The geometric standards of a road, such
as width, minimum curve radius and maximum grades, can have
a major effect on the costs of road construction and
maintenance,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: TRP3Date: February 1, 1987Author:
Hoban,Christopher Joseph
The paper discusses the
revenue-increasing potential of the value added tax (VAT),
the potential impact on prices of both introducing a VAT and
changing its rate structure...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: DRD225Date: February 1, 1987Author:
Tait, Alan A.
This book provides a practical
introduction to the economic appraisal of transport projects
in developing countries. It defines the objectives of
economic appraisal...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 10107Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Adler, Hans A.
The paper reviews a number of themes
from the recent literature on higher education and markets
for educated labor, from the viewpoint of their relevance to
education...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: EDT54Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Blomquist, Ake
This paper presents estimates of the
price elasticity of demand for primary schooling using
household and school survey data from rural Mali. The
elasticity of enrollment...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: PHN8704Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Birdsall, Nancy ;
Orivel, F.
This paper analyzes longitudinal data
from a national sample of eighth-grade mathematics
classrooms (99 teachers and 4030 students) in Thailand to
explore the mechanisms...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: EDT53Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Lockheed, Marlaine E. ;
Vail, Stephen C. ;
Fuller, B
This report contains a collection of
opening statements to meetings of the Development Committee.
These statements highlight issues that were on the
committee's agenda...
Type: PublicationReport#: DEV11Date: January 31, 1987
This paper discusses possible solutions
to the growing problems of formulating policy for urban
settlement and investment strategies in Egypt. One approach
is to place...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD105Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Garn, Harvey A
Does the use of user charges in the
social sectors of poor countries cause ramifications in
regard to efficiency and equity considerations? The purpose
of this note...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: PHN8701Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Birdsall,Nancy M.
This paper undertakes a statistical
analysis of the significance of the contribution of
agriculture to economic growth by use of cross section data.
The major finding...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: DWA8701Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Erh-Cheng Hwa
The pervasive presence of quantitative
restrictions on imports in developing countries makes the
prediction of import response following trade liberalization
a particularly...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: DWA8702Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Bertola, Guiseppe ;
Faini, Riccardo
This report reviews Haiti's public
expenditure in the context of economic stagnation, the need
for major structural reform, and a proposal that the country
adopt a 3-year...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB6113Date: January 31, 1987
Surveys were used to quantify the
substantial structural changes that have occurred in the
major world jute markets since the late 1960s and to
identify constraints...
Type: Commodity Working PaperReport#: SCP16Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Thigpen, M. Elton ;
Marongiu, Paula ;
Lasker, Saidur R.
The International Finance Corporation
(IFC) will invest in the expansion of the Shenzhen China
Bicycles Co. Ltd. plant to help the company meet growing
export demands....
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162010Date: January 20, 1987
This paper develops a medium-term
macroeconomic framework for assessing the impact of
structural adjustment policies on the economic performance
of developing countries....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: DWA8705Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Hwa,Erh-Cheng
Over the decades of the sixties and
seventies, Colombia achieved impressive economic growth.
However, since the beginning of this decade, the
country's growth has slackened...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: DWA8709Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Cherif, M ;
Hwa, Erh-Cheng
This is a first attempt at advancing
some generalization about the Bank's analytical work on
socialist economies. It is based on a very selective review
of Bank work...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD5Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Schrenk, Martin
This paper analyzes the most important
issues that have faced and are still facing the organization
and management of National Oil Companies (NOCs) in Latin
America...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 52575Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Khelil, Chakib;
Regional disparities in living standards
within Brazil have received increasing attention in recent
years. This paper indicates that although costs of living
adjustments...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP409Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Thomas,Vinod
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