This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), the soft-loan affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of twenty-three million US dollars to Burma for a grain storage...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 153997Date: January 8, 1981
This paper is a proposal for the development of an economics that would be based on satisfaction of the unvarying and universal human needs and not of desires or wants. This economics would deal with the...
Type: PublicationReport#: UNN253Date: January 1, 1981Author:
Kamenetzky,Mario
Because widespread availability of textbooks in the United States preceded research on the effectiveness of instructional materials, there has been little systematic study of their impact on student achievement....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP391Date: January 1, 1981Author:
Searle,Barbara W. ;
Galda, Klaus ;
Heyneman, Stephen P ;
Jamison,Dean T.
Food distribution schemes have acquired increasing popularity as a basic instrument for the alleviation of poverty. However, high leakages to unintended beneficiaries and the penalties paid by the farming...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP19Date: January 1, 1981Author:
Scandizzo, Pasquale L. ;
Graves, Judith ;
AGR
This report, issued in two volumes, represents the first two steps in a three step process as agreed upon within the project staffs of the World Bank. The first step, presented in volume 1, is to develop...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP63Date: January 1, 1981Author:
Howe, Charles W.
The purpose of this manual is to provide early dissemination of research results to field workers, to summarize selected portions of the other publications that are needed for sanitation program planning,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 11509Date: December 31, 1980Author:
Kalbermatten, John M. ;
Julius, DeAnne S. ;
Mara, D.
This paper analyzes the effects of agricultural policies in industrialized nations on their domestic economies, the world commodity markets, and developing countries. A selective review of major theoretical...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP174Date: December 31, 1980Author:
BALE, M. ;
LUTZ, E.
This paper is a review of partial and general equilibrium approaches to analysis of distributional consequences of technical change, using examples from the agriculture sector. Some existing models are...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP212Date: December 31, 1980Author:
Binswanger,Hans P.
This report is an attempt to set the Bank's initial diagnosis of the problems and prospects of the Maldivian economy in the context of the country's historical background and of its society, polity, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB2739Date: December 31, 1980
Efficient and economic external transport is vital to the small landlocked countries of Rwanda and Burundi, both of which must import industrial products as well as a large proportion of their primary...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3224Date: December 31, 1980
Efficient and economic external transport is vital to the small landlocked countries of Rwanda and Burundi, both of which must import industrial products as well as a large proportion of their primary...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3224Date: December 31, 1980
In all societies, commercial banks are instrumental in transferring surplus monetary resources from savers to users. A study of the Indian commercial banking system reveals that concerns about profitability...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: SDF66Date: December 31, 1980Author:
Mampilly, P. ;
Development Economics Department (D
This paper contains an evaluation of the data on income distribution in Malawi for two complementary household sample surveys conducted in 1968/69. The data from the surveys have been adjusted and combined...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: DWE8008Date: December 31, 1980Author:
Park,Jong-Goo
Jordan, a country of limited natural resources and a traditionally service and trade-oriented economy, has enjoyed a high rate of growth and made good progress in diversifying commodity production, increasing...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 3135Date: December 31, 1980
This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), the soft-loan affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of twenty-six million forty thousand US dollars to the government...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 153994Date: December 24, 1980
This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), the soft-loan affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of seven million US dollars to the government of Benin for...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 153995Date: December 24, 1980
Gambia's high level of public investment during the period 1974/75 - 1978/79 was made possible by a substantial increase in foreign assistance. However, budgetary savings did not keep pace with the increase...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 3094Date: December 23, 1980
This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), a World Bank affiliate for concessionary lending, has approved a credit of forty-two million US dollars to India for a second...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 153954Date: December 18, 1980
This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), a World Bank affiliate for concessionary lending, announced the approval of a credit of eight million US dollars to the government...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 153948Date: December 4, 1980
This paper presents some of the problems likely to be encountered when considering projects to support food marketing systems, particularly grain marketing systems. It views grain distribution projects...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP39Date: December 1, 1980Author:
BERMAN, BRIAN W. ;
AGR
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