The results of the African experience
with rural development are presented as obtained in studies
of 12 countries. Four broad types of projects were reviewed:
1) commodity...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP195Date: January 1, 1975Author:
WEAVING, R.
Toll financing of highways is examined
in terms of economic and financial considerations. The
experiences of toll-using countries reviewed and the
feasibility and desirability...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP187Date: December 31, 1974Author:
YUCEL, N.
A compilation of the available data on
size distribution of income in 79 developed and developing
countries is presented, including over 350 estimates of size
distributions...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP190Date: November 30, 1974Author:
Jain,Shail
Options for financing small-scale
industries in developing countries are presented based on
current knowledge and experience. Such promotion is
generally handicapped...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP191Date: November 30, 1974Author:
KOCHAV, D. ;
BOHLIN, H. ;
DITULLIO, K.
The theory and practice of index-linking
of financial contracts is discussed. Attention focuses on
the efficacy of index-linking in preserving the efficiency
of the...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP192Date: November 30, 1974Author:
BHATIA, K.
Issues relating to economic integration
in developing nations are addressed, with emphasis on the
benefits and costs of regional integration through trade
liberalization...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP186Date: September 30, 1974Author:
Balassa, Bela ;
Stoutjesdijk, A.
The experience of developed market
economies, socialist countries, and developing nations with
regional integration schemes is evaluated. Emphasis is on
two forms of...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP185Date: September 30, 1974Author:
BALASSA, B.
A critical evaluation and compilation of
basic data needed for constructing statistical indicators of
industrial development are presented. The data cover such
factors...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP189Date: September 30, 1974Author:
PRAKASH, V. ;
AKINSETE, S. ;
HADJITARKHANI, N.
Issues relating to fiscal and financial
intervention in inducing economy-wide factor combinations
with more employment per unit of capital are reviewed. The
scope of...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP183Date: August 31, 1974Author:
ACHARYA, S.
Problems encountered in the appraisal of
irrigation projects in Mexico are analyzed, with emphasis on
methods of handling interdependence in project appraisal at
the...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP184Date: August 31, 1974Author:
NORTON, R. ;
BASSOCO, L. ;
SILOS, J.
Student loans are often considered as an
innovative and promising policy tool in the field of
education finance. If properly designed, loan schemes are a
potential source...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP182Date: June 1, 1974Author:
Jallade,Jean-Pierre
International subcontracting policies of
developing countries are analyzed. The most important
factors affecting demand are normally wage rates, political
stability,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP181Date: May 31, 1974Author:
Sharpston,Michael
The economics of urban land-value
increments are analyzed, along with the means by which
socially induced land-price increases are captured for
public use. The experience...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP179Date: May 31, 1974Author:
GRIMES, O.
The quantitative agricultural planning
procedures used in Mexico as part of a national policy
reformulation process are described. The procedures involve
extensive use...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP180Date: May 31, 1974Author:
NORTON, R. ;
BASSOCO, L.
Literature on the utilization of fixed
capital is reviewed, with emphasis on theoretical
developments in the past decade that relate to the concept
of capacity, to production...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP176Date: April 30, 1974Author:
WINSTON, G.
The potential redistributive effects of
a nationalization program of a given degree of confiscatory
nature where the target is a subset of the domestic
corporate sector...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP178Date: April 30, 1974Author:
Cauas, J. ;
Selowsky, M.
In order to quantify the effects of
anemia, a study was undertaken in which an attempt was made
to correct this nutritional deficiency since it was found
that the productivity...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP175Date: April 30, 1974Author:
BASTA, S. ;
CHURCHILL, A.
A model formulated during the 1973
Economic Mission to Argentina is presented. It highlights
the following points: 1) the role of relative and absolute
prices (domestic...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP177Date: April 30, 1974Author:
GUPTA, S. ;
BHAKTA, R.
Models of population, environment, and
natural resources are reviewed, with emphasis on
interactions between the three. The world models at present
are generally underspecified...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP174Date: April 30, 1974Author:
CARTER, N.
Rate of return models usually estimate
discounted lifetime earnings as a function of age and
schooling, and show a high rate of return to all levels of
education in...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP173Date: March 31, 1974Author:
Simmons,Herschel J.
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