Challenges, Lessons, and Prospects for Operationalizing Regional Projects in Asia : Legal and Institutional Aspects

Challenges, Lessons, and Prospects for Operationalizing Regional Projects in Asia: Legal and Institutional Aspects is part of the World Bank Studies Series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank's ongoing research and to stimulate public discourse. For the past decade and a half, international development organizations have been making continual efforts to finance multi-country projects with regional goals. Despite their efforts, the structure of intervention through such projects has not been easy to design and implement. Experience shows that one of the reasons fo

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Uprety, Kishor
Publisher:	Washington : World Bank Publications
Description of contents:	Table of Contents [gbv.de]

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (95 p)
Series:	World Bank Studies World Bank Study
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 General Setting; Need for Regionalism; Purpose of Regionalism; General Institutional Frameworks; Regional Groupings for Development; Notes; Chapter 3 World Bank Approach; Notes; Chapter 4 Political Will and Commitment; Boxes; Box 4.1 Senegal River Basin MWRD Project; Box 4.2 West Africa Regional Fisheries Program (WARFP); Box 4.3 GMS REM Project; Box 4.4 Nepal-India Regional Trade and Transport Project; Box 4.5 CASA-1000; Notes Chapter 5 General Legal Structuresfor Regional ProjectsPossible Scenarios; Figures; Figure 5.1 Some Simplified Models when Regional Organizations Are Involved; Instruments and Implementation Modalities: Standard Examples; Box 5.1 OECS Telecommunications Reform Project; Box 5.2 Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management (MIWRM); Box 5.3 T onga-Fiji Connectivity Project Implementation Arrangements; Box 5.4 West Africa HIV/AIDS and Transport Project; Instruments and Implementation Modalities: Particular Examples; Box 5.5 A frica Regional Trade Facilitation Project (RTFP) Figure 5.2 Project Components of the Nepal-India Electricity Transmission and Trade ProjectBox 5.6 Preempting Environmental and Social Safeguards; Table 5.1 Program Phases of the Regional Cooperation for Wildlife Protection APL; Table; Table 5.1 Program Phases of the Regional Cooperation for Wildlife Protection APL; Organizational and Decision-Making Models; Figure 5.3 Model 1-Independent National Organizations with Weak Linkages to Regional Units; Figure 5.4 Model 2-Horizontal and Vertical Coordination among National Units Figure 5.5 Model 3-Regional Secretariat Maintains Direct Contact with Project UnitsNotes; Figure 5.6 Model 4-Commitment for Collaboration at the Implementation Level; Chapter 6 Uniqueness and Challenges for Asia; Incongruity of Technical Engagement and Political Commitment; Weak Regional Framework and Enabling Environment; Notes; Chapter 7 Prospects and Proposals; Compensating for Treaty-Making Delays; Using Soft Instruments; Enhancing Risk Taking; Relying on the Market; Indirect Leveraging; Multifaceted Intervention; Incentivizing Regionalism; Creating Constituencies for Regional Projects Clarifying Cross-Border Roles and ResponsibilitiesAdopting Flexibility; Supporting and Developing Regional Organizations; Notes; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Notes; Selected References; Back Cover
ISBN:	978-1-4648-0138-9 ; 978-1-4648-0139-6
Other identifiers:	hdl:10986/16392 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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