| Recent World Bank Discussion Papers |
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| No. 238 | Pesticide Policies in Developing Countries: Do They Encourage Excessive Use? Jumanah Farah |
| No. 239 | Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Indonesia: Issues and Reform Options. Anwar Shah and Zia Qureshi |
| No. 240 | Managing Redundancy in Overexploited Fisheries. Joshua John |
| No. 241 | Institutional Change and the Public Sector in Transitional Economies. Salvatore Schiavo-Campo |
| No. 242 | Africa Can Compete!: Export Opportunities and Challenges for Garments and Home Products in the U.S. Market. Tyler Biggs, Gail R. Moody, Jan-Hendrik van Leeuwen, and E. Diane White |
| No. 243 | Liberalizing Trade in Services. Bernard Hoekman and Pierre Sauv |
| No. 244 | Women in Higher Education: Progress, Constraints, and Promising Initiatives. K. Subbarao, Laura Raney, Halil Dundar, and Jennifer Haworth |
| No. 245 | What We Know About Acquisition of Adult Literacy: Is There Hope? Helen Abadzi |
| No. 246 | Formulating a National Strategy on Information Technology: A Case Study of India. Nagy Hanna |
| No. 247 | Improving the Transfer and Use of Agricultural Information: A Guide to Informational Technology. Willem Zijp |
| No. 248 | Outreach and Sustainability of Six Rural Finance Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Marc Gurgand, Glenn Pederson, and Jacob Yaron |
| No. 249 | Population and Income Change: Recent Evidence. Allen C. Kelley and Robert M. Schmidt |
| No. 250 | Submission and Evaluation of Proposals for Private Power Generation Projects in Developing Countries. Edited by Peter A. Cordukes |
| No. 251 | Supply and Demand for Finance of Small Enterprises in Ghana. Ernest Aryeetey, Amoah Baah-Nuakoh, Tamara Duggleby, Hemamala Hettige, and William F. Steel |
| No. 252 | Projectizing the Governance Approach to Civil Service Reform: An Environment Assessment for Preparing a Sectoral Adjustment Loan in the Gambia. Rogerio F. Pinto with assistance from Angelous J. Mrope |
| No. 253 | Small Firms Informally Financed: Studies from Bangladesh. Edited by Reazul Islam, J. D. Von Pischke, and J. M. de Waard |
| No. 254 | Indicators for Monitoring Poverty Reduction. Soniya Carvalho and Howard White |
| No. 255 | Violence Against Women: The Hidden Health Burden. Lori L. Heise with Jacqueline Pitanguy and Adrienne Germain |
| No. 256 | Women's Health and Nutrition: Making a Difference. Anne Tinker, Patricia Daly, Cynthia Green, Helen Saxenian, Rama Lakshminarayanan, and Kirrin Gill |
| No. 257 | Improving the Quality of Primary Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: Toward the 21st Century. Lawrence Wolff, Ernesto Schiefelbein, and Jorge Valenzuela |
| No. 258 | How Fast is Fertility Declining in Botswana and Zimbabwe? Duncan Thomas and Ityai Muvandi |
| No. 259 | Policies Affecting Fertility and Contraceptive Use: An Assessment of Twelve Sub-Saharan Countries. Susan Scribner |
| No. 260 | Financial Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Study. Paul A. Popiel |
| No. 261 | Poverty Alleviation and Social Investment Funds: The Latin American Experience. Philip J. Glaessner, Kye Woo Lee, Anna Maria Sant'Anna, and Jean-Jacques de St. Antoine |
| No. 262 | Public Policy for the Promotion of Family Farms in Italy: The Experience of the Fund for the Formation of Peasant Property. Eric B. Shearer and Giuseppe Barbero |
| No. 263 | Self-Employment for the Unemployed: Experience in OECD and Transitional Economies. Sandra Wilson and Arvil V. Adams |
| No. 264 | Schooling and Cognitive Achievements of Children in Morocco: Can the Government Improve Outcomes? Shahidur R. Khandker, Victor Lavy, and Deon Filmer |
| No. 265 | World Bank-Financed Projects with Community Participation: Procurement and Disbursement Issues. Gita Gopal and Alexandre Marc |
| No. 266 | Seed Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Issues and Options. V.Venkatesan |
| No. 267 | Trade Policy Reform in Developing Countries Since 1985: Review of the Evidence. Judith M. Dean, Seema Desai, and James Riedel |
| No. 268 | Farm Restructuring and Land Tenure in Reforming Socialist Economies: Comparative Analysis of Eastern and Central Europe. Euroconsult and Centre for World Food Studies |
| No. 269 | The Evolution of the World Bank's Railway Lending. Alice Galenson and Louis S. Thompson |
