Ten years of World Bank lending for
urban development have had a significant impact on how
developing countries are analyzing urban issues and on the
way they are formulating...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 151807Date: April 13, 1983
In this paper, the author poses a
dissenting view regarding the world food problem. He
maintains that world hunger is exacerbated by illusions and
misconceptions on...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP73Date: April 1, 1983Author:
Eberstadt, Nick
This booklet is intended to serve as a
field manual for Self-Help Housing Agency Technical
Assistants (SHHATA's) who are charged with inspecting
and assisting in the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: TAG3Date: April 1, 1983Author:
van Nostrand, John ;
Wilson, James G. ;
UNDP ;
Technic
An examination of the structure and
workings of the markets for each of the four major crops
suggests changes in market structure and/or in government
pricing policy...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8303Date: March 31, 1983Author:
Thobani,Mateen
This paper surveys three alternative
approaches to the measurement and analysis of welfare,
reflective of the thinking that has been ongoing in the
Bank's Living Standards...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP258Date: March 31, 1983Author:
Grootaert,Christiaan N.
Argentina is among the most important
oil-producing countries, but as a result of discontinuous
and uncoordinated evolution of the petroleum industry, the
body of technical...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN340Date: March 31, 1983Author:
Zuniga-Rivero, J.F. ;
Hay-Roe, Hugh
Rapid urbanization in developing
countries has produced a heavy concentration of population
and economic activity in large urban centers. In order to
deal with perceived...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD21Date: March 31, 1983Author:
REEDY, D. ;
WUDD
This paper presents the findings of a
survey of communities and providers of health and schooling
services in Southwestern Mali, which aimed to characterize
the supply...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8307Date: March 31, 1983Author:
Ainsworth,Martha
Brazil is often cited as a developing
country that has exemplified the trade-off between economic
growth and equity. Th basis for the claim was the rising
inequality...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP251Date: March 31, 1983Author:
Fox, M.
The central message of this book is that
the World Bank has had a substantial impact on the
development and diffusion of technology in the Third World,
and has become...
Type: PublicationReport#: UNN334Date: March 31, 1983Author:
Weiss, Charles ;
Jequier, Nicolas [editors]
Portugal's entry into the EEC will
probably affect trade in manufacturing in three ways: (i)
tariff arrangements will be changed and local industries
will be exposed...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 4109Date: March 31, 1983
Ambiguity can be found in North America
as to whether an improvement in physical resources can
affect significantly the quality of educational output. Such
ambiguity...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP335Date: March 31, 1983Author:
Heyneman, Stephen P. ;
Jamison, Dean T. ;
Montenegro, Xenia
Increasing energy costs underline the
need for more efficient management of energy supply and
demand to maintain economic growth, especially in the
developing countries...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP255Date: March 31, 1983Author:
MUNASINGHE, M.
This press release announces the
International Development Association (IDA), concessionary
lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved thirty-two
million US dollars...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156439Date: March 24, 1983
The project will provide: a)
reconstruction or construction of quays and related
facilities and service systems at the deep-water port at
Matadi and the river port at...
The project includes: a) rehabilitation
and upgrading of the Port-au-Prince central market area; b)
a sites and services scheme for the relocation of 1,036
families...
This report concerns further development
and application of the Turkey Agricultural Sector Model
(TASM). It presents a revised version of the model developed
for the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP68Date: March 1, 1983Author:
Le-Si, V. ;
Evans, M. ;
AGR
The Turkey Agricultural Sector Model
(TASM) has been developed to: (i) determine if Turkey has a
comparative advantage in agriculture and, if so, in which
products;...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP67Date: March 1, 1983Author:
Le-Si, V. ;
Scandizzo, Pasquale L. ;
Kasnakoglu, H.
This paper represents a detailed
statistical analysis of the relative size of Indian cities.
Firstly it demonstrates from a variety of comparisons that
Indian urbanization...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD4Date: February 28, 1983Author:
Mills, E ;
Becker, C
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