European economic integration is proving
to be good for most developing countries. Overall, the
creation of the European Community (EC) has imparted a
liberalizing trend...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11132Date: September 30, 1992Author:
Pohl, Gerhard ;
Sorsa, Piritta
This edition provides brief reports on
most of the World Bank's borrowing countries as of May
1992. This compendium of individual country economic
complements the World...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11219Date: September 30, 1992
This edition of World Tables 1992
updates 20 topical tables, a sample country table, and
technical notes. The World Tables are issued annually on
diskette and magnetic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 63946Date: September 1, 1992Author:
World Bank
This report presents policy options for
improving the effectiveness of schools in developing
countries. The recommendations are based on a broad program
of research...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9063Date: September 1, 1992Author:
Lockheed,Marlaine E.
This paper presents the results of a
study examining the development of mixed farming systems in
the Sahelian region of West Africa. The study was part of a
program...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP179Date: August 31, 1992Author:
Speirs, Mike ;
Olsen, Ole
Common Property Resources (CPRs)
continue to be an important part of communities'
natural resource endowment in developing countries. Despite
their valuable contributions...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP169Date: August 31, 1992Author:
Jodha, N.S.
This report recommends a shift in the
focus of World Bank support for forestry in Asia away from
reliance on public sector institutions, acceptance of poor
quality technical...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP182Date: August 31, 1992Author:
AST
Policymakers and agricultural planners
are increasingly focusing on agricultural diversification as
a strategy to promote agricultural development because it
offers...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP180Date: August 31, 1992Author:
Barghouti, Shawki ;
Garbus, Lisa ;
Umali, Dina [editors]
For several decades, international
donors focused on creating and strengthening development
finance institutions (DFIs). Many of these institutions,
however, have encountered...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP174Date: August 31, 1992Author:
Yaron, Jacob
Using data from Cote d'Ivoire, this
paper examines the impact of public policies on three
anthropometric outcomes: height for age and weight for
height of children as...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM89Date: August 31, 1992Author:
Thomas, Duncan ;
Lavy, Victor ;
Strauss, John
Infrastructure - broadly defined as
electric power, irrigation, transport, telecommunications,
water supply, and sanitation - will play a key role in
facilitating the...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP171Date: August 31, 1992Author:
Israel, Arturo
This report offers suggestions for
dealing with Namibia's daunting problems. It is divided
into three parts. The executive summary, which targets
policy-makers as its...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11133Date: August 31, 1992
Poland is having increasing difficulties
meeting the health care needs and demands of its population.
The key problems are deteriorating health status, the
inefficiencies...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11009Date: August 31, 1992
The World Bank is currently assessing
the relative health impacts of physical environment problems
in urban areas of developing countries in order to better
guide its...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11101Date: August 31, 1992Author:
Bradley,David Lorenzo ;
Cairncross,Sandy ;
Harpham,Trudy ;
Stephens,Carolyn
Five years have passed since the
privatization process of the railway sector in Japan was
initiated in 1987. This study is the first comprehensive
analysis of this restructuring,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP172Date: August 31, 1992Author:
Koichiro Fukui
This book reviews experiences with
state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and their privatization in
developing and industrial countries and extracts salient
themes and lessons...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11104Date: August 31, 1992Author:
Kikeri, Sunita ;
Nellis, John ;
Shirley, Mary
Of the estimated 1 billion people in the
developing world who survive in conditions of extreme
poverty, 70 percent live in Asia. The majority of these
people live in...
Type: PublicationReport#: EDI30Date: August 31, 1992Author:
D'Silva, Emmanuel ;
Bysouth, Kaye ;
Asian Developmen
The privatization (or partial
privatization) of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT)
stands as the single largest effort of its kind in history
and for that reason alone...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP179Date: August 31, 1992Author:
Takano, Yoshiro
This paper describes the development and
content of a household questionnaire designed to measure the
economic impact of adult morbidity and mortality in an
African...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM90Date: August 31, 1992Author:
Ainsworth, Martha ;
Koda, Godlike ;
Lwihula, George
The primary objective of this report is
to take stock of Poland's progress in decentralization
to local governments within the context of the
Government's transition...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11036Date: August 31, 1992
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