Gambia's high level of public
investment during the period 1974/75 - 1978/79 was made
possible by a substantial increase in foreign assistance.
However, budgetary savings...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3094Date: December 23, 1980
The general environment for reducing
poverty in Malaysia has been favorable for some time. The
principal development theme since the mid-1960s has been
increasing incomes...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2685Date: December 18, 1980
The general environment for reducing
poverty in Malaysia has been favorable for some time. The
principal development theme since the mid-1960s has been
increasing incomes...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2685Date: December 18, 1980
Alleviation of poverty in the
Philippines has been a concern of the Philippine government
and the World Bank for some time, and poverty reduction is a
major target of...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2984Date: December 1, 1980
Alleviation of poverty in the
Philippines has been a concern of the Philippine government
and the World Bank for some time, and poverty reduction is a
major target of...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2984Date: December 1, 1980
The Costa Rican economy is experiencing
severe macroeconomic difficulties. A major theme of this
report is that the latest macroeconomic crisis should not
simply be...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3193Date: November 30, 1980
This report outlines the Brazilian
experience prior to 1964, indicating the major impediments
to continued high growth which the reforms initiated by the
Castelo Branco...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2790Date: November 30, 1980
Djibouti's known natural resources
are extremely limited. The principal potential resource is
water, but whether this could be economically exploited on
any scale for...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3016Date: November 30, 1980
The present study provides a general
description of the adjustment process that has occurred
within manufacturing activity. Because of the lack of
adequate subsectoral...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2841Date: November 30, 1980
In spite of advances in health and
education, poverty remains a very serious problem in El
Salvador in both rural and urban areas. Government efforts
to reduce poverty...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2945Date: November 30, 1980
Costa Rica has a narrow resource base
and a small domestic market and, therefore, relies on trade
with other countries. The export of agricultural commodities
has provided...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3195Date: November 30, 1980
This report covers the first half of
1980 borrowing activities in the international capital
markets. During the first half of 1980, borrowing in the
foreign and international...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 56555Date: November 1, 1980
The fundamental development objectives
that Algeria has pursued are: (i) expansion and organization
of the production base; (ii) achievement of economic
independence;...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3018Date: October 31, 1980
Fueled by high workers' remittances
and growing amounts of foreign assistance the economy of the
Yemen Arab Republic (YAR) continues to expand at a vigorous
pace. Private...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2856Date: October 31, 1980
Practically all indicators, financial or
real, reflect a markedly improved economic situation in
Burma in the late 1970s. In face of these achievements, the
government...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3098Date: October 31, 1980
Despite balance of payments
difficulties, Yugoslavia was able to maintain the momentum
of growth and structural change in 1970s, but with
considerable volatility in...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2972Date: October 31, 1980
This report is designed to update the
findings of the 1970 study of the Central American Common
Market (CACM) and to present a status report and the various
efforts...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2325Date: September 30, 1980
Mauritius is at present well ahead of
other similarly placed developing countries with regard to
basic needs coverage and eradication of dire poverty.
However, attaining...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2962Date: September 22, 1980
Mauritius is at present well ahead of
other similarly placed developing countries with regard to
basic needs coverage and eradication of dire poverty.
However, attaining...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2962Date: September 22, 1980
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