Different criteria for measuring
economic regress show varying results. Alternative
procedures involve parametric variations in the focal
variable (such as real income,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14342Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Sen, Amartya
This volume is the proceedings of a
roundtable discussion entitled "Critical Issues in
Infrastructure in Developing Countries" at the World
Bank Annual Conference of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14346Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Philippi, Bruno ;
Polenske, Karen R. ;
Santos, Evere
A comparison of public enterprise with
regulated private enterprise shows that the efficiencies of
privatization stem from the insulation it brings from
arbitrary political...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14337Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Willig, Robert D.
This paper reexamines the role of the
state in financial markets and identifies seven major market
failures that provide a potential rationale for government
intervention....
Type: PublicationReport#: 14334Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Stiglitz,Joseph E.
Policy-based finance has a mixed record
worldwide. On the one hand, it has often not been successful
either at raising the level of aggregate investment or at
intermediating...
Water resources have been one of the
most important areas of the Bank's lending during the
past three decades. Water is an increasingly scarce resource
requiring careful...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12335Date: March 31, 1994
This is a keynote address entitled
"Limits of the Current Consensus on Development"
at the World Bank Annual Conference on Development Economics
1993. The author agreed...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14333Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Patel,Jigneshkumar G.
The World Bank Annual Conference on
Development Economics is a forum for discussion and debate
of important policy issues facing developing countries. The
conferences...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12881Date: March 31, 1994
The small island Republic of Singapore
has developed a state funded, strongly merit-based education
and training system as the key ingredient of its strategy
towards...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP222Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Selvaratnam, Viswanathan
This report on the country of Moldova
consists of: 1) an outline of the development and structure
of the Moldovian economy up to 1990 and the nature of the
shocks that...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12879Date: March 31, 1994
This report is a product of a joint
effort by the Save the Children Fund (UK) and the World
Bank. It begins to identify some of the emerging or growing
social problems...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP229Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Harper, Caroline
In 1993, the Bank undertook a major
review of its disclosure policy to increase further the
information made publicly available. Under the revised
policy, the range...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12927Date: March 31, 1994
From 1978 to 1992 China experienced
gradual liberalization with a fairly stable price level. The
more rapid liberalization attempted after 1989 in Eastern
Europe, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14335Date: March 31, 1994Author:
MCKINNON, RONALD I.
This case study of Sri Lanka seeks to
demonstrate how environmental concerns can be incorporated
into the planning stage of power sector development. The
techniques...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12966Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Meier, Peter ;
Munasinghe, Mohan
Current knowledge provides little
guidance on one of the key issues in evaluating workfare
schemes: What are the net income gains to participants? This
paper offers...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM100Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Datt, Gaurav ;
Ravallion, Martin
The Symposium on Fishery Resources
Management held in Lima, Peru, in June 1992 addressed
several aspects of fishery management - theory and practice,
the experience...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP217Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Loayza, Eduardo A. [editor]
This study of a microregion in
Madagascar illustrates important linkages and synergie
between population growth, unsustainable agriculture, and
natural resource decline....
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP234Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Keck, Andrew ;
Sharma, Narendra P. ;
Feder, Gershon
The information, education, and
communication (IEC) component of family planning programs
can create awareness, increase knowledge, build approval,
and influence behavior....
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP223Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Piotrow, Phyllis T. ;
Treiman, Katherine A. ;
Rimon, Jose G. ;
Sung Hee Yun ;
Lozare, Benjamin V.
Economists and development practitioners
have a long agenda of concerns, ranging from obsolete
capital to inadequate education. Many fear that we are
adding to this...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14343Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Nordhaus, William D.
As systematic and random errors in
anthropometry can have a great impact on the prevalence
estimates of malnutrition, strict quality control of the
fieldwork of anthropometry...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM101Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Kostermans,Cornelis P.
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