This paper reviews the changing
compositions of public expenditures on education in Mongolia
during economic transition, assesses the impact of economic
transition in...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP226Date: March 31, 1994Author:
Kin Bing Wu
This overview volume presents the
findings of a UNDP-funded, World Bank-executed project on
Women's Agricultural Productivity in Africa (WAPIA).
The overview is based...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP230Date: February 28, 1994Author:
Saito, Katrine A. ;
Mekonnen, Hailu ;
Spurling, Daph
An issue which has generated much
concern has been the potential link between low incomes and
resource degradation. This report presents the results of a
study which...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12888Date: February 28, 1994Author:
English, John ;
Tiffen, Mary ;
Mortimore, Michael
The Lacalle Administration, which came
into power in 1989, has undertaken a number of reform
measures and a new policy agenda. As a consequence, the
macroeconomic climate...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12865Date: February 28, 1994
The report is a case study of land
settlement in Burkina Faso prepared as part of the Land
Settlement Review (LSR), a regional study of land settlement
in West Africa....
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP200Date: February 28, 1994Author:
McMillan, Della E. ;
Nana, Jean-Baptiste ;
Savadogo, Kimseyinga
Agriculture in Africa continues to be an
area of major interest to development planners throughout
the world, including those within the World Bank. The
prolonged economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP231Date: February 28, 1994Author:
Bagchee, Aruna
Major reforms in the institutional
structure and spending responsibilities of subnational
governments in Chile are being enacted into law. The new
legislation will make...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12680Date: February 28, 1994
This report summarizes how the World
Bank policies and programs in the poorest countries have
become focussed on the overarching objective of poverty
reduction during...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12809Date: February 28, 1994
Since the launching of the reform
program in 1979, the promotion of external trade has been
central to China's efforts to modernize its economy.
The policy has met with...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12914Date: February 28, 1994
To reverse the economic decline that
began in the 1970s, many sub-Saharan African countries have
undertaken structural adjustment programs. These programs
are designed...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12852Date: February 28, 1994
Policy makers and analysts require a
better understanding of the effect, if any, that a
developing country's system of intellectual property
rights protection has on...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD19Date: February 28, 1994Author:
Mansfield, Edwin
Agricultural development is related
closely to increasing factor productivity. Consequently the
productivity and performance of agricultural research and
extension are...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP217Date: February 28, 1994Author:
Antholt,Charles H.
During the course of 1992, major changes
were made in the ownership of Russian agricultural land and
in the rights of farm employees. These changes were
accomplished...
This fifth edition of Trends in Private
Investment in Developing Countries provides private and
public investment data from 1970 through 1992. The
discussion paper also...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD20Date: February 28, 1994Author:
Miller, Robert R. ;
Sumlinski, Mariusz A.
Cotton plays a vital multisectoral role
in the economies of many developing countries. It is a major
exchange earner and a valuable cash crop for many
smallholder farmers,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP231Date: February 28, 1994Author:
Eisa, Hamdy M. ;
Barghouti, Shawki ;
Gillham, Fred ;
Al-Saffy, M. Tawhid
The main purpose of this review is to
assess the present state of the health sector, and to review
major issues and possible policy options. Emphasis is given
to primary...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12714Date: January 31, 1994
Tariff rates, tariff revenue, and tariff
reform: some new facts. The effect of financial
liberalization on the capital structure and investment
decisions of Indonesian...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17648Date: January 31, 1994Author:
Pritchett, Lant ;
Sethi, Geeta ;
Harris, John R. ;
Schiantarelli, Fabio ;
Siregar, Miranda G. ;
Moss, Diana L. ;
Tybout, James R. ;
Ravallion, Martin ;
Bidani, Benu ;
Schiff, Maurice ;
Takacs, Wendy E.
The dominant water resources issues and
the principles and practices proven effective in dealing
with the issues have been placed in four categories:
institutional;...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP233Date: January 31, 1994Author:
Frederiksen, Harald D. ;
Berkoff, Jeremy ;
Barber, William
Reforming finance in transitional
socialist economies. How do market failures justify
interventions in rural credit markets? What makes rural
finance institutions successful?...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17524Date: January 31, 1994Author:
Caprio, Gerard, Jr. ;
Levine, Ross ;
Besley, Timothy ;
Yaron, Jacob ;
Umali, Dina L. ;
Feder, Gershon ;
de Haan, Cornelis ;
Jaffee, Steven ;
Srivastava, Jitendra ;
Hallett, A. J. Hughes ;
Pohl, Gerhard ;
Sorsa, Piritta
Cassava represents the difference
between hunger and sustenance for millions of the
world's poor. It is the world's highest source of
calories, and the fourth highest...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12257Date: January 31, 1994Author:
Wigg,David Martin W.
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