The authors have developed a dynamic
computable general equilibrium model that provides a
laboratory for investigating the potential impact of various
policy instruments...
This report introduces a new series of
research publications, the planning of investment programs,
by outlining a systematic approach of sectorwide investment
analysis,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10104Date: January 1, 1978Author:
Choksi,Armeane M. ;
Kendrick, David A. ;
Meeraus,Alexander ;
Stoutjesdijk, Ardy J.
Papua New Guinea is a newly-independent
country, richly endowed with good soils, abundant rainfall,
considerable mineral resources, and with forestry and
fisheries resources...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB1150Date: January 1, 1978
The Commonwealth Caribbean comprises
twelve small, developing territories that are in the process
of forging an integrated community. Bound by a common
language and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10960Date: January 1, 1978Author:
Chernick,Sidney E.
The economic performance of the Ivory
Coast over the past twenty-five years can be matched by few
countries, developed or developing. Despite limited
resources - the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10774Date: January 1, 1978
The effects of climate on agriculture
and exploration for mineral resources, the recent
international effort to deal with adverse climatological
effects on agriculture,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11186Date: January 1, 1978Author:
Kamarck, Andrew M.
The purpose of the United Nations
International Comparison Project (ICP) is to compare the
purchasing power of currencies and the real gross domestic
product (GDP) per...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11907Date: January 1, 1978Author:
Kravis, Irving B. ;
Heston, Alan ;
Summers, Robert
The considerable importance of housing
to the urban and national economy contrasts sharply with
housing conditions and official policies that exist in many
developing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11909Date: January 1, 1978Author:
Grimes, Orville F.
Since July 1974 the authorities in
Uruguay have been carrying out a program of stabilization
and economic reform based on the freeing of domestic prices
and the liberalization...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB1336Date: December 31, 1977
This paper describes the Training and
Visit System (T & V), which has had good results in a
number of countries, in order that others might benefit from
the experience...
Type: PublicationReport#: UNN87Date: May 31, 1977Author:
Benor, Daniel ;
Harrison, James Q.
The aim of this study is to analyze the
success of economic development in developing countries over
the past quarter century. The study does not attempt to
survey the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 10098Date: March 31, 1977Author:
Morawetz, David
With the growing emphasis that the Bank
is placing on the rural sector, especially on efforts to
raise the productivity and income levels of the rural poor,
it has become...
Type: PublicationReport#: UNN193Date: March 1, 1977Author:
Yudelman, Montague
Various family planning experiments are
categorized according to the principal approach that was
tested. Forty-six examined the type and characteristics of
personnel...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11187Date: January 31, 1977Author:
CUCA, ROBERTO ;
Pierce,Catherine S.
A collection of 62 essays on agrarian
reform in Asia is presented. Based on field observations,
Ladejinsky's works reflect his concern with the
redistribution of land...
Type: PublicationReport#: UNN188Date: January 31, 1977Author:
Walinsky, Louis J. [editor]
The changing structure of consumer
preferences is viewed in this study as it evolves in a
developing economy. Broad patterns in household demand and
saving are identified...
Type: PublicationReport#: 12683Date: January 1, 1977Author:
Lluch, Constantino ;
Powell, Alan A. ;
Williams, Ross A.
Policymaking on broad issues such as the
size of the public budget and the foreign debt will affect
particular sectors of the economy as well as the economy as
a whole....
Type: PublicationReport#: 10103Date: January 1, 1977Author:
Goreux,Louis M.
Unskilled labor is one of the most
abundant resources available in developing countries and one
that is drawn on heavily to further their economic growth.
The cost of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11914Date: January 1, 1977Author:
McDiarmid, Orville John
This paper describes a number of
analytical approaches and techniques and applies them to
actual and hypothetical education programs and projects. The
book elaborates...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11197Date: January 1, 1977Author:
Sirken, Irving A. [editor] ;
Economic Development
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