In 1999 the State Government of Andhra
Pradesh launched the Deepam scheme, under which the
government covered the cylinder connection fee for starting
LPG service to...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP183Date: March 1, 2002
The most common compensation scheme used
to retrench labor in the context of privatization of
state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is the voluntary departures
scheme with...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP170Date: July 31, 1997Author:
Kouame,Auguste Tano
This report attempts to determine the
causes behind the South Asia region's (SAS) poor
relative performance in the achievement of institutional
development objectives....
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP168Date: November 30, 1996Author:
Godek, Lisa M.
This paper provides an account of the
evolution and the determinants of poverty in Bangladesh
using four rounds of the unit level data from the Household
Expenditure...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP169Date: October 31, 1996Author:
Wodon,Quentin T.
This paper surveys health reform in the
former Soviet countries in Central Asia. Reform efforts are
evaluated in the context of achieving the goals of improving
people's...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP162Date: September 30, 1996Author:
Klugman, Jeni ;
Schieber, George
After the collapse of the former
Yugoslavia in 1991, the apportionment of its external debt
became one of the crucial issues for establishing political
and economic...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP161Date: June 30, 1996Author:
Cvikl, Milan M. ;
Mrak, Mojmir
The World Bank current global forecast
for 1995-2010 projects world output rising by over 3 percent
per year, with developing country growth reaching its
strongest average...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP165Date: May 31, 1996Author:
Riordan, E. Mick ;
Srinivasan, T. G.
The paper discusses the trade regime as
it has emerged in Peru, addresses the main issues that have
remained, and suggests several changes to the regime. The
paper also...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP160Date: April 30, 1996Author:
Michaely,Michael
This paper provides a quantitative
analysis of the impact of the Uruguay Round agreement on
Pakistan. The analysis is based on the quantitative
assessment of welfare...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP163Date: April 30, 1996Author:
Ingco, Merlinda ;
Winters, Alan
The study aims to review the impact of
Country Economic and Sector Work (CESW) in three South Asian
countries (Bangladesh, India and Pakistan) from the point of
view...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP157Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Dubey,Vinod
This paper presents evaluative
information on retraining schemes for unemployed adults in
OECD countries. These evaluations fall into three
categories: experimental...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP156Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Dar, Amit ;
Gill, Indermit S.
This paper estimates the magnitude of
economic costs associated with environmental degradation in
Pakistan. Several priority areas are analyzed including: a)
urban...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP164Date: October 31, 1995Author:
Carter,Brandon Enrique
As an early reformer, Hungary provides
valuable lessons for the other transition economies. Since
1989, sharp declines in GDP have been accompanied by rising
unemployment...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP155Date: October 30, 1995Author:
Gill, Indermit S. ;
Dar, Amit
Since the late 1970s, the labor market
has functioned with enough flexibility to absorb an
increased number of entrants while reducing the unemployment
rate from around...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP154Date: July 31, 1995Author:
Prywes,Menahem M.
Public expenditure policies in Pakistan
have neither served the need of the agriculture sector nor
have they been used efficiently. A considerable portion of
the budget...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP153Date: June 30, 1995Author:
Choudhry, Yusuf ;
Faruqee, Rashid
A pension is paid to older people
without regard to their economic and family circumstances,
but extensive survey research data from Estonia, Latvia and
Lithuania shows...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP151Date: February 28, 1995Author:
Rose,Richard
Drawing on the experience of the expert
team with private participation in ports, this Paper
examines how the objective of the Indonesian Government to
increase the...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP150Date: December 31, 1994Author:
Van Der Ven,Joris
The paper looks at the transformation of
intergovernment fiscal relations from the point of view of a
regional administration in Russia. It also describes
changes in...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP143Date: August 31, 1994Author:
Freinkman, Lev ;
Titov, Stepan
This paper examines the experience of
the World Bank's South Asia Region with participatory
and community-based approaches to poverty reduction. Its
purpose is to derive...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP146Date: August 31, 1994Author:
Parker,Barbara Ann
This paper identifies the constraints
that inhibit the formation and growth of private enterprise
in Russia. It then suggests a pragmatic approach for
selecting constraints...
Type: Internal Discussion PaperReport#: IDP144Date: August 25, 1994Author:
Sheppard,W. Marie
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