. It is the first such wo...
(2009)
111 Reads
