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 of Labor and Equipment in Civil...
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 stochastic computer simulation models....
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP219Date: November 30, 1975Author:
REUTLINGER, SHLOMO
The International Development Association (IDA), an affiliate of the World Bank, is extending a credit of 6 million dollars to help finance a technical
assistance project in Tanzania.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156112Date: November 26, 1975
A procedure for representing competitive and noncompetitive market structures in linear programming (LP) models is presented. The specification of the objective function follows from the choice of market...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP23Date: November 1, 1975Author:
Duloy, J. ;
Norton, R.
This Bank notes newsletter includes some of the following headings: new style orientation deemed okay, by May E. Roxburgh; Timbuktu is alive and well but ancient city lacks bank, by Julian Bharier; second...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 64219Date: November 1, 1975Author:
Banfi,Gabriel ;
Bharier,Julian ;
EDeeley, Raymond ;
Roxburgh,May E.
The objective of this paper is to analyze some effects of economic dependence between sharecroppers and landlords on technological progress in Northeastern Brazil. The results indicate that under certain...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: DRD16Date: November 1, 1975Author:
Scandizzo,Pasquale L.
Exploration of some of the implications of a multiplicative risk model suggests that such a model leads to the rather surprising result that optimally distorted market prices are more efficient for social...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP24Date: November 1, 1975Author:
Hazell,Peter B. ;
Scandizzo,Pasquale L.
This paper analyzes the results of a field survey of small and medium industry in Kenya as potential suppliers of tools and equipment for a rural access roads program now being implemented by the Ministry...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: SCT20Date: October 31, 1975Author:
Baranson,Jack
In labor-intensive civil construction the most basic method of moving material is the direct carrying of the load by the available manpower. Headbaskets and shoulder yokes are the most widely used. This...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN298Date: October 31, 1975Author:
World Bank
This memorandum, which is complementary to earlier experiments on wheelbarrows, describes the characteristics of wheelbarrows, the mechanics of their use, various aspects of their design, and features...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN299Date: October 31, 1975Author:
World Bank
Compaction is an important aspect of most civil engineering construction, applicable in earth and rockfill embankments, layered materials such as road pavements, and concrete prior to setting. This memorandum...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN303Date: October 31, 1975Author:
World Bank
World prices for fertilizers have nearly tripled and shortages in availability are widespread. The shortage is apparently demand-related, reinforced by a recent reduced rate of growth in fertilizer production...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN55Date: October 31, 1975Author:
Donaldson,Graham
This memorandum describes the testing of two types of manually-powered lever cranes on a canal excavation site in Indonesia. Traditionally soil is moved by headbaskets on such sites, which involves the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN302Date: October 31, 1975Author:
World Bank
Reviews Lesotho's economy concentrating on institutions, obstacles and possible solutions; evaluates the achievements of the First Plan (1970-74) and estimates the capital expenditure required for the...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB331Date: October 31, 1975
The planning and efficient control of production, productivity and costs in a civil construction project is the major task of site management. This memorandum briefly discusses planning and describes a...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN301Date: October 31, 1975Author:
World Bank
Hardware used in civil construction ranges from simple tools to large expensive motorized equipment. This memorandum concentrates on the identification and classification of hardware used in earthworks...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN300Date: October 31, 1975Author:
World Bank
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. Exports of the developing countries...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP220Date: October 31, 1975Author:
HICKS, N. ;
POLLAK, P. ;
PINTO, F.
This report proposes a strategy, policies, and potential investments that would accelerate rural development and increase agricultural production in Zambia over the next two decades. Two major problems...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 841Date: October 20, 1975
This Bank notes newsletter includes some of the following headings: new APR held improved, by Charles C. K. Chih, Clifton E. Senfl, and John Simmons; ears cocked to New York as harmony prevails in D.C;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 64218Date: October 1, 1975Author:
Chih,Charles C. K. ;
Golladay, Frederick ;
McMillan,Eric Norman ;
Senfl, Clifton E. ;
Simmons, John
The current technology problem as it differs from that of the nineteenth century and its nature in the context of development strategy lead to the conclusion that Technical Consultancy Service Centers...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP29Date: September 30, 1975Author:
Bhatt,Vinayak V.
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