All Research

REFINE BY:

Timeframe
Today
Past 7 Days
Past Month
Past Year
Specific Date Range

Showing 9461 - 9480 of 11459 results

Sort By:

Date

Data on the distribution of income in Malawi

This paper contains an evaluation of the data on income distribution in Malawi for two complementary household sample surveys conducted in 1968/69. The data from the surveys have been adjusted and combined...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: DWE8008 Date: December 31, 1980 Author: Park,Jong-Goo
Announcement of IDA Approves Special Drawing Rights Twenty Million Two Hundred Thousand (Twenty-Six Million Four Hundred Thousand Dollars) Credit to Zaire for a Sugar Project in Kwilu-Ngongo on December 24, 1980

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), the soft-loan affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of twenty-six million forty thousand US dollars to the government...
Type: Announcement Report#: 153994 Date: December 24, 1980
Announcement of IDA to Support Second Feeder Roads Project in Benin on December 24, 1980

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), the soft-loan affiliate of the World Bank, has approved a credit of seven million US dollars to the government of Benin for...
Type: Announcement Report#: 153995 Date: December 24, 1980
Gambia - Country economic memorandum (Vol. 2 of 2) : Annexes

Gambia's high level of public investment during the period 1974/75 - 1978/79 was made possible by a substantial increase in foreign assistance. However, budgetary savings did not keep pace with the increase...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report Report#: 3094 Date: December 23, 1980
Concordance to Project Performance Audit Reports issued by the Operations Evaluation Department March 1972 to June 30, 1980

This document was prepared to facilitate reference to the large number of performance audits and other reports issued by the Operations Evaluation Department ( OED ). It replaces and updates a previous...
Type: IEG Evaluation Report#: 3254 Date: December 23, 1980
Announcement of IDA Approves Forty-Two Million US Dollars Credit to India for Urban Development in Madras on December 18, 1980

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), a World Bank affiliate for concessionary lending, has approved a credit of forty-two million US dollars to India for a second...
Type: Announcement Report#: 153954 Date: December 18, 1980
Announcement of Uganda to Receive Eight Million US Dollars IDA Credit for Technical Assistance Project on December 4, 1980

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), a World Bank affiliate for concessionary lending, announced the approval of a credit of eight million US dollars to the government...
Type: Announcement Report#: 153948 Date: December 4, 1980
Infrastructure for food marketing : some investment issues

This paper presents some of the problems likely to be encountered when considering projects to support food marketing systems, particularly grain marketing systems. It views grain distribution projects...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: AGP39 Date: December 1, 1980 Author: BERMAN, BRIAN W. ; AGR
On the theory and practice of Multiple-Purpose Water Project identification, design, evaluation, financing, and operation : derivation of basic procedures (Vol. 1 of 2) : Main report

This report, issued in two volumes, represents the first two steps in a three step process as agreed upon within the project staffs of the World Bank. The first step, presented in volume 1, is to develop...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: AGP63 Date: December 1, 1980 Author: Howe, Charles W.
The relevance of the dual economy model : a case study of Thailand

A dual labor market, in which the wage rate in one sector of the economy exceeds the marginal productivity of labor in another, has been a prominent feature in many models of economic development. Two...
Type: Journal Article Report#: REP219 Date: November 30, 1980 Author: BERTRAND, T. ; SQUIRE, L.
Evaluation of the first Lusaka upgrading and sites and services project

The First Lusaka Upgrading and Sites and Services Project is evaluated. The project represented a striking departure from the traditional Zambian housing policies and one of the World Bank's first efforts...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8013 Date: November 30, 1980 Author: Sanyal, B. ; Valverde, N. ; Bamberger, M.
Sociological aspects of forestry project design

This note reviews some of the key sociological factors which could be expected to influence the design of forestry projects being financed by the Bank. Its conclusions are particularly relevant to reforestation...
Type: Working Paper Report#: UNN122 Date: November 30, 1980 Author: AGR
Practical aspects of telecommunication investment and pricing

This paper discusses mainly the practical implementation of applying tariff principles in the telecommunications sector and examines the implications and limitations of marginal opportunity cost pricing...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: TWT2 Date: November 30, 1980 Author: Vasudevan,C. P.
The impact of government intervention on agricultural prices in Tunisia

Government intervention in such forms as fixed prices, subsidies, and taxes and physical quotas has had a considerable impact on agricultural prices in Tunisia. This annex concentrates on the cereals,...
Type: Working Paper Report#: UNN146 Date: November 30, 1980
Fungibility and the design and evaluation of agricultural credit projects

Agricultural credit is an important element in development efforts in most low income countries. Evaluation of credit projects entails measurement of disbursement of funds and recovery rates on loans...
Type: Journal Article Report#: REP182 Date: November 30, 1980 Author: Pischke, J. ; Adams, D.
Announcement of IDA Assists Rural Roads Project in India on November 20 , 1980

This press release announces the International Development Association (IDA), a World Bank affiliate for concessionary lending, announced the approval of a credit of thirty-five million US dollars to help...
Type: Announcement Report#: 153946 Date: November 20, 1980
Madagascar - Recent economic developments and prospects

Examines, in the light of recent economic developments in Madagascar and of the government's objectives, the feasibility and appropriateness of the planning strategy underlying the 1978-80 Plan and those...
Type: Publication Report#: PUB2357 Date: November 1, 1980
Data on the distribution of income in El Salvador

This paper contains an evaluation of the data on the distribution of income in El Salvador from a 1976/77 survey of household budgets. The paper then adjusts data from the survey and derives a more representative...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: DWE8007 Date: October 31, 1980 Author: Park,Jong-Goo
Estimating total factor productivity growth in a developing country

This paper studies the sources of growth from the supply side in Turkish manufacturing over the period 1963-1976. Primary factors and intermediate inputs are explicitly included in both the theoretical...
Type: Staff Working Paper Report#: SWP422 Date: October 31, 1980 Author: KRUEGER, A. ; TUNCER, B.
A behavioral model of intra-urban employment location : an application to Bogota, Colombia

A theoretical model of employment location is formulated and applied to the observed patterns of individual firms' location behavior in Bogota, Colombia. The results of the establishment survey were used...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8008 Date: October 31, 1980 Author: K. Lee