Korea's remarkable export growth is the envy of much of the developing world. The purpose of this book is to broaden the discussion of Korea's competitive edge by developing the two foregoing themes: the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13355Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Rhee,Yung Whee ;
Ross Larson,Bruce Clifford ;
Pursell,Garry ;
EXT
The paper examines the justification for promoting small enterprises by analyzing their characteristics in relation to key socio-economic objectives and by showing that investment in small-scale enterprises...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP26Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Page Jr., John M. ;
Steel,William F.
This paper presents an overview of the principal issues, problems, and policy options in financing health services in developing countries. The shortcomings of existing policies, which finance health care...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: GEN27Date: September 30, 1984Author:
De Ferranti,David
This paper provides a detailed guide to some of the problems encountered in the use of firm-level data to calculate indicators of incentives and comparative advantage. The paper discusses some of the...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8438Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Shepherd, G.
This paper puts in perspective the importance of the EC as a market for horticultural products and the development of this market over time. The contribution of the Bank to fruit and vegetable projects...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8429Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Bale,Malcolm D.
This paper reviews the trade policy reforms recommended in the Bank's Structural Adjustment Loans (SALs), evaluates the implementation of these policies and assesses their impact on SAL objectives for...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8431Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Thobani,Mateen
Successful completion of Yugoslavia's structural adjustment program requires stricter financial discipline to increase the economic pressure on public enterprises to adjust. This paper focuses on two aspects...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8313Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Knight, P.
This essay reviews and generalizes the recent experience of the World Bank in studies undertaken on pricing and trade policy in agriculture in developing countries. Five archetypical countries are used...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8430Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Bale,Malcolm D.
This paper surveys recent work on long-term credit relationships from a game-theoretic perspective. The purpose is to provide an explanation for observed behavior based on rationality in a specific context...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8423Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Carrie Crawford,Sabrina V
The general issues examined in this report is the extent to which transport services that should complement investments in rural roads can be presumed to materialize and satisfy movement demands efficiently....
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP654Date: August 31, 1984Author:
Carapetis,Steve ;
Beenhakker, H. ;
Howe, J. ;
TWD
This paper analyzes a number of aspects of stabilization policy in Brazil. The first part evaluates the major trade-offs to alternate macroeconomic packages of exchange rate, monetary and fiscal policies...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8440Date: August 31, 1984Author:
Krumm, K. ;
Lal, D.
This paper analyzes the relationship between foreign inflows and public and private consumption for six small open economies: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Malawi, Senegal, Sudan, and Thailand. It differs from...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8425Date: August 31, 1984Author:
Chhibber, A. ;
Ghanem, H.
This document presents summary material drawn from the first 30 country reports prepared under the UNDP/World Bank Energy Sector Assessment Programme to assist governments in evaluating the main energy...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 5230Date: August 31, 1984
In addition to the effects of the worsening economic crisis, Tanzania has also faced major difficulties in terms of policy dialogue. While external factors have played an important role in the recent deterioration...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 5019Date: August 31, 1984
This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical industrial organization literature that explores the causal link between market structure, firm conduct, and economic performance . It provides a critical...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8426Date: August 31, 1984Author:
Kessides,Ioannis N.
This paper provides a theoretical framework to understand the way in which exchange controls modify the behavior of the different agents in the economy, leading to the creation of a parallel market economy....
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8434Date: August 31, 1984Author:
Roxburgh,May E.
This report presents an overview and updates the various constituent units of the operations evaluation system in the Bank. It provides some information in respect of ongoing efforts being made in the...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 5247Date: August 31, 1984
This paper provides a conceptual basis for the analysis of determinants of commercial bank lending to LDCs. Modern financial economic theory, and in particular the valuation of options, is used to develop...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8427Date: August 31, 1984Author:
Sadeq,Sayeed
This review differs from its predecessors in its presentation and purpose; the first volume contains the overview and summary of results, the second individual sector discussions and reviews, and the...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 5248Date: August 30, 1984
This review differs from its predecessors in its presentation and purpose; the first volume contains the overview and summary of results, the second individual sector discussions and reviews, and the...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 5248Date: August 30, 1984
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