Efficiency in urban bus operation
depends on, among other things, the institutional form of
the bus business. For certain cities in LDCs where there are
parallel private...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP371Date: February 29, 1980Author:
FEIBEL, C. ;
WALTERS, A.
The energy and protein norms published
by the FAO have been widely misused for assessing the
nutritional status of a population in spite of warnings
against such use...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP373Date: February 29, 1980Author:
SRINIVASAN, T.
It is suggested that the trend toward
increased protectionism in LDCs has not continued and, in
some respects, has been reversed. Tariff reductions
undertaken in the...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP370Date: February 29, 1980Author:
BALASSA, B.
This paper concludes that investments in
mechanization, irrigation equipment, wells, draft animals
and small implements generate a higher rate of return to
Morocco's...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP369Date: January 31, 1980Author:
CLEAVER, K.
This study focuses on the exports of a
particular commodity (clothing) from a particular Latin
American country (Colombia) in an attempt to understand why
Latin America...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP368Date: January 31, 1980Author:
MORAWETZ, D.
This paper describes the nature and
content of the statistical data generated by the project on
International Comparisons of Real Product (ICP). It analyzes
their theoretical...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP365Date: December 31, 1979Author:
Marris, R.
The paper examines the role of a wide
range of policy interventions -- such as taxes and subsidies
on international transactions, exchange rates, import
licensing/foreign...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP367Date: December 31, 1979Author:
ACHARYA, S.
The paper analyzes the differences in
the monthly earnings of workers in three sub-sectors of the
Bombay labor market. A hypothesis is developed to explain
the very...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP366Date: December 31, 1979Author:
MAZUMDAR, D.
The study concludes that the growth of
the national product has been accompanied by a very rapid
increase in the incomes of both urban and rural households.
After properly...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP364Date: November 30, 1979Author:
Meesook,Oey Astra
This paper first examines the
socio-economic impact of agricultural research, particularly
that carried out by the international centers. It notes that
the high-yielding...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP361Date: October 31, 1979Author:
SCOBIE, G.
This paper reviews the issues to be
faced in allocating funds between projects and between
institutions involved in agricultural research, and between
agricultural research...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP360Date: October 31, 1979Author:
SCHUH, G. ;
TOLLINI, H.
The central thesis of this paper is that
agricultural pricing policies pursued by developing
countries produce effects which are diametrically opposite
to those produced...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP359Date: October 31, 1979Author:
BALE, M. ;
LUTZ, E.
This essay reviews evidence concerning
the structure and performance of small-scale enterprises in
Africa. Small and artisanal firms, employing between 1 and
50 workers,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP363Date: October 31, 1979Author:
PAGE, J.
This paper describes an operational
approach to the identification and appraisal of projects
consisting of rural roads and complementary investments. The
objective for...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP362Date: October 31, 1979Author:
BEENHAKKER, H. ;
CHAMMARI, A.
This paper asks whether growth has been
widely shared and, in particular, whether it has raised the
absolute incomes of the poorest groups in Brazil. The review
of evidence...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP356Date: September 30, 1979Author:
PFEFFERMANN, G. ;
WEBB, R.
The purpose of this paper is to explain
the calculation of shadow prices at the national level using
the so-called Input-Output Table technique. In contrast to
previous...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP357Date: September 30, 1979Author:
Schohl,Wolfgang W.
This paper describes the main features
of the global model system used in preparing the World
Bank's World Development Report, 1979. The system
provides a quantitative...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP355Date: September 30, 1979Author:
CHEETHAM, R. ;
GUPTA, S. ;
SCHWARTZ, A.
Adjusting for purchasing power parities
of national currencies makes a significant difference to
inter-country income comparisons. However, PPP estimates
require detailed...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP358Date: September 30, 1979Author:
ISENMAN, P.
Semi-industrialized countries are
middle-income less-developed countries with important
manufacturing sectors, such as Brazil, Korea, Mexico, the
Philippines, Turkey,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP351Date: August 31, 1979Author:
BERGSMAN, J.
This paper reviews the energy resources
of developing countries, with particular emphasis on those
which import oil. It discusses the nature of these
resources, the...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP350Date: August 31, 1979Author:
FALLEN-BAILEY, D. ;
BYER, T.
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