Tropical hardwood has been one of the most important primary commodities for developing countries in terms of export earnings. This handbook discusses various aspects of tropical hardwood including its...
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 constrained by recessionary pressures...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8401Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Jimenez,Emmanuel Y.
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 in the Terai or southern plains...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP309Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Martorell, R. ;
Leslie, J. ;
Moock, P. ;
Stanford University ;
EDI ;
Columbia University
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 is little landlessness. Literacy...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB4307Date: January 31, 1984
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 investment interact with relative...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8403Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Kharas, H. ;
Glick, R.
As a result of declining agricultural consumption and continued narrowing of the sector, agriculture has become strictly a minor economic activity in rich countries and in quite a few middle-income ones,...
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, employment, energy, economic,...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD37Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Gunnerson, C. ;
Jones, D.
Throughout the developing world, the spatial distribution of population and industry is increasingly viewed as a major developmental issue. This article breaks down the evaluation of location policies...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP327Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Choe, S. Song, B. WUD
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 with the specification, estimation,...
Type: Commodity Working PaperReport#: SCP10Date: January 31, 1984Author:
Tan,C. Suan
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 "water in external tariffs" or tariff...
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 of LDC's, this paper formulates and...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP300Date: January 1, 1984Author:
Mazumdar, D.
Excreta-related diseases are responsible for a large proportion of the morbidity and mortality in developing countries, especially amongst low-income communities in urban fringe and rural areas, where...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: TAG13Date: January 1, 1984Author:
Mara,Duncan
This paper provides one more rationale for interlinking credit and tenancy contracts in the context of production loans. In an environment characterized by a heterogeneous labor pool and imperfect information,...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP326Date: January 1, 1984Author:
Braverman,Avishay ;
Guasch, J. Luis
This manual presents in summary form, the conceptual framework for and basic components of the evaluation, and proposed monitoring system for low-cost sanitation programs. A full description of all procedures...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: TAG12Date: January 1, 1984Author:
Parlato,Ronald P. ;
UNDP ;
Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
The rapid adoption of new technologies by farmers in developing countries is by now commonplace. This study, for example, reviews trends in the mechanization of Thai agriculture through the adoption of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP92Date: January 1, 1984Author:
Duncan, A.
This paper deals with the subject of monitoring and evaluation of communication activities that support low-cost sanitation (LCS) programs. It uses sample questions, sample findings and possible solutions...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: TAG11Date: January 1, 1984Author:
Perret, Heli E. ;
UNDP ;
Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
This paper reports on the analysis of data from Nepal. The farm households surveyed were chosen so that about half were in a region exposed to the newly-introduced training-and-visit (T & V) extension...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP296Date: January 1, 1984Author:
Jamison, Gracie D. ;
Moock, P. ;
DEDPH
This paper examines the on-going and prospective adjustments in China's domestic food distribution and agricultural pipelines as well as related production, agro-industries and distribution capacity which...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP91Date: January 1, 1984Author:
Lewis, C. M.
China has achieved remarkable success in increasing life expectancy and reducing fertility. There is no question that much of this success is due to concerted government efforts. Low fertility is in part...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP303Date: December 31, 1983Author:
Birdsall, N. ;
Jamison, D.
This comparative analysis of the determinants of fertility decline in Kerala, Karnataka, and Sri Lanka was undertaken with the object of explaining the recent rapid decline in fertility in the region under...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: RES10Date: December 31, 1983Author:
Zacharaiah, K. C ;
Newlon,Bonnie L.
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