Bangladesh has had a remarkable record of public enterprise reforms relative to most developing countries. The Government reversed its pro-nationalization policies in the 1980's, putting more emphasis...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 7654Date: August 3, 1989
The objective of this study is to analyze transportation costs incurred by Caribbean countries on their major export products to determine whether there is evidence of freight rate discrimination against...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS244Date: July 31, 1989Author:
Yeats,Alexander James
The past ten years have been an extraordinarily difficult period for most Latin American economies and financial systems. In several of the region's countries, the policy environment changed from one of...
This report evaluates the Syria cement industry. It includes measures to conserve the use of energy and to substitute less costly fuels, particularly natural gas. It presents an overview of the cement...
On June 30, 1989, Algeria’s efforts to rehabilitate and modernize its port facilities will be supported by a 63 million dollars loan from the World Bank.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158883Date: June 30, 1989
The application of index numbers to disaggregated Korean footwear exports during 1974-85 suggests that binding voluntary export restraints (VERs) led to significant price increases but not to the upgrading...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS216Date: June 30, 1989Author:
De Melo, Jaime ;
Winters, L. Alan
Earmarking is the dedication or hypothecation of a specific government revenue to a specific public expenditure. Road funds represent one form of earmarking and toll roads offer the potential for earmarking;...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: INU45Date: June 30, 1989Author:
Johansen, Frida [editor]
This study focuses on load forecasts as a source of planning uncertainty by identifying the nature and extent of forecast inaccuracy per se rather than by analysis of the causes of uncertainty. It evaluates...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 8292Date: June 30, 1989Author:
Sanghvi,Arun P. ;
Vernstrom,Robert ;
Besant-Jones,John E.
On June 15, 1989, with today’s approval of two quick-disbursing adjustment loans, the bank has provided a total of 15 loans to Venezuela amounting to 1.1 billion dollars over the past 28 years.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 163304Date: June 15, 1989
This case study has been prepared in response to the World Bank document "Institutional Reform in Transport. Case Studies: Task Proposal". The Bank had concluded in its 1982 study "The Railways Problem"...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: INU44Date: June 1, 1989Author:
Reid, Sir Robert
On June 1, 1989, Turkey will revitalize agroindustries, which make up the largest subsector in the country’s manufacturing sector, by stimulating increased production for domestic and export markets. The...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158742Date: June 1, 1989
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