This purpose of this study was to investigate the functions and determinants of interhousehold transfers and to consider the policy implications of these transfers for the design and implementation of...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD63Date: December 31, 1984Author:
Bamberger, M. ;
Kaufmann, D.
The purpose of the paper is to discuss some aspects of the second best taxation in developing economies in relation to the analysis of tax reforms. A brief intuitive review of indirect taxation in the...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8514Date: December 31, 1984Author:
Chamley,Christophe P.
This report focuses on anthropological studies of interactions between particular households in the Zona Sur Oriental of Cartegena and their support networks. The households' strategies for survival, development...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD58Date: December 31, 1984Author:
Parris, S.
Recently questions have been raised concerning whether the tremendous capital investments in rural electrification have had the desired impact in rural areas. India is one of the few countries that has...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: ARU29Date: December 31, 1984Author:
Barnes, D. ;
Binswanger,Hans P.
This press release, dated December 12, 1984, announces at the second meeting of the recently reconvened consultative group for Ghana, held in Paris on December 11 and 12, donors expressed strong support...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 151185Date: December 12, 1984
Efficient resource use where ground and surface waters are used conjunctively may require special policies to rationalize the interaction between water use by farmers and the response of the stream aquifer...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP334Date: November 30, 1984Author:
O'Mara,Gerald T. ;
Duloy,John H.
The purpose of this paper is to account for the changes in the diverse set of production relations characterizing agragrian economies which are induced by increases in population growth. This study pays...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: ARU28Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Rosenzweig, M. ;
Binswanger, H. ;
McIntire, J. ;
AGR
This paper is one of a series to examine the "netback value" of natural gas in major domestic and export uses. The netback can be compared to the cost of gas to permit a rough estimate of the net economic...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: EGY19Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Albouy, Y. ;
Mashayekhi, A.
This study collects information on Public Tractor and Equipment hire services in developing countries and develops hypotheses regarding the successes and failures of these schemes. Information was collected...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: ARU30Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Seager, P ;
Fieldson, R
By using the computable general equilibrium model developed by the authors for India, they attempted to provide a consistent explanation of India's growth experience. The model is oriented to distinguish...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD72Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Becker, C. ;
Mills, E. ;
Williamson, J.
Debates about income distribution effects of agricultural trends or policies have usually centered on "micro" effects of the differential adoption of technology, or the differential access to credit or...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: ARU21Date: November 30, 1984Author:
Quizon,Jaime B. ;
Binswanger,Hans P.
This paper describes changes in the mechanics of world commodity trading that could benefit developing countries. It describes how future markets and options have permitted multinational businesses and...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP95Date: November 15, 1984Author:
Lewis, C M ;
Fry, J
As chemical fertilizers are an important input in agricultural production, many researchers have studied the determinants of fertilizer use by using various methodologies and approaches. This report focuses...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP105Date: November 1, 1984Author:
Bumb,Balu Lal
This paper attempts to establish some of the basic facts in public sector pay and employment policies in the Sudan, including trends in the real wages of civil servants, differences between pay in the...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8433Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Lindauer, D. ;
Meesook, O.
The evolution of farming systems and agricultural technology in sub - Saharan Africa stems from a combination of innovations from farmers, science and industry which have culminated in agricultural intensification....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: ARU23Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Binswanger, H. ;
Pingali, P. ;
AGR
The methodology used in this study is a descriptive exercise of Bolivia's external financial transactions, with three novel features. First, historical counterfactuals have been calculated to evaluate...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8439Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Kharas,Homi
This paper evaluates Senegal's likely international creditworthiness over the medium and long terms, and assesses the likely consequences of projected levels of indebtedness on growth in real GDP and per...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8503Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Ghanem, H. ;
Kharas, H. ;
Myers, R.
The welfare costs of intervention in international trade are firmly established theoretically and increasingly well-documented empirically. In addressing the problems of speed and order of liberalization,...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8436Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Edwards, S. ;
van Wijnbergen, Sweder
The objective of this work is to provide a conceptual framework for a simple macro model of a developing economy which, using readily available data, can be used to analyze the effects of changes in trade...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8437Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Lau, L.
This paper investigates the empirical significance of the rationing of credit to developing countries during the second half of the 1970's. It also identifies some determinants of the level of such rationing....
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8424Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Kharas, H. ;
Shishido, H.
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