The need for a more rigorous approach to the assessment of foreign borrowing has been starkly revealed by recent events. Today, countries with and without access to voluntary commercial lending are faced...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8637Date: June 30, 1986Author:
Kharas, Homi J.
This essay examines issues related to China's urban construction and financing. It argues that urban construction in China could be improved through better pricing and management of urban services, which...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD101Date: June 30, 1986Author:
Zhang, Jun
This paper reviews recent developments in macroeconomic theory and considers their relevance for the study of developing countries. Particular emphasis is given to the rational expectations revolution....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: ERS5Date: June 30, 1986Author:
Corden, W. Max
This paper discusses the importance of a coherent macroeconomic strategy for coping with coffee booms in Colombia. Such a strategy is a pre-condition for sustainability of the trade liberalization program...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8632Date: June 30, 1986Author:
Cuddington,John T.
The terms listed in this glossary are generally those pertaining to the field of maintenance management and which are not normally found in dictionaries, but anumber of specialist terms in the technical...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 20826Date: June 4, 1986
This paper compares the characteristics and costs of the main types of urban transit systems, including buses, trains, light rail, rapid rail and suburban rail systems. As well as covering the examination...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP52Date: May 31, 1986Author:
Armstrong-Wright,Alan T.
Can locally based collective action be a viable way to manage common property resources? Many writers on collective action and common property are sweepingly pessimistic about the ability of the people...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: ARU54Date: May 31, 1986Author:
Wade,Robert
Providing a framework for evaluating the adequacy of policy measures taken to improve medium-term economic performance ranks high on the agenda for policy research in the development area. This paper explores...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: DWA8602Date: May 31, 1986Author:
Genberg,Anders Hans O. ;
Swoboda, Alexander K
Large-scale capital flight is often mentioned as an important cause of the external debt problem of developing countries. Motivated by this concern, this paper addresses the following questions (1) What...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8551Date: May 31, 1986Author:
Cuddington,John T.
Public enterprises have grown to represent a significant share of modern sector employment in many African economies, yet little is known about public enterprise compensation and employment policies and...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8631Date: May 31, 1986Author:
Lindauer,David L.
This paper (and the accompanying transcript of Mr. Jaycox's remarks to a panel discussion) is on the debt problems of seriously affected countries in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. It classifies...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP378Date: May 31, 1986Author:
Jaycox,Edward V. K. ;
Gulhati, Ravi I. ;
Lall,Sanjaya ;
Yalamanchili, Satya
This paper uses an intertemporal disequilibrium framework to analyze the rapid increase in personal savings that has taken place in China since 1979. A theoretical model of savings behavior under rationing...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8627Date: May 31, 1986Author:
Feltenstein, Andrew ;
Lebow, David ;
van Wijnbergen,
The idea that external liberalization can spur economic growth is gaining wider acceptance among policy makers, expecially those in developing nations. Yet the record on liberalization as an effective...
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 are integrated effectively across...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP377Date: May 31, 1986Author:
Lockheed,Marlaine E. ;
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 conflicting demands of restoring price...
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 Developed Countries (LDCs). These...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: DRD171Date: May 1, 1986Author:
Hartley,Michael John ;
Swanson,Eric Valdeman
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, Mexico on December 16-18, 1985. ...
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 its trucking industry. Its objective...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 51346Date: May 1, 1986Author:
Smith,Graham ;
Michell, Tony ;
Shin, Buyong
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