In Egypt, agriculture accounts for about
23 percent of GDP and 40 percent of total employment,
thereby constituting the largest sector of the economy. The
faltering...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4133Date: May 20, 1983
Since 1980 the Bank's activities in
the energy sector have expanded substantially. Analysis
confirms that despite the recent drop in oil prices, the
Bank should continue...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4442Date: April 30, 1983
The economy of India faced a difficult
year in 1982/83 due to the drought and world recession.
Nevertheless, agricultural production declined only by
four-six percent....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4395Date: April 30, 1983
Bolivia has a large energy resource base
relative to its present internal needs. The hydro-potential
is the largest known resource, but only 287 MW of a total
potential...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4213Date: April 30, 1983
This report has three objectives: (i) to
present an update on the agricultural sector in PDRY; (ii)
to give an account of a dialogue with Government on selected
policy...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4006Date: April 30, 1983
Growth of the Belizean economy, which
had been expanding steadily, slowed sharply during 1978-82
largely due to international recession and diseases
affecting sugarcane....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4446Date: April 30, 1983
Recent developments in the Maldives
reveal strong economic growth, increasing employment, a high
rate of productive investment activity, and an encouraging
growth in...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4445Date: April 30, 1983
This study reviews past trends, future
prospects, and policy issues for Indonesia's six major
food crops - rice, cassava, corn, groundnuts, soybeans, and
sweet potatoes....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3686Date: April 30, 1983
Basic economic conditions in Bhutan are
relatively favorable, contradicting the very low per capita
income. The ratio of population to land is relatively low
and there...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4307Date: April 30, 1983
Over the past two decades economic
growth in Thailand has proceeded at a high rate, with
agriculture continuing to play an important role in the
growth process. Non-farm...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3906Date: April 30, 1983
The economy of St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, following a strong recovery in 1981, slowed down
in 1982. The finances of the public sector improved,
however. The current...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4370Date: April 30, 1983
This country economic memorandum focuses
mainly on recent developments in the Chinese economy. It
reviews the progress and impact of the Government's
programs of reform,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4072Date: March 31, 1983
Scarce water resources in YAR
necessitate the use of groundwater for the potable water
supply, removing this water from that available for
irrigation. In order to make...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3939Date: March 31, 1983
The performance of the Portuguese
economy deteriorated sharply in 1980, 1981 and 1982 in most
major aspects and especially in relation to the balance of
payments. The...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4004Date: March 31, 1983
Poverty, landlessness and unemployment
are extremely complex issues in Bangladesh. However, unless
immediate direct action is taken, the already precarious
situation...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4292Date: March 31, 1983
The high level of dependence on imported
petroleum is the dominant factor in Turkey's pattern of
energy consumption and reducing this dependence should be
the primary...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3877Date: March 31, 1983
During the current fiscal year the
Government has taken strong measures to cope with its
serious economic problems. Part I of the Report traces the
origins of the recent...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4277Date: March 31, 1983
A reconstruction program for Lebanon,
which could be started in the 1983-85 period, has been
identified. However, because of the protracted warfare,
up-to-date statistics...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4434Date: March 31, 1983
This report on the economy of the
Hungarian People's Republic represents an initial
attempt to describe and analyze salient features of the
Hungarian economy and their...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4174Date: March 21, 1983
This report on the economy of the
Hungarian People's Republic represents an initial
attempt to describe and analyze salient features of the
Hungarian economy and their...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4174Date: March 21, 1983
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