Recent world bank technical papers

No. 246 Plusquellec, Burt, and Wolter, Modern Water Control in Irrigation: Concepts, Issues, and Applications

No. 247 Ameur, Agricultural Extension: A Step beyond the Next Step

No. 248 Malhotra, Koenig, and Sinsukprasert, A Survey of Asia's Energy Prices

No. 249 Le Moigne, Easter, Ochs, and Giltner, Water Policy and Water Markets: Selected Papers and Proceedings from the
World Bank's Annual Irrigation and Drainage Seminar, Annapolis, Maryland, December 8-10,1992

No. 250 Rangeley, Thiam, Andersen, and Lyle, International River Basin Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa

No. 251 Sharma, Rietbergen, Heimo, and Patel, A Strategy for the Forest Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa

No. 252 The World Bank/FAO/UNIDO/Industry Fertilizer Working Group, World and Regional Supply and Demand Balances for Nitrogen, Phosphate, and Potash, 1992/93 -1998/99

No. 253 Jensen and Malter, Protected Agriculture: A Global Review

No. 254 Frischtak, Governance Capacity and Economic Reform in Developing Countries

No. 255 Mohan, editor, Bibliography of Publications: Technical Department, Africa Region, July
1987 to April 1994

No. 256 Campbell, Design and Operation of Smallholder Irrigation in South Asia

No. 258 De Geyndt, Managing the Quality of Health Care in Developing Countries

No. 259 Chaudry, Reid, and Malik, editors, Civil Service Reform in Latin America and the
Caribbean: Proceedings of a Conference

No. 260 Humphrey, Payment Systems: Principles, Practice, and Improvements

No. 261 Lynch, Provision for Children with Special Educational Needs in the Asia Region

No. 262 Lee and Bobadilla, Health Statistics for the Americas

No. 263 Le Moigne, Subramanian, Xie, and Giltner, editors, A Guide to the Formulation of Water
Resources Strategy

No. 264 Miller and Jones, Organic and Compost-Based Growing Media for Tree Seedling
Nurseries

No. 265 Viswanath, Building Partnership sfor Poverty Reduction: The Participatory Project
Planning Approach of the Women's Enterprise Management Training Outreach Program (WEMTOP)

No. 266 Hill and Bender, Developing the Regulatory Environment for Competitive Agricultural Markets

No. 267 Valdés and Schaeffer, Surveillance of Agricultural Prices and Trade: A Handbook for the Dominican Republic

No. 268 Valdes and Schaeffer, Surveillance of Agricultural Prices and Trade: A Handbook for Colombia

No. 269 Scheierling, Overcoming Agricultural Pollution of Water: The Challenge of Integrating Agricultural and
Environmental Policies in the European Union

No. 270 Banerjee, Rehabilitation of Degraded Forests in Asia

No. 271 Ahmed, Technological Development and Pollution Abatement: A Study of How Enterprises Are Finding Alternatives to Chlorofluorocarbons

No. 272 Greaney and Kellaghan, Equity Issues in Public Examinations in Developing Countries

No. 273 Grimshaw and Helfer, editors, Vetiver Grass for Soil and Water Conservation, Land Rehabilitation, and Embankment Stabilization: A Collection of Papers and Newsletters Compiled by the Vetiver Network

No. 274 Govindaraj, Murray, and Chellaraj, Health Expenditures in Latin America

No. 275 Heggie, Management and Financing of Roads: An Agenda for Reform

No. 276 Johnson, Quality Review Schemes for Auditors: Their Potential for Sub-Saharan Africa

No. 277 Convery, Applying Environmental Economics in Africa

No. 278 Wijetilleke and Karunaratne, Air Quality Management: Considerations for Developing
Countries

No. 279 Anderson and Ahmed, The Case for Solar Energy Investments

No. 280 Rowat, Malik, and Dakolias, Judicial Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean:
Proceedings of a World Bank Conference

No. 281 Shen and Contreras-Hermosilla, Environmental and Economic Issues in Forestry: Selected Case Studies in Asia

No. 282 Kim and Benton, Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Onchocerciasis Control Program (OCP)

No. 283 Jacobsen, Scobie and Duncan, Statutory Intervention in Agricultural Marketing: A New
Zealand Perspective

No. 284 Valdés and Schaeffer in collaboration with Roldos and Chiara, Surveillance of
Agricultural Price and Trade Policies: A Handbook for Uruguay

No. 285 Brehm and Castro, The Market for Water Rights in Chile: Major Issues

No. 286 Tavoulareas and Charpentier, Clean Coal Technologies for Developing Countries

No. 287 Gillham, Bell, Arin, Matthews, Rumeur, and Hearn, Cotton Production Prospects for the
Next Decade

No. 288 Biggs, Shaw, and Srivastiva' Technological Capabilities and Learning in African
Enterprises

No. 289 Dinar, Seidl, Olem, Jorden, Duda, and Johnson, Restoring and Protecting the World's
Lakes and Reservoirs

No. 290 Weijenberg, Dagg, Kampen Kalunda, Mailu, Ketema, Navarro, and Abdi Noor, Strengthening National Agricultural Research Systems in Eastern and Central Africa: A Framework for Action

No. 291 Valdes and Schaeffer in collaboration with Errazuriz and Francisco, Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policies: A Handbookfor Chile

No. 292 Gorriz, Subramanian, and Simas, Irrigation Management Transfer in Mexico: Process and Progress

No. 293 Preker and Feachem, Market Mechanisms and the Health Sector in Central and Eastern Europe

No. 294 Valdes and Schaeffer in collaboration with Sturzenegger and Bebczuk, Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policies: A Handbook for Argentina

No. 295 Pohl, Jedrzejczak, and Anderson, Creating Capital Markets in Central and Eastern Europe

No. 296 Stassen, Small-Scale Biomass Gasifiers for Heat and Power: A Global Review

No. 297 Bulatao, Key Indicators for Family Planning Projects

No. 298 Odaga and Heneveld, Girls and Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa: From Analysis to Action

No. 299 Tamale, Jones, and Pswarayi-Riddihough, Technologies Related to Participatory Forestry in Tropical and Subtropical Countries

No. 300 Oram and de Haan, Technologies for Rainfed Agriculture in Mediterranean Climates: A Review of World Bank Experiences

No. 301 Edited by Mohan, Bibliography of Publications: Technical Department, Africa Region, July 1987 to April 1995

No. 302 Baldry, Calamari, and Yaméogo, Environmental Impact Assessment of Settlement and Development in the Upper Léraba Basin

No. 303 Heneveld and Craig, Schools Count: World Bank Project Designs and the Quality of Primary Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

No. 304 Foley, Photovoltaic Applications in Rural Areas of the Developing World

No. 305 Johnson, Education and Training of Accountants in Sub-Saharan Anglophone Africa

No. 306 Muir and Saba, Improving State Enterprise Performance: The Role of Internal and External Incentives

No. 307 Narayan, Toward Participatory Research

No. 308 Adamson and others, Energy Use, Air Pollution, and Environmental Policy in Krakow: Can Economic Incentives Really Help?

No. 309 The World Bank/FOA/UNIDO/Industry Fertilizer Working Group, World and Regional Supply and Demand Balances for Nitrogen, Phosphate, and Potash, 1993/94-1999/2000

No. 310 Edited by Elder and Cooley, Sustainable Settlement and Development of the Onchocerciasis Control Programme Area: Proceedings of a Ministerial Meeting

No. 311 Webster, Riopelle and Chidzero, World Bank Lending for Small Enterprises 1989-1993

No. 312 Benoit, Project Finance at the World Bank: An Overview of Policies and Instruments

No. 313 Kapur, Airport Infrastructure: The Emerging Role of the Private Sector

No. 314 Valdés, Schaefferin collaboration with Ramos, Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policies: A Handbook for Ecuador

No. 316 Schware and Kimberley, Information Technology and National Trade Facilitation: Making the Most of Global Trade

No. 317 Schware and Kimberley, Information Technology and National Trade Facilitation: Guide to Best Practice

No. 318 Taylor, Boukambou, Dahniya, Ouayogode, Ayling, Abdi Noor, and Toure, Strengthening National Agricultural Research Systems in the Humid and Sub-humid Zones of West and Central Africa: A Framework for Action

No. 319 Dakolias, The Judicial Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean: Elements of Reform

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