Employment data plays an integral part
of the data base necessary to measure levels of living.
Insufficient and unequal access to adequate employment are
among the major...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM8Date: October 31, 1980Author:
Mehran, F. ;
DRC
The purpose of this paper is to briefly
examine the African household survey experience as well as
the new plans for future surveys in relation to the
prospects for...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM6Date: October 31, 1980Author:
Booker, W. ;
Singh, P. ;
Savane, L.
A discussion of some of the problems
concerning the measurement of levels of living and poverty,
with particular reference to Latin America, summarizes
quantitative...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM3Date: October 31, 1980Author:
Altimir, O. ;
Sourrouille, J.
As part of the LSMS series, the UN
Statistical Office presents two papers. The first gives a
broad overview of UNSO efforts to help countries improve
their basic data...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM4Date: October 31, 1980
This document contains three papers
which give an overview of the major LSMS objectives,
efforts, and some problems which may be encountered. The
first, Household Surveys...
Type: PublicationReport#: LSM10Date: October 31, 1980Author:
Saunders, C. ;
DRC
In the program of the World Bank for
reducing absolute poverty, part of the effort has to do with
what is commonly called meeting basic needs. A Bank-wide
program was...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10381Date: September 30, 1980
Although biomass ethanol production
cannot solve the energy problems of developing countries, it
could lead to significant savings in petroleum imports.
Those countries...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB3021Date: September 30, 1980
This report describes the science and
technology components of World Bank operations. It was
prepared as part of the documentation for the Bank's
contribution to the...
Type: PublicationReport#: UNN246Date: September 30, 1980Author:
Shapiro, Paul S.
The Bank's program of assistance in
the energy sector is reexamined in a broad survey and
analysis of the energy prospects of developing countries in
light of the current...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB3076Date: August 31, 1980
Until the early 1970s, Seychelles'
development prospects were limited; economic exchanges were
minimal and a few agricultural commodities were exported to
finance imports...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB2629Date: July 31, 1980
The purpose of this report is: (i) to
examine demographic, employment, wage, and income trends in
relation to past developments; (ii) to analyze the structure
and functioning...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB2378Date: July 31, 1980
Kenyan fertility has been and continues
to be high, may be increasing, and shows considerable
variation by region, tribal group, and socioeconomic status.
The rapid...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB2775Date: July 31, 1980
This report synthesizes the results of
four special studies on poverty related issues in Thailand.
The studies found: (i) the incidence of poverty has been
sharply reduced...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB2566Date: June 30, 1980
Thailand has had an outstanding economic
record, achieved primarily in an open economy with low
tariffs and few quantitative import restrictions, under a
free enterprise...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB2804Date: June 30, 1980
A review of industrial policies and
incentives examines the ways in which the Philippines might
better achieve its objectives of broader and more rapid
industrial growth,...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB2513Date: May 31, 1980
Reviews Zaire's economic
performance in the decade 1968-78; examines the extent and
causes of the decline in output experienced in 1975, its
impact on the economy, the...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB2518Date: May 31, 1980
A joint IMF/World Bank mission to the
Philippines investigated the present situation of the
financial sector in light of the need to increase the flow
of longer-term...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB2546Date: May 31, 1980
The economy of the Soloman Islands,
which is predominantly agricultural, has advanced at a
satisfactory pace in recent years. However, export
production from large-scale...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB2553Date: April 30, 1980
This paper updates the Bank's
interpretation of educational development, and recommends a
flexible lending policy, governed primarily by five broad
principles: equity,...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB2680Date: April 1, 1980
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