This paper examines the level and
structure of interest rates ford the period 1970-82 in ten
developing countries: Bangladesh, Kenya, Korea, Morocco,
Nigeria, Pakistan,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP753Date: January 31, 1985Author:
Hanson, James A. ;
Neal, Craig R.
Integrated rural development projects
have a number of functional components which are
operationally unrelated. Agricultural production promoting
activities such as...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP716Date: January 31, 1985Author:
Lacroix, R. ;
AMEC, Inc.
It has generally been considered that
the opening of the economy to the rest of the world is an
integral part of any economic reform aiming at increasing
the role of...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP710Date: December 31, 1984Author:
Edwards, Sebastian
This paper explores the relation between
changes in the timing and quantity of fertility, such as
those that might result from an effective family planning
program in...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP698Date: December 31, 1984Author:
Trussel, J. ;
Pebley, A.
The efficient use of water resources
where both ground and surface water are used may require
special policies to rationalize the interaction among
pumping by farmers,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP707Date: December 31, 1984Author:
O'Mara, G.
This analysis considers changing
patterns of population mobility in terms of shifts in
productive structure and social relations of production. It
is based on the premise...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP695Date: December 31, 1984Author:
Standing, G.
Public sector management in Botswana
rests on two pillars: democracy and pragmatism. The
democratic nature allows an open dialogue of policy making
and ensures accountability,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP709Date: December 31, 1984Author:
Raphaeli, N. ;
Roumani, J. ;
MacKellar, A.
The paper reviews recent reports on the
level and growth of fuelwood consumption in Africa, and on
the ecological, economic and possible micro-climatic effects
of deforestation....
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP704Date: December 31, 1984Author:
Anderson, D. ;
Fishwick, R.
Indian fertility has declined by at
least 25 percent in the last twenty years. The current total
fertility rate is 4.8%, which is lower than that in any
other country...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP699Date: December 31, 1984Author:
Zachariah, K. C. ;
Patel, Sulekha
Until recently data on the economy of
China has been scarce. In this paper we take a first look at
private household consumption in China, using data for 1981
and 1982...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP701Date: December 31, 1984Author:
van der Gaag, J.
This systematic discussion of the
consequences of rapid population growth for economies and
social systems is concerned principally with growth
resulting from mortality...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP691Date: December 31, 1984Author:
McNicoll, G.
The relationship between women's
status, which is defined in terms of the degree to which
they are economically dependent on men, and fertility in
developing countries...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP682Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Cain, M.
This discussion responds to the
questions of programs to reduce mortality and of how large a
change in growth will result from efforts to lower
fertility. It considers...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP686Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Gwatkin, D.
This paper examines the role of the
private sector and the potential for recovering costs in the
public sector in the provision of education and health
services in Indonesia,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP703Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Meesook,Oey Astra
This paper reviews the determinants of
fertility and attempts to extract conclusions that are
relevant for fertility reduction policies in developing
countries. In the...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP680Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Bulatao, R.
Over the last twenty years countries in
Eastern Africa have made great progress in expanding
educational opportunities and meeting manpower needs.
Nonetheless the region...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP702Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Wolff,Laurence
Successful completion of
Yugoslavia's structural adjustment program requires
stricter financial discipline to increase the economic
pressure on public enterprises to...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP705Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Knight, P.
This paper traces the sources of
assistance for family planning & other
"population" programs from developed countries
& the flow of assistance through principal
...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP688Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Herz, B.
Theory predicts that schooling of
children exerts a negative effect on parental fertility.
Results of empirical studies related to this are mixed. This
paper extends...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP697Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Tan, J. ;
Haines, M.
Analysis of the policies applied by
developing countries in response to the external shocks of
the 1979-82 period is extended to 1983. The shocks in
question include...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP675Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Balassa, B. ;
McCarthy, F.
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