Iraq is potentially one of the
wealthiest countries in the Middle East: it has more
cultivable land than its people can till, more water than
they can effectively use,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66971Date: September 1, 1949Author:
Welk, William G.
This report provides a review on Western
Germany as of 1949. The purpose of the Bank's mission
was to appraise the economic impact upon international trade
of a reviving...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: T2Date: August 31, 1949
The latest developments in India show a
further improvement in industrial production, in rail
service and in the labor situation; continued controls on
distribution...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66967Date: August 12, 1949
Colombia is s country predominantly
encaged in agriculture. National income is low, about US$190
per capita in 1947, but real investment appears to be
running at a relatively...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66963Date: August 11, 1949Author:
Torfs, Jacques
The Republic of Uruguay first became a
borrower in the international capital market in 1864 when it
issued a one million pound loan in London for the conversion
of internal...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66969Date: August 10, 1949Author:
Lynch, James J.
Two of the most serious post-war
shortages in Europe have been in sawn softwood and pitprops,
which, with coal and steel, are basic commodities needed for
reconstruction...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66968Date: August 9, 1949Author:
Robinson, Herbert W.
This memorandum summarizes the principal
issues affecting Turkey's credit position. The
memorandum is tentative, pending the receipt of additional
formation requested...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66966Date: August 3, 1949Author:
Clark, E. Harrison
The purpose of this study is to examine
the structure of the United States market for jute and jute
products in order to form some conclusions regarding the
perspective...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66970Date: August 1, 1949Author:
Craig-Martin, Paul F. ;
Perkins, Maurice F.
The Republic of Cuba has precious
natural advantages in its geography, topography and climate.
The percentage of tillable soil is among the highest in
Latin America....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66965Date: August 1, 1949Author:
Fleurieu, G. de
Stimulated by energies released through
the achievement of full national independence and assisted
by a concurrence of such favorable factors as a substantial
rise in...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66962Date: July 26, 1949Author:
Bochenski, F. G.
Iraq is potential, one of the wealthiest
countries in the Middle East, it has more cultivable land
than its people can till, more water than they can
effectively use,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66964Date: July 25, 1949Author:
Welk,William G.
Any discussion of the availability of
foreign funds for economic development must of necessity
start with a definition of terms. In the general sense,
economic development...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66870Date: July 13, 1949
The Republic of El Salvador is the
smallest of tile states in Central America. The number of
people in the country has been increasing phenomenally, and
the density...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66960Date: July 8, 1949Author:
Waterston, Albert
The purpose of this study is to review
for oils and fats in general the trends up to the outbreak
of Second World War, the disruptions of the war and postwar
period...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66961Date: July 8, 1949Author:
Craig-Martin, P. F. ;
White, F.
Discussions with the Philippine economic
mission in the summer 1948 led to three main conclusions:
(i) the Philippines should use the next three years
1949-1952 'to...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66959Date: July 6, 1949
The Belgian government has applied for a
loan of US$109 million for local currency financing, to be
used to finance a program of railroad electrification and
port expansion...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66958Date: June 28, 1949
This preliminary report presents the
Bank's analysis of and possible response to a loan
request from Belgium for four transport projects to take
place from 1949 to 1951....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66956Date: June 28, 1949
The internal economic situation in the
Netherlands has continued to improve. Physical
reconstruction has proceeded satisfactorily and both
agricultural and industrial...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 66953Date: June 21, 1949
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