Agricultural mechanization, as the term
will be used in this study, includes: the process by which
increased mechanical energy is applied to agriculture; the
development,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12010Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Binswanger, Hans P. ;
Donovan, Graham
For sub - Saharan Africa, the need for
reductions in population growth rates is a critical
component in achieving greater economic development and
higher standards of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10941Date: December 31, 1986
These participants' notes are meant
to provide a global picture of the situation in water supply
and sanitation, and introduce the various problems and
issues surrounding...
Type: PublicationReport#: 190391Date: December 31, 1986Author:
World Bank
The Action-Planning approach, as opposed
to the conventional development planning and implementation
techniques, is directed toward improving the borrowers'
institutional...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP56Date: December 31, 1986Author:
Silverman, Jerry M ;
Kettering, Merlyn ;
Schmidt, Te
In Latin America - a region of abundant
grasslands, skewed landholding patterns, and relatively low
population densities - livestock products have been
unusually important,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13359Date: December 31, 1986Author:
Jarvis, Lovell S.
This book is part of Learning Kit No.5
in the World Bank's series of multimedia kits about
economic development, Toward a Better World. This book
includes the following...
Type: PublicationReport#: 74581Date: December 10, 1986Author:
Baldwin,Harriet B. ;
Rosen, Carol [editor]
This book is part of Learning Kit No.5
in the World Bank's series of multimedia kits about
economic development, Toward a Better World. This book
includes the following...
Type: PublicationReport#: 74581Date: December 10, 1986Author:
Baldwin,Harriet B. ;
Rosen, Carol [editor]
In recent years the World Bank has
advised member countries on how they could improve their
policies toward private foreign direct investment, by means
of policy conditionality...
Type: PublicationReport#: CPD8641Date: November 30, 1986Author:
Hallberg,Kristin
The International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) collaborates
with the national agricultural research system of India to
increase agricultural...
Type: PublicationReport#: CGR18Date: November 30, 1986Author:
Bhumbla, Dev R. ;
Bokil, Shriniwas D. ;
Mahapatra, Ishwar C.
It is becoming increasingly evident that
the achievement of meeting aggregate food needs so that
malnutrition and hunger are reduced cannot be accomplished
if women's...
Type: PublicationReport#: CGR17Date: November 30, 1986Author:
Jiggins, Janice
Although the commitment of the Borrower
to implementation is widely recognized as one of the key
factors affecting project performance, the Bank has
developed no systematic...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP4Date: November 30, 1986Author:
Israel, Arturo ;
Heaver, Richard
This report looks at some of the key
issues in the management & finance of higher education
over the next fifteen years & at options for addressing
them in the light...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB5912Date: November 30, 1986
This report on the collaboration between
international agricultural research centers (IARCs) and the
agricultural research system of Burma was undertaken at the
request...
Type: PublicationReport#: CGR19Date: November 30, 1986Author:
Zin, Kyaw
Korea is one of the few countries in the
world that has a system for evaluating the performance of
its public enterprises. Consequently, the paper describes
this performance...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP3Date: November 30, 1986Author:
Park, Young C
The focal point of this study addresses
public educational spending problems for primary education
in Brazil and presents some possible solutions. Brazilian
investment...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB6120Date: November 30, 1986
As African governments have relied
heavily on public enterprises (PEs) to achieve their
development goals, and as these enterprises dominate the
economies of many African...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP1Date: November 30, 1986Author:
Nellis, John R.
Low levels of student achievement and
school quality persist in developing countries. The
importance of school quality, in raising literacy and
influencing economic...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP2Date: November 30, 1986Author:
Fuller, Bruce
The southward enlargement of the
European Community (EC) is causing considerable concern
among agricultural policymakers inside and outside the EC
and especially within...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11811Date: October 31, 1986Author:
Bale, Malcolm D.
High interest rates have become a global
concern in both the industrialized and developing countries.
In some developing countries they have reached real levels
far...
Type: PublicationReport#: IAF18Date: October 31, 1986Author:
Hanson, James A ;
de Rezende Rocha, Roberto
The ultimate goal of development is to
improve the human condition, especially for the least
privileged members of society. To this end, the World Bank,
working with...
Type: PublicationReport#: 40983Date: October 1, 1986Author:
World Bank
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