The purpose of this report is to provide
an understanding of the development potential and the
development problems of Bhutan as it begins the
implementation of it's...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB7189Date: January 31, 1989
While it is difficult to isolate
adjustment as the sole cause of deteriorating social
welfare, what little evidence exists seems to indicate that
adjustment makes some...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP44Date: January 31, 1989Author:
Zuckerman, Elaine
On January 30, 1989, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines will increase production of food and export-crops
as a result of a project designed to make more efficient use
of...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158384Date: January 30, 1989
The Highway Design and Maintenance
Standards Model (HDM-III), issued in 1987, was developed by
the World Bank to meet the needs of the highway community,
particularly...
Type: PublicationReport#: 79753Date: January 1, 1989Author:
Watanatada, Thawat ;
Harral, Clell ;
Paterson, William ;
Dhareshwar, Ashok ;
Bhandari, Anil ;
Tsunokawa, Koji
A recent review of the Bank's
public sector pricing policies concluded that: (i) Bank
guidelines on pricing were generally followed fairly
closely; (ii) the approach...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 36710Date: January 1, 1989Author:
Heggie, Ian G.
This edition of world tables (WT)
updates core socio-economic indicators given on country
pages in the 1987 edition; it adds topical pages; and a
related explanatory...
Type: Global Development Finance - formerly World
Debt TablesReport#: 99106Date: January 1, 1989
The purpose of this report is to clarify
the dearth of data on values of international transport
services. The International Monetary Fund's Balance of
Payments statistics...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: INU29Date: December 31, 1988Author:
Johansen, Frida ;
Panagakos, George
While major concerns have been expressed
about the spread of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in developing
countries, the lack of empirical information on the
dimensions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS137Date: December 31, 1988Author:
Laird, Sam ;
Yeats, Alexander
In recent years the Bank's
assistance to the transport sector has experienced a
fundamental change in direction, prompted by the economic
slowdown in much of the developing...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: INU34Date: December 31, 1988
The transport sector underwent a
fundamental reorientation during the 1980s, in response to
the changes in the international economic environment,
including unprecedented...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: INU35Date: December 31, 1988
Following the findings of the 1984
Energy Efficiency mission, a study was undertaken to assist
Perusahaan Umum Listrik Negara (PLN) in developing programs
to improve...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM95Date: December 31, 1988
On December 15, 1988, Algeria is taking
measures to increase food production and reduce its
dependence on imports through a project designed to make
agricultural credit...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158379Date: December 15, 1988
On December 15, 1988, the World Bank has
approved a loan of 87 million dollars to help finance
Thailand’s 1987-91 highway development program which aims at
preventing...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158380Date: December 15, 1988
On December 15, 1988, to keep up with
the pace of domestic economic activity and external trade,
China will launch two projects to expand facilities and
boost the capacity...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164156Date: December 15, 1988
A highway mission comprising Robert
Mulligan visited India during November and early December,
1988 and in conjunction with other project matters carried
out a supervision...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73091Date: December 12, 1988
A World Bank highway mission comprising
Robert Mulligan visited India from November 2 - December 12,
and in conjunction with other project matters, visited
several of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73090Date: December 12, 1988
On December 8, 1988, Guatemala’s efforts
to improve the quality of its primary education,
particularly in the rural areas, and to rehabilitate its
deteriorated road...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162899Date: December 8, 1988
Past Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs)
were generally initiated in an atmosphere of crisis and
focused primarily on cutting back public investment as part
of adjustment...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP25Date: November 30, 1988Author:
Kahnert,Friedrich A. K.
Zambia's agricultural potential is
great. Less than a quarter of its available agricultural
land is now being used for farming, and rainfall in most
years is substantial....
Type: PublicationReport#: WBC1Date: November 30, 1988Author:
Jansen, Doris
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