This paper investigates the impact of changes in sectoral productivity on output and employment patterns in a simulation model of the Indian economy. Productivity gains in major urban sectors are found...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD53Date: April 30, 1984Author:
Becker, Charles M. ;
Mills, Edwin ;
Williamson, Jeff
This paper extends the discussion of LDC borrowing with a discussion of possible repudiation of the external debt of countries and the impact on the value of debt when reschedulings can occur. It uses...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8428Date: April 30, 1984Author:
Sadeq, Sayeed
Many developing countries have established programmes of assistance to small firms; however doubts have been recently expressed about their cost-effectiveness and whether the costs outweigh the benefits....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP313Date: April 30, 1984Author:
Marsden, Keith
In the course of the last two to three decades, natural gas has become a major source of energy for the industrialized countries of the world. Although the increased growth of natural gas in this decade...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP314Date: April 30, 1984Author:
Schramm, Gunter
The oil price rises in 1974 and 1979 brought large windfall gains in income and foreign exchange to the oil exporting developing countries (OEDCs). This paper briefly outlines the major policy issues that...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8407Date: April 30, 1984Author:
Ahamed, Liaquat A.
This press release, dated April 26, 1984, announces the World Bank’s first contribution of 2 million dollars to the World Food Program (WFP) to help in delivering emergency food assistance to individuals...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 151076Date: April 26, 1984
This press release announces Indonesia will use a Two Hundred Forty Million Dollar loan from the World Bank on April 19, 1984. The loan will be used for road restoration.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158362Date: April 19, 1984
This is an impact evaluation report of the Hinvi Agricultural Development Project in Benin. The main objective of the project is to develop an efficient and modern system of agricultural production, capable...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 5029Date: April 5, 1984
Cities in the developing countries are increasingly faced with the pressure of improving existing urban service delivery performance but with inadequate resources to provide and sustain the necessary assets....
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: UDD48Date: March 31, 1984Author:
Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority ;
Third Urban Project World Bank Mission
This paper surveys the literature on multiperiod models of foreign borrowing to shed light on the issues of how much a country should borrow and under what circumstances there is a role for public intervention....
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8405Date: March 31, 1984Author:
Glick, R. ;
Kharas, H.
This paper examines the policies and practice of developing countries with respect to user charges for social sector finance. Cost recovery, fee structure, the potential for increased cost recovery, and...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8406Date: March 31, 1984Author:
Ainsworth, Martha
Indian fertility has declined by at least 25 percent in the last 20 years. India's current fertility level is lower than that in any other country at the same or lower level of socio-economic development....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: RES11Date: March 31, 1984Author:
Patel, Sulekha ;
Zacharaiah, K.C.
This paper attempts to delineate the factors responsible for the growing current account deficit of the 1970s, and provides a framework for analyzing the effects of alternative policy measures designed...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CPD8418Date: March 31, 1984Author:
Ahamed, Liaquat A.
It is shown that coupon bonds alone are not sufficient to span time-dated claims on ordinary income, capital gains and non-taxable wealth. In an incomplete bond market where the pure dated claims are not...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP310Date: March 31, 1984Author:
Litzenberger, R. ;
Rolfo, J.
This press release announces the Bank has approved a Two Hundred Twenty Million Dollar Loan to China on March 29, 1984. The loan will be used to support the development of China’s regional railway network.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158160Date: March 29, 1984
This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the World Bank, and Argentine investors are joining to establish the country's first polypropylene resin plant...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 153137Date: March 26, 1984
This press release announces the Bank has approved a loan of Two Hundred Thirty Million Dollars to Korea on March 22, 1984. The loan will be used to help support Korea’s highway development program.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 157993Date: March 22, 1984
This press release announces the Bank is granting a Two Hundred Fifty Million Dollar loan to India. The loan will be used to help finance the Seven Hundred Twenty-Two Million Dollar project.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 157753Date: March 15, 1984
This press release announces the Bank has approved a loan of Sixteen Million Dollars to Jamaica on March 15, 1984. The loan will be used to help develop an adequate and efficient transport system in the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 157981Date: March 15, 1984
This press release, dated March 12, 1984, announces the visit of Mr. A. W. Clausen, the President of the World Bank, to the Sudan, Madagascar, and Mauritius on March 16 to 26. The visit provided an opportunity...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 151507Date: March 12, 1984
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