This paper attempts to project the
growth of urbanization in India and to assess the economic
implications of this growth. The relatively smooth and
steady growth of...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD61Date: February 29, 1984Author:
Manem,Mohan R.
This economic memorandum updates and
assesses Guinea~^!!^s economic and financial situation and
examines the policy issues dominating short- and medium-term
development...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 4690Date: February 29, 1984
Whereas models have generally been
developed for perfectly competitive and monopolistic
markets, this paper presents a spatial equilibrium model
based on assumed oligoplistic...
Type: Commodity Working PaperReport#: DWC8402Date: February 29, 1984Author:
Hashimoto,Hideo
This press release announces the World
Bank granted a Twenty Million Dollar loan to Guatemala on
February 23, 1984. The loan will be used for a project
designed to modernize...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 157645Date: February 23, 1984
This press release, dated February 17,
1984, announces the Caribbean group for cooperation in
economic development concluded its sixth meeting at World
Bank headquarters....
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 151407Date: February 17, 1984
This press release, dated February 9,
1984, announces the sixth meeting of the Caribbean Group for
cooperation in economic development to be held in
Washington, D.C.,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 151231Date: February 9, 1984
This paper reviews the determination of
trade policy in the United States and argues that historical
circumstance and intellectual tradition are important
elements in...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: DRD75Date: February 1, 1984Author:
Finger, J.
A significant gap exists in many
countries between known and feasible agricultural
technologies, and what is actually practiced by farmers. A
major channel for the dissemination...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP301Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Feder, Gershon ;
Slade, Roger
The exploitation of technological
knowledge is central to the development process. This paper
stresses the role of technological effort in relation to
production engineering...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP263Date: January 31, 1984Author:
DAHLMAN, C. ;
WESTPHAL, L.
Tropical hardwood has been one of the
most important primary commodities for developing countries
in terms of export earnings. This handbook discusses
various aspects...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN383Date: January 31, 1984
Educational expenditures claim a
particularly large portion of available resources in LDCs.
Major investment is being undertaken at a time when many
economies are being...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8401Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Jimenez,Emmanuel Y.
This paper analyzes optimal foreign
borrowing and investment in a two-period certainty model
with traded and nontraded goods. The model illustrates how
borrowing and...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8403Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Kharas, H. ;
Glick, R.
Basic economic conditions in Bhutan are
relatively favorable, contradicting the very low per capita
income. The ratio of population to land is relatively low
and there...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB4307Date: January 31, 1984
The limited data available suggest that
the prevalence of poor health and malnutrition in Nepal is
as high as anywhere in the world. This paper focuses on
child malnutrition...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP309Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Martorell, R. ;
Leslie, J. ;
Moock, P. ;
Stanford University ;
EDI ;
Columbia University
As a result of declining agricultural
consumption and continued narrowing of the sector,
agriculture has become strictly a minor economic activity in
rich countries...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP323Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Jones, William
In 1981, a three-year global research
and development project on integrated resource recovery was
undertaken by the Bank for UNDP. Project goals are to
achieve environmental,...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD37Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Gunnerson, C. ;
Jones, D.
This study examines some problems in the
market for natural rubber, one of the ten core commodities
proposed for stabilization. The first part of the study is
concerned...
Type: Commodity Working PaperReport#: SCP10Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Tan,C. Suan
Throughout the developing world, the
spatial distribution of population and industry is
increasingly viewed as a major developmental issue. This
article breaks down...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP327Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Choe, S. Song, B. WUD
This paper is concerned with a
particular issue which arises during the implementation of
an anti-inflation-cum-trade-liberalization program, i.e.,
the elimination of...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP317Date: January 1, 1984Author:
Wogart, Jan Peter ;
Marques, Jose Silverio
Since the analysis of the expansion of
urban employment and the attendant process of internal
migration is of central importance in studying the economic
development...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP300Date: January 1, 1984Author:
Mazumdar, D.
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