Local government in Colombia plays an
important role in the provision and financing of public
services, particularly in the urban areas. The potential
scope for redistribution...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP235Date: March 31, 1976Author:
Linn,Johannes F.
The main purpose of this paper is to
explore the systematic components of travel characteristics
in cities of both developing and developed countries. The
results may...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP230Date: March 31, 1976Author:
ZAHAVI, Y.
This paper critically evaluates the
so-called effects method of project appraisal, originated by
Charles Prou and Marc Chervel and widely used in
French-speaking African...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP231Date: March 31, 1976Author:
BALASSA, B.
This paper presents some interim results
of Research Project No. 671-05 on "Patterns of
Industrial Development." It focuses on the question
"Does it matter how one defines/measures...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP225Date: February 29, 1976Author:
PRAKASH, V. ;
PODUVAL, A.
Between 1974 and 1980 the non-OPEC
developing countries' demand for energy will continue
to grow as incomes grow, though at slower rates than over
the past fifteen years....
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP229Date: February 29, 1976Author:
LAMBERTINI, A.
Since the early 1960's the Korean
economy has performed remarkably well by international
standards. Did this rapid growth affect the distribution of
income negatively?...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP240Date: February 29, 1976Author:
Renaud, B.
This paper discusses the growing amount
of borrowing of non-oil producing developing countries from
the international banking system. It analyzes this borrowing
from...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP226Date: February 29, 1976Author:
HOLSEN, J. ;
WAELBROECK, J.
This paper is a digest of a study of
twenty-four public works programs in fourteen countries. The
potential of the public works instrument for absorbing
unemployment,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP224Date: February 29, 1976Author:
BURKI, S. ;
DAVIES, D. ;
HOOK, R.
The statistics required to define an
urban poverty target group and to formulate objectives for
that group are described. The general question of whether
urban poverty...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP227Date: January 31, 1976Author:
WEBB, R.
Empirical evidence indicates that the
poor, and particularly the urban poor, in developing
countries pay a substantial part of their income as taxes.
This paper examines...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP222Date: December 31, 1975Author:
MCLURE, C.
This paper analyzes the quantitative
effects of different compensatory financing schemes. It
derives the properties of these schemes both by using
historical simulations...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP228Date: December 31, 1975Author:
DE VRIES, J.
A study of unskilled labor markets for
civil construction was proposed by the Transport Research
Division of the Bank within its ongoing major study of the
Substitution...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP223Date: November 30, 1975Author:
BOSE, S.
Buffer stock policy aimed at stabilizing
annual consumption of grain in the face of fluctuating
supplies has many dimensions which are most conveniently
analyzed by...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP219Date: November 30, 1975Author:
REUTLINGER, S.
This paper describes the structure of
the SIMLINK Model and the results of simulations for the
period 1974-80 using different assumptions for the main
exogenous variables....
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP220Date: October 31, 1975Author:
HICKS, N. ;
POLLAK, P. ;
PINTO, F.
This paper examines the distributional
impact of changes in the relative price of food in low
income countries. The analysis covers the differential
impact on consumers...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP214Date: September 30, 1975Author:
MELLOR, J.
Concern with problems of income
distribution and poverty in less developed countries has
grown in recent years, and with it a demand for data on the
size distribution...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP217Date: September 30, 1975Author:
KIPNIS, J.
This paper presents the analytical
framework and simulation results of three regional energy
models for the OECD area, viz. North America, Japan and OECD
Europe. Each...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP221Date: September 30, 1975Author:
CELASUN, M. ;
PINTO, F.
This paper surveys the present state of
knowledge on internal migration in LDCs, and suggests
directions for future research in this field. After a brief
indication...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP215Date: September 30, 1975Author:
YAP, L.
In this paper we have tested several
alternative hypotheses regarding: The trade off between
Growth Equity, Employment and Poverty. This testing was
conducted in the...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP212Date: August 31, 1975Author:
GUPTA, S. ;
ANDERSON, E.
Between 1975 and the year 2000 the
cities of the developing countries will be expected to
absorb 70 percent of the projected population increases.
This paper examines...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP209Date: July 31, 1975Author:
BEIER, G. ;
CHURCHILL, A. ;
COHEN, M. ;
RENAUD, B. ;
DED
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