The automotive industry represents a
significant portion of global economic activity with
extensive upstream and downstream linkages to many diverse
industries and sectors....
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD7Date: August 31, 1990Author:
Karmokolias, Yannis
Improving household food security in
Africa means focusing on the role of women because they play
a critical role as food producers and income earners for
their families....
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP96Date: August 31, 1990Author:
Gittinger, J. Price ;
Chernick, Sidney ;
Horenstein, Nadine R. ;
Saito, Katrine
This report analyzes the impact of the
completion of the European Community's (EC) Internal
Market on sub saharan African (SSA) countries. Economic
size, geographic...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP100Date: August 31, 1990Author:
Tovias,Alfred
A striking feature of developing
economies is the large proportion of the work force that is
self employed. Lack of widespread labor market participation
in the agricultural...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM73Date: August 31, 1990Author:
Jacoby,Hanan G.
The decade of the 1980s provided many
opportunities for developing country exporters. Above all
else, the rapid growth in U.S. demand for imported goods
allowed developing...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD8Date: August 31, 1990
Education has been recognized as
critical to the success of economic policies, equitable
income distribution and the reduction of poverty. However,
just when more and...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP95Date: August 31, 1990Author:
Haddad, Wadi D. ;
Carnoy, Martin ;
Rinaldi, Rosemary ;
Regel, Omporn
In Bangladesh, formal, secondary
Vocational Technical Education (VTE) is a centralized,
nationally administered system. This sector review was
designed to: (a) analyze...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB7604Date: July 31, 1990
Microenterprises play an important role
in sub Saharan Africa. They account for a sizeable portion
of the economy, by providing employment and a means of
livelihood...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP122Date: July 31, 1990Author:
Dessing, Maryke
At the time of independence from Britain
in 1968, education in Swaziland was characterized by poor
quality, uneven distribution of schools, high dropout and
repeater...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP88Date: July 31, 1990Author:
Magalula, Cisco ;
AFT
At the time of independence from Britain
in 1964, the educational system in Zambia was, as elsewhere
in Africa, racially segregated and heavily biased against
Africans....
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP90Date: July 31, 1990Author:
Achola, Paul P.W.
These seminar papers address the
following main subjects: 1) the capabilities and limitations
of the various satellite remote sensing systems; 2) World
Bank utilization...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP128Date: July 31, 1990Author:
Gastellu-Etchegorry, J.P.
This paper reviews the scholarly
literature concerned, directly or indirectly, with the
implementation of educational policies in sub-Saharan
Africa. The paper consists...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP83Date: July 31, 1990Author:
Craig, John
Watersheds as hydrologic units comprise
combinations of arable and nonarable land and drainage lines
and are utilized by permanent and transient populations with
varying...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP127Date: July 31, 1990Author:
Doolette, John B. ;
Magrath, William B.
This paper focuses mainly on the
problems related to financial stabilization and adjustment.
Three general problems of particular topicality in Latin
America today,...
Type: PublicationReport#: EDI25Date: July 31, 1990Author:
Roe, Alan ;
Popiel, Paul A.
This report analyzes recent
macroeconomic developments with special attention to the
reforms that have been responsible for China's rapid
economic growth. It also examines...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB7483Date: July 31, 1990
This book is designed to address two
underlying questions. To what degree is education a good
investment that increases labor productivity and contributes
to economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: 8985Date: July 31, 1990Author:
Knight, John B. ;
Sabot, Richard H.
This report contains the revised and
edited papers presented at a workshop on Financial Reform in
Socialist Economies held at the European University
Institute (EUI),...
Type: PublicationReport#: 9371Date: July 31, 1990Author:
Kessides, Christine ;
King, Timothy ;
Nuti, Mario ;
Sokil, Catherine [editors]
THe world debt crisis of the 1980s, soon
to drag into the 1990s, has launched a constellation of
competing claims and conflicting alternatives. From 1986 to
1988 more...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10279Date: July 31, 1990Author:
Husain,Ishrat ;
Diwan,Ishac
At the time of independence from Britain
in 1962, education in Uganda was more advanced than in
neighboring countries, although still unsatisfactory. This
paper reviews...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP89Date: July 31, 1990Author:
Odaet, Cooper F.
The Aga Khan Rural Support Program
(AKRSP) was conceived as a new approach to fostering the
development of rural people. It was established and is run
by the Aga Khan...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB8448Date: July 31, 1990
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