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The development philosophy of Robert S. McNamara

Maddux, John L. - 1981

To mark the retirement of Robert S. McNamara as President of the World Bank after thirteen years of service, the Bank's Executive Directors commissioned a book gathering together all the principal statements Mr. McNamara made during his tenure of office

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Republic of Bulgaria : Institutional Fiduciary Assessment (IFA) of Road Executive Agency

World Bank - 2012

This Institutional Fiduciary Assessment (IFA) of the Road Executive Agency (REA) was commissioned by the World Bank (WB) country and infrastructure sector management in connection with the government's request to provide the World Bank financing for a new Road Infrastructure Project (project)....

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Where Were the Directors?

World Bank - 2012

The credit crisis has caused a cataclysm in corporate governance circles. Distinguished professors, leaders of industry, regulators, legislators and blue ribbon panels around the world are examining everything from bank regulation to how individuals relate to society. There are more "big ideas"...

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Learning from megadisasters : lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Ranghieri, Federica (ed.); Ishiwatari, Mikio (ed.) - World Bank - 2014

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The regional dimension of North-South trade-related r&d spillover

Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009

"This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and … from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words …

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University-local industry linkages : the case of Tohoku University in the Sendai area of Japan

Jiang, Juan - 2006

"This paper focuses on Tohoku University in Sendai in the nonmetropolitan area of Japan. Both a long historical and …

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Health systems in East Asia : what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian tigers ?

Wagstaff, Adam - 2005

"The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers--Hong Kong (China), the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan …. On the delivery side, too, Japan and the Tigers offer some interesting lessons. Singapore's experience with corporatizing … with regulated prices to uninsured services with unregulated prices. Japan, in its approach to rate-setting for insured …

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