This paper presents a description and
evaluation of a variety of national government programs to
control the size and growth rate of large Indian cities.
Since the l950s,...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD3Date: February 28, 1983Author:
MILLS, E. ;
BECKER, C. ;
URB
The main problems affecting the
transport sector in Madagascar have been identified in
chapters two, three and four. In some cases Government has
begun taking steps...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 4057Date: February 28, 1983
The objective of this paper is two-fold.
First, it clarifies the role of different assumptions made
by previous authors in the determination of results
regarding the...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8304Date: February 28, 1983Author:
Shome, P. ;
Squire, Lyn
Using a demand determined model
involving both consumption goods imports and home goods with
imported inputs, this paper shows that the condition under
which devaluation...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP257Date: February 28, 1983Author:
Hanson, James
The paper reviews evidence from a
household and community survey in a poor rural area of Mali
regarding the ability and willingness of residents to pay
for potential...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8308Date: February 28, 1983Author:
Birdsall, Nancy ;
Orivel, F. ;
Chuhan, Punam
This paper investigates various aspects
of urban concentration, particularly those relating to
disproportionate migration of highly skilled labor into the
larger cities....
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD30Date: February 28, 1983Author:
Henderson, John Vernon
This press release announces the
International Development Association (IDA), concessionary
lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved thirteen
million US dollars...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156431Date: February 17, 1983
This press release announces the
International Development Association (IDA), concessionary
lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved
twenty-three million US...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156430Date: February 17, 1983
This press release announces the
International Development Association (IDA), concessionary
lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved its first
credit to Cape...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156428Date: February 10, 1983
This report reviews recent economic
developments and adjustment efforts undertaken by the
Government since the end of 1979. Severe financial
difficulties resulted from...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB3857Date: January 31, 1983
This paper places India's twentieth
century urban growth in the context of the country's
economic development. After a brief historical survey of
economic and urban...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD2Date: January 31, 1983Author:
MILLS, E. ;
BECKER, C. ;
URB
For some time, forest products have been
the most important product group in Indonesia's exports
except for petroleum. This report reviews the recent
changes in Indonesia's...
Type: Commodity Working PaperReport#: DWC8301Date: January 31, 1983Author:
Takeuchi,Kenji
This paper summarizes the results of the
OECD and World Bank studies of external shocks and policy
responses to these shocks in developing economies during the
1973-1978...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP265Date: January 31, 1983Author:
Balassa, Bela
This paper presents mathematical
equations which are used in the Becker-Mills-Williamson
(BMW) model of computable general equilibrium which is being
prepared to estimate...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD38Date: January 31, 1983Author:
BECKER, C. ;
MILLS, E. ;
WILLIAMSON, J. ;
WUDD
Efficient transport is a key factor in
economic, social and political development. It is the
cutting edge of economic activity in areas being opened up
for settlement....
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN213Date: January 31, 1983Author:
TWD
Much of the existing development
literature follows McKinnon and Shaw in claiming that higher
time deposit rates raise output and lower inflation in the
short run and...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP276Date: January 31, 1983Author:
Van Wijnbergen,Sweder
This paper restates some of the
considerations on which, satisfactory design and execution
of project construction components depend. The report
presents: project management...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN274Date: January 31, 1983
This paper places urbanization in India
in the context of the process, worldwide. It first surveys
the pattern of urbanization in relation to economic
development, employing...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD1Date: January 31, 1983Author:
MILLS, E. ;
BECKER, C. ;
URB
The occupational structure of wages is
generally more compressed in high than in low income
countries. The role of non-market forces in determining the
structure of...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP261Date: January 31, 1983Author:
Lindauer,David L. ;
Sabot,Richard H.
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