Brazil's social security system is
fast heading toward financial insolvency. By the end of
1989, it may not be able to cover its current obligations
from current revenues...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP43Date: June 30, 1989Author:
Puffert, Douglas ;
Jimenez, Emmanual Y.
Can external restraints and internal
balances be reconciled in Mexico at levels of savings and
investment that allow satisfactory output growth? What is
the role of...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP41Date: May 31, 1989Author:
Van Wijnbergen,Sweder
This paper aims to give an account of
what the World Bank is doing to assist countries to achieve
economic growth and alleviate poverty simultaneously. The
focus is...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP33Date: April 30, 1989Author:
Psacharopoulos,George
This report traces the history and
analyzes the impact of a Bank supported micro-enterprise
lending program from appraisal in 1976 to mid-1988. The
impact analysis in...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP28Date: March 31, 1989Author:
Kahnert,Friedrich A. K.
Chile's foreign liabilities, as
those of many developing countries, increased dramatically
during the second half of the seventies and the early
eighties. After the...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP30Date: March 31, 1989Author:
Larrain,Felipe B.
The increasing involvement of the Bank
in short run macroeconomic analyis has made relevant the
identification of a limited set of economic variables with
brief publication...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP32Date: February 28, 1989Author:
Estache,Antonio
This paper studies how and why Mexico
accumulated its external debt, what it has done in its
adjustment efforts, and whether or not it can pay its debt.
The study is...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP29Date: January 31, 1989Author:
Sangines, Allen
This paper analyzes the viability of
servicing Argentina's foreign debt, most of which is
owed by the public sector. The analysis focuses on the
country's capacity for...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP24Date: January 31, 1989Author:
Rodriguez, Carlos Alfredo
The objective of this study is to
evaluate the logic, and characteristics of the several types
of debt reduction mechanisms which have been proposed or
applied in the...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP31Date: January 31, 1989Author:
Carneiro, Dionisio D. ;
Werneck, Rogerio L. F.
This paper analyzes the welfare impact
of an adjustment by a small, dependent, oil exporting
economy, facing foreign borrowing constraints, to a 30
percent drop in the...
This paper describes a general
equilibrium incorporating real and financial sectors
designed to analyze public finance policies. The focus is on
the effects of government...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP27Date: December 31, 1988Author:
Gray, Cheryl ;
Parks, James ;
Ziller, Bernard
This report provides an analysis of the
current structure of Brazil's external debt, and the
factors that determined the increase of total debt stock
over time. It studies...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP34Date: December 31, 1988Author:
Vatnick,Silvina G.
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...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP25Date: November 30, 1988Author:
Kahnert,Friedrich A. K.
Land reform gives poor people ownership
rights or permanent cultivation rights to specific parcels
of land. It makes sense when it increases their income,
consumption...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP21Date: August 31, 1988Author:
Binswanger,Hans P. ;
Elgin,Miranda Grace
The purpose of this paper is to analyse
the nature of the debt problem and the patterns of economic
reform and adjustment being pursued by countries in the
EMENA region....
This paper reviews the framework for
energy economic analysis, especially developments over the
last two decades, and discusses problems of practical
implementation....
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP20Date: June 30, 1988Author:
Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
This paper establishes a framework for
water supply pricing, reviews the basic theory of marginal
cost pricing applicable to the water supply sector, and
summarizes...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP19Date: June 30, 1988Author:
Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
The paper begins with a brief overview
of external debt developments since 1980. This overview is
used to highlight the choices which need to be made to
arrive at an...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP22Date: June 30, 1988Author:
Van Wijnbergen,Sweder
This paper attempts to shed some light
on exchange rate management options in Korea, Malaysia, the
Philippines and Thailand on the basis of quantitative
findings based...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP15Date: May 31, 1988Author:
Nam,Sang-Woo
The papers contained in this report are
summary reports on the research project "The Timing and
Sequencing of a Trade Liberalization Policy". It is now
commonly accepted...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP14Date: April 30, 1988
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