This paper examines the relationship
between female schooling and two behaviors - cumulative
fertility and contraceptive use - in fourteen sub-Saharan
African countries...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM110Date: February 28, 1995Author:
Ainsworth,Martha ;
Beegle,Kathleen G. ;
Nyamete,Andrew V.
Preshipment inspection services (PSI)
are employed by some thirty governments to address problems
associated with over-invoicing and under-invoicing of trade
transactions,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP278Date: February 28, 1995Author:
Low,Patrick
The determinants of contraceptive use in
Zimbabwe are examined using individual-level survey data in
conjunction with two special community surveys. The
spotlight is...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM109Date: February 28, 1995Author:
Thomas, Duncan ;
Maluccio, John
This book is intended as an introduction
to payment systems. An efficient and smoothly operating
payment system is a necessary precondition for business
development,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP260Date: February 28, 1995Author:
Humphrey, David B.
Investments in health are a key
ingredient in the formation of human capital and the
sustainability of socioeconomic development. Yet
expenditures on health in sub-Saharan...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13957Date: February 28, 1995Author:
Shaw, R. Paul ;
Griffin, Charles C.
This report focuses on foreign sources
of financing, i.e. foreign direct investment, international
debt issues, new equity capital, international bank lending
and portfolio...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD25Date: February 28, 1995Author:
Glen, Jack D. ;
Sumlinski, Mariusz A.
The demographic and epidemiological
transition which is under way in most developing countries
is leading to very significant changes in the pattern of
disease. Where...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP276Date: February 28, 1995Author:
Heaver,Richard A.
Coastal zones are important issues in
the international debate on the environment and sustainable
development. The coastal zone in general consists of the
interface...
Type: PublicationReport#: 40292Date: February 24, 1995Author:
Gustaf Lundin, Carl; Linden, Olof;
World merchandise exports have risen
from 11 to 18 percent of the world's Gross Domestic
Product (GDP) over the past two decades. Services have
increased from 15 percent...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14022Date: February 1, 1995
Commodity prices fell during the fourth
quarter as beverage prices backed away from the highs
reached in the previous quarter. The Work Bank index of 33
nonfuel primary...
Type: PublicationReport#: 88647Date: February 1, 1995
For many African countries, and for
developing countries in other regions, the latter half of
the 1980s was a turning point in the struggle to alleviate
poverty. In...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP274Date: January 31, 1995Author:
Marc, Alexandre ;
Graham, Carol ;
Schacter, Mark ;
Schmidt, Mary
The task of monitoring Africa's
development progress and aid flows requires basic empirical
data that can be readily used by analysts. This volume
builds on and extends...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13876Date: January 31, 1995
The emergence of equity investment in
developing countries: overview. The risk exposure of
emerging equity markets. Emerging stock markets and
international asset pricing....
Type: PublicationReport#: 17656Date: January 31, 1995Author:
Claessens, Stijn ;
Harvey, Campbell R. ;
Buckberg, E
Although economywide policies are not
directed explicitly towards influencing the quality of the
natural environment, they may, affect it for good or bad.
Such policies...
The World Bank's Depository Library
Program is one of the key elements in its publications
strategy. As the world's largest development
institution, the Bank undertakes...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14271Date: January 31, 1995
This book presents statistics on
countries with populations of more than 1 million. The
statistics relate to economic development and the changes it
is bringing about...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13971Date: January 31, 1995
The standard bidding documents in this
publication have been prepared for use by borrowers in the
procurement of works for "smaller" contracts -
valued at generally...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12965Date: January 31, 1995
Young people between the ages of 10 and
19, sometimes called adolescents, are generally healthy. Yet
because these ages encompass the transition to adulthood,
including...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP272Date: January 31, 1995Author:
Senderowitz, Judith
The paper discusses the problems of
measuring welfare changes brought about by large price
increases or decreases, such as occur in the power sector
when tariffs are...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP273Date: January 31, 1995Author:
Bacon,Robert W.
This paper summarizes why investment in
human capital formation through early child development is
worthwhile. It reviews lessons learned from programs and
projects...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP275Date: January 31, 1995Author:
Young, Mary Eming
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