• Towards an agenda for tax reform in Bangladesh
    These notes outline a framework for the economic analysis of tax and public sector pricing reform in Bangladesh. The proposals put forward here lay down a general structure based on the application of...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8639 Date: September 30, 1986 Author: Mitra,Pradeep K.
  • Rent control in developing countries : a framework for analysis
    Although rent control has often been treated as the single most important shelter policy issue by project officers and Bank management, amazingly little work has been done to examine rent control laws...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD102 Date: September 30, 1986 Author: Malpezzi, Stephen ; Rydell, C Peter ; WUD
  • Exchange rates : concepts and measurement issues
    Divided into five sections, this paper surveys the main issues related to the definition and the empirical computation of an index of the real exchange rate. Section I presents a brief survey of the different...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: DWA8603 Date: September 30, 1986 Author: Faini,Riccardo
  • Population density, market access and farmer-generated technical change in sub-Saharan Africa
    Just as technical change in agriculture in the industrialized countries results from the economy's land and labor endowments and by the conditions of demand, so too is farmer-generated technical change...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: ARU58 Date: September 30, 1986 Author: Pinghali, Prabhu L ; Binswanger, Hans P
  • What can agriculture do for the poorest rural groups?
    As much of the world's poorest population lives in rural areas, this paper explores the thesis that agricultural development is the key to reducing poverty in the third world. Correspondingly, this paper...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: ARU57 Date: September 30, 1986 Author: Binswanger, Hans P ; Quizon, Jaime B
  • Annual review of project performance results 1985
    This is the Twelfth Annual Review of Project Performance Results. The main purpose of the Review is to assess the performance of World Bank supported projects evaluated in 1985 and to draw the lessons...
    Type: IEG Evaluation Report#: 6417 Date: September 30, 1986
  • Domestic credit and output determination in a 'new classical' model of a small open economy with perfect capital mobility
    Several authors have argued that the appropriate monetary policy variable in Barro-type reduced-form output equations for small open economies is domestic credit. The rationale for this view is that in...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: DRD181 Date: September 1, 1986 Author: Montiel,Peter J.
  • Public debt guarantees and private capital flight
    Significant amounts of private capital have flowed out of several of the large debtor countries. This outflow, often called "capital flight," largely escapes taxation by the borrowing-country government,...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: DRD183 Date: September 1, 1986 Author: Eaton,Jonathan W.
  • Trade conflicts and prospects for resolution in the GATT : developing country issues
    The developing countries belonging to GATT and eligible to participate in the upcoming negotiations are a heterogeneous group. This paper examines the various issues facing developing countries in the...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: AGP126 Date: September 1, 1986 Author: Fitchett,Delbert A.
  • Saving behaviour in an economy without fixed interest
    It has been argued that the Islamic prohibition against an ex ante fixed rate of return on borrowed money will lead to an increase in uncertainty that may reduce savings. In this paper, a model is presented,...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: DRD184 Date: September 1, 1986 Author: Haque,Nadeem Ul ; Mirakhor, Abbas
  • Stability, budget deficits, and the monetary dynamics of hyperinflation
    It is widely accepted that fiscal deficits financed by money creation are inherently inflationary. In addition, the stylized facts show that all hyperinflations were accompanied by large budget deficits....
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: DRD182 Date: September 1, 1986 Author: Kiguel,Miguel Alberto
  • Administrative and compliance issues unique to VAT : lessons from two periods of British experience
    The paper updates the 1977-78 study on administrative and compliance costs in the U.K. It begins by outlining the results of the 1977-78 study, and then compares them with the estimates for 1984-85. ...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: DRD192 Date: September 1, 1986 Author: Sandford, Cedric ; Godwin, Michael
  • Measuring income tax incentives under evasion : effective marginal and average rate schedules
    High marginal income tax rates can distort the incentive to work and invest, and encourage tax evasion. These incentive effects cannot be appropriately summarized from income tax records when substantial...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: DRD187 Date: September 1, 1986 Author: Virmani,Arvind
  • Land policies and farm productivity in Thailand's forest reserve areas
    In an attempt to counter the problem of lower productivity on farms cultivated by squatters, Thailand has started issuing certificates to squatters awarding them usufruct rights. The rationale behind...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: ARU55 Date: August 31, 1986 Author: Feder,Gershon ; Onchan,Tongroj ; Chalamwong, Yongyuth
  • Designing a suitable project : integration of a demand module into a supply side planning model
    This paper analyzes how housing demand can be incorporated into a planning model which compares the costs of alternative housing project designs. It discusses a bid-rent framework whereby willingness-to-pay...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD103 Date: August 31, 1986 Author: Gross,David J.
  • International aid flows for urban development
    This paper provides an important step toward identifying areas where official aid flows could be most effectively used to alleviate urbanization pressures in the developing world. It begins by describing...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD100 Date: August 31, 1986 Author: Hewitt, Eleanor V
  • Regional cooperation and economic development
    There are substantial opportunities in the developing world to capture scale and agglomeration economies in the design and lay-out of major infrastructure investments through international cooperation...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP407 Date: July 31, 1986 Author: Schramm,Gunter
  • Welfare effects of government intervention in education
    Distortive effects of government intervention, especially in international trade, have received considerable attention. But not much literature exists on similar effects of public policies toward education....
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP398 Date: July 31, 1986 Author: Psacharopoulos,George
  • Korea - Managing the industrial transition (Vol. 3 of 4) : Industrial policy case studies
    Having successfully weathered the structural problems of the 1979-81 period, Korea has begun far-sighted programs of reform which it hopes will facilitate the industrial transition needed to push it towards...
    Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 6138 Date: July 31, 1986
  • An analysis of Indonesian trade policies : countertrade, downstream processing, import restrictions and the deletion program
    The Government of Indonesia, projecting reduced revenues from petroleum exports, has adopted a goal of increasing its nonoil exports and is seeking policy measures in pursuit of that goal. While expanded...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8622 Date: July 31, 1986 Author: Fitzgerald,Bruce
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