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 is to suggest a strategy for analyzing...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: PHN8701Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Birdsall,Nancy M.
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 urban policies within the context...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD105Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Garn,Harvey A.
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 of the paper is that agriculture growth,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: DWA8701Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Hwa,Erh-Cheng
The pervasive presence of quantitative restrictions on imports in developing countries makes the prediction of import response following trade liberalization a particularly arduous task. Historically,...
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 rolling investment program. It...
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 to further growth in jute consumption...
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. Located in China's Shenzhen Special...
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. The salient feature of this analytical...
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 and balance of payments have...
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 on socialist member countries, and...
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 based on the Bank's experience in the...
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 narrow spatial differences, large...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP409Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Thomas,Vinod
This paper examines data on the determinants of adult cognitive competencies and of child school participation in the Terai region of Nepal. The results of the analysis are: first generation landholdings,...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP408Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Jamison,Dean T. ;
Lockheed,Marlaine E.
This paper examines the determinants of intra-industry specialisation in manufactured goods in bilateral trade among countries whose manufactured exports exceeded $300 million and accounted for at least...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP404Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Balassa,Bela
This paper presents a regression analysis of import and export shares of GDP for 14 commodity and service categories in 55 developing countries over the period 1964-82. Explanatory variables include GNP...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP431Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Mccarthy,F. Desmond ;
Taylor,Lance J. ;
Talati,Cyrus P.
This study has shown that significant quantities of protein for either human consumption or livestock feed could be produced from wastewater-based aquaculture, which could be integrated with sewage stabilization...
Type: PublicationReport#: TEC3Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Johnson Cointreau, Sandra
This paper is a preliminary report on a research project on "The Timing and Sequencing of a Trade Liberalization Policy," conducted by the CPD since the spring of 1984. While the superiority of free trade...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8642Date: December 31, 1986Author:
Papageorgiou, Demetrius ;
Choksi, Armeane ;
Michaely
This paper reviews the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) rules on subsidies in trade and examines the quantitative importance and pattern of countervailing actions undertaken by major advanced...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: ERS9Date: December 31, 1986Author:
Nam, Chong-Hyun
This paper surveys the literature on the role and educational effects of practical activities in science teaching. Two issues are investigated: (a) the validity of the assumptions on which the nature...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: EDT51Date: December 31, 1986Author:
Haddad, Wadi D. ;
Za'rour, George I.
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