In 1983 the Economic Development
Institute (EDI) made three important decisions concerning
its transport activities. First, it planned to shift the
emphasis in these...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10803Date: April 30, 1992Author:
Bayliss, Brian ;
EDI
The study evaluates the overall social
policy system of Hungary and proposes reforms aimed at
strengthening its role as a defense against poverty, raising
the quality...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10647Date: April 30, 1992
This publication brings together
material on the Bolivian Emergency Social Fund (ESF). The
report is divided into five main parts: part one presents an
introduction...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10736Date: April 30, 1992Author:
Jorgensen, Steen ;
Grosh, Margaret ;
Schacter, Mark [editors]
This report examines specific water
harvesting systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Case studies of
thirteen systems from six different countries are presented,
and conclusions...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP157Date: April 30, 1992Author:
Critchley, William ;
Reij, Chris ;
Seznec, Alain
The publication of this volume on urban
public finance is timely. The book distills the lessons
learned by the authors during many years of work. These
lessons will...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10597Date: April 30, 1992Author:
Bahl, Roy W. ;
Linn, Johannes F.
Half or more of health resources in
developing countries are consumed by the age group that
supports society - adults between the ages of fifteen and
sixty. To improve...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10729Date: April 30, 1992Author:
Feachem, Richard G.A. ;
Kjellstrom, Tord ;
Murray, Christopher J.L. ;
Phillips, Margaret A. ;
Over, Mead
The purpose of this publication is to
present statistical data on private investment trends. This
third edition updates statistics in forty developing
countries through...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD14Date: April 30, 1992Author:
Pfeffermann, Guy ;
Madarassy, Andrea
The task of monitoring Africa's
development program and aid flows requires basic empirical
data that can be readily used by analysts. This volume
consolidates relevant...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10648Date: April 30, 1992
This report assembles data on health,
demographic trends, health infrastructure, health personnel,
and health financing across Asian countries. In a broad
manner, it...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10737Date: April 30, 1992Author:
Griffin,Charles C.
This paper focuses upon the links
between trade and the environment, and the use of trade
policies to address environmental degradation. The relation
between international...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP159Date: April 30, 1992Author:
Low, Patrick [editor]
Education policy in developing countries
is often expressed as a tradeoff between quality of schools
and equity of access by students. The analysis behind this
book...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10881Date: March 31, 1992Author:
Harbison, Ralph W. ;
Hanushek, Eric A.
The World Bank has long supported
developing countries in reforming their inward-oriented
trade and regulatory policies to an outward-oriented
direction and in improving...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10500Date: March 31, 1992Author:
EXT
This paper proposes a strategy for
fisheries development, aimed primarily at the World Bank
Group but it is also believed to have relevance to all
development institutions...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP135Date: March 31, 1992Author:
Loayza,Eduardo A. ;
Sprague,Lucian M.
The 1991 World Bank Annual Conference on
Development Economics, the third in the series, was held
April 25-26 in Washington, D.C. The conference highlighted
four themes:...
Type: PublicationReport#: 14695Date: March 31, 1992
Policy-makers in developing countries
who try to reduce external debt are engaged in a complicated
balancing act. Domestic spending programs could be curtailed
to free...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10556Date: March 31, 1992Author:
van Wijnbergen, Sweder ;
Anand, Ritu ;
Chhibber, Ajay ;
Rocha, Roberto
Despite rapid advances in agricultural
technology and heavy expenditures by governments and donors
on agricultural extension, as much as a fifth of mankind -
almost...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP156Date: March 31, 1992Author:
Saito, Katrine A. ;
Spurling, Daphne
This report contains key development
issues that the Development Committee considered at its 42nd
meeting, held in Bangkok, on October 14, 1991. The Committee
concentrated...
Type: PublicationReport#: DEV28Date: March 31, 1992
This essay considers the basic issues
facing transitional socialist economies, including price
reforms, enterprise and financial sector reforms, and
institutional changes...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP157Date: March 31, 1992Author:
Leipziger, D.M.
This publication considers the effects
of gender on access within the family and beyond. It is
based on a more detailed study of women's involvement
in key sectors of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10595Date: March 31, 1992Author:
Bennett, Lynn
This study summarizes updates and
integrates the most important recent economic-financial data
on social security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC);
in addition,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP140Date: March 12, 1992Author:
Mesa-Lago, Carmelo
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