The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, it describes for the general reader three case studies in the use of risk analysis in project appraisal which serve to illustrate different aspects of the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: OCP11Date: January 1, 1970Author:
Pouliquen,Louis Y.
A preliminary exploration of Swedish economic development provides data pertinent to the comparability of the Swedish experience and contemporary underdeveloped countries. Apart from the fact that Swedish...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP53Date: December 31, 1969Author:
ZAFIRIOU, R.
Examination of trends in exportation of cotton textiles from developing countries to the European Economic Community (EEC) and the United Kingdom during the period extending from 1958 to 1967 provides...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP52Date: December 31, 1969Author:
SHEPHERD, G.
The Gambia is a small country with a surface of 4,000 square miles, forming a 200-mile long and 15 to 30-mile-wide stretch of land along both sides of the Gambia river. It is surrounded on three sides...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: AW12Date: December 31, 1969
This International Bank notes newsletter includes some of the following headings: partners in development; World Bank art society; welcome to new Executive Directors; Christmas party 1969; and welcome...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 64166Date: December 1, 1969
The economic background of the pulp and paper industry relevant to the establishment of such industries is examined. Industry characteristics are reviewed, including a discussion of the main manufacturing...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP51Date: October 31, 1969Author:
Datas-Panero,Jose
Fifteen charts and a summary table on selected aspects of the world cotton economy, covering the period 1953 to 1969, are presented. Chart I shows the internationally used staple length classification...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP49Date: October 31, 1969Author:
VARON, B. ;
RYAN, D.
Description of a quantitative economic model, its evolution, and its integration into an analysis of the Jamaican economy from 1968-73 provides insights into the steps by which this type of activity is...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP50Date: October 31, 1969Author:
CARTER, N.
The purpose of this study is to investigate the causes explaining the apparent lack of elasticity of the Tunisian Tax system. The elasticity of the tax system has arisen in Tunisia as a problem area within...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: EC172Date: October 30, 1969
This press release announces the Bank and IDA are lending the equivalent of Fourteen Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars to Morocco. The funds will be used to help finance a highway improvement and maintenance...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 155469Date: October 8, 1969
The current cotton situation is summarized and major problems confronting the world cotton economy are examined. The world cotton economy has been facing two major problems in the last few years: a declining...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP48Date: September 30, 1969Author:
VARON, B.
This press release announces the IDA has approved a credit equivalent to Fifty-Five Million Dollars to India on September 24, 1969. The credit will help the investment program of the Indian Railways.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 155468Date: September 24, 1969
A study designed to determine the direction and magnitude of capital flows between the agricultural and nonagricultural sectors of India, within the context of subsidies and extraordinarily low taxation,...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP42Date: June 30, 1969Author:
Schebeck,Emmerich M.
Inflation results in large fluctuations in relative prices that create numerous difficulties for those who must make project appraisals and who must establish intermediaries like development banks, agricultural...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP46Date: June 30, 1969Author:
LALL, S.
By acting as synthetic substitutes for imperfect natural prices, shadow prices can be used by LDCs interested in improving the performance of their economies. The necessity to use shadow prices arises...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP47Date: June 30, 1969Author:
WECKSTEIN, R.
This press release announces the IDA has granted a credit equivalent to Three Million Dollars to Mauritania on June 26, 1969. The credit will be used for a four-year extensive road systems project.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 155278Date: June 26, 1969
This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the World Bank, organized a specialized development company to promote and finance a wide range of tourism projects...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 150965Date: June 26, 1969
This press release announces The World Bank and IDA have approved loans totaling Forty-Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars to Pakistan on June 26, 1969. The money will be used railways in West Pakistan...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 155277Date: June 26, 1969
This partial transcript, from the session of the Executive Directors of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Development Association (IDA) held on Tuesday,...
Type: TranscriptReport#: 121152Date: June 24, 1969
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