This report contains the papers that
were presented at the Twelfth Annual Agricultural Sector
Symposium. The theme of the Symposium was public and private
roles in agricultural...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11505Date: December 31, 1992Author:
Anderson, Jock R. ;
de Haan, Cornelis [editors]
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate
the problems with military expenditure data and the
methodology employed by the collecting institutions. A
primary objective...
This volume is the summary report of the
Land Settlement Review (LSR), a regional study of land
settlement in West Africa. The objective of the LSR was to
examine the...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP192Date: December 31, 1992Author:
McMillan, Della E. ;
Painter, Thomas ;
Scudder, Thayer
This paper addresses the problems of
governance in municipalities in Africa. The concern has been
to adapt traditional systems of governance to the needs of
modern urban...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP196Date: December 31, 1992Author:
Mabogunje, Akin L.
This paper tells the story of the
Bank's involvement in the development of agriculture
extension in India, starting in 1977 and up to the present
time. The report analyzes...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP190Date: December 31, 1992Author:
Macklin, Michael
Drainage is an integral component of
agricultural systems, playing an elemental role in
sustained, efficient, and productive agriculture. It can and
should be properly...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP195Date: December 31, 1992Author:
Ochs, Walter J. ;
Bishay, Bishay G.
The decade of the 1980s has witnessed a
fundamental change in the way governments and development
agencies think about environment and development. The two
are no longer...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11425Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Pezzey, John
Women's role in economic
development can be examined from many different angles,
including feminist, anthropological, sociological, economic,
and legislative perspectives....
Type: PublicationReport#: 11360Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Psacharopoulos, George ;
Tzannatos, Zafiris
Women's role in economic
development can be examined from many different angles,
including feminist, anthropological, sociological, economic,
and legislative perspectives....
Type: PublicationReport#: 11360Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Psacharopoulos, George ;
Tzannatos, Zafiris
Loss of biological diversity through the
extinction of species, the conversion and degradation of
natural habitats, and the disruption of ecological
processes, is occurring...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP193Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Braatz, Susan ;
Davis, Gloria ;
Shen, Susan ;
Rees, Co
Regionalism is once again being viewed
as a solution to the major international economic problems
of our times. Slow progress of the negotiations at the
Uruguay Round...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11477Date: November 30, 1992Author:
De Melo, Jaime ;
Panagariya, Arvind
This report is based on a detailed
analysis of the impact that CEE corporate income tax regimes
have on the profitability of foreign investment. It has two
purposes....
Type: PublicationReport#: 11361Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Mintz, Jack M. ;
Tsiopoulos, Thomas
The objective of this paper is to assess
the determinants of student achievement in middle schools in
Ghana, with special attention given to school
characteristics....
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM91Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Glewwe, Paul ;
Jacoby, Hanan
This paper summarizes experience with
alternative decentralization arrangements and suggests a new
analytical framework for assessing the impact of such
arrangements...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP188Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Silverman,Jerry M.
Women's role in economic
development can be examined from many different
perspectives, including the feminist, anthropological,
sociological, economic and legislative....
Type: PublicationReport#: 12175Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Psacharopoulos, George ;
Tzannatos, Zafiris [editors]
Dynamic, productive and responsive
agricultural research systems are critical if the rich
potential of the Southern African Development Coordination
Conference (SADCC)...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP184Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Spurling, Andrew ;
Teck Y. Pee ;
Mkamanga, Godwin ;
Nkwanyana, Christopher ;
AFT
This paper evaluates and updates the
1988 World Bank agenda for action on Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in Africa. What was seen
previously as largely a...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP181Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Lamboray, Jean-Louis ;
Elmendorf, A. Edward ;
AFT
This volume contains demographic
estimates and projections for the world and its subdivisions
- countries, regions, and income groups. The data used as
input for each...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11591Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Bos, Eduard ;
Vu, My T. ;
Levin, Ann ;
Bulatao, Rodolfo A.
This paper examines the economic
determinants of child fostering decisions in Cote
d'Ivoire, where in 1985, one fifth of non-orphaned
children age 7-14 were living away...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM92Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Ainsworth,Martha
The seminar on International Finance
Strategies for Developing Countries was the first senior
policy seminar on the subject of economywide financial
resource management...
Type: PublicationReport#: EDI31Date: November 30, 1992Author:
Roe, Alan ;
Bruck, Nicholas ;
Fedder, Marcus
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