This report provides a review of the
economic situation and prospects of Ceylon as of 1959.
Ceylon had made fairly satisfactory gains in national output
over the last...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: FE10Date: April 10, 1959
This booklet sets forth in summary form
some of the essential facts on organization, capitalization
and operations about development Banks in the less developed
countries,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: TA5Date: March 31, 1959
Paraguay is situated in the south
central part of South America and is one of the two
landlocked countries in Latin America. Although it ranks
ninth in area among the...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: WH84Date: March 31, 1959
Assistance to foreign countries by the
U.S. Government is an extensive and somewhat complicated
endeavor involving a number of different programs
administered by a number...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: EC70Date: March 31, 1959
Since June 1957 the Colombian government
has taken measures to control domestic inflation, finance
the coffee surplus, and to make the necessary adjustments in
the balance...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: WH85Date: March 31, 1959
This report describes the economy of
Finland as of 1959. Aided by favorable terms of trade and a
high rate of savings and investment, Finland made a
remarkable recovery...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: EA93Date: March 5, 1959
The report, Current Economic Position
and Prospects of India was compiled in February 1959. This
report was meant to supplement the last report from a bank
mission to...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: AS71Date: February 28, 1959
In the latter half of 1958 the economic
situation of Argentina deteriorated rapidly. The Government,
under the threat of a virtual exhaustion of exchange
reserves, is...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: WH82Date: February 28, 1959
British Guiana, a British colony since
1802, had achieved a considerable degree of self-government,
particularly since the war. Like most other colonial
territories...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: EA92Date: February 28, 1959
The report, Current Economic Position
and Prospects for Pakistan is a three volume report prepared
in September 1958. The first volume covers recent trends and
analysis,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: AS69Date: December 23, 1958
Until the middle of the last century
Denmark was an economically backward agricultural nation,
producing mainly grain for export to neighboring countries.
The land reforms...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: EA91Date: December 19, 1958
The Mexican economy has experienced a
favorable rate of growth averaging 5 percent per annum in
the past decade. Despite severe droughts in 1956 and 1957
and the recent...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: WH80Date: November 30, 1958
This report discusses about the economic
and financial position of Austria for the year 1957-1959.
Austria has fared well through the mild 1957-1958 recession.
Through...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: EA87Date: November 30, 1958
The report, The Economy of Libya,
prepared October 1958, was prepared mainly based on
published material and not on any mission from the World
Bank. The report is a...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: AS70Date: October 31, 1958
Since the time of the last economic
report several new developments have appeared: recuperation
in the rate of growth, balance of payments difficulties
requiring additional...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: WH77Date: September 30, 1958
During Fiscal 1955, the United States
began making loans to foreign governments which were
repayable in dollars or in local currency at the option of
the debtor. It...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: EC65Date: September 30, 1958
This report provides a review of the
economy of Malaya as of 1958. Malaya was among the most
prosperous in Asia. The country's financial position
was strong. The structure...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: FE5Date: September 12, 1958
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