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 16, 1948
As every type of tobacco produced has
very exacting requirements of soil and climatic conditions,
its cultivation is restricted to very definite areas, though
tobacco...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM104Date: August 5, 1948
This report primarily focuses on Title I
- The Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 (European Recovery of
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1948). It also contains
summaries...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM85Date: August 4, 1948
This study covers payments of interest
and amortization due on the long-term (over one year)
external debts of the ECA countries to countries of the
Western Hemisphere....
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM103Date: August 3, 1948
The prime requisite for the production
of cotton in most countries is a supply of cheap labor.
World cotton mill consumption has been increasing at a
proportional rate...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM112Date: July 31, 1948
The use of fertilizer materials as a
means of supplementing the natural food supplies of the soil
is of considerable importance among the various factors
involved in...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM95BDate: July 28, 1948Author:
Lund, J. Thomsen
The economic rehabilitation of the
Netherlands made further progress during 1947. Except for
housing, much of the physical damage has been restored. The
condition of...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM98Date: July 26, 1948
Steel production in Europe as a whole
has reached a rate of about 61 million tons per year which
is about 85 percent of the 1937 level of production.
Excluding Russia...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM100Date: July 26, 1948
This study examines the amounts invested
in, the returns received from, and the defaults on foreign
dollar bonds sustained by investors in those bonds during
the 1920-1947...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM99Date: July 26, 1948
In the first quarter of 1948 the
government showed a small overall surplus and the 1948-49
budget is expected to end with an overall surplus of 319
million pounds. This...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM110Date: July 23, 1948
The wealth of the Congo, measured by
exports, is based mainly on the mineral products.
Agricultural and forestry products, however, accounted
prewar for about a third...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM96Date: July 15, 1948
The countries in Eastern Europe have
undergone more profound structural changes in their national
economies than the nations of Western Europe. In all
countries except...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM97Date: July 8, 1948
Foreign direct investments in Mexico
have been closely conditioned by the political situation.
They stand around 575 million dollars, which, as a result of
the government's...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM95ADate: June 25, 1948Author:
Villechaise, Jean
The number of major amendments to the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1948 is small. The principal
amendments include: 1) The appropriation was reduced from
the requested...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM94Date: June 22, 1948
Since the fall of 1947, difficulties
have arisen in the financing of trade among the E.R.P.
countries. The process of multilateral compensation now
being carried out...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM93Date: June 14, 1948Author:
Basch, Antonin ;
Stevenson, Alexander
The European coal situation has improved
considerably in the past two years, due to substantial
increases in Western European coal production and increased
imports for...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM92Date: June 11, 1948
This report covers the survey of
economic conditions in Denmark as of 1948. The first few
months of 1948 have been months of slow recovery. Stocks of
cattle and pigs...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: L55Date: June 11, 1948
This report considers the financing of
six ships for the Dutch merchant marine in December 1947.
The ships were purchased from the Waterman Steamship
Corporation,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM91Date: June 11, 1948
The Bank has been asked to lend $12
million to four of the largest Dutch shipping companies for
the purchase of six C-3 cargo liners at $2 million each. The
ships are...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM95Date: June 9, 1948Author:
Wubnig, Arthur
At the conclusion of World War II, coal
production in Europe had declined substantially in
comparison with levels achieved just prior to the outbreak
of the war. Industrial...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: ERM102Date: June 1, 1948
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