A method for projecting imports has been
developed. The method is a fairly conventional one as far as
input/output techniques are concerned, but its application
is limited...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP10Date: January 31, 1968Author:
CARTER, N. ;
VAN DER VALK, W.
In 1960, a method of quantitatively
assessing the relationship between lowered fertility and
economic development in less developed countries (LDCs) was
developed. The...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP11Date: January 23, 1968Author:
Zaidan, George C.
Information contained in 62 road project
appraisal reports on construction, engineering and
maintenance costs, contingencies, construction schedules,
and design standards...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP5Date: December 31, 1967Author:
DE WEILLE, J. ;
ANGELES, H.
The declining consumption of coffee in
the United States is examined. During the 1950s and 1960s,
consumption declined in response to price advances and
failed to recover...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP9Date: November 30, 1967Author:
LOVASY, G. ;
KAWATA, G.
A quantitative examination of the
employment possibilities of the Jamaican economy for the
years 1965 to 1975 is presented. The examination is treated
in an optimizing...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP8Date: October 31, 1967Author:
CARTER, N.
The possibility that the economic and
political strength of unions distorts the level of wages in
Jamaica is investigated. A series of equations is used to
examine four...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP7Date: October 31, 1967Author:
HALL, M.
A bibliography of commodity price
information maintained by the World Bank's Statistical
Services Division is provided. The data are collected from
numerous sources...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP6Date: October 31, 1967Author:
Eschenbach,Barbara A.
An operational device to derive a
relatively simple weather index is proposed. Program WINDEX
computes unweighted monthly indexes according to previously
derived formulas...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP3Date: August 31, 1967Author:
OURY, B.
The use of models for the mechanics of
resource transfer from one country to another is described.
The models used are based on the Harrod-Domar prototype and
applied...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP4Date: August 31, 1967Author:
KING, B.
Cross-section and time-series analyses
of the earmarking of taxes for highways in developing
countries are presented. When 18 earmarking countries were
compared with...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP1Date: June 30, 1967Author:
Eklund,Per Axel
Twelve tables to facilitate the
calculation of the net present worth of any project are
presented. Each table offers a different discount rate
ranging from 6 to 50 percent...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP2Date: June 30, 1967Author:
De Weille, J. ;
Kim, H.
This report seeks only to identify and
focus attention upon the principal issues which are inherent
in the concept of a multilateral investment scheme and which
it is...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: 52743Date: March 1, 1962
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