The purpose of this report is to explore
the relationship of environmental degradation and
vulnerability to disaster and their combined effects on both
natural and man-made...
Recent evidence suggests that food
energy intakes are less responsive to incomes of the poor
than was once thought. However, it is not intakes per se
that there is concern...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM82Date: July 31, 1991Author:
Ravallion,Martin
This report, prepared under the Rural
Travel and Transport Project of the sub - Saharan Africa
Transport Program (SSATP), presents findings from a review
of 127 projects...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP141Date: July 31, 1991Author:
Riverson, John ;
Gaviria, Juan ;
Thriscutt, Sydney
The sourcebook is designed to assist all
those involved in environmental assessment (EA).
Environmental assessment teams conducting EAs for borrowing
governments need...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP139Date: July 31, 1991
This paper reviews industrialization
policies that have been employed in developing economies,
especially the Asian NICs (newly industrialized countries).
The paper...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10081Date: July 31, 1991Author:
Dollar, David ;
Dahlman, Carl J. ;
Brimble, Peter ;
Jee-Peng Tar
This paper is broadly concerned with the
living standards of older people in two contrasting
developing countries, Cote d' Ivoire and Thailand. A
series of household...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM81Date: July 31, 1991Author:
Deaton, Angus ;
Paxson, Christina H.
Using household survey data from the
United States, Brazil, and Ghana, the authors examine the
relationship between paternal education and child height, an
indicator...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM79Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Thomas, Duncan
The design and content of agricultural
projects and programs financed by the Bank are, to a large
extent, determined by national macroeconomic and
agricultural policies...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP126Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Gnaegy, Suzanne ;
Anderson, Jock R. [editors] ;
Brossier, Jacques ;
Collins, J. Clive ;
Bosc, Pierre-Marie ;
Calkins, Peter ;
Yung, Jean-Michel ;
Seckler, David ;
Gollin, Doug ;
Antoine, Pierre ;
Winrock International ;
CIRAD
This report seeks to impart knowledge to
policymakers and administrators of how to approach the
measurement and valuation of environmental elements within
development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9766Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Blackwell, Jonathan M. ;
Goodwillie, Roger N. ;
Webb
The World Bank/FAO/UNIDO/Industry
Fertilizer Working Group (the "Group") includes a
number of specialists who are experienced in the analysis of
trends in the production...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP144Date: June 30, 1991Author:
FAO ;
UNIDO
Ghana is often cited as an African
country that has undertaken major macroeconomic reforms with
generally positive results for economic growth. Within
Ghana's industrial...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP138Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Steel, William F. ;
Webster, Leila M.
This paper first reviews the legacies of
the previous economic systems and analyzes the task of
transformation towards a private market economy. It surveys
important...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9896Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Gelb, Alan H. ;
Gray, Cheryl W.
The countries of Eastern and Central
Europe currently face three major economic tasks: they need
to stabilize their macroeconomies, both domestically and
internationally;...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9624Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Commander, Simon [editor]
This report summarizes the results of an
agricultural study in Asia. The project employed a common
analytical framework and entailed close collaboration
between the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9698Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Krueger, Anne O. ;
Schiff, Maurice ;
Valdes, Alberto
The collection of papers brought
together in this volume was written to advance knowledge
about the demand, pricing, and use of commodity-linked
finance. During the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9676Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Priovolos, Theophilos ;
Duncan, Ronald C. [editors
This book marks the first step in a new
review of health policy - a review that focuses specifically
on sub - Saharan Africa. Several factors make this exercise
particularly...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9784Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Feachem, Richard G. ;
Jamison, Dean T. [editors]
Information is an essential production
factor, particularly in modernizing agriculture. Farmers
need and want information to improve their farming. Farmers
only need...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10034Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Zijp, Willem
This report summarizes the results of an
agricultural study in Latin America. The project employed a
common analytical framework and entailed close collaboration
between...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9697Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Krueger, Anne O. ;
Schiff, Maurice ;
Valdes, Alberto
This paper summarizes the main
conclusions of a seminar on housing reforms in socialist
economies. The seminar was initiated to discuss the
transition from socialist...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP125Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Renaud, Bertrand
This book assesses the experience of
countries with adjustment programs and the effectiveness of
adjustment lending from the World Bank in supporting these
programs....
Type: PublicationReport#: 8980Date: June 30, 1991Author:
Thomas, Vinod ;
Chhibber, Ajay ;
Dailami, Mansoor ;
de Melo, Jaime [editors]
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