This paper assesses the economic progress that has been made in Hong Kong and Singapore. Unlike many lesser developed countries, Hong Kong and Singapore have achieved remarkable economic growth despite...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD106Date: February 28, 1987Author:
Costa,Rene L.
This press release announces on February 16, 1987, the President of the World Bank, Mr.Barber B. Conable, arrives in Dar-es-Salaam on Tuesday, February 17, 1987, for a two-day visit to Tanzania.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158187Date: February 16, 1987
This press release announces Mr. Barber Conable, the Bank's President called for an immediate Safe Motherhood action program and, at the same time, outlined the key features of a major new strategy for...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158113Date: February 10, 1987
The geometric standards of a road, such as width, minimum curve radius and maximum grades, can have a major effect on the costs of road construction and maintenance, and the speed, safety and vehicle operating...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: TRP3Date: February 1, 1987Author:
Hoban,Christopher Joseph
The paper discusses the revenue-increasing potential of the value added tax (VAT), the potential impact on prices of both introducing a VAT and changing its rate structure once introduced and on the foreign...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: DRD225Date: February 1, 1987Author:
Tait, Alan A.
This report contains a collection of opening statements to meetings of the Development Committee. These statements highlight issues that were on the committee's agenda and outline the prospects of the...
Type: PublicationReport#: DEV11Date: January 31, 1987
This report reviews Haiti's public expenditure in the context of economic stagnation, the need for major structural reform, and a proposal that the country adopt a 3-year rolling investment program. It...
Type: PublicationReport#: PUB6113Date: January 31, 1987
Surveys were used to quantify the substantial structural changes that have occurred in the major world jute markets since the late 1960s and to identify constraints to further growth in jute consumption...
Type: Commodity Working PaperReport#: SCP16Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Thigpen, M. Elton ;
Marongiu, Paula ;
Lasker, Saidur R.
This book provides a practical introduction to the economic appraisal of transport projects in developing countries. It defines the objectives of economic appraisal and describes the methodology of identifying,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 10107Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Adler,Hans A.
The paper reviews a number of themes from the recent literature on higher education and markets for educated labor, from the viewpoint of their relevance to education and labor market policies in LDCs....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: EDT54Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Blomquist, Ake
This paper analyzes longitudinal data from a national sample of eighth-grade mathematics classrooms (99 teachers and 4030 students) in Thailand to explore the mechanisms whereby textbooks affect student...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: EDT53Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Lockheed, Marlaine E. ;
Vail, Stephen C. ;
Fuller, B
This paper presents estimates of the price elasticity of demand for primary schooling using household and school survey data from rural Mali. The elasticity of enrollment with respect to the price, i.e.,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: PHN8704Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Birdsall, Nancy ;
Orivel, F.
This paper discusses possible solutions to the growing problems of formulating policy for urban settlement and investment strategies in Egypt. One approach is to place urban policies within the context...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD105Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Garn,Harvey A.
Does the use of user charges in the social sectors of poor countries cause ramifications in regard to efficiency and equity considerations? The purpose of this note is to suggest a strategy for analyzing...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: PHN8701Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Birdsall,Nancy M.
This paper undertakes a statistical analysis of the significance of the contribution of agriculture to economic growth by use of cross section data. The major finding of the paper is that agriculture growth,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: DWA8701Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Hwa,Erh-Cheng
The pervasive presence of quantitative restrictions on imports in developing countries makes the prediction of import response following trade liberalization a particularly arduous task. Historically,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: DWA8702Date: January 31, 1987Author:
Bertola, Guiseppe ;
Faini,Riccardo
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will invest in the expansion of the Shenzhen China Bicycles Co. Ltd. plant to help the company meet growing export demands. Located in China's Shenzhen Special...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 162010Date: January 20, 1987
Regional disparities in living standards within Brazil have received increasing attention in recent years. This paper indicates that although costs of living adjustments narrow spatial differences, large...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP409Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Thomas,Vinod
This paper examines data on the determinants of adult cognitive competencies and of child school participation in the Terai region of Nepal. The results of the analysis are: first generation landholdings,...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP408Date: January 1, 1987Author:
Jamison,Dean T. ;
Lockheed,Marlaine E.
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