• Survival strategies and support networks : an anthropological perspective
    This report focuses on anthropological studies of interactions between particular households in the Zona Sur Oriental of Cartegena and their support networks. The households' strategies for survival, development...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD58 Date: December 31, 1984 Author: Parris, S.
  • Recycling from municipal refuse : a state-of-the-art review and annotated bibliography
    This report is in two parts: a concise state-of-the-art overview of recycling from municipal refuse, focusing on techniques and conditions germane to developing countries; and an annotated bibliography...
    Type: Publication Report#: WTP30 Date: December 31, 1984 Author: Cointreau, Sandra Johnson ; Gunnerson, Charles G.
  • The impact of rural electrification and infrastructure on agriculture changes in India, 1966-1980
    Recently questions have been raised concerning whether the tremendous capital investments in rural electrification have had the desired impact in rural areas. India is one of the few countries that has...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: ARU29 Date: December 31, 1984 Author: Barnes, D. ; Binswanger,Hans P.
  • Guidelines for calculating financial and economic rates of return for DFC projects
    These guidelines, prepared for Bank-assisted Development Finance Companies, explain how to calculate financial and economic rates of return. The approach concentrates on capital productivity and efficiency,...
    Type: Publication Report#: WTP33 Date: December 31, 1984 Author: Duvigneau,J. Christian ; Prasad,Ranga Nuthakki
  • Shared control of education : theory practice and impressions from education projects assisted by the World Bank
    The application of shared control in education administration is described. Shared control is a synthetic approach combining centralized and decentralized control, the major forms of education administration...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP329 Date: December 31, 1984 Author: Noor,Abdun
  • Announcement of the Consultative Group for Ghana on December 12, 1984
    This press release, dated December 12, 1984, announces at the second meeting of the recently reconvened consultative group for Ghana, held in Paris on December 11 and 12, donors expressed strong support...
    Type: Announcement Report#: 151185 Date: December 12, 1984
  • From land - abundance to land - scarcity : the effects of population growth on production relations in agrarian economies
    The purpose of this paper is to account for the changes in the diverse set of production relations characterizing agragrian economies which are induced by increases in population growth. This study pays...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: ARU28 Date: November 30, 1984 Author: Rosenzweig, M. ; Binswanger, H. ; McIntire, J. ; AGR
  • Value of natural gas in power generation
    This paper is one of a series to examine the "netback value" of natural gas in major domestic and export uses. The netback can be compared to the cost of gas to permit a rough estimate of the net economic...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: EGY19 Date: November 30, 1984 Author: Albouy, Y. ; Mashayekhi, A.
  • Public tractor hire and equipment hire schemes in developing countries (with special emphasis on Africa)
    This study collects information on Public Tractor and Equipment hire services in developing countries and develops hypotheses regarding the successes and failures of these schemes. Information was collected...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: ARU30 Date: November 30, 1984 Author: Seager, P ; Fieldson, R
  • Modeling efficient water allocation in a conjunctive use regime : the Indus basin of Pakistan
    Efficient resource use where ground and surface waters are used conjunctively may require special policies to rationalize the interaction between water use by farmers and the response of the stream aquifer...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP334 Date: November 30, 1984 Author: O'Mara,Gerald T. ; Duloy,John H.
  • Indian urbanization, 1960-2000
    By using the computable general equilibrium model developed by the authors for India, they attempted to provide a consistent explanation of India's growth experience. The model is oriented to distinguish...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: UDD72 Date: November 30, 1984 Author: Becker, C. ; Mills, E. ; Williamson, J.
  • Income distribution in India : the impact of policies and growth in the agricultural sector
    Debates about income distribution effects of agricultural trends or policies have usually centered on "micro" effects of the differential adoption of technology, or the differential access to credit or...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: ARU21 Date: November 30, 1984 Author: Quizon,Jaime B. ; Binswanger,Hans P.
  • Commodity export management strategies : applications for sub-Saharan Africa and proposed World Bank research program
    This paper describes changes in the mechanics of world commodity trading that could benefit developing countries. It describes how future markets and options have permitted multinational businesses and...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: AGP95 Date: November 15, 1984 Author: Lewis, C M ; Fry, J
  • Studies on fertilizer demand : a selected annotated bibliography
    As chemical fertilizers are an important input in agricultural production, many researchers have studied the determinants of fertilizer use by using various methodologies and approaches. This report focuses...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: AGP105 Date: November 1, 1984 Author: Bumb,Balu Lal
  • Public sector pay and employment policy in the Sudan
    This paper attempts to establish some of the basic facts in public sector pay and employment policies in the Sudan, including trends in the real wages of civil servants, differences between pay in the...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8433 Date: October 31, 1984 Author: Lindauer, D. ; Meesook, O.
  • The evolution of farming systems and agricultural technology in sub-Saharan Africa
    The evolution of farming systems and agricultural technology in sub - Saharan Africa stems from a combination of innovations from farmers, science and industry which have culminated in agricultural intensification....
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: ARU23 Date: October 31, 1984 Author: Binswanger, H. ; Pingali, P. ; AGR
  • Bolivia : an assessment of external debt
    The methodology used in this study is a descriptive exercise of Bolivia's external financial transactions, with three novel features. First, historical counterfactuals have been calculated to evaluate...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8439 Date: October 31, 1984 Author: Kharas,Homi
  • Senegal : creditworthiness study
    This paper evaluates Senegal's likely international creditworthiness over the medium and long terms, and assesses the likely consequences of projected levels of indebtedness on growth in real GDP and per...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8503 Date: October 31, 1984 Author: Ghanem, H. ; Kharas, H. ; Myers, R.
  • Concordance to PPAR issued by the OED March 1972 to June 30, 1984
    This document replaces and updates a previous document of the same title covering the period up to June 30, 1983. The Concordance incorporates Pass-through Project Completion Reports, as well as the Project...
    Type: IEG Evaluation Report#: 5284 Date: October 31, 1984
  • The welfare effects of trade and capital market liberalization : consequences of different sequencing scenarios
    The welfare costs of intervention in international trade are firmly established theoretically and increasingly well-documented empirically. In addressing the problems of speed and order of liberalization,...
    Type: Departmental Working Paper Report#: CPD8436 Date: October 31, 1984 Author: Edwards, S. ; van Wijnbergen, Sweder
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