One of the often noted features of less-developed agrarian economies is the existence of interlinkages among the land, labor, credit, and product markets. The landlord is often the supplier of credit;...
This paper presents a dynamic model of diffusion of a new technology involving a variable input. The model highlights the role of information accumulation, and distinguishes between active gathering of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: ARU2Date: September 30, 1982Author:
Feder,Gershon ;
Slade, R.
Project-specific monitoring and evaluation systems are being introduced at an increasing rate in agricultural and rural development projects to improve the efficiency of ongoing project management and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN139Date: September 30, 1982Author:
Ng, Ronald ;
Lethem, Francis
This report reviews the current status of the process by which the Bank, in its continuing search for ways to improve the effectiveness of its development asssistance, evaluates the results of its operational...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 4104Date: September 30, 1982
This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of four million sixty thousand US dollars to support...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156126Date: September 23, 1982
This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of thirty million forty thousand US dollars for agricultural...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156125Date: September 23, 1982
The bulk of this document consists of the Concordance to Project Performance Audit Reports (PPARs). Readers will find the points of special interest classified by subject on first page and alphabetically...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 4114Date: September 20, 1982
This review covers 108 operations, representing all the major sectors of Bank operations except urban development. Four population projects come in for special comparative analysis and comment, as do the...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 4101Date: September 9, 1982
This paper concerns the evaluation of the effects of alternative market policies on Portuguese agriculture under the two basic scenarios of free trade and full membership in the European Economic Community...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP57Date: September 1, 1982Author:
Le-Si, V ;
Scandizzo,Pasquale L.
This review draws case material from about 100 PPARs and nine case studies, in order to test the relevance of several root causes for non-compliance with loan covenants identified earlier, among them whether...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 4090Date: September 1, 1982
This paper studies the impact of a futures market on a cash market in which there is a dominant producer and a competitive fringe of price-taking firms. It is shown that a futures market has two effects:...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: DRD39Date: September 1, 1982Author:
Newbery,David M.
This paper is about the economic aspects of soil conservation. It is well known that millions of hectares are being irreversibly lost for agricultural production or for other economic activities. FAO has...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP72Date: September 1, 1982Author:
Sfeir-Younis,Alfredo
This review draws case material from about 100 PPARs and nine case studies, in order to test the relevance of several root causes for non-compliance with loan covenants identified earlier, among them whether...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 4090Date: September 1, 1982
This report provides a review and analysis of grain freight markets and draws out implications for the optimal use of those markets by developing countries. The report describes and introduces the services...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP59Date: September 1, 1982Author:
Landell Mills Commodities Studies
Bank forestry lending during fiscal year 1982 amounted to US$156 million distributed over 12 projects, of which slightly more than half was for rural afforestation, fuelwood production, and watershed protection....
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN124Date: August 31, 1982
This paper on an evaluation of industrial location policies for urban de-concentration in Seoul presents a comprehensive review of the history of industrial location policies implemented in Korea during...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD7Date: August 31, 1982Author:
Choe, S. ;
Song, B. ;
WUD
The agricultural policy problem is inherently complex, for it involves attempting to influence the actions of very large numbers of heterogeneous producers as well as consumers, and the sector's performance...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP234Date: August 31, 1982Author:
Kutcher,Gary P. ;
Norton,Roger D.
In this study tentative household income distribution estimates were derived for the Sudan, using the 1967-68 household survey data for the northern ares and the sketchy, International Labor Organization...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: DWE8203Date: August 31, 1982Author:
Kansal, Satish
Estimating the demand for urban passenger travel is very useful in transport planning. This study estimates a joint model of choice for both auto ownership and travel mode to work in Karachi, Pakistan....
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD5Date: August 31, 1982Author:
Thobani, Mateen ;
URB
An establishment-based survey of employees in the Tanzanian manufacturing sector yields evidence of a marked change in the stability of urban workers. Migration for wage employment was circular and short-term;...
Type: PublicationReport#: REP250Date: August 31, 1982Author:
Knight, J. ;
Sabot, R. ;
Oxford University
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