• Mathematical statement of the BMW computable general equilibrium model of the Indian economy (with glossary of variables)
    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 urban development in India. It...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD38 Date: January 31, 1983 Author: BECKER, C. ; MILLS, E. ; WILLIAMSON, J. ; WUDD
  • Sector support strategy paper - transportation
    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. Once established, it requires constant...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: UNN213 Date: January 31, 1983 Author: TWD
  • Interest rate management in developing countries : theory and simulation results for Korea
    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 increase growth via their favorable...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP276 Date: January 31, 1983 Author: Van Wijnbergen,Sweder
  • The relationship between urbanization and economic development
    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 both time series and cross-sectional...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD1 Date: January 31, 1983 Author: MILLS, E. ; BECKER, C. ; URB
  • Education sector memorandum No. 5.2 - implementation of the construction components of education projects
    This paper restates some of the considerations on which, satisfactory design and execution of project construction components depend. The report presents: project management arrangements; construction...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: UNN274 Date: January 31, 1983
  • The public-private wage differential in a poor urban economy : The public / private wage differential in a poor urban economy
    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 wages is of interest for reasons of...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP261 Date: January 31, 1983 Author: Lindauer,David L. ; Sabot,Richard H.
  • West Africa - Agriculture strategy paper
    As the majority of West Africa's labor force is employed in agriculture and as this sector is experiencing slow growth, this report focuses on a potential agricultural strategy for West Africa. Accordingly,...
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 4319 Date: January 31, 1983
  • Penetration of industrial country markets by agricultural products from developing countries
    Approximately 55 percent of food and 60 percent of non-food agricultural exports of the developing countries are sold in industrial country markets. Market access is therefore important. While the developing...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP274 Date: January 31, 1983 Author: DUNCAN, R. ; LUTZ, E.
  • A linear two - level programming problem
    Multi-level programming, as defined in this paper, refers to a problem situation wherein outer decision makers affect the solution space of inner decision makers within a strictly hierarchical structure....
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: DRD28 Date: January 31, 1983 Author: Candler,Wilfred V. ; Townsley, Robert
  • Institution building for traffic management
    This paper explains the fundamental importance of institutional development and the need for institutional self-sufficiency in order to obtain the objectives of traffic management. In addition to suggesting...
    Type: Publication Report#: WTP8 Date: January 31, 1983 Author: Barrett,Richard
  • The anti-export bias in commercial policies and export performance : some evidence from the recent Brazilian experience
    The literature provides ample empirical evidence of the ill effects of heavy protection on the economic performance of developing countries, but there is little evidence directly linking export behaviour...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP273 Date: January 31, 1983 Author: Tyler,David W.
  • Unemployment, labor market segmentation, and the returns to educated labor
    This paper addresses the following question: what is the (shadow) marginal product of labor classified by education and its relation to observed market wages when: (i) educated and non-educated labor...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: DRD15 Date: January 31, 1983 Author: Pinera, S. ; Selowsky, M.
  • Summary of discussions at the meeting of the Executive Directors of the bank and IDA, December 23, 1982
    The Executive Directors approved without discussion a loan of US$125 million equivalent to Korea for a Provincial and Country Roads Project. The staff said that this fifth project in a series of Bank...
    Type: Board Report Report#: 72306 Date: January 28, 1983
  • Economic appraisal in the health sector
    This paper discusses the role of economic appraisal in the formulation of health sector policy in less developed countries (LDCs). Specifically, it focuses on the application of economic analysis to public...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP322 Date: January 1, 1983 Author: Prescott,Nicholas M. ; Warford,Jeremy James
  • Macroeconomic adjustment in Thailand : demand management and supply conditions
    This 1983 article, Macroeconomic Adjustment in Thailand: Demand Management and Supply Conditions, was reprinted with permission from the Journal of Policy Modeling. Within the framework of a fix-price,...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP298 Date: January 1, 1983 Author: Drud,Arne ; Grais,Wafik
  • Credit policy, inflation and growth in a financially repressed economy
    This report analyzes credit policy in an open economy macro-model incorporating stylized facts about the financial sector of LDC's (absence of security markets, existence of a curbmarket). These facts...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP318 Date: January 1, 1983 Author: Van Wijnbergen,Sweder
  • Intra-industry trade and the stage of development : a regression analysis of industrial and developing countries
    The concept of intra-industry trade (IIT) is applied to a broad range of countries, including the industrial countries, several advanced developing countries, and a large number of lower income developing...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP306 Date: January 1, 1983 Author: HAVRYLYSHYN, O. ; CIVAN, E.
  • International grain trade, 1950-80
    International trade in cereals represents one of the fastest growing segments of agricultural trade. Contrary to general presumptions, the data suggest that declines in domestic production explain only...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: AGP64 Date: January 1, 1983 Author: Monke, Eric ; AGR
  • Lending versus giving : the economics of foreign assistance
    Historically, very little attention has been devoted to assessing the costs and benefits of concessional loans vs. grants as the means of transferring resources to developing countries. This paper argues...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP291 Date: January 1, 1983 Author: Leipziger,Alexander Lewis
  • Social feasibility analysis in low-cost sanitation projects
    This report is intended to show the importance of the findings of sociologists or anthropologists to the project as a whole. It discusses the eight key questions that should be answered to ensure that...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: TAG5 Date: January 1, 1983 Author: Perret, Heli E. ; UNDP ; Technical Advisory Group (T
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