From the mid-1950s to 1990, sub-Saharan Africa's share of global exports fell from 3.1 to under 1.2 percent, a decline that implies associated export earning losses of about $65 billion annually. Previous...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1559Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Amjadi, Azita ;
Yeats, Alexander J.
The economic performance of East Asia has been a remarkable story spanning several decades. The region has enjoyed macroeconomic stability, consistent growth, low inflation, increasing openness to international...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15293Date: December 31, 1995
This volume, "Global climate change: economic and policy issues," contains three papers dealing with key issues and options relating to the economic and policy aspects of global warming. The authors of...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15317Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan
In November 1989, Mexico City's administration imposed a regulation banning each car from driving on a specific day of the week. The regulation has been both popular and controversial. Some feel that...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1554Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Eskeland,Gunnar Saethern ;
Feyzioglu, Tarhan
Drawing on extensive interviews with airport authorities in both developed and developing countries, this report analyzes the current ownership and management structure and describes the privatization...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP313Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Kapur,Anil
In Asia, where recognition of acid rain is just beginning, very little research has been done on the levels and impacts of acid deposition. However, available monitoring data show that the acidity of rainfall...
Type: Environment Working PaperReport#: 21148Date: December 31, 1995Author:
Foell, Wes ;
Amann, Markus ;
Carmichael, Greg ;
Chadwi
This study has been carried out as a direct response to the government's request for assistance in preparing a comprehensive transport development strategy, with emphasis on the following objectives: 1)...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13808Date: December 19, 1995
This study has been carried out as a direct response to the government's request for assistance in preparing a comprehensive transport development strategy, with emphasis on the following objectives: 1)...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13808Date: December 19, 1995
This study has been carried out as a direct response to the government's request for assistance in preparing a comprehensive transport development strategy, with emphasis on the following objectives: 1)...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13808Date: December 19, 1995
The note addresses the immediate gains of trade liberalization to workers' welfare, allowing cheaper imports, and enabling most workers to become more productive, as their products increase in value. One...
The focus of this report is on world wide experience and identification of factors which make for trade facilitation through successful application of information technology (IT). Economic advantages from...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP316Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Schware, Robert ;
Kimberley, Paul
Roughly 16,000 buses serve the 16 million inhabitants of the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Region; 12,000 of them serve the Sao Paulo municipality itself, where 8.5 million people live. Congestion is heavy at...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS1546Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Rebelo, Jorge M. ;
Benvenuto, Pedro P.
The Africa Gas Initiative (AGI) is an effort to promote development and trade in natural gas in the countries along West Africa's coastline from the Senegal River to South Africa. The initiative aims at...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 17628Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Shirazi,Mohsen
During the coming years, air transport infrastructure needs to be expanded and modernized to accommodate the growing demand for international travel and transport of goods and merchandise. Developing...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: 15271Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Juan,Ellis J.
Foreign trade statistics have been greatly affected by the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the economic transformation that the newly independent states are now undergoing. Previously, the measurement...
Type: PublicationReport#: 15178Date: November 30, 1995Author:
Belkindas,Misha V. ;
Ivanova, Olga V. [editors]
This study has been carried out as a direct response to the government's request to develop a program of assistance in support of a comprehensive transport strategy, with emphasis on the following objectives:...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13891Date: November 16, 1995
This study has been carried out as a direct response to the government's request to develop a program of assistance in support of a comprehensive transport strategy, with emphasis on the following objectives:...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13891Date: November 16, 1995
This study has been carried out as a direct response to the government's request to develop a program of assistance in support of a comprehensive transport strategy, with emphasis on the following objectives:...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 13891Date: November 16, 1995
This Precis entitled, Privatization and deregulation in Mexico, is an abbreviated version of the Bank ' s Operations and Evaluation Department (OED), Performance audit report, Report No. 14400, dated April...
Type: BriefReport#: 29225Date: November 1, 1995Author:
Weaving,Rachel V.
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