Lighting is one of the determinants of
quality of life. In most developing countries, households
spend a considerable part of their cash income on modern
fuels to meet...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS68Date: November 30, 1988Author:
Van Der Plas,Robert J.
The objectives of the study were: (a) to
assess the prospects for expanded dissemination of
non-conventional energy (NCE) technologies in India, both
through commercial...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM91Date: November 30, 1988
This report summarizes the principal
factors that influence long-run conditions in the petroleum
markets and presents a framework for projecting crude oil
prices, based...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP92Date: October 31, 1988
This paper develops a microeconomic
model for agricultural colonists' choices among
resource development options. The model is used to
demonstrate, that under tenurial...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV9Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Southgate, Douglas ;
Pearce, David
This paper is concerned with the
incentives for upland farmers on Java to adopt soil
conservation packages as a means to control erosion and
improve long-term land productivity...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV11Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Barbier,Edward B.
Deforestation threatens the
sustainability of development. Millions of people living in
the tropics depend on forests for their survival. They are a
major source of...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV10Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Spears, John
Given the importance of energy in modern
economics, the first part of this report is devoted to
examining some of the key conceptual and analytical tools
available for...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP86Date: October 31, 1988Author:
Munasinghe, Mohan
The oil booms of 1973 and 1979 brought
unprecedented income to many, previously poor oil-producing
countries. What became of their new-found wealth? In this
comparative...
Type: PublicationReport#: 27549Date: October 30, 1988Author:
Gelb, Alan et al
On October 27, 1988, the World Bank
today acted on four loans for Argentina, amounting to 1.25
billion dollars, which will directly support key parts of
the government’s...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 164163Date: October 27, 1988
Despite the financial difficulties of
Latin American countries, good investment opportunities
exist in the region, especially in natural resource-based
industries, in...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165720Date: October 27, 1988
The International Finance Corporation
(IFC) is providing two loans to finance the expansion
program of two private textiles companies, Shams Textiles
Mills Limited and...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165717Date: October 24, 1988
Sir William Ryrie, head and Executive
Vice President of the International Finance Corporation
(IFC), begins his first official visit to Turkey today.
While in Turkey,...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 165428Date: October 3, 1988
While forest resources are ample in
Ghana, they are subject to significant over-exploitation
especially for meeting the large woodfuel needs of the rural
and urban populations....
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM74Date: October 1, 1988
This paper argues that the problem of
desertification has been poorly characterized in several
ways by public statements, books, magazines and sometimes
scientific articles....
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: ENV8Date: September 30, 1988Author:
Nelson,Ridley
The Public Establishment of Electricity
(PEE) is a large organization with a competent staff which
is dedicated to providing efficient and reliable service.
The purpose...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM89Date: September 30, 1988
The main objectives of this study were
to assess the measures required to create a sustainable
system of charcoal production in Jamaica, especially the
wide scale introduction...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM90Date: September 30, 1988
The Forest Industries Development
Company Ltd. (FIDCO) is a government owned company that
produces forest products from plantation-grown pine logs.
The goal of this...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: ESM88Date: September 30, 1988
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