Developing countries need to improve
productivity throughout the economy if they are to compete
successfully in an era of rapid economic and technological
change. This...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9679Date: May 31, 1991Author:
Middleton, John ;
Ziderman, Adrian ;
Van Adams, Arvil
The story behind the remarkable
timeliness and policy impact of the Jamaican Survey of
Living Conditions (SLC) is told here with emphasis on the
reasons for its success...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM80Date: May 31, 1991Author:
Grosh, Margaret E.
The central aim of this paper is to
provide a thorough review of global economic prospects for
development. This report has a special emphasis on trade in
primary commodities....
Introduction: poverty and adjustment in
the 1980s. Poverty in Eastern Europe in the years of crisis,
1978 to 1987: Poland, Hungary, and Yugoslavia. Macroeconomic
adjustment...
Type: PublicationReport#: 17597Date: May 31, 1991Author:
Squire, Lyn ;
Milanovic, Branko ;
Pissarides, Christopher A. ;
Ahmad, Ehtisham ;
Yan Wang ;
Sahn, David E. ;
Sarris, Alexander ;
Behrman, Jere R. ;
Deolalikar, Anil B. ;
Bourguignon, Francois ;
Melo, Jaime de ;
Suwa, Akiko ;
Newman, John ;
Jorgensen, Steen ;
Pradhan, Menno
This report provides an overview of the
economy and discusses policy reforms and institutional
changes deemed necessary for achieving a quick transition
from a centrally...
The focus of this program is on the
improvement of decision-making in seven important areas
dealing with the structure, reform, and development of
financial systems...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9773Date: May 31, 1991Author:
Callier, Philippe [editor] ;
Roe, Alan ;
Adams, Dale W ;
de Juan, Aristobulo ;
Hamad El-Nil, Yasin S. ;
Hinds, Manuel ;
Johnston, R. Barry ;
Brekk, Odd Per ;
Pereira Leite, Sergio ;
Sundararajan, V. ;
Long, Millard ;
Polizatto, Vincent ;
Popiel, Paul A. ;
Sheng, Andrew
This report reviews the outlook for the
international fertilizer industry through the year 2000 with
regard to demand/supply and balances for nitrogen, phosphate
and...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP137Date: May 31, 1991Author:
Constant, Kurt M. ;
Sheldrick, William F.
A senior policy seminar on
"International Competitiveness: Public Sector-Private
Sector Interface" was held in Seoul, Republic of Korea,
April 18-21, 1990. Policy seminars...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9594Date: May 31, 1991Author:
ul Haque, Irfan [editor]
The UNDP-World Bank Water and Sanitation
Program has been active in 40 countries and is funded by
UNDP and 10 bilateral donors at about $10 million per year.
This assessment,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9678Date: May 31, 1991Author:
UNDP
Brazil is a three-tiered federation of
24 states, two federal territories, a federal district, and
4,300 municipalities. In 1989 less than half of all
government spending...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP124Date: May 31, 1991Author:
Shah, Anwar
This 1991 edition of the World Tables
(WT) updates core socio-economic indicators given on country
and topical pages in the 1989-90 edition. The data cover the
period...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9604Date: May 31, 1991Author:
World Bank
This study seeks to build a better
understanding of the nature of incomes and poverty in Nepal,
and to propose an affordable set of measures to reduce the
incidence...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9585Date: April 30, 1991
Performance evaluation is not a simple
task in private enterprises and it is all the more
complicated in public enterprises. This paper emphasizes
three main points:...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP122Date: April 30, 1991Author:
Jones, Leroy P.
A number of key development issues of
particular interest to both developing and industrial
countries were discussed at the fall meeting of the
Development Committee,...
Type: PublicationReport#: DEV26Date: April 30, 1991
Energy is a key input for economic
development. The supply and demand of virtually every type
of fuel generates varying degrees of environmental
externalities that affect...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9638Date: April 30, 1991Author:
Leitmann, Josef
The coconut is primarily a
smallholders' crop with a recorded history of
cultivation going back for more than 3,000 years and now
thriving throughout the humid tropics....
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP136Date: April 30, 1991Author:
Green, Alan H. [editor]
The economic crisis in sub - Saharan
Africa presents a major challenge to donors and to
policy-makers. After an initial period of growth following
independence, most...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP121Date: April 30, 1991Author:
Braverman, Avishay ;
Guasch, J. Luis ;
Huppi, Monika ;
Pohlmeier, Lorenz
This paper analyzes the fiscal,
financial and real sector linkages between urban economic
activities and macroeconomic performance. It builds on this
analysis to propose...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9576Date: April 30, 1991
This report was prepared to support the
ongoing World Bank-Government dialogue about public sector
developments and issues and to facilitate cooperation
between the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9596Date: April 30, 1991
The property tax is a potentially
attractive means of financing municipal government in
developing countries. As a revenue source, it can provide
local government with...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9637Date: April 30, 1991Author:
Dillinger, William
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