This brief talks about the performance of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. (JISL) in India financed by IFC. JISL, an integrated agribusiness, is the largest manufacturer of micro irrigation systems (MIS) in...
This report aims to raise awareness of the challenges and opportunities associated with the use of fresh water and the reuse of water produced in oil and gas operations, with the view to support evidence-based...
This policy note summarizes key findings from the report, the path to industrialization: a review of industrial parks in Ethiopia, which is the result of World Bank-funded advisory and analytics services...
Water resources management in the industrial sector is an important issue in Bangladesh. Industrialization and export development are major policy objectives of the Government of Bangladesh; however, accelerating...
This paper was prepared by the public sector and governance group of the World Bank poverty reduction and economic management network. Since 1984, the World Bank has financed 87 Financial Management Information...
Asian metals, mining, and building materials companies have a uniquely high sustainability risk profile. The extractive, metals processing, and cement industries have high environmental impacts with an...
This paper reports the main objectives of the consultancy project: undertake a brief analysis of the Macedonian shoe sector based on a field research with company visits; provide direct hands-on recommendation...
This news release, dated June 27, 1983, announces the Ivory Coast will double its rubber production under a project using a loan of 32.2 million dollars from the International Bank for Reconstruction and...
This news release, dated April 22, 1982, announces the Philippines will implement a 600 million dollars program to restructure its textile industry with the assistance of a World Bank loan of 157.4 million...
This news release, dated May 28, 1981, announces the World Bank approved a 60 million dollars loan to provide credit for promoting industrial development in the Republic of Korea.
This news release, dated April 9, 1981, announces a World Bank loan of 60 million dollars to Peru will support an industrial credit project aimed at providing resources to public and private enterprises...
This news release, dated March 23, 1981, announces the World Bank approved a 30 million dollars loan to the Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand (lFCT).
This paper describes the spatial distribution of manufacturing employment in Bogota and analyzes the changes in the location patterns over the 1970-1975 period using industrial directory data. The analysis...
This news release, dated December 18, 1980, announces an industrial credit project in Uruguay is being supported by the World Bank with a 30 million dollars loan.
This news release, dated October 30, 1980, announces the World Bank approved loans totaling 110 million dollars to four banks in Yugoslavia to implement the Fifth Industrial Credit Project.
This news release, dated July 17, 1980, announces the World Bank approved a 5 million dollars loan to Peru to help finance a technical assistance project aimed at supporting the expansion of the Chimbote...
This news release, dated June 23, 1980, announces a World Bank loan of 44 million dollars to Portugal will support the modernization and expansion of two of the leading state-controlled companies in the...