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Can developing country exports keep growing in the 1980's

This paper reports on the initial findings of the program of studies on the impact of developing-country exports of manufactures on the market of the principal industrial countries. A discussion of the...
Type: Journal Article Report#: REP194 Date: June 30, 1981 Author: HUGHES, H. ; WAELBROECK, J.
Appropriate technology for water supply and sanitation : health aspects of excreta and sullage management : a state-of-the-art review

Public health is of central importance in the design and implementation of improved excreta disposal projects. Improvements in health are the main social and economic benefit which planners and economists...
Type: Publication Report#: 11508 Date: June 30, 1981 Author: Feachem, Richard G. ; Bradley, David J. ; Garelick,
Policy responses to external shocks in selected Latin American countries

This paper examines the economic effects of external shocks, and of the policy measures taken in response to these shocks, in three Latin American countries (Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay) during the 1973-78...
Type: Journal Article Report#: REP221 Date: June 30, 1981 Author: BALASSA, B.
Brazil - Integrated development of Brazil's Northwest frontier

Further settlement and economic development of the Northwest is currently one of the high priorities of the Brazilian government. A special program, POLONOROESTE, has been established to help bring order...
Type: Publication Report#: PUB3042 Date: June 30, 1981
Housing demand in the developing metropolis : estimates from Bogota and Cali, Colombia

This paper presents estimates of housing demand equation parameters separately for owners and renters in Bogota and Cali, Colombia in 1978, and for Bogota renters only in 1972. The demand estimation procedure...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8111 Date: June 30, 1981 Author: Ingram, G.
The spatial structure of the metropolitan regions of Brazil

It is well known that there is a strong relationship between urbanization and economic development in many countries of the world. Urbanization provides many benefits to the economy, such as efficient...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8112 Date: June 30, 1981 Author: Lee,Irene Y.
Contractual arrangements, employment and wages in rural labor markets : a critical review

The focus of the literature concerned with economic development has shifted its focus to attempting to understand the institutions and the behavior of individuals and families in rural areas. This critical...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: SER67 Date: June 30, 1981 Author: BINSWANGER, H. ; ROSENZWEIG, M. ; DEDER
Guilding technological change

The purpose of this paper is to promote discussion among decision-makers, from both public and private sectors of a developing country, on the topic of orienting technological change and innovation in...
Type: Working Paper Report#: UNN244 Date: June 30, 1981 Author: Weiss, Charles Jr. ; Kamenetzky, Mario ; Maybury, Ro
Announcement of World Bank and IDA Approve Four Hundred Seventy-Three Million US Dollars in Loans; People's Republic of China to Receive its First World Bank Loan on June 25, 1981

This press release announces the World Bank has approved loans to eleven countries. The countries include the People's Republic of China which receives its first financing from the World Bank since it...
Type: Announcement Report#: 154429 Date: June 25, 1981
Announcement of Upper Volta to Receive IDA Credit for Fourth Highway Project on June 18, 1981

This press release announces International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's affiliate for concessionary lending, has approved a credit of forty-six million US dollars to Upper Volta for...
Type: Announcement Report#: 154529 Date: June 18, 1981
Announcement of Pakistan to Receive IDA Credit for Grain Storage Project on June 4, 1981

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA) has approved a credit of thirty-two million US dollars to Pakistan for a project to increase the country's grain storage capacity...
Type: Announcement Report#: 154475 Date: June 4, 1981
Announcement of Pakistan to Receive IDA Assistance for Agricultural Research Project on June 4, 1981

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's soft-loan affiliate, has approved a credit of twenty-four million US dollars to Pakistan’s efforts to improve...
Type: Announcement Report#: 154476 Date: June 4, 1981
A household production model of school enrollment : a probit analysis of the 1978 Bicol multipurpose survey data

This paper proposes a microeconometric model of enrollment decision based on the household production theory. With the decision model, a quantitative study of the effects of selected socioeconomic and...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: DPH8130 Date: June 1, 1981 Author: Paqueo,Vicente B.
Brazil - Piaui rural development project fisheries component

As an attempt to increase the income of fishing families in Piaui State as well as increase the amount of animal protein available to the poor, this project represents an important step forward within...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: AGP106 Date: June 1, 1981 Author: Sfeir-Younis,Alfredo
Trade policy and resource allocation in the presence of product differentiation

Traditionally, the empirical analysis of the effects of trade policy on resource allocation has relied both on a partial equilibrium framework using effective rates of protection and on a multisector general...
Type: Journal Article Report#: REP214 Date: May 31, 1981 Author: DE MELO, J. ; ROBINSON, S.
On the development of a general algebraic modeling system in a strategic planning environment

This article, On the Development of a General Algebraic Modeling System in a Strategic Planning Environment, was reprinted with permission from the 1982 volume of Mathematical Programming Study. It highlights...
Type: Journal Article Report#: REP308 Date: May 31, 1981 Author: Bisschop,Johannes J. ; Meeraus,Alexander
Review of urban trends and policies in Korea

This document provides the historical perspective of Korea's unique policy environment, and includes profiles of current urban and regional policies. It recognizes four types of definitions for urban areas...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8102 Date: May 31, 1981 Author: SONG, B. ; CHOE, S. ; DED
Quasi-experimentation in an urban context : a review of experience evaluation of World Bank urban shelter programs

The most appropriate research design for the impact of urban shelter programs seems to be one of the variants of the quasi-experimental design. In this case, this means the interviewing of a sample of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8105 Date: May 31, 1981 Author: BAMBERGER, M. ; DED
The coding manual and the simple frequency distributions of responses to the 1980 Sao Paulo industrial location survey

A survey of 581 manufacturing companies recently establishing new plant locations in Sao Paulo, Brazil was undertaken in the summer of 1980. It was designed to determine the relative importance of alternative...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8109 Date: May 31, 1981 Author: DED
Announcement of World Bank and IDA Approve One Hundred and Ninety-Three Million Nine Hundred Thousand US Dollars to Six Countries on May 28, 1981

This press release announces the World Bank has approved loans to six countries - Central African Republic, Egypt, Republic of Korea, Niger, Tunisia, and Zaire.
Type: Announcement Report#: 154424 Date: May 28, 1981