This glossary supersedes Borrowing and
Lending Terminology, which appeared in 1984 and adds
considerably to those terms, to reflect both the substantial
changes in ...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9477Date: January 1, 1991Author:
Terminology Unit
Thailand is a nation poised on the brink
of economic success. The Thai economy has demonstrated
remarkable resilience and growth in the past. However, in
order to turn...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9916Date: January 1, 1991
This is the first study ever attempted
of the large-scale movement of population in this region. It
describes the demographic aspects of the flow of millions of
people...
Agriculture is the mainstay of
Pakistan's economy. Nearly 24% of total output and 50%
of total employment is generated in agriculture and it
accounts for 30% of Pakistan's...
Poland embarked on the road toward a
market economy with its economic reform program of January
1990, aimed at stabilizing the macroeconomy. The productive
sectors,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9955Date: December 31, 1990
Financial sector reform began in the
early 1980s with the seperation of China's monobank
system into commercial and central banking functions.
Additional fundamental...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB8415Date: December 31, 1990
Will developing countries benefit
economically from strengthening their protection of
intellectual property? They have been repeatedly urged to do
so by developed nations,...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP112Date: December 31, 1990Author:
Siebeck, Wolfgang E. [editor] ;
Evenson, Robert E. ;
Lesser, William ;
Primo Braga, Carlos A.
The transformation of the Soviet economy
is bound to be extraordinarily complex and will take many
years to complete. Three closely related areas require
action at the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9067Date: December 31, 1990Author:
IMF ;
OECD ;
EBRD
This report focuses primarily on issues
related to land and forest management in the outer islands,
and land and water resource management in Java. The theme is
that...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9212Date: December 31, 1990
This paper reviews the theory and
evidence on the consequences of high fertility in Pakistan.
In addition, several data sets are analyzed to examine the
effects the...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP111Date: December 31, 1990Author:
Cochrane, Susan ;
Kozel, Valerie ;
Alderman, Harold
This report reviews trends in the
incidence of poverty in Indonesia during the past two
decades, investigates the nature of the problem and outlines
a strategy for further...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB8034Date: November 30, 1990
This paper contains an overview paper,
two Bank staff papers, and general topics. It reviews the
current outlook for the world economy in the 1990s and
identifies some...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP97Date: November 30, 1990Author:
McCarthy, F. Desmond [editor]
This study aims to deepen potential
investors' familiarity with developing country
telecommunications - a sector that possesses considerable
potential for investment...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD10Date: November 30, 1990Author:
Ambrose, William W. ;
Hennemeyer, Paul R. ;
Chapon, Jean-Paul
The rising cost of health care presses
hard on developing and industrial countries alike. The
burden is heavier in the developing world, however, because
resources are...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11595Date: November 30, 1990Author:
Gertler, Paul ;
van der Gaag, Jacques
This glossary presents English-French
and French-English terminology related to water supply
(investigation, production, distribution), environmental
sanitation, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11617Date: November 30, 1990Author:
Biron, Paul J.
Agroforestry has come of age remarkably
during the past 10 to 15 years. However, the lack of a
synthesized 'package' of technical and
socio-economic information on agroforestry...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP131Date: November 30, 1990Author:
Nair, P.K.R.
Government policies in agriculture have
been costly and misdirected world wide. In developed
countries, those policies cost taxpayers and consumers
hundreds of billions...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP105Date: November 30, 1990Author:
Knudsen, Odin ;
Nash, John ;
Bovard, James ;
Gardner,
This report assesses trends in the level
and the regional incidence of poverty as well as changes in
income inequality. It examines the characteristics of the
poor and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10009Date: November 30, 1990
This report reviews the current outlook
for the world economy in the 1990s and identifies some key
economic issues likely to confront policymakers in both
developing...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP98Date: November 30, 1990Author:
McCarthy, F. Desmond [editor]
An analysis of the determinants and
consequences of rapid population growth in Kenya represents
an encounter in contrast and paradox. On the one hand, no
country in...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP107Date: November 30, 1990Author:
Kelley, Allen C. ;
Nobbe, Charles E.
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