The idea that external liberalization
can spur economic growth is gaining wider acceptance among
policy makers, expecially those in developing nations. Yet
the record...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8623Date: May 31, 1986Author:
Mcculloch,Rachel
This article presents a rationale for
changing the current emphasis of precollege computer
courses. It suggests that as an interim approach, to be used
before computers...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP377Date: May 31, 1986Author:
Lockheed, Marlaine ;
Mandinach, Ellen B.
This paper addresses the issue of
revenue constrained partial tariff reform. This is an
increasingly important issue, as more & more countries
are caught between the...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8625Date: May 31, 1986Author:
Dahl, Henrik ;
Devarajan, Shantayanan ;
van Wijnberg
Over the past fifty years, various
studies have attempted to document the alleged loss of
literacy and numeracy skills afflicting dropouts from
primary schools in Least...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: DRD171Date: May 1, 1986Author:
Hartley, Michael J. ;
Swanson, Eric V.
This paper was originally presented at
the Conference on "Industrial Organization, Trade and
Investment in North America: U.S.A., Canada, and
Mexico," held in Merida,...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: DRD178Date: May 1, 1986Author:
Balassa,Bela
In 1984 the Korean Ministry of Transport
hired consultants from the Korea Advanced Institute for
Science and Technology (KAIST) to evaluate the regulations
governing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51346Date: May 1, 1986Author:
Smith,Graham ;
Michell, Tony ;
Shin, Buyong
In 1979, and after two decades of
following inward-oriented policies, Peru started to reduce
its trade barriers. This tendency was intensified during
1980 by the government...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: DRD168Date: May 1, 1986Author:
Nogues, Julio J.
This paper presents a detailed analysis
of fertility in 10 sub - Saharan African countries for which
World Fertility Survey data are available. These data and
similar...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: PHN8513Date: April 30, 1986Author:
Cochrane, Susan H. ;
Farid, Samir M.
Recent research on rent control has
demonstrated that rent control differs greatly in its
effects from place to place, depending on the specific
provisions of the rent...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD91Date: April 30, 1986Author:
Tewari, Vinod ;
Kumar, T. Krishna
There is increasing awareness that the
efficiency of public enterprises in developing countries
must be improved. What has been developed in this paper is
an analytical...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD94Date: April 30, 1986Author:
Gardner, Donald
Increasingly, World Bank and other
financing for projects is channelled through financial
intermediaries. Examples of these range from government
departments to more...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD95Date: April 30, 1986Author:
Jones, David
Although in the past much emphasis has
been placed by borrowers, lenders and project approval
entities on the technical design and implementation of water
and sanitation...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD98Date: April 30, 1986Author:
Jones, David
The introduction of competitive
practices in the performance of routine maintenance
operations is gaining strength in many countries. In some
cases, the move to contracting...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: TRP1Date: April 30, 1986Author:
Harral, Clell G ;
Henriod, Ernesto E ;
Graziano, Pet
This paper examines public land
development agencies in developing countries and the key
determinants of their success. The objective of the paper is
to provide operational...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD93Date: April 30, 1986Author:
Van Meurs,Arianna K.
This paper provides a survey of recent
research on the economic problems associated with
urbanization in Africa. The paper also analyzes African
nations' current policies,...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD97Date: April 30, 1986Author:
Becker, Charles ;
deBodisco, Christopher ;
Morrison, Andrew
This paper documents for a number of
African countries the evidence on trends in wage levels and
structures over time and raises some policy issues. It finds
that there...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8624Date: April 30, 1986Author:
Lindauer, David ;
Meesook, Oey ;
Suebsaeng, Parita
Contractual savings schemes are
frequently mentioned as desirable instruments for the
mobilization of financial savings for housing, but
comparative data about the characteristics...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD92Date: April 30, 1986Author:
Chretien,Michel
This paper argues in favor of harnessing
the human and financial resources of the African city as
part of any strategy to ensure greater, and more widespread,
economic...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD96Date: April 30, 1986Author:
Hamer, Andrew
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