A credit of 4 million dollars approved
by the International Development Association (IDA) will help
finance an infrastructure and tourism project in The Gambia.
Up to...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156459Date: December 31, 1975
The International Development
Association (IDA), an affiliate of the World Bank, is
extending a credit of 26 million dollars to help finance the
Kulekhani hydroelectric...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156411Date: December 24, 1975
This press release announces the
International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the
World Bank, lending ten million US dollars to help finance
an expansion...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 151546Date: December 23, 1975
This press release announces the
International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the
World Bank, lending fourteen million US dollars to Dalmine
Siderca S.A.I.Y...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 151545Date: November 20, 1975
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...
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...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN299Date: October 31, 1975Author:
World Bank
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...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: SCT20Date: October 31, 1975Author:
Baranson,Jack
After an introductory review of rural
electrification in developing countries, the report
discusses three main topics: (1) the prospects for
successful investment in...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB517Date: October 31, 1975
Compaction is an important aspect of
most civil engineering construction, applicable in earth and
rockfill embankments, layered materials such as road
pavements, and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN303Date: October 31, 1975Author:
World Bank
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...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN302Date: 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...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN300Date: October 31, 1975Author:
World Bank
The need for a paper of this kind was
first identified in the Operations Evaluation Report on
Power of 1972. It became even more pressing when the
increases in oil prices...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: PUN19Date: October 8, 1975Author:
Friedman, Efrain
The relationship between government
taxation of petroleum products and increases in the prices
of oil products is examined. Price and tax data collected
from 64 developing...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: SDF9Date: September 30, 1975Author:
Saito, K.
This press release announces the
International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the
World Bank, has made a loan of fifty million US dollars to
Yugoslavia's...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 151543Date: September 16, 1975
This paper summarizes a review of the
literature on ergonomics relevant to labor-intensive civil
construction techniques. It confines itself mainly to the
energy aspects...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN297Date: August 31, 1975Author:
World Bank
The International Development
Association (IDA), an affiliate of the World Bank, has
approved a credit of 8 million dollars to Pakistan to help
finance the cost of repairs...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156048Date: August 18, 1975
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