This report discusses the debt history
of Finland. A large portion of the external debt was
contracted for the purpose of raising funds for the
construction of railroads,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM128Date: November 10, 1948
This report discusses the U.S. stockpile
procurement policy and the Strategic and Critical Materials
Stockpiling Act of 1946. The Act's objective is to
build stocks...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM126Date: November 3, 1948
This summary report on Egypt presents an
overview of the country's essential statistics as of
November 1948. It describes Egypt's geography,
population, national income;...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM139Date: November 1, 1948Author:
Wang, G.W.
Since 1930 the Dominican Republic has
experienced a form of political stability under President
Rafael Trujillo. Of late, however, there has been some
organized opposition...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: UNN5Date: October 31, 1948
This report contains an appraisal of the
electric power projects in Mexico. The report is divided
into four parts -- Part I: Electric Power in Mexico -
General Information;...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM125Date: October 29, 1948
This report discusses foreign direct
investments in Peru by a few long-established American and
British companies. These companies are engaged primarily in
copper mining,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM124Date: October 28, 1948
The study discusses the trade and
balance of payments pattern between the Economic Recovery
Program (ERP)countries and Latin America, and Latin America
and the USA....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM113Date: October 25, 1948
This report reviews the history of
Colombia's external loans, borrowing and causes of
defaults. It supplies information required for the analysis
of the country's external...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM122Date: October 18, 1948
The wood products industries of Finland
are outstandingly the most important in the country both
with respect to national income and foreign exchange
earnings. Prior...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM115Date: October 18, 1948
This summary report on El Salvador
presents an overview of the country's essential
statistics as of December 1948. It describes El
Salvador's geography, population,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM145Date: October 15, 1948Author:
Barghahn, J.
This report is a summary of material
submitted by the Finnish Government in response to a Bank
questionnaire. The summary includes a discussion of
Finland's financial...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM118Date: October 9, 1948
This report provides an account of the
trade and external financial position of Nigeria. It is the
second in a series of Papers which the Bank's Economic
Department...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM123Date: October 1, 1948
This is the first in a series of papers
which the Africa-Middle East Section of the Bank's
Economic Department proposes to issue to report on
conditions in the territories...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM114Date: October 1, 1948Author:
Collier, Hugh
In terms of national income per capita,
Ecuador is one of the poorest countries in the world. Nor
are her known but unexploited natural resources strikingly
rich. Her...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM142Date: September 20, 1948Author:
Larsen, Harold
This report discusses post-war manpower
migration and its relation to world economic reconstruction
and development. A description of organizations involved
with manpower...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM117Date: September 10, 1948
This report discusses the history of the
Banana industry in the Caribbean area; the production and
marketing of bananas for export and import; consumption;
prices and...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM116Date: September 1, 1948
This report discusses Colombia's
economy. It reviews natural resources and production in
agriculture, industry, electric power and transportation
sectors; the political...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: UNN4Date: August 31, 1948
A radical currency reform was carried
out in West Germany. The reform was based upon the principle
of reducing by nine-tenths the nominal amount of currency,
bank deposits...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 68047Date: August 20, 1948
The iron and steel industry of Italy is
one of the oldest in Europe and -prior to 1860 the country
ranked as one of the largest iron and steel producers in the
world....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM105Date: August 19, 1948
The iron and steel industry of Italy is
one of the oldest in Europe and -prior to 1860 the country
ranked as one of the largest iron and steel producers in the
world....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM105Date: August 19, 1948
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