This paper presents an outline of the Becker-Mills-Williamson (BMW) model, which is being developed to simulate urban development in India in the context of general development of the national economy....
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD22Date: June 30, 1983Author:
BECKER, C. ;
MILLS, E. ;
WILLIAMSON, J. ;
URB
This report identifies improvements which could be made to the electric power systems to reduce technical losses and thereby conserve energy. In Panama the power entity, Instituto de Recursos Hidraulicos...
This paper reviews the issues surrounding the debate over the relevance of spatial policy, arguing that market failures and imperfections provide a substantial efficiency rationale for promoting decentralization....
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD26Date: June 30, 1983Author:
TOWNROE, P. ;
UDD
Linear programming (LP) and quadratic programming (QP) have been broadly applied to analyze commodity- and sector-related issues. Linear complementarity programming (LCP), which encompasses LP and QP...
Type: Commodity Working PaperReport#: DWC8302Date: June 30, 1983Author:
Hashimoto,Hideo
This paper places the economic policies applied in Turkey in an international context, with a view to furthering the understanding of the changes that have occurred since January 1980. The paper also considers...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP266Date: June 30, 1983Author:
Balassa, Bela
This study was prepared to provide an overview on energy financing markets as part of a larger policy paper on energy in the developing countries. Following the rapid increase in the price of oil, many...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: EGY8Date: June 30, 1983Author:
Duersten,Althea L.
This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of twenty-three million US dollars for Niger to carry...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156702Date: June 30, 1983
An analysis was made of data on industrial workers and their wages found in the Sao Paulo, Brazil 1980 social security files. After controlling for various worker attributes and city characteristics, wages...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD27Date: June 30, 1983Author:
HAMER, A. ;
DILLINGER, W. ;
UDD
An experiment providing various combinations of nutritional supplementation and "home education" for a cohort of children and their mothers through pregnancy and up to three years of age was conducted...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: RES8Date: June 30, 1983Author:
Herrera, M. G. ;
Super, C. M.
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: AnnouncementReport#: 156697Date: 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: AnnouncementReport#: 156698Date: June 27, 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: AnnouncementReport#: 156599Date: June 20, 1983
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 PaperReport#: DRD53Date: June 16, 1983Author:
Newbery,David M. ;
Stiglitz,Joseph Eugene
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: AnnouncementReport#: 151527Date: June 15, 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: AnnouncementReport#: 156593Date: June 9, 1983
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 ArticleReport#: REP345Date: June 1, 1983Author:
Psacharopoulos,George
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#: ARU7Date: May 31, 1983Author:
REUTLINGER, SHLOMO
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 PaperReport#: CPD8305Date: May 31, 1983Author:
Meesook,Oey Astra
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 ArticleReport#: REP275Date: May 31, 1983Author:
Bale,Malcolm D. ;
Duncan, R. ;
Southworth, V.
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 PaperReport#: UDD20Date: May 31, 1983Author:
Lee, K. ;
WUDD
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