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Announcement of IDA Approves Forty-Five Million US Dollars Credit to Madagascar for Sixth Highway Project on June 27, 1983

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of forty-five million US dollars for Madagascar to...
Type: Announcement Report#: 156697 Date: June 27, 1983
Announcement of Guinea-Bissau to Use Sixteen Million US Dollars IDA Credit to Improve Bissau Port on June 27, 1983

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of sixteen million US dollars for a project to rehabilitate...
Type: Announcement Report#: 156698 Date: June 27, 1983
Announcement of Sudan to Borrow One Hundred Thirty Million US Dollars from IDA for Agricultural Rehabilitation on June 20, 1983

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved two credits of one hundred thirty million US dollars for Sudan...
Type: Announcement Report#: 156599 Date: June 20, 1983
Wage rigidity, implicit contracts, and economic efficiency : are market wages too flexible?

The analysis of implicit contracts between risk-averse workers and risk-neutral firms must recognize that: (i) the contract is implicit, not explicit; (ii) it may only be conditioned on observable variables;...
Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: DRD53 Date: June 16, 1983 Author: Newbery,David M. ; Stiglitz,Joseph Eugene
Announcement of India Consortium held on June 15, 1983

A consortium of governments and institutions interested in development assistance to India met in Paris on June 14 and 15, 1983 under the chairmanship of the World Bank. The meeting was attended byrepresentatives...
Type: Announcement Report#: 151527 Date: June 15, 1983
Announcement of Guinea to Relieve Congestion in Conakry Port with IDA Support on June 9, 1983

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of thirteen million US dollars for a project to reduce...
Type: Announcement Report#: 156593 Date: June 9, 1983
Education and private versus public sector pay

The educational pay differential by economic sector is of great importance because it links to an array of theoretical, empirical and policy labour market issues. For example, public-private pay differentials...
Type: Journal Article Report#: REP345 Date: June 1, 1983 Author: Psacharopoulos,George
Policy implications of research on energy intake and activity levels with reference to the debate of the energy adequacy of existing diets in developing countries

The concept of an "energy requirement" level for all persons of the same sex, age and body size in all places and at all times has enjoyed much popularity, but is now increasingly being questioned as to...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: ARU7 Date: May 31, 1983 Author: REUTLINGER, SHLOMO
Financing and equity in the social sectors in Indonesia : some policy options

This paper examines the role of the private sector and the potential for recovering costs in the public sector in the provision of education and health services in Indonesia, with particular attention...
Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8305 Date: May 31, 1983 Author: Meesook,Oey Astra
Prospects for food production and consumption in developing countries. World agricultural trade and food security

The available evidence indicates that, in aggregate, the growth in world food production over the past two decades has more than kept pace with the growth in population. This paper analyzes recent trends...
Type: Journal Article Report#: REP275 Date: May 31, 1983 Author: Bale,Malcolm D. ; Duncan, R. ; Southworth, V.
Decentralization trends of employment location and spatial policies in LDC cities

Rapid urbanization in developing countries has produced a heavy concentration of population and economic activity in a very few large urban centers. This pattern of urban concentration has generated two...
Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD20 Date: May 31, 1983 Author: Lee, K. ; WUDD
The health sector in developing countries : a search for cost-effective solutions to health problems

The vast majority of prevalent diseases in developing countries can be effectively reduced, if not prevented, with presently available, relatively simple and affordable technology inputs including low...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: GAS2 Date: May 31, 1983 Author: Hall, Karen L.
The effect of primary school quality on academic achievement across twenty nine high and low income countries

Most previous research on effects of schooling has concluded that the effect of school or teacher quality on academic achievement is less than that of family background or other characteristics of students...
Type: Journal Article Report#: REP268 Date: May 31, 1983 Author: Heyneman,Stephen Paul ; LOXLEY, W.
Outline of issues on urban financial management policy

This paper represents a statement of principles and practices relating to the management of urban institutions that have been developed from various papers prepared on field missions. It generalizes the...
Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD24 Date: May 31, 1983 Author: JONES, D. ; URB
Segmented labor markets in LDCs

This discussion is confined to the urban labor markets in developing countries and to manual workers. It outlines the process by which the urban market for workers of low skill tends to develop a sector...
Type: Journal Article Report#: REP267 Date: May 31, 1983 Author: Mazumdar,Dipak
Case studies on industrial processing of primary products (Vol. 1 of 2)

In the last decade there has been increasing interest in aiding the economies of developing countries by expanding local processing of primary products. This report presents the findings of a joint research...
Type: Publication Report#: UNN286 Date: May 31, 1983
Jamaica : agricultural price and trade policies

Over the 1970s the Jamaican economy, including the agricultural sector, performed abysmally. Although many factors external to agriculture contributed to this poor performance, changes in the existing...
Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8306 Date: May 31, 1983 Author: Bale,Malcolm D.
Announcement of Port Project in Burma to be Supported by IDA on May 26, 1983

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of fifty million US dollars for a project to upgrade...
Type: Announcement Report#: 156561 Date: May 26, 1983
Announcement of IDA Credit of One Hundred Forty-Seven Million US Dollars Approved for Urban Development Project in Calcutta, India to Benefit Six Million Poor on May 23, 1983

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of one hundred forty-seven million US dollars for...
Type: Announcement Report#: 156558 Date: May 23, 1983
Announcement of IDA Provides Seven Million US Dollars for Eastern Caribbean Countries through the Caribbean Development Bank on May 19, 1983

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of seven million US dollars for the Caribbean Development...
Type: Announcement Report#: 156532 Date: May 19, 1983