The aim of this paper is to test the
hypothesis that there can exist a well-defined quantitative
relationship between the economic performance of an LDC
economy and...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP270Date: November 30, 1977Author:
RENAUD, B.
Every year a great deal of economic work
on India is undertaken. The purpose of this volume is to
bring certain of these papers to the attention of those with
an interest...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP279Date: October 31, 1977Author:
Ahluwalia, Montek S. ;
Wall, John ;
Reutlinger, Shlomo ;
Wolf, Martin ;
Cassen, Robert
Roundworms are believed to affect a
quarter of the world's population. The present study,
carried out in Kenya by a research team from Cornell
University, was undertaken...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP271Date: September 30, 1977Author:
LATHAM, L. ;
LATHAM, M. ;
BASTA, S.
This paper reviews and extends the
theory of the incidence of urban property taxation in
developing countries on the basis of a detailed quantitative
analysis of property...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP264Date: August 31, 1977Author:
Linn, Johannes F.
The Indian birth-rate has started
declining as a result of socio-economic progress and the
family planning effort. About 19 percent of couples in the
reproductive-age-group...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP265Date: August 31, 1977Author:
GULHATI, R.
This study is an examination in depth of
Korea's industrial incentive policies from 1955 to
1975. It begins with a brief history of Korea's
industrial policies, followed...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP263Date: August 31, 1977Author:
Westphal,L. ;
Kim,Sarah K.
This paper reports upon the results of
an application of a planning methodology which was developed
and adapted for practical use in the context of a World Bank
research...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP269Date: July 31, 1977Author:
CHOKSI, A. ;
MEERAUS, A. ;
STOUTJESDIJK, A.
This paper describes a method for
evaluating the effects of selected policy variables on farm
production mix and technology choice, and thence on the
employment and...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP261Date: July 31, 1977Author:
HUSAIN, T. ;
INMAN, R.
The problems associated with choosing
those primary commodities whose price stablization at the
international level would most benefit the developing
countries are discussed....
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP262Date: July 31, 1977Author:
BROOK, E. ;
GRILLI, E. ;
WAELBROECK, J.
Food insecurity is given an operational
definition: the probability of food grain consumption in
developing countries falling below a desired level due to a
fixed upper...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP267Date: July 31, 1977Author:
REUTLINGER, S.
This paper attempts to elucidate the
long-term impact of basic education on income inequality in
Brazil. It does so, first, by examining how investment in
basic education...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP268Date: June 30, 1977Author:
JALLADE, J.
This paper discusses conceptual issues
and measurement techniques with respect to identifying the
indirect effects of industrial investment. While the paper
is not meant...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP255Date: June 30, 1977Author:
STERN, J.
Three essays about the conceptual and
practical problems of measuring the performance of family
planning programs are presented. The first essay is
concerned with the...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP257Date: June 30, 1977Author:
MOHAPATRA, M.
This paper has investigated the changing
pattern of comparative advantage in the process of economic
development. Comparative advantage has been defined in terms
of...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP256Date: May 31, 1977Author:
Balassa,Bela
Most economic policy problems can be
decomposed into two related subproblems: the
"behavioral" problem of forecasting the
economy's reactions to policy changes, and...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP258Date: May 31, 1977Author:
CANDLER, W. ;
NORTON, R.
This paper discusses the rationale and
problems of implementing marginal cost pricing for water
supply and sewerage facilities. Many of the issues are now
fairly well...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP259Date: May 31, 1977Author:
Saunders, R. ;
Warford, J. ;
Mann, P.
The purpose of this paper is to apply to
a concrete country case the approach of economic analysis of
projects proposed by Lyn Squire and Herman G. van der Tak in
their...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP253Date: May 31, 1977Author:
Linn,Johannes F.
As early as the 1920s educational
authorities began using radio to supplement instruction
within schools and to extend the reach of education outside
of schools. Although...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP266Date: May 1, 1977Author:
SPAIN, P. ;
JAMISON, D. ;
MCANANY,
As early as the 1920s educational
authorities began using radio to supplement instruction
within schools and to extend the reach of education outside
of schools. Although...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP266Date: May 1, 1977Author:
SPAIN, P. ;
JAMISON, D. ;
MCANANY,
The evidence on the size, structure and
functions of LDC cities is evaluated, with the findings used
for other suggestions on the scope and feasibility of
national spatial...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP252Date: April 30, 1977Author:
Richardson,Harry W.
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