• Financing investment in Thailand : the mix of foreign and domestic savings
    The purpose of this study is to analyze the elements that should underlie an appropriate foreign borrowing strategy and to suggest linkages with other macroeconomic policies. The methodology features the...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8530 Date: July 31, 1985 Author: Kharas, H. ; Shishido, H.
  • Fiscal policy, the current account and the external debt problem in the Dominican Republic
    This paper explores the link between the worsening of the public sector deficit, on one hand, and the deterioration of the current account and build-up of external debt, on the other. It concludes that...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8536 Date: July 31, 1985 Author: Cuddington,John T.
  • Real exchange rate misalignment in developing countries : analytical issues and empirical evidence
    This paper analyzes some of the more important aspects of real exchange rate misalignment in developing countries. A number of examples and real world situations are used to illustrate different points....
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8543 Date: July 31, 1985 Author: Edwards,Sebastian
  • A benefit-cost analysis of nutritional interventions for anemia reduction
    Iron deficiency anemia is one of the most prevalent nutritional disorders in both the industrialized and less developed countries. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate potential interventions for reducing...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: PHN8512 Date: July 31, 1985 Author: Levin,Henry M
  • A review of the impact on women of groundwater irrigation VII and XVII
    This report is a part of a review of the situation of women in the project areas of selected Bank-financed projects in four countries, undertaken by the Office of the Advisor on Women in Development of...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: WID35 Date: July 31, 1985
  • Communication support for population activities in sub-Saharan Africa
    Communications support activites play an important role in population programs. They provide information to potential users about family planning and, if appropriately planned, are a means of mediating...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: PHN8510 Date: July 31, 1985 Author: Bryan, Paula J. ; Zimmerman, Margot L. ; Kazi, Carol
  • Methodological issues in the evaluation of extension impact
    The impact of extension is an imprecise term. Does it, for example, mean the full set of changes, direct and indirect, resulting from an extension initiative or does it have narrower connotations of change?...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: ARU47 Date: July 31, 1985 Author: Feder,Gershon ; Slade,Roger H.
  • Optimal taxation and public production in an open dual economy
    This paper analyses the determinants of optimal government policy in a dual economy. It concentrates on tax policy, trade policy and the selection of shadow prices for cost-benefit analysis. The paper...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8538 Date: July 31, 1985 Author: Heady, Christopher ; Mitra, Pradeep K.
  • Agricultural household models : a survey of recent findings and their policy implications
    Semi-commercial farms that produce multiple crops make up a large part of the agricultural sector in developing countries. These farms or agricultural households combine two fundamental units of microeconomic...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8526 Date: July 31, 1985 Author: Singh, Inderjit ; Squire, Lyn ; Strauss, John
  • Gabon - Country economic memorandum
    This report is based on findings of a 1984 economic mission to Gabon and describes the productive sectors -- agriculture, forestry, fisheries, petroleum, mining, and industry -- and the impact of the extractive...
    Type: Country Economic Memorandum Report#: 5337 Date: July 31, 1985
  • Announcement of Turkey to Upgrade Power Facilities With World Bank Loan on July 5, 1985
    This press release announces the World Bank has approved a loan to Turkey for a project to upgrade the efficiency of its power generation plants, and improve the reliability of its electric transmission...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 156708 Date: July 5, 1985
  • Announcement of Project in Fiji will Assist Industrial, Agricultural Enterprises on July 5, 1985
    This press release announces the World Bank has approved a loan of six million five hundred thousand US dollars to finance projects in Fiji's agricultural, industrial, and service sectors on July 5, 1985.
    Type: Announcement Report#: 156704 Date: July 5, 1985
  • Announcement of World Bank Approves Sixty-Seven Million US Dollars Loan for Rail Project in Korea on July 5, 1985
    This press release announces the World Bank has approved a loan of sixty-seven million US dollars to Korea to help finance a project to improve the efficiency of transport and increase the capacity of...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 156706 Date: July 5, 1985
  • Developing country debt : policies and prospects
    This paper examines recent changes in the external debt of the developing countries and the adjustment policies followed by these countries following the first oil shock, the second oil shock, and the...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: DRD149 Date: July 1, 1985 Author: Balassa,Bela
  • Household economic strategies and support networks of the poor in Kenya - a literature review
    This literature review was prepared as a background paper in support of ongoing research activities on the role of interhouse transfers as survival and development strategies for the urban poor. The purpose...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD69 Date: July 1, 1985 Author: Clark, Mari H.
  • Outward orientation
    This paper examines the choices between outward and inward orientation, when the former provides similar incentives to sales in domestic and in foreign markets and the latter discriminates in favor of...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: DRD148 Date: July 1, 1985 Author: Balassa,Bela
  • Issues in human settlements policy
    This document presents some sylized facts on the nature of, and preconditions for, decentralized urban development, with special reference to tradeable goods and services. Given this framework, the implications...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD75 Date: June 30, 1985 Author: Hamer, A.
  • Fuel peat in developing countries
    Extensive fuel peat reserves exist in developing countries, but much is yet to be done in defining the type, fuel value and reserves. This study presents a review of fuel peat formation, types, energy...
    Type: Publication Report#: WTP41 Date: June 30, 1985
  • Thailand - Transport sector review
    This report documents the situation in Thailand's transport sector towards the end of the Fifth Development Plan (1982-86) and highlights issues that merit attention in preparation for the Sixth Development...
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 4950 Date: June 30, 1985
  • Education, experience and imperfect processing of information in the adoption of innovations
    Education, experience and the processing of information play key roles in a decision maker's choice of adopting various innovations. Before a decision maker decides whether or not to adopt a new production...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: ARU42 Date: June 30, 1985 Author: Fischer, Alastair
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