International Development

The CendralExpo Export Processing Zone Project (A)

Publication Date: February 01, 2003

This two-part case about a fictionalized international agency (Globobank) describes the challenge faced by a newly arrived country officer taking over in the late stages of the development of a large economic development project. Her...

Liberalization of the Mozambican Cashew Industry (Epilogue)

Publication Date: October 01, 2002

The cashew industry has a long history in Mozambique and was once the mainstay of this African country's economy. The industry, which was born in the early 20th century, was cultivated during the period of Portuguese colonization. During this...

Liberalization of the Mozambican Cashew Industry

Publication Date: October 01, 2002

The cashew industry has a long history in Mozambique and was once the mainstay of this African country's economy. The industry, which was born in the early 20th century, was cultivated during the period of Portuguese colonization. During this...

Standards for Child Sponsorship Agencies: Part B

Publication Date: October 01, 2002

In the spring of 1998, nonprofit agencies known as “child-sponsorship” organizations found themselves on the defensive. The agencies —dedicated to raising charitable funds in the United States to support children and their communities in poor,...

Standards for Child Sponsorship Agencies: Part A

Publication Date: October 01, 2002

In the spring of 1998, nonprofit agencies known as child-sponsorship organizations found themselves on the defensive. The agencies dedicated to raising charitable funds in the United States to support children and their communities in poor,...

Women's Thrift Cooperatives in Andhra Pradesh

Publication Date: July 01, 2002

After more than 10 years of operation, the Women's Thrift Cooperatives (WTCs) in the impoverished Karimnagar and Warangal districts of Andhra Pradesh are an established part of the lives of their women members. As such they represent...

Transener: Expanding Transmission Capacity (C)

Publication Date: October 01, 2001

This case provides background on the restructuring of the Argentine electric industry and the development of the wholesale power market through the prism of Transener, the private firm forged from a formerly public corporation in 1993 to operate...

Transener: The First Tariff Review (B)

Publication Date: October 01, 2001

This case provides background on the restructuring of the Argentine electric industry and the development of the wholesale power market through the prism of Transener, the private firm forged from a formerly public corporation in 1993 to operate...

Transener: The Electric Industry and the Wholesale Power Market (A)

Publication Date: October 01, 2001

This case provides background on the restructuring of the Argentine electric industry and the development of the wholesale power market through the prism of Transener, the private firm forged from a formerly public corporation in 1993 to operate...

The Challenge of Participation: Drafting Mauritania's PRSP (B)

Publication Date: October 01, 2001

In the late 1990s, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, under heavy pressure to find ways to relieve developing countries of large volumes of accumulated public debt, devise a way they believe offers a way to link such debt relief...

The Constitutional Right to Housing in South Africa: The Government of the Republic of South Africa vs. Irene Grootboom

Publication Date: October 01, 2001

The 1996 "post-apartheid" constitution of South Africa enumerates a variety of specific rights -- among them a guarantee of access to housing and a right to shelter for children. Yet many millions of South Africans continued to live in...

The Challenge of Participation: Drafting Mauritania's PRSP (A)

Publication Date: October 01, 2001

In the late 1990s, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, under heavy pressure to find ways to relieve developing countries of large volumes of accumulated public debt, devise a way they believe offers a way to link such debt relief...