The goal of this paper is to provide a
basis for discussions on the major constraints to livestock
production in the EMENA region, and possible solutions to
them. Livestock...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP39Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Glenn, John C.
Several factors have contributed to an
increasing recognition of the need to address social aspects
of development. First is the accumulating evidence about the
effects...
Type: PublicationReport#: EDI13Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Bamberger, Michael ;
EDI
Recent years have witnessed the
explosive emergence of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)
as a major collective actor in development activities.
Social development...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP40Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Cernea,Michael M.
The report provides an overview of the
progress and outlook of fifteen economies in the Region. It
takes a regional perspective on selected macroeconomic
policy and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10928Date: October 31, 1988
Between the 1960s and the 1980s,
developing countries have lost precious infrastructure worth
billions of dollars through the deterioration of their
roads. Large road...
For a majority of Latin American
countries, the 1980s have been fraught with economic crisis
and politically difficult adjustments. Korea, on the other
hand, successfully...
Type: PublicationReport#: EDI14Date: October 31, 1988Author:
de Franco, Silvio ;
Eguren, Alberto ;
Baughman, Davi
This report summarizes the principal
factors that influence long-run conditions in the petroleum
markets and presents a framework for projecting crude oil
prices, based...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP92Date: October 31, 1988
This paper discusses how debt-equity
swaps affect flows of foreign direct investment (FDI). It is
based on research that concentrates on four major Latin
American debtors,...
Type: PublicationReport#: IFD2Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Bergsman, Joel ;
Edisis, Wayne
Given the importance of energy in modern
economics, the first part of this report is devoted to
examining some of the key conceptual and analytical tools
available for...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP86Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Munasinghe, Mohan
The oil booms of 1973 and 1979 brought
unprecedented income to many, previously poor oil-producing
countries. What became of their new-found wealth? In this
comparative...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27549Date: October 30, 1988Author:
Gelb, Alan et al
Recent World Bank studies show a
declining trend in power sector performance in the
developing countries and recommend giving greater emphasis
to rehabilitation and...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP85Date: September 30, 1988Author:
Ernst & Whinney
The report examines the predictive
effects of quality regulation on the allocation of
resources, the distribution of income and the national
wealth of the quality regulating...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP38Date: September 30, 1988Author:
Rottenberg, Simon ;
Yandle, Bruce
The countries of the Caribbean region
benefit from a number of preferential trade arrangements. In
addition to the industrialized countrys' General System
of Preferences...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10008Date: September 30, 1988
This report begins by surveying the
overall historical net flows and net transfers of external
finance in the 1980s from all sources, public and private,
to all developing...
Type: PublicationReport#: DEV18Date: September 30, 1988
This paper explores the relationship of
land and labor to rural poverty in South Asia. The first
half of the paper discusses the unequal distribution of land
among the...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP33Date: September 30, 1988Author:
Singh, Inderjit
The Chinese Government set in motion in
1979 a series of economic reform measures aimed at
decentralizing production and investment decisions and
subjecting them increasingly...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB6445Date: September 30, 1988
This book represents a summary of a
symposium on "Poverty and Adjustment" convened by
the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF),
international and independent...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10195Date: September 30, 1988
In an attempt to improve allocative
efficiency and promote economic growth and modernization,
China has introduced various policy reforms including an
"open door" policy...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB6680Date: September 30, 1988
This paper reviews the history of
quarantine services, discusses principles for successful
quarantine operations and identifies major constraints to
the exchange of...
Type: PublicationReport#: CGR25Date: September 30, 1988Author:
Plucknett, Donald L. ;
Smith, Nigel J.H.
This report reviews the performance of
Caribbean exports during 1980-86. Compared to those of most
other developing countries, the growth of CGCED (Caribbean
Group for...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB7207Date: September 30, 1988Author:
Policy, Planning and Research
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