This edition of world tables (WT) updates core socio-economic indicators given on country pages in the 1987 edition; it adds topical pages; and a related explanatory text. This edition covers 137 Bank...
Type: Global Development Finance - formerly World Debt TablesReport#: 99106Date: January 1, 1989
The purpose of this report is to clarify the dearth of data on values of international transport services. The International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments statistics were considered to be the best...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: INU29Date: December 31, 1988Author:
Johansen, Frida ;
Panagakos, George
While major concerns have been expressed about the spread of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in developing countries, the lack of empirical information on the dimensions of the increase has affected the related...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS137Date: December 31, 1988Author:
Laird, Sam ;
Yeats, Alexander
In recent years the Bank's assistance to the transport sector has experienced a fundamental change in direction, prompted by the economic slowdown in much of the developing world; the emphasis of Bank...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: INU34Date: December 31, 1988
Following the findings of the 1984 Energy Efficiency mission, a study was undertaken to assist Perusahaan Umum Listrik Negara (PLN) in developing programs to improve the availability, fuel efficiency and...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM95Date: December 31, 1988
The transport sector underwent a fundamental reorientation during the 1980s, in response to the changes in the international economic environment, including unprecedented growth in several Asian countries,...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: INU35Date: December 31, 1988
On December 15, 1988, Algeria is taking measures to increase food production and reduce its dependence on imports through a project designed to make agricultural credit more readily available to the nation’s...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158379Date: December 15, 1988
On December 15, 1988, the World Bank has approved a loan of 87 million dollars to help finance Thailand’s 1987-91 highway development program which aims at preventing deterioration of the country’s highways...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158380Date: December 15, 1988
On December 15, 1988, to keep up with the pace of domestic economic activity and external trade, China will launch two projects to expand facilities and boost the capacity of ports in Ningbo, Shanghai...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164156Date: December 15, 1988
A highway mission comprising Robert Mulligan visited India during November and early December, 1988 and in conjunction with other project matters carried out a supervision of the current national highway...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73091Date: December 12, 1988
A World Bank highway mission comprising Robert Mulligan visited India from November 2 - December 12, and in conjunction with other project matters, visited several of the states preparing the technical...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 73090Date: December 12, 1988
On December 8, 1988, Guatemala’s efforts to improve the quality of its primary education, particularly in the rural areas, and to rehabilitate its deteriorated road network will benefit from two World...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162899Date: December 8, 1988
Zambia's agricultural potential is great. Less than a quarter of its available agricultural land is now being used for farming, and rainfall in most years is substantial. Nonetheless, the government of...
Type: PublicationReport#: WBC1Date: November 30, 1988Author:
Jansen, Doris
Past Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs) were generally initiated in an atmosphere of crisis and focused primarily on cutting back public investment as part of adjustment programs. Recognizing that public...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP25Date: November 30, 1988Author:
Kahnert,Friedrich A. K.
In the last decade, a number of railways around the world have undergone restructuring in order to remain viable by providing efficient, customer-oriented transport services. This restructuring has also...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 21725Date: November 30, 1988
Between the 1960s and the 1980s, developing countries have lost precious infrastructure worth billions of dollars through the deterioration of their roads. Large road networks, built at great expense,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13370Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Harral, Clell G. ;
Faiz,Asif
On October 31, 1988, poor people living in Cameroon’s larger cities will have greater access to work and social services as a result of an urban development project being supported by a World Bank loan...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158337Date: October 31, 1988
On October 24, 1988, the road networks in four Indian states will be upgraded or repaired through a project supported by a loan of 170 million dollars from the World Bank and a credit of SDR 62.2 million...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158271Date: October 24, 1988
The report examines the predictive effects of quality regulation on the allocation of resources, the distribution of income and the national wealth of the quality regulating countries. The research seeks...
Type: PublicationReport#: WDP38Date: September 30, 1988Author:
Rottenberg, Simon ;
Yandle, Bruce
This report reviews the performance of Caribbean exports during 1980-86. Compared to those of most other developing countries, the growth of CGCED (Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic Development)...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB7207Date: September 30, 1988Author:
Policy, Planning and Research
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