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Afghanistan - Current economic position and prospects (Vol. 4 of 7) : Development prospects in the industrial sector

Largely due to admininstrative inadequacies, the past fifteen years have been frustrating and disappointing for those concerned with development in Afghanistan. In addition, a serious drought in the past...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: SA29 Date: February 1, 1972
Afghanistan - Current economic position and prospects (Vol. 3 of 7) : Development prospects in the agricultural sector

Largely due to admininstrative inadequacies, the past fifteen years have been frustrating and disappointing for those concerned with development in Afghanistan. In addition, a serious drought in the past...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: SA29 Date: February 1, 1972
Afghanistan - Current economic position and prospects (Vol. 7 of 7) : Statistical annex

Largely due to admininstrative inadequacies, the past fifteen years have been frustrating and disappointing for those concerned with development in Afghanistan. In addition, a serious drought in the past...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: SA29 Date: February 1, 1972
Models for determining least-cost investments in electricity supply

This paper reviews models used in the electricity supply industry for appraising investments and presents some extensions. Quantities demanded and the prices of inputs and outputs are assumed to be exogenous,...
Type: Journal Article Report#: REP2 Date: January 31, 1972 Author: Anderson,Jason D.
Road user charges in Central America

The application of the principles of pricing of road user services to Central America is described. If the maximum net benefit from the highway network is to be achieved, the correct price to be charged...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: OCP15 Date: January 31, 1972 Author: Churchill,Anthony
Transportation

This paper outlines the World Bank's lending, technical assistance and research in the transport sector against the background of previous experience. It discusses the role of transport in overall economic...
Type: Working Paper Report#: 11073 Date: January 31, 1972
Announcement of Nine Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars IDA Credit for a Second Highway Project in Somalia on January 24, 1972

This press release dated January 24, 1972, announces the International Development Association approved a credit equivalent to 9.6 million dollars to help finance a second highway project in Somalia. The...
Type: Announcement Report#: 153174 Date: January 24, 1972
Announcement of Six Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars Credit for a Rural Development Project in Malawi on January 20, 1972

This press release dated January 20, 1972, announces a comprehensive rural development project, designed to help improve living standards for some 4,600 peasant farmers in northern Malawi, was approved...
Type: Announcement Report#: 153132 Date: January 20, 1972
Announcement of Seventy-Five Million Dollars Credit to India for Railways on January 13, 1972

This press release dated January 13, 1972, announces improvement and modernization of India’s railway system, an important element in the country’s transport sector, was assisted by a credit of 75.0 million...
Type: Announcement Report#: 153129 Date: January 13, 1972
Thailand - Current economic position and prospects (Vol. 4 of 6) : Annexes 5-8 : Tourism, education, provincial water supply, and urban development

In the last two years, Thailand has undergone a process of adjustment from an unusually favorable combination during 1966-69 of 9 percent GDP growth a year, balance of payments surpluses and price stability...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: EAP28 Date: January 11, 1972
Announcement of Sweden and IDA Lend Twenty-Eight Million Dollars to Kenya for a Highway Project on January 6, 1972

This press release dated January 6, 1972, announces the International Development Association approved a credit of 22.0 million dollars to Kenya for financing a highway project under a joint financing...
Type: Announcement Report#: 153125 Date: January 6, 1972
Roles for airships in economic development

This paper attempts to demonstrate that airships of known and tested technology could, some cases, perform routine transport missions more economically than conventional modes of transport. If surface...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: SCT10 Date: January 1, 1972 Author: Beier, George J. ; Hidalgo, Gerardo Cahn
World Bank atlas 1972 : population, per capita product and growth rates

This atlas introduces a few changes, for example, gross national product (GNP) estimates are based on market prices and not, as previously, on factor cost. This change means that the current GNP figures...
Type: World Bank Atlas Report#: 11091 Date: January 1, 1972
Announcement of Thirty Million Dollars Credit to the Arab Republic of Egypt on December 23, 1971

This press release dated December 23, 1971, announces the International Development Association (IDA) approved a credit of 30.0 million dollars to the Arab Republic of Egypt for a railway project. The...
Type: Announcement Report#: 153043 Date: December 23, 1971
Announcement of Four Million Dollars IDA Credit for Highway Maintenance in the People’s Republic of the Congo on December 16, 1971

This press release dated December 16, 1971, announces the International Development Association (IDA), an affiliate of the World Bank, approved a credit for the People’s Republic of the Congo of 4.0 million...
Type: Announcement Report#: 153041 Date: December 16, 1971
Brazil - Current economic position and prospects (Vol. 4 of 4) : List of projects suitable for external financing

In 1970 the Brazilian economy is estimated to have grown by 9.5 percent, after having grown by 9.0 percent in 1969 and 9.3 percent in 1968. These growth rates are reminiscent of the rapid pace of growth...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: WH210 Date: November 30, 1971
Central American ports study

The investment programs for the ports of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua are examined. A model for the analysis of traffic distribution patterns is described. It was found that...
Type: Staff Working Paper Report#: SWP117 Date: October 31, 1971 Author: ANANDARUP, R. ; LOWDON, J.
Project appraisal in developing countries

Alternative methods of project appraisal in developing countries are evaluated, with a view to their practical application. In particular, comparisons are made between methods involving the use of the...
Type: Staff Working Paper Report#: SWP119 Date: October 31, 1971 Author: BALASSA, B.
An international comparison of low income in the agriculture sector in selected LDC's

A theoretical model is developed for the international comparison of income at particular points or ranges in income distributions, thereby permitting countries to be ranked, for example, by reference...
Type: Staff Working Paper Report#: SWP118 Date: October 31, 1971 Author: Mazumdar,Dipak
Study of the substitution of labor for equipment in road construction - Phase I : final report

The objectives of the Phase I study were, first to survey the relevant engineering and economic literature to determine the state of existing knowledge concerning the substitutability of labor and equipment...
Type: Working Paper Report#: UNN315 Date: October 1, 1971