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Public policy, urbanization and development : an introduction to a computable general equilibrium simulation model of the Indian economy

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 Paper Report#: UDD22 Date: June 30, 1983 Author: BECKER, C. ; MILLS, E. ; WILLIAMSON, J. ; URB
Panama - Power system loss reduction study

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...
Type: ESMAP Paper Report#: ESM4 Date: June 30, 1983
Employment decentralization policy for a major metropolis : the case of Sao Paulo, Brazil

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 Paper Report#: UDD26 Date: June 30, 1983 Author: TOWNROE, P. ; UDD
A positive use of linear complementarity programming to analyze commodity- and sector-related issues - a global investment model as an example

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 Paper Report#: DWC8302 Date: June 30, 1983 Author: Hashimoto,Hideo
Outward orientation and exchange rate policy in developing countries : the Turkish experience

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 Article Report#: REP266 Date: June 30, 1983 Author: Balassa, Bela
External financing for energy in the developing countries

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 Paper Report#: EGY8 Date: June 30, 1983 Author: Duersten,Althea L.
Announcement of IDA Credit Approved to Niger for Road Maintenance on June 30, 1983

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: Announcement Report#: 156702 Date: June 30, 1983
Labor market behavior in Sao Paulo state

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 Paper Report#: UDD27 Date: June 30, 1983 Author: HAMER, A. ; DILLINGER, W. ; UDD
School performance and physical growth of underprivileged children : results of the Bogota project at seven years

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#: RES8 Date: June 30, 1983 Author: Herrera, M. G. ; Super, C. M.
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