A key factor behind high real interest
rates during the recent Mexican stabilization plan was the
initially low credibility about the fixed, and later on
preannounced,...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP98Date: May 31, 1991Author:
Oks,Daniel Fernando
This paper presents a new methodology
for producing population projections based on interpretable
parameters such as the contraceptive prevalence rate,
contraceptive...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP93Date: April 30, 1991Author:
Sanderson,Warren C.
This paper investigates new issues in
Korean trade policy vis-a-vis the U.S. market, which is the
most important market for Korea, quantitatively and in terms
of new...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP96Date: March 31, 1991Author:
Leipziger, D. M. ;
S.Y. Song
The purpose of this paper is to review
recently completed bank economic work in order to cull a few
examples of interesting methodologies and presentations of
how population...
As a region, Latin America today has a
lower per capita income than in 1980. During the last two
years it has declined even further. But this aggregate
picture masks...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP92Date: February 28, 1991Author:
Selowsky,Marcelo
This paper attempts to gauge the
potential impact of full price liberalization on the general
price level and future open inflation. First, the available
evidence is...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP84Date: February 28, 1991Author:
Khadr, Ali ;
Parks, James
This paper describes how Turkey is
coping with the so-called internal transfer problem. A
successful positive net external debt transfer in countries
where most of the...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP83Date: February 28, 1991Author:
Thorne,Alfredo Eduardo
This paper surveys the current state of
knowledge regarding the consequences of rapid population
growth for the economy and the family, and provides a
discussion of...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP87Date: February 28, 1991Author:
Cassen,Robert H.
This report first reviews the overall
trend in social insurance (pension) funds portfolio
investment in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the
shift in financial...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP94Date: December 31, 1990Author:
Mesa-Lago,Carmelo
This paper constitutes a first attempt
at linking data from the 1955-57 Demographic Survey and the
1984 Census, in an effort to establish levels, trends, and
differentials...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP80Date: November 30, 1990Author:
Schneidman,Miriam
This study reviews the findings of a
number of background papers on social security in Latin
America, sector work, and a series of three meetings of
experts that explored...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP82Date: October 31, 1990Author:
McGreevey,William Paul
This paper reviews the theory of the
foreign exchange risk at a micro and macro level and
discusses the coverage systems adopted in the 1980s by
Morocco, Tunisia, and...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP76Date: October 31, 1990Author:
Pigato,Miria A.
This paper uses a simple general
equilibrium model to analyze the sectoral impact on prices,
production and profits of the reform package put in place by
the Polish...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP77Date: October 31, 1990Author:
De La Calle,Luis F.
This volume contains the proceedings of
a seminar organized by the Asia region on October 5, 1990.
It was prompted by the fortuitous presence in Washington of
several...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP88Date: October 31, 1990
The purpose of this paper is to assess
the country's recent macroeconomic performance
(1985-88), to identify the main causes of economic growth
slowdown and of acceleration...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP74Date: September 30, 1990Author:
Drabek,Zdenek
Scientifically designed, nation-wide
Diet Surveys (DS) for estimating the habitual dietary
intakes of communities and nations are far more rare to come
across than the...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP85Date: September 30, 1990Author:
Minhas,B. S.
This paper is a comprehensive review of
the major economic issues to be addressed by policy makers
in the upcoming reform of Brazil's intellectual
property rights (IPRs)....
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP89Date: September 30, 1990Author:
Estache,Antonio
This study examines health care
financing for twelve countries in Asia. Newly assembled data
allow comparisons of total expenditures from all sources
(government, insurance,...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP68Date: August 31, 1990Author:
Griffin,Charles C.
Antitrust policy can be a valuable part
of the legal framework supporting an open, market-oriented
economy. Antritrust, properly conceived and executed, can
promote...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP91Date: August 31, 1990Author:
White,Lawrence J.
Measuring costs in public hospitals in
developing countries is hampered by the lack of invoices for
goods and services, prices for inputs, and often, patient
records....
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP90Date: August 31, 1990Author:
Lewis, Maureen A. ;
Sulvetta, Margaret B. ;
La Forgi
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