• Announcement of IFC Assists Expansion of Egyptian Ceramic Venture on June 29, 1982
    This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the World Bank, help financing ten million twenty thousand US dollars for the expansion of Arab Ceramic S.A.E Company...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 153054 Date: June 29, 1982
  • Announcement of IDA Approves Sixth Credit for Development Finance Company in Zaire on June 28, 1982
    This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of twenty-one million fifty thousand US dollars to...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 156068 Date: June 28, 1982
  • Announcement of Madagascar Aid Coordination Conference
    This press release announces an aid coordination conference of countries and institutions interested in supporting economic and social development of Madagascar met in Paris on June 17 and 18, 1982. The...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 149529 Date: June 22, 1982
  • Announcement of IDA Supports Second Port Project in The Gambia on June 21, 1982
    This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of six million fifty thousand US dollars to The Gambia...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 156029 Date: June 21, 1982
  • Announcement of IDA Supports Fourth Highway Project in Yemen Arab Republic on June 21, 1982
    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 a fourth highway project...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 156030 Date: June 21, 1982
  • Announcement of Central African Republic to Receive IDA Assistance for Fourth Highway Project on June 10, 1982
    This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), concessionary lending affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of eighteen million US dollars to a highway rehabilitation...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 155989 Date: June 10, 1982
  • Announcement of the Signing of Two Loans Between Peru and The World Bank Totaling One Hundred Thirty-Four Million Dollars on June 4, 1982
    This press release announces that the Government of Peru and the World Bank signed loan agreements for two development projects totaling $133.6 million. The loans, approved recently by the Bank's Board...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 149524 Date: June 4, 1982
  • Sugar and development : a background paper
    The purpose of this background paper is twofold. First it presents a broad picture of the structure and functioning of the world sugar economy with a view to identifying significant developments. Second,...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: AGP86 Date: June 1, 1982 Author: David,Wilfred L.
  • The cost - effectiveness of distance teaching for school equivalency
    The paper reviews 14 educational projects that make use of distance teaching technologies. Each of the projects is evaluated from an economic perspective, comparing the cost per student and average performance...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: DPH8115 Date: June 1, 1982 Author: Jamison, D. ; Orivel, F.
  • Issues in the use of fund resources : procedures in establishing adjustment programs
    Over the last three years, in the face of unprecedentedly large global payments disequilbria, the International Monetary Fund has been more active than ever before in making its resources available to...
    Type: Publication Report#: UNN206 Date: June 1, 1982 Author: Crockett, A.
  • Food pricing policies in developing countries
    This paper describes major features of food pricing policies in LDCs, focusing on their rationale, their effects, and their cost benefit structure. Humanitarian, developmental, pragmatic, and political...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: AGP46 Date: June 1, 1982 Author: Scandizzo,Pasquale L. ; Tsakik, I. ; AGR
  • Environmental management of urban solid wastes in developing countries : a project guide
    The project guide provides information and procedures for planning and implementation of solid waste management improvements. It is designed to facilitate project preparation, appraisal and implementation...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: 49956 Date: June 1, 1982 Author: Cointreau, Sandra Johnson
  • The preparation of evaluation survey data for computer analysis : some practical issues
    This volume deals with issues of the design and preparation of evaluation survey data for computer analysis. It is common to find that after great care and expense has been invested in the collection of...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8207 Date: May 31, 1982 Author: Sae-Hau,Umnuay ; DED ; INT'L. DEV. RESEARCH CTR.
  • Technological change and agriculture
    Food production is the first systematic activity undertaken by any society. In the developing countries, farming traditionally is the main source of employment, and the rural areas contain most of the...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: UNN234 Date: May 31, 1982
  • Data on income distribution in Sierra Leone
    This study evaluated Sierra Leone's 1967-69 household budget survey data on household income and derived the adjusted income distribution statistics utilizing the survey data on expenditures. It also evaluated...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: DWE8202 Date: May 31, 1982 Author: Kansal, Satish
  • The design of a basic evaluation system
    The purpose of this volume is to present a functional design for a basic evaluation system (BAS) which will provide a simple and easily understandable tool to help improve the efficiency of project implementation....
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8203 Date: May 31, 1982 Author: BAMBERGER, M. ; INT'L. DEV. RESEARCH CTR. ; DED
  • Non-survey techniques for evaluating urban development programs
    The purpose of this volume is to counteract a tendency to equate evaluation research with the use of sophisticated sample survey techniques and the application of complex, structured questionnaires. While...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8206 Date: May 31, 1982 Author: Valadez,Joseph J. ; INT'L. DEV. RESEARCH CTR. ; DED
  • Statistical procedures for the evaluation of project impact
    The present volume is intended for researchers in developing countries who are involved in the design and interpretation of studies whose objective is to evaluate the impact of urban shelter projects....
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8208 Date: May 31, 1982 Author: Bamberger, M. ; DED ; IDRC
  • Evaluation of public sector investment programs
    The activities of development lending institutions, such as the World Bank, imply tests by which their effectiveness can be gauged. Although the World Bank has always prided itself on its pragmatic, ‘learning...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8211 Date: May 31, 1982 Author: Keare, Douglas H.
  • Financing small-scale industry and agriculture in developing countries : the merits and limitations of "Commercial" policies
    The paper discusses how two factors lead to an unwillingness of financial institutions to finance small-scale industry and agriculture in developing countries: (a) controls on interest rates, and (b) the...
    Type: Staff Working Paper Report#: SWP519 Date: May 31, 1982 Author: ANDERSON, D. ; KHAMBATA, F. ; DED ; AEP
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