The research has confirmed that there is
extensive intervention with market forces by governments in
LDCs, which has turned the domestic terms of trade against
agriculture...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP394Date: June 30, 1980Author:
Scandizzo, Pasquale L.
Chapters 1 and 2 of this paper provide
an empirical investigation of trends in poverty and income
distribution in Kenya between 1963 and 1974, differentiated
by region...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP389Date: May 31, 1980Author:
COLLIER, P. ;
LAL, D.
The analytical and empirical basis for
the estimation of shadow prices, which may be used for the
evaluation of projects in Turkey in the next five years, are
described....
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP392Date: May 31, 1980Author:
MASHAYEKHI, A.
This paper describes the characteristics
of the population of Bogota: who are the people, what are
their characteristics, what they do and where do they live
on the...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP390Date: May 31, 1980Author:
MOHAN, R. ;
DED
Jute and jute products have been
steadily losing markets to synthetic substitutes since the
1960s. One of the causes of this loss in market shares has
traditionally...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP391Date: May 31, 1980Author:
Anderson, J. ;
Blitzer, Charles ;
Cauchois, T.
This case study reviews the growth
trends in Pakistan agriculture from 1960-76. It identifies
the chief factors affecting growth rates, then considers the
effects of...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP387Date: April 30, 1980Author:
GOTSCH, C. ;
BROWN, G.
Control over prices of farm products and
inputs belong to a system of intervention that regulates
agricultural production and the distribution of benefits.
They are...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP388Date: April 30, 1980Author:
Cuddihy,William L.
This study examines pricing policy in
Argentina from 1950-1975 for seven major agricultural
products. Based on estimates of coefficients of nominal and
effective protection,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP386Date: April 30, 1980Author:
RECA, L.
This paper reports on trends in rural
household savings, net private capital formation in
agriculture and the growth and composition of tangible net
wealth in rural...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP382Date: April 30, 1980Author:
KRISHNA, R. ;
RAYCHAUDHURI, G.
Data from two comparable national
surveys--taken in 1968-69 and 1975-76--are used to study
fertility trends, levels, regulations, and their determining
factors. Annual...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP383Date: April 30, 1980Author:
AMIN, R. ;
FARUQUEE, R.
This study reviews the existing evidence
from censuses and surveys on small enterprises in Korea and
Taiwan. Its purpose is descriptive in that it seeks to
provide clarifications...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP384Date: April 30, 1980Author:
HO, S.
This study examines the structure and
characteristics of the female urban labor force, the
determinants of female employment and labor earnings and
attempts to ascertain...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP380Date: April 30, 1980Author:
Shields,Nwanganga G.
This study of the Thai rural economy
examines the nature of the major product and factor markets
along with the most important forms of government
intervention in these...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP385Date: April 30, 1980Author:
BERTRAND, T.
This paper analyzes India's pricing
and procurement policy for two major foodgrains: wheat and
rice. Its main purpose is to provide a vigorous statistical
analysis of...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP381Date: April 30, 1980Author:
KRISHNA, R. ;
RAYCHAUDHURI, G.
This paper examines the scope for
capital-labor substitution in the LDCs. It addresses three
principal questions: How do the benefits to private
producers of systematically...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP377Date: March 31, 1980Author:
PACK, H.
This paper reports further research on
the measurement of the extent of malnutrition in developing
countries. Like in the earlier publication,
"Malnutrition and Poverty,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP374Date: March 31, 1980Author:
REUTLINGER, S. ;
ALDERMAN, H.
Approaches taken to promoting rural
development in Eastern Africa reflect an enormous diversity
across a wide spectrum. All these approaches share the
pressing need...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP379Date: March 31, 1980Author:
DEBOECK, G. ;
KINSEY, B.
The authors review the problems of
organization encountered in a number of rural development
projects. They trace the roots of the problems to the
traditional model...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP375Date: March 31, 1980Author:
SMITH, W. ;
LETHEM, F. ;
THOOLEN, B.
The conventional arguments in favor of
the production of capital goods by LDCs are based on
comparative advantage, the possibility of designs
appropriate to indigenous...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP376Date: March 31, 1980Author:
Pack,Howard
In studies of income distribution,
household income is the common measure of household welfare,
although household per capita income is better since it
automatically...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP378Date: March 31, 1980Author:
DATTA, G. ;
MEERMAN, J.
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