Electronic finance : a new approach to financial sector development? by Claessens, Stijn

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Executive summary -- The recent past and possible future of electronic finance -- The new world of financial services -- Changes needed in financial sector policies -- E-finance applications - and implications for government -- Annexes: Annex 1: Data sources and methodology for the projections -- Annex 2: Recent reports by international e-finance working groups -- Annex 3: Types of online trading systems -- Annex 4: Selected smart card projects in emerging markets and developing countries -- Annex 5: Selected e-finance examples in emerging markets and developing countries -- E-finance web links -- References -- Bibliographical note -- Tables -- Figures -- Boxes.…”

The financing of education in Brazil : with special reference to the North, Northeast and Center-West regions by Soares, Sergei

Financing government in the transition : Bulgaria. The political economy of tax policies, tax bases, and tax evasion /

Table of Contents: “…The introduction of the value-added tax in Bulgaria / Zeljko Bogetic and Julia Varga -- 6. Financing social expenditures: 12. Social insurance and social assistance / Louise Fox -- 13. …”

Law, politics, and finance / by Beck, Thorsten

Assessing development finance institutions : a public interest analysis by Yaron, Jacob

Commercial management and financing of roads / by Heggie, Ian Graeme

Financing of private hydropower projects by Head, Chris

Table of Contents: “…Background -- 2. Issues in the financing of hydro projects -- 3. Regulatory background and concession arrangements -- 4. …”

Design issues in rural finance by Sacay, Orlando J

Table of Contents: “…Guidelines in designing successful rural finance projects -- Notes -- Annex: List of projects studied…”

Development financing during a crisis : securitization of future receivables by Ketkar, Suhas

Chile : subnational government finance by Vetter, David

Choices in financing health care and old age security : proceedings of a conference sponsored by the Institute of Policy Studies, Singapore, and the World Bank, November 8, 1997 /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Keynote address / Yeo Cheow Tong -- Health care for aging populations: issues and options / Jacques van der Gaag and Alexander Preker -- International comparison of medical savings accounts / Nicholas Prescott and Len M Nichols -- Financing health care in old age: a case study of Singapore / Kai Hong Phua and Yap Mui Teng -- Comment / Choong May Ling -- Social security financing policies and rapidly aging populations / Aviva Ron -- New models for old age security: experiments, evidence and unanswered questions / Estelle James -- Financial security in old age: a case study of Singapore / Linda Low and Aw Tar Choon -- Comment / Lim Han Soon, Aw Tar Choon -- Comment / Lin Han Soon -- Comment / Tom Snyder.…”

The changing nature of export credit finance and its implications for developing countries by Cizauskas, Albert C

Institutional change and effective financing of agricultural research in Latin America by Echeverría, Rubén G

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Abstract -- Acronyms -- Summary -- Introduction -- The economic and institutional environment for NARS in the 1990s -- Public-and private- sector funding and execution of research: key concepts -- Alternative financing mechanisms -- Perspectives for the year 2000 and beyond -- References -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2…”

World debt tables 1993-94 : external finance for developing countries /

Does financial liberalization relax financing constraints on firms? / Luc Laeven by Laeven, Luc, Banco Mundial

Financing health care in Sub-Saharan Africa through user fees and insurance by Shaw, R Paul

Table of Contents: “…User fees: The goals of user fees -- Ability and willingness to pay -- The tradeoff between price and quality -- Exemption policies -- Administration and collection of fees -- Conclusions and recommendations -- 2. Self-financing health insurance: Risk sharing: how did it evolve? …”

Argentina : revitalizing the Tucuman economy : a note prepared by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation

Financing small-scale industry and agriculture in developing countries. The merits and limitations of commercial policies by Anderson, Dennis, Khambata, Farida

Electronic safety and soundness : securing finance in a new age / by Glaessner, Thomas C

Public and private roles in health : theory and financing patterns by Musgrove, Philip