Women are responsible for at least 70
percent of food staple production in Africa. They are also
important in other agricultural activities, including food
processing...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP103Date: October 31, 1990Author:
Saito, Katrine A. ;
Weidemann, C. Jean
Poverty is the grim reality for some 400
million people - mostly small farmers and agricultural
laborers - in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. To remedy the
problem,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9025Date: October 31, 1990Author:
Singh, Inderjit
This report presents brief analytic
descriptions of recent economic performance and trends in
individual developing countries for the majority of World
Bank borrowing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9216Date: October 31, 1990
Population migration is a perennial
phenomenon in sub-Saharan Africa. However, its causes and
impacts are highly varied across the region, and its scale
fluctuates significantly...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP102Date: October 31, 1990Author:
Russell, Sharon Stanton ;
Jacobsen, Karen ;
Stanley, William Deane
Since the 1970s, the Bank has promoted a
system of extension management which emphasizes the
importance of training staff and visiting farmers according
to predetermined...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9218Date: October 31, 1990
Poverty in the developing world is a
major challenge. Investments in human resources are
considered critical elements of efforts to alleviate
poverty. Conversely, inadequacies...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM74Date: October 31, 1990Author:
Behrman, Jere R.
This technical paper has three main
objectives: (a) to present a pragmatic guide for improving
health through discrete local programs which are supplements
but not alternatives...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP121Date: September 30, 1990Author:
Listorti, James A.
Environmental degradation in its many
forms constitutes a significant threat to economic
development. Sound environmental management has been
recognized as fundamental...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9315Date: September 30, 1990
The world's wildlands - forests,
savannas, wetlands, and other areas as yet little touched by
human activity - are increasingly under pressure from
population growth...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11599Date: September 30, 1990Author:
Ledec, George ;
Goodland, Robert
This publication contains listings of
technical papers, discussion papers, working papers, and
technical notes prepared by the Water and Sanitation
Division of the Infrastructure...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9348Date: September 30, 1990Author:
UNDP
This second report on adjustment lending
reviews the Bank's experience with adjustment lending,
examining in depth the issues raised in the first report on
adjustment...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9302Date: September 30, 1990
During the United Nations Decade for
Women (1975 - 1985), governments and institutions, including
the World Bank, adopted policies to enhance the role of
women in development....
Type: PublicationReport#: 9066Date: September 30, 1990Author:
Herz, Barbara ;
Schreiber, Gotz
Introduction: imperfect information and
rural credit markets - puzzles and policy perspectives.
Credit markets in northern Nigeria: credit as insurance in a
rural economy....
Type: PublicationReport#: 17595Date: September 30, 1990Author:
Hoff, Karla ;
Stiglitz, Joseph E. ;
Udry, Christopher ;
Bell, Clive ;
Aleem, Irfan ;
Siamwalla, Ammar
This book has been prepared to help
organizations responsible for operation and maintenance of
irrigation and drainage systems to develop strategies and
prepare plans...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP99Date: September 30, 1990
This document was written as part of the
work undertaken under the Social Dimensions of Adjustment
(SDA) Program in Africa. The program aims at thoroughly
integrating...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9062Date: September 30, 1990
The view that a liberal trade regime
promotes economic growth and efficiency has won wide
acceptance in recent years. The reason is simple. Many
developing countries...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9026Date: September 30, 1990Author:
Papageorgiou, Demetrios ;
Choksi, Armeane M. ;
Michaely, Michael
During the second half of the 1970s, the
Mauritian sugar boom ended. For a number of years
thereafter, economic instability and financial troubles
marred the picture....
Type: PublicationReport#: 9089Date: September 30, 1990Author:
Gulhati, Ravi ;
Nallari, Raj
In this document, the President of the
World Bank addresses the Development Committee on major
development issues. The paper discusses: (a) macroeconomic
developments...
Type: PublicationReport#: DEV24Date: September 30, 1990
This document records the address made
by Barber Conable to the Board of Governors at the 1990
Annual Meetings. In his speech, Conable addresses the
following issues...
Type: PublicationReport#: 35227Date: September 25, 1990Author:
Conable,Barber B.
The primary objective of this study is
to assist the government in identifying and implementing
appropriate measures that will result in an effective and
equitable reduction...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB8176Date: August 31, 1990
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