The paper analyzes the contribution of
agriculture to economic growth. By employing cross-section
data for the developing and developed countries during
1960-1970 and...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP619Date: November 30, 1983Author:
Erh-Cheng Hwa
Three papers discuss issues related to
manpower analysis and educational investment in developing
countries. The authors suggest a broader approach to the
analysis of...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP624Date: November 30, 1983Author:
PSACHAROPOULOS, G. ;
HINCHLIFF, K. ;
DOUGHERTY, C. ;
HOLLISTER, R. ;
EDC
As in other developing countries, India
has experienced since independence a high and increasing
concentration of population and economic activities at
selected locations...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP620Date: October 31, 1983Author:
SEKHAR, A.
This paper suggests simple operational
approaches to the screening and economic appraisal of road
components of rural roads and rural development projects. It
is based...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP610Date: October 31, 1983Author:
BEENHAKKER, H. ;
LAGO, A.
As part of a study of characteristics of
the poor and the ultra-poor at nutritional risks, this paper
reviews the evidence on participation rates, duration of
work,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP616Date: October 31, 1983Author:
Lipton, M.
A two-year tracer study for a cohort of
senior secondary school graduates in Indonesia addresses the
issue of whether senior secondary education should be
expanded....
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP615Date: October 31, 1983Author:
CLARK, D. ;
AEP
This study is one in a series of papers
devoted to issues of development management in the search
for greater efficiency in setting and pursuing developing
goals. The...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP580Date: October 31, 1983Author:
Gould, David J., D. ;
Amaro-Reyes, Jose A.
This paper reports the results from some
experiments utilizing models of the irrigated agriculture of
the Indus Basin of Pakistan. The models are unique in that
they...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP665Date: September 30, 1983Author:
Duloy, J. ;
O'Mara, G.
Brazil's system of
intergovernmental fiscal relations has, with some minor
exceptions, remained unchanged for almost two decades.
Economic, social and political conditions...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP612Date: September 30, 1983Author:
Dillinger,William R. ;
Mahar,Dennis J.
The study reviews past estimates of
shadow prices in Thailand and their use in World Bank
appraisals. Applying the Squire-van der Tak methodology, it
proceeds to estimate...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP609Date: September 30, 1983Author:
AHMED, S. ;
EM1
A project to establish the shares of
industrial country markets held by the developing countries,
changes in such shares in the 1970s, and reasons for
variations among...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP570Date: September 30, 1983Author:
BOBE, B. ;
EPD
Agricultural production and trade data
recently released from China are the basis of this
assessment of per capita nutrient availablity in China over
time and by province....
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP607Date: September 30, 1983Author:
Piazza, Alan ;
AEP ;
PHN
This paper discusses the importance of
technological change in industrial development, issues on
which further study is required, and directions for
operational programs...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP613Date: September 30, 1983Author:
MOORE, F. ;
IND
This study provides an empirical
analysis of the sources of Turkey's growth and
structural change since the 1950s, and considers the
prospects for its transition from...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP614Date: September 30, 1983Author:
CELASUN, M. ;
DRD
This paper describes the major features
of China's agricultural pricing system as they have
evolved since l949, but focuses on adjustments in the
1976-82 period. The...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP606Date: September 30, 1983Author:
LARDY, N. ;
AGR
Evidence from 20 countries shows that
those with lower taxes experienced more rapid expansion of
investment, productivity, employment, and government
services, and had...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP605Date: August 31, 1983Author:
Marsden, Keith ;
IND
This paper utilizes data on the ratio of
surviving children and other variables for a sub-sample of
mothers aged 20-29 to analyze the impact of increased access
to piped...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP594Date: August 31, 1983Author:
MERRICK, T.
By 1978, Turkey was in the midst of the
most serious foreign exchange and economic crisis it had
experienced in three decades. This paper presents an
analysis of the...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP602Date: August 31, 1983Author:
LEWIS, J. ;
URATA, S. ;
DRD
A project to establish the shares of
industrial country markets held by developing countries,
changes in such shares in the 1970s, and reasons for
variations among industry...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP568Date: August 31, 1983Author:
MESSERLIN, P. ;
EPD
In the Federal Republic of Germany, the
1980s are likely to see a continuation of the track
competition from developing countries and resultant
pressures for adjustment....
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP571Date: August 31, 1983Author:
WEISS, F.
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