This news release, dated March 2, 1978, announces the International Development Association (IDA), an affiliate of the World Bank, approved a 14 million dollars credit to a Second Highway Project in the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156061Date: March 2, 1978
This newsletter includes following headings: world fertilizer outlook; fertilizer intermediates and products; and fertilizer freight rates; and annexes to World Bank fertilizer news briefs and regional...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 140998Date: March 1, 1978
This memorandum is a continuation of the work on haulage and the work-output of animals performed earlier in the study. Haulage work in civil construction, especially in earthworks, is characterized by...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN313Date: February 28, 1978Author:
World Bank
The feasibility of using wood handles for hand pumps was investigated in a laboratory study on the behavior of metal/wood interfaces. Eight wood handles equipped with simple pivots were subjected to oscillating...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: PUD13Date: February 28, 1978Author:
Sternberg, Yaron M.
This memorandum describes hand tools used in the excavating and loading activities in labor-intensive earthworks and hand hammers suitable for stone breaking. Guidance is offered on the selection of appropriate...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN314Date: February 28, 1978Author:
World Bank
Developing domestic supplies of energy has become a major concern of oil importing countries. Increased oil prices since 1973 have changed the relative economics of domestic versus imported sources. Before...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: PUN35Date: February 28, 1978Author:
VEDAVALLI, RANGASWAMY
This news release, dated February 23, 1978, announces the International Development Association (IDA), an affiliate of the World Bank, approved a 15 million dollars credit for a Fourth Highway Project...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156014Date: February 23, 1978
This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC), with participation by Banque du Credit Populaire S.A.L., Beirut, Union de Banques Arabes et Francaises, Paris, and Arab African...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 148911Date: February 13, 1978
This news release, dated February 2, 1978, announces a credit of 21 million dollars from the International Development Association (IDA), an affiliate of the World Bank, will assist Bangladesh in improving...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156010Date: February 2, 1978
This report is the third of a series. It reviews the experience of the 59 Project Performance Audit Reports (PPARs) covering 70 projects issued during 1976. The first of the series dealt with the reports...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: PUB1675Date: February 1, 1978
Recent interest in appropriate technology stems from dissatisfaction with the development process in a number of developing countries due to unexpectedly low levels of attainment of objectives. To be of...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP88Date: January 31, 1978Author:
WESTPHAL, L.
The structural characteristics and specific interventionist policies in Korea and their relationship to employment trends are examined. The relatively good performance of Korea in the distribution of the...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP52Date: January 31, 1978Author:
Rao, D.
A comparative evaluation of export incentives and their effects on exports and economic performance in 11 major developing countries that possess an industrial base is presented. Argentina, Brazil, Columbia,...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP59Date: January 31, 1978Author:
BALASSA, B.
The Government of Brazil was one of the first countries to recognize the need for monitoring and evaluation in nutrition programs and established in November 1972 a National Food and Nutrition Institute....
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN135Date: January 31, 1978Author:
Deboeck, Guido J. ;
AGR
Analysis of the impact of change in land tenure and production patterns on the roles and position of women in Romanian villages in the last 25 years reveals some unpredictable consequences of the macro...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP98Date: January 31, 1978Author:
Cernea,Michael M.
A dynamic model to analyze the development process in Brazil's agricultural sector is presented. The model is formulated as a recursive linear programming model containing several commodities as outputs...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP83Date: January 31, 1978Author:
Singh,Ramesh I. ;
Ahn, C.
Foreign aid and private foreign investment are considered by many to be inimical to development, representing the spread of neo-imperialism into developing countries or weakening domestic incentives to...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP84Date: January 31, 1978Author:
Lal, D.
The interaction between international trade and development is discussed as it pertains to the optimal trade and development strategy for a postwar LDC and to how that country's trade opportunities ought...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP90Date: January 31, 1978Author:
Bagwati, N. ;
Srinivasan,Thirukodikaval N.
An analysis of the relationship between exports and economic growth in 11 developing countries that have already established an industrial base considers manufactured exports and total exports separately,...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP68Date: January 31, 1978Author:
BALASSA, B.
The relationship between international agreements of food stock levels and food security is discussed. Food security should not be made contingent upon arrangements for worldwide foodgrain supply stabilization....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP71Date: January 31, 1978Author:
REUTLINGER, SHLOMO
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