• Land and Labor in South Asia
    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: Publication Report#: WDP33 Date: September 30, 1988 Author: Singh, Inderjit
  • China - Finance and investment
    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: Publication Report#: PUB6445 Date: September 30, 1988
  • Targeted programs for the poor during structural adjustment
    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: Publication Report#: 10195 Date: September 30, 1988
  • China - External trade and capital reform issues and options
    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: Publication Report#: PUB6680 Date: September 30, 1988
  • Plant quarantine and the international transfer of germplasm
    This paper reviews the history of quarantine services, discusses principles for successful quarantine operations and identifies major constraints to the exchange of...
    Type: Publication Report#: CGR25 Date: September 30, 1988 Author: Plucknett, Donald L. ; Smith, Nigel J.H.
  • Caribbean Region - Caribbean exports : preferential markets and performance
    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: Publication Report#: PUB7207 Date: September 30, 1988 Author: Policy, Planning and Research
  • China - Growth and development in Gansu province
    The province of Gansu in China, the object of three Bank missions and this report, faces a challenging situation in achieving income growth and poverty reduction for...
    Type: Publication Report#: PUB6064 Date: September 30, 1988
  • The World Bank economic review 2(3)
    Agricultural incentives in developing countries: measuring the effect of sectoral and economywide policies. Inflationary rigidities and orthodox stabilization policies:...
    Type: Publication Report#: 17562 Date: September 30, 1988 Author: Krueger, Anne O. ; Schiff, Maurice ; Valdes, Alberto ; Kiguel, Miguel A. ; Liviatan, Nissan ; Behrman, Jere R. ; Deolalikar, Anil B. ; Wolfe, Barbara L. ; Moran, Cristian ; Bark, Taeho ; Melo, Jaimede ; Conway, Patrick J. ; Bale, Malcolm
  • Trade, aid, and policy reform
    The themes for this year's Symposium on Trade, Aid, and Policy Reform, reflect the importance of the international environment, and the need for global integration of...
    Type: Publication Report#: 23930 Date: September 30, 1988 Author: Roberts, Colleen [editor] ; Schuh, G.E. ; Siebeck, W
  • Trinidad and Tobago - Country economic report : toward a program of policy reform and renewed growth
    As the economy of Trinidad and Tobago is at a crossroads, this report reviews serious recent economic developments and the main policy issues for the country. The report...
    Type: Publication Report#: PUB7139 Date: September 30, 1988
  • Private business in developing countries : improved prospects
    After decades of growing state involvement in development, and many years of government hostility to private foreign investment, things have been changing over the past...
    Type: Publication Report#: IFD1 Date: September 30, 1988 Author: Pfefferman, Guy P.
  • The challenge of hunger in Africa - a call to action
    This report outlines a set of actions which, if implemented effectively, could help end hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa. A task force of the World Bank devised this strategy...
    Type: Publication Report#: 10196 Date: September 30, 1988
  • Address to the Board of Governors by Barber B. Conable, Berlin (West), Germany
    This document records the address made by Barber Conable to the Board of Governors at the 1988 Annual Meetings, held in Berlin (West), Germany In his speech, Conable...
    Type: Publication Report#: 35048 Date: September 27, 1988 Author: Conable,Barber B.
  • Income distribution and economic development in Madagascar : some historical statistics
    As part of a project covering 21 countries, the report covers economic statistics of Madagascar from the 1950's to 1986. Specifically, it discusses the various data...
    Type: Publication Report#: WDP37 Date: August 31, 1988 Author: Pryor, Frederic L.
  • Transport policy issues in sub-Saharan Africa
    This document reports on three meetings (roundtables) held in Rome, Italy, in April 1986 to discuss important transport policy issues in sub-Saharan Africa. A different...
    Type: Publication Report#: EDI9 Date: August 31, 1988 Author: Levy, Hernan ; Malone, Patrick O.
  • Papua New Guinea - Policies and prospects for sustained and broad-based growth
    Despite abundant natural resources and the prospects of a major increase in mineral revenues, Papua New Guinea faces several development challenges in the years ahead....
    Type: Publication Report#: PUB7121 Date: August 31, 1988
  • Income distribution and economic development in Malawi : some historical statistics
    As part of a project covering 21 countries, the report covers statistics of Malawi from the 1950's to 1986. For this report it has been necessary to create a data base...
    Type: Publication Report#: WDP36 Date: August 31, 1988 Author: Pryor, Frederic L.
  • The political economy of reform in sub-Saharan Africa
    This report is on two discussions with scholars in the field of policital economy. The main text focuses on some key issues that are of concern to the World Bank and...
    Type: Publication Report#: EDI8 Date: August 31, 1988 Author: Gulhati, Ravi
  • Global trends in real exchange rates, 1960 to 1984
    Over the quarter century 1960 - 84 the real exchange rates of oil importing countries on average depreciated substantially relative to those of industrial countries...
    Type: Publication Report#: WDP35 Date: August 31, 1988 Author: Wood, Adrian
  • Trade, exchange rates, and agricultural pricing policy in Portugal
    Agricultural policy in Portugal, like the industry itself, has had a strongly regional flavor. Most of the government's support for agriculture until the mid-1960s was...
    Type: Publication Report#: 9803 Date: August 31, 1988 Author: Avillez, Francisco ; Finan, Timothy J. ; Josling, Ti
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