The purpose of this paper is to analyze
some major elements of a market-oriented reform drawing on
the experiments carried out in selected cities prior to the
1988 Reform...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP123Date: April 30, 1991Author:
Tolley, George S.
This guide provides a brief outline of
the neoclassical theory of the public sector to put into
context the reason for deriving shadow prices and to help
the reader...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9622Date: March 31, 1991Author:
Ward, William A. ;
Deren, Barry J. ;
D'Silva, Emmanu
Rapid population growth and urbanization
is creating a strong demand for milk in sub - Saharan Africa
(SSA) and the majority of countries have the potential to
meet...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP135Date: March 31, 1991Author:
Walshe, Michael J. ;
Grindle, John ;
Nell, Arend ;
Bachmann, Marc
Investments in schooling are often
regarded as essential for economic development, which
implies that such investments have high rates of return in
developing countries....
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM76Date: March 31, 1991Author:
Glewwe,Paul W.
This study develops and implements a new
method to account for selectivity bias that results from a
two-stage choice with multiple alternatives. The estimation
method...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM78Date: March 31, 1991Author:
Vijverberg, Wim P.M.
This annual review is the sixteenth in
its series. This year's review presents salient aspects
of evaluation work carried out and reports on the
performance of the cohort...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9553Date: March 31, 1991
This manual aims to present a broad
coverage of urban finance, and describe the techniques of
urban financial analysis. The manual is designed to provide
only the core...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9509Date: March 31, 1991Author:
McMaster, James
This paper describes the distribution of
welfare in Ghana in 1987-88, as measured by consumption
expenditures. The data used are from the first year of the
Ghana Living...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM75Date: March 31, 1991Author:
Glewwe, Paul ;
Twum-Baah, Kwaku A.
This paper describes the current
approach to public enterprises (PE) reform and
privatization, assesses the reform experience to date, and
suggests, on the basis of...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP119Date: March 31, 1991Author:
Galal, Ahmed
During the past twelve years, Zambia has
experienced increasingly grave financial problems. The
decline in the economy has affected all sectors, including
education....
Type: PublicationReport#: 9532Date: March 31, 1991Author:
Kelly, Michael J.
In the period of perestoika the Soviet
government has begun to increase the autonomy of state
enterprise managers, and has allowed new forms of production
to emerge:...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP118Date: March 31, 1991Author:
Nellis, John
Information is a major development
resource, joining the ranks with human, natural and
financial resources. Therefore, development agencies must
understand the role...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP120Date: March 31, 1991Author:
Hanna,Nagy K.
The Bank lends funds for a wide variety
of carefully selected and clearly defined projects. These
projects which generally require the borrowing country to
buy goods,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 78677Date: March 7, 1991
This edition of the World Bank has been
revised and expanded by the Terminology Unit in the
Languages Services Division of the World Bank in
collaboration with the ...
Type: PublicationReport#: 20273Date: March 1, 1991
This edition of the World Bank has been
revised and expanded by the Terminology Unit in the
Languages Services Division of the World Bank in
collaboration with the ...
Type: PublicationReport#: 20273Date: March 1, 1991
Bolivia's emergency social fund
(ESF) was established to cushion the adverse effects of its
economic crisis and subsequent stabilization program on the
poor and to facilitate...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM77Date: February 28, 1991Author:
Newman, John ;
Jorgensen, Steen ;
Pradhan, Menno
This report examines ways of improving
women's productivity and education and the consequences
for development in Peru. It finds that women account for
about 39 percent...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP116Date: February 28, 1991Author:
Herz, Barbara K. ;
Khandker, Shahidur R. [editors]
Poor people, especially poor women,
commonly have limited access to financial services. So
donors and governments have invested substantially in
developing financial...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP117Date: February 28, 1991Author:
Holt, Sharon L. ;
Ribe, Helena
This report is comprised of three
chapters, which are essentially independent papers that deal
with postharvest activities. Its objective is to challenge
conventional...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9465Date: February 28, 1991Author:
Greeley, Martin
The reliability and timeliness of
agricultural production data are insufficient to meet
information needs in many African countries. The use of
simple data collection...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP132Date: February 28, 1991Author:
Murphy, Josette ;
Casley, Dennis J. ;
Curry, John J.
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