The authors note to the reader that
housing is not a very complex technical good to produce in
an industrial society. However, it is perhaps the most
complex economic...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14929Date: August 31, 1995
Tunisia, which has reduced the number of
its poor from 40 percent of the population in the 1960s to
about 7 percent, has pursued poverty alleviation policies
that could...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13993Date: August 31, 1995
Much progress has been made in the
twenty years since Papua New Guinea's independence.
Today Papua New Guinea is a well-endowed, middle-income
country with strong democratic...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14414Date: August 31, 1995
The authors of this report feel that
Jordan is currently at an important economic juncture,
which, if well managed, can help it to achieve the economic
objectives of...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14405Date: August 25, 1995
While most sectors in the Mozambican
economy have responded favorably to the Economic and Social
Rehabilitation Program (ESRP) initiated in 1987, the level
of gross...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13752Date: August 22, 1995
In 1993, the Kingdom of Lesotho returned
to democracy after 23 years of authoritarian rule. The
democratically elected Government of Lesotho assigns high
priority to...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13171Date: August 18, 1995
This paper presents the results of a
research initiative in The Gambia to understand why girls do
not attend school, mobilize communities around those
problems and assist...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14536Date: August 16, 1995
The government of Lao PDR has made clear
its intention to balance the development effort in urban and
rural areas and to see the benefits of growth shared among
the...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13992Date: August 15, 1995
The agricultural sector is of
fundamental importance to the economy of Paraguay and its
future growth. It produces more than one-quarter of the
Gross Domestic Product,...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 12123Date: August 2, 1995
Indonesia has done well in sustaining
rapid economic growth and reducing poverty, and moved into
the lower middle-income group of countries. To maintain
progress, Indonesia...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14006Date: July 24, 1995
The Panamanian economy is among the most
prosperous and stable in the region. The economy is highly
segemented between the internationally-oriented services
sector and...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13977Date: July 20, 1995
The adjustment process of the Latvian
economy has in many ways put more pressure on the local
governments than on the central government, mainly because
the local governments...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14470Date: July 20, 1995
The former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia became an independent state in September 1991, and
a member of the World Bank in December 1993. It is situated
in the center...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14576Date: July 20, 1995
In 1993, the government of the Republic
of Namibia requested the World Bank to assist it in carrying
out a public expenditure review (PER). There were three
reasons...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13558Date: July 12, 1995
Colombia has made a strategic decision
to decentralize to subnational governments responsibilities
in sectors that are key to the country's future. The
success of that...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 14085Date: July 7, 1995
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