Recovery of the costs of public sector
investments from their beneficiaries is frequently an
important issue in project selection, design and operation.
This issue surfaces...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP206Date: July 31, 1975Author:
Ray, A.
On the basis of available information,
this paper debunks some of the conventional wisdom
concerning the informal sector. This sector is not the major
point of entry...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP211Date: July 31, 1975Author:
MAZUMDAR, D.
The Bank's policy has been to
require a recovery of at least the public sector's
operation and maintenance (O & M) costs, and up to 100
percent of all direct public...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP218Date: July 31, 1975Author:
DUANE, P.
There are as yet no case studies
applying the Little-Mirrlees (LM) method to projects in the
transportation sector. This paper reports on an experimental
attempt to...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP213Date: July 31, 1975Author:
ANAND, S.
The bulk of the paper estimates the unit
costs of outputs of Malaysia's public medical care
services. Chief among these are various kinds of clinic
visits and hospital...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP207Date: June 30, 1975Author:
HELLER, P.
Based on the premise that the choice of
projects can help achieve both growth and more equitable
distribution of growth benefits, the paper attempts to apply
the techniques...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP205Date: June 30, 1975Author:
YANG, S.
This paper analyzes the relationships
between supply, demand and prices of coffee with the help of
an econometric model. The extremely depressed level of
coffee prices...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP208Date: June 30, 1975Author:
DE VRIES, J.
A technical annex to Chenery and
Syrquin's Patterns of Development 1950-1970 describes
the methodology used. The original study provides a
comprehensive description...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP204Date: May 31, 1975Author:
Syrquin,Moises
In a country where the literacy rate is
three in ten, it is often assumed that, economically, there
is a surplus of education. This paper reviews the arguments.
In sum,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP327Date: May 31, 1975Author:
HEYNEMAN, S.
This paper reviews two different issues
of current concern to educational planners and policy-makers
involved in the costing and financing of education. The
first one...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP216Date: May 31, 1975Author:
HULTIN, M. ;
JALLADE, J.
This paper reports on one of several
studies undertaken by a task force on urban poverty. The
paper consists of two parts: an assessment of the nature and
magnitude...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP202Date: April 30, 1975Author:
REUTLINGER, S. ;
SELOWSKY, M.
Recommendations are made for reforming
the system of incentives in countries which have established
an industrial base behind high protective barriers. The
recommendations...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP203Date: April 30, 1975Author:
Balassa,Bela
Results of educational research in both
developed and developing countries are presented on the
issue of schooling effectiveness, and policy implications
are discussed....
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP200Date: March 31, 1975Author:
SIMMONS, J.
Literature on educational production
functions for developing countries is reviewed and policy
implications are considered. Findings from both developed
and developing...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP201Date: March 31, 1975Author:
ALEXANDER, L. ;
SIMMONS, J.
The theoretical issues of an appropriate
expression for the shadow wage is considered for the case in
which the creation of an additional job in the urban sector
with...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP197Date: February 28, 1975Author:
MAZUMDAR, D.
This study examines the major
consequences of the introduction of tractor technology to
farms in Pakistan. Field survey data were collected on farm
structure, resource...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP210Date: February 28, 1975Author:
MCINERNEY, J. ;
DONALDSON, G. ;
DEDER
A model of an urban labor market in less
developed countries is described as an approach to the
theory of urban underemployment in these nations. The model
has two sectors:...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP198Date: February 28, 1975Author:
Mazumdar,Dipak
The expansion of investment in formal
education has been phenomenal in the last two decades and is
continuing in most developing countries. Serious financial
problems...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP196Date: February 28, 1975Author:
SIMMONS, J.
The value of travel time saved in
economic assessment of transport projects can assume an
overriding importance. This value arises out of two basic
considerations: time...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP199Date: February 28, 1975Author:
Yucel,Nail Cengiz
The barriers facing primary exports from
developing countries, including such processed items as
sugar and plywood, are examined. Removal of tariff and
nontariff barriers...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP193Date: January 31, 1975Author:
TIMS, W.
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