• Import demand for grains : implications for U.S. agricultural policy
    Decreases in world import-demand for U.S. grain exports do not stem so much from the strength of the U.S. dollar and high U.S. loan rates as they do from other factors which exist in the importing country...
    Type: Commodity Working Paper Report#: DWC8505 Date: December 31, 1985 Author: Mitchell,Donald O.
  • A world grains and soybeans model
    The Commodities Studies and Projections Division has recently completed the construction of global models of grains (wheat, rice and coarse grains) and soybeans markets. This paper describes in broad...
    Type: Commodity Working Paper Report#: DWC8507 Date: December 31, 1985 Author: Mitchell,Donald O.
  • Report on the World Bank research program (Vol. 1 of 2) : Part 1
    This year's "Report on the World Bank Research Program" has two parts. Part I comprises a review of various aspects of the research program conducted in the past year. Part II provides narratives of research...
    Type: Report on the World Bank Research Program Report#: 5961 Date: December 31, 1985
  • Project management for educational change
    The nature of the Bank's education portfolio is gradually changing. As a result of this change there has been a shift away from the earlier emphasis on the infrastructure sectors as a model for project...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: EDT12 Date: December 31, 1985 Author: Verspoor,Adriaan M.
  • Issues and problems in planning and implementing industrial location policies in Korea : a planner's view
    The author, an active participant in urban and regional planning in Korea, summarizes the rationale behind the industrial decentralization policies pursued by the Korean government and illustrates key...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP386 Date: December 31, 1985 Author: Won-Yong Kwon
  • Efficient market commodity price dynamics
    This paper examines the joint implications of private sector stockholding and futures market trading for commodity price dynamics. Speculative private sector stockholding links commodity prices over periods...
    Type: Commodity Working Paper Report#: DWC8504 Date: December 31, 1985 Author: Gilbert,Christopher L.
  • Announcement of Malawi Borrows Seven Million Eight Hundred Thousand US Dollars for Projects in Industry and Agriculture on December 23, 1985
    This press release announces the World Bank has approved a loan of seven million eight hundred US dollars for Malawi to continue its efforts to expand its industrial base to increase productivity in the...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 157001 Date: December 23, 1985
  • Spatial distribution of industries and important location factors in the Seoul region
    The main purpose of this study is to identify the locational forces that influence the manufacturing industry in the Seoul region where more than 45 percent of industrial establishments are located and...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD89 Date: November 30, 1985 Author: Byung-Nak Song ; Choe,Sang Chuel
  • Fiscal performance of local governments in the Seoul region : implications for urban deconcentration policies
    This paper analyzes the available data on local finances for Seoul and its satellite cities. The paper documents the trends of revenues and expenditures for 1973-1982 to study the fiscal performance of...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD88 Date: November 30, 1985 Author: Dong Hoon Chun ; Kyung-Hwan Kim ; Lee,Kyu Sik
  • Foreign borrowing in Nigeria
    This paper assesses past foreign borrowing by Nigeria against two criteria: first whether the real marginal benefits exceeded the real marginal costs of foreign borrowing; and second whether government...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8604 Date: November 30, 1985 Author: Myers, R
  • Review of literature on costs of health services in developing countries
    This report presents the results of an extensive survey of the literature on costs of delivering health services in developing countries. It contains data summaries with detailed documentation, but limited...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: PHN8521 Date: November 30, 1985 Author: Robertson, Robert L.
  • Mauritius - Transport sector memorandum
    Mauritius, located in the Indian Ocean about 2400 km from the African mainland, has no essential problems with its transport infrastructure. It is generally adequate to serve the needs of the main island...
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 5550 Date: November 30, 1985
  • Demand for fertility control in sub-Saharan Africa
    Given the strong demand for children in African countries and the strong preference for traditional methods of fertility regulation, more prevalent use of modern methods of contraception will not take-off...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: PHN8520 Date: November 30, 1985 Author: Frank, Odile
  • Fiscal policy and the current account in the presence of capital controls
    The paper examines how the presence of capital controls affects the extent to which reducing fiscal deficits or shifting public expenditure away from imported goods towards domestic goods will improve...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8557 Date: November 30, 1985 Author: Vinals, Jose M ; Cuddington, John T
  • The sequencing of economic liberalization in developing countries
    In attempting to liberalize and open their economy to the rest of the world, countries often encounter problems in implementing a specific sequence for their economic strategies. They deal with questions...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD1 Date: November 30, 1985 Author: Edwards,Sebastian
  • Fiscal deficits, exchange rate crises and inflation
    Recent inflationary experience in countries like Israel, Argentina and Brazil cannot be explained using traditional views on the relation between macroeconomic policy and inflation. Keynesian views cannot...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8602 Date: November 30, 1985 Author: Van Wijnbergen,Sweder
  • The estimation of gross domestic product and its growth rate for the German Democratic Republic
    This paper presents U.S. dollar estimates of the per capita product of the German Democratic Republic for 1975 and 1980. The system of national accounts and valuation practices of the GDR are described....
    Type: Staff Working Paper Report#: SWP773 Date: November 30, 1985 Author: Collier, Irwin L
  • An evaluation of decentralization policies in light of changing location patterns of employment in the Seoul Region
    Using the annual manufacturing survey data for 1973-81, this paper documents changes in location patterns of employment in the Seoul region. The analysis shows a strong decentralization trend of manufacturing...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD60 Date: November 30, 1985 Author: Lee,Kyu Sik
  • Portfolio of selected terms of references for natural gas sector studies
    The rationale for this collection of terms of references (TORs) is to provide staff and consultants with readily available gas sector study information. As a substitute for oil many countries are exploring...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: EGY30 Date: November 30, 1985 Author: Fathi, Schirin ; Mashayekhi, Afsaneh
  • Population growth and agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa
    This paper considers the consequences of rapid population growth on labor productivity in agriculture in sub - Saharan Africa. It explores the hypothesis that population growth is causing the decline in...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: PHN8519 Date: November 30, 1985 Author: Ho, Teresa J.
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