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#: AGP105Date: November 1, 1984Author:
Bumb, Balu Lal
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 PaperReport#: CPD8433Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Lindauer, D. ;
Meesook, O.
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#: ARU23Date: October 31, 1984Author:
AGR ;
Binswanger, H. ;
Pingali, P.
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 PaperReport#: CPD8439Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Kharas, Homi
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 PaperReport#: CPD8503Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Ghanem, H. ;
Kharas, H. ;
Myers, R.
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 EvaluationReport#: 5284Date: October 31, 1984
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 PaperReport#: CPD8436Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Edwards, S. ;
van Wijnbergen, Sweder
The objective of this work is to provide a conceptual framework for a simple macro model of a developing economy which, using readily available data, can be used to analyze the effects of changes in trade...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8437Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Lau, L.
This paper investigates the empirical significance of the rationing of credit to developing countries during the second half of the 1970's. It also identifies some determinants of the level of such rationing....
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8424Date: October 31, 1984Author:
Kharas, H. ;
Shishido, H.
This paper presents an overview of the principal issues, problems, and policy options in financing health services in developing countries. The shortcomings of existing policies, which finance health care...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: GEN27Date: September 30, 1984Author:
De Ferranti, David
This paper provides a detailed guide to some of the problems encountered in the use of firm-level data to calculate indicators of incentives and comparative advantage. The paper discusses some of the...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8438Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Shepherd, G.
This paper puts in perspective the importance of the EC as a market for horticultural products and the development of this market over time. The contribution of the Bank to fruit and vegetable projects...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8429Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Bale, Malcolm D.
This paper reviews the trade policy reforms recommended in the Bank's Structural Adjustment Loans (SALs), evaluates the implementation of these policies and assesses their impact on SAL objectives for...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8431Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Thobani, Mateen
Successful completion of Yugoslavia's structural adjustment program requires stricter financial discipline to increase the economic pressure on public enterprises to adjust. This paper focuses on two aspects...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8313Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Knight, P.
This essay reviews and generalizes the recent experience of the World Bank in studies undertaken on pricing and trade policy in agriculture in developing countries. Five archetypical countries are used...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8430Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Bale, Malcolm D.
This paper surveys recent work on long-term credit relationships from a game-theoretic perspective. The purpose is to provide an explanation for observed behavior based on rationality in a specific context...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8423Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Carrie Crawford, Sabrina V
Korea's remarkable export growth is the envy of much of the developing world. The purpose of this book is to broaden the discussion of Korea's competitive edge by developing the two foregoing themes: the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 13355Date: September 30, 1984Author:
EXT ;
Pursell, Garry ;
Rhee, Yung Whee ;
Ross Larson, Bruce Clifford
The paper examines the justification for promoting small enterprises by analyzing their characteristics in relation to key socio-economic objectives and by showing that investment in small-scale enterprises...
Type: PublicationReport#: WTP26Date: September 30, 1984Author:
Page Jr., John M. ;
Steel, William F.
This paper analyzes a number of aspects of stabilization policy in Brazil. The first part evaluates the major trade-offs to alternate macroeconomic packages of exchange rate, monetary and fiscal policies...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8440Date: August 31, 1984Author:
Krumm, K. ;
Lal, D.
This paper analyzes the relationship between foreign inflows and public and private consumption for six small open economies: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Malawi, Senegal, Sudan, and Thailand. It differs from...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8425Date: August 31, 1984Author:
Chhibber, A. ;
Ghanem, H.
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