• Compensation for involuntary resettlement of rural populations
    Development projects often require a large amount of involuntary resettlement, resulting from the construction of infrastructure such as dams, highways, and railroads, and from agricultural or silvicultural...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: AGP36 Date: April 1, 1980 Author: Sfeir-Younis,Alfredo ; AGR
  • The effect of population growth, the pattern of demand and of technology on the process of urbanization
    A general equilibrium model is presented for the study of the effects of population growth, the pattern of demand, and the pattern of technological change on urbanization pattern of developing countries....
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR8004 Date: March 31, 1980 Author: Mohan, R.
  • The costs of urbanization
    The fiscal, financial, efficiency, and equity aspects of urbanization in developing countries are examined. Industrialization, population growth, and increases in per capita income tend to impose a rapidly...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: URR7916 Date: March 31, 1980 Author: Linn,Johannes F.
  • Economic pricing of infrequently traded commodities
    There has been considerable controversy in the years leading up to 1980 regarding the pricing of infrequently traded outputs in the economic analysis of agricultural projects. Such outputs include milk,...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: UNN145 Date: March 31, 1980 Author: Ray, Anandarup ; Scandizzo, Pasquale L. ; AGR
  • Costs incurred by residential electricity consumers due to power failures
    A theoretical framework for measuring residential outage costs is presented and empirically tested using the results of a survey of household electricity consumers in the city of Cascavel, Brazil. The...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP128 Date: March 31, 1980 Author: MUNASINGHE, M.
  • Futures markets and the theory of the firm under price uncertainty
    The behavior of a competitive firm under price uncertainty where a futures market exists for the commodity produced by the firm is examined. Contrary to the predictions of standard theory, production is...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP141 Date: March 31, 1980 Author: FEDER, G. ; JUST, R. ; SCHMITZ, A.
  • CONOPT : a system for large scale dynamic nonlinear optimization
    This manual describes the use of the optimization code CONOPT with the features that have been implemented by the beginning of November, 1979. The code is still experimental. The manual is organized as...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: DRC16 Date: March 31, 1980 Author: Drud, Arne Meeraus Alexander
  • Food as a determinant of world development : discussion notes on the food problem in the developing world
    Type: Working Paper Report#: UNN108 Date: March 31, 1980
  • Notice of Meeting and Agenda for the meeting of the Executive Directors of the Bank and IDA to be held on March 18, 1980
    Type: Agenda Report#: 130916 Date: March 13, 1980
  • Bank notes
    This Bank notes newsletter includes some of the following headings: Status of Women Working Group (SWWG) speaker is optimistic, by Phyllis Roos; staff member lends a helping hand to refugees, by Keiko...
    Type: Newsletter Report#: 59301 Date: March 1, 1980 Author: Armar,Amarquaye ; Arroyo, Juana ; Atsumi,Yasumi Keiko ; Bonnell, Yoli ; CORONEL, LEANDRO ; Davis,Ted J. ; DEBOECK, GUIDO J. ; Finne,Grace W. ; Giron-Pearson, Carmen ; Hunt, Alice ; Palmer,Linda Joyce ; Roos,Phyllis ; Roxburgh,May E.
  • Raising the productivity of small farmers - Tanzania case study, 1975
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: AGP33 Date: March 1, 1980 Author: AGR
  • Grain storage and distribution in the 1980s : an approach paper
    This paper examines the role of storage in food distribution systems which are adjusting to new conditions and assesses current needs in terms of recent changes. The nature and location of foodgrain production...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: UNN93 Date: February 29, 1980 Author: AGR
  • Guatemala - Country economic memorandum
    The economic boom of 1976-1977 in Guatemala, which was due in part to earthquake reconstruction activites and high export earnings, was followed by a significant drop in growth in 1978 as reconstruction...
    Type: Country Economic Memorandum Report#: 2654 Date: February 29, 1980
  • Measuring the indirect effects of an agricultural investment project on its surrounding region
    An approach to measuring the magnitude and incidence of regional downstream effects of an irrigation project is described. The approach is applied to the Muda River project and surrounding region in Northwestern...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP154 Date: February 29, 1980 Author: Bell,Simon Cairns ; Hazell, P.
  • The evaluation of the benefits of basic need policies
    A theoretical framework for the analysis of market intervention policies of goods related to the satisfaction of basic human needs is presented. The method allows quantification of such social benefits...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP138 Date: February 29, 1980 Author: Scandizzo,Pasquale L. ; Knudsen, O. ; AGR
  • Ownership and efficiency in urban buses
    Efficiency in urban bus operation depends on, among other things, the institutional form of the bus business. For certain cities in LDCs where there are parallel private and publicly owned operations,...
    Type: Staff Working Paper Report#: SWP371 Date: February 29, 1980 Author: FEIBEL, C. ; WALTERS, A.
  • Resolutions, Significant Decisions and Loan Approvals by IBRD Executive Directors
    This board report lists resolutions and certain decisions adopted by the Executive Directors of the Bank between January 1 and December 31, 1979.
    Type: Board Report Report#: 139291 Date: February 13, 1980
  • Technology in agricultural development
    The development process generally envisions agriculture increasing its aggregate output and the productivity of its prime resources, perhaps diversifying its range of products for domestic consumption...
    Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report#: AGP32 Date: February 1, 1980 Author: Donaldson, Graham ; AGR
  • The prevalence of calorie-efficient diets in developing countries
    Nutritional well-being has become a major concern in recent years, particularly in the context of general food and basic-needs policies. Obviously, the design of policies and monitoring their effectiveness...
    Type: Journal Article Report#: REP158 Date: January 31, 1980 Author: REUTLINGER, S. ; ALDERMAN, H.
  • Selected case studies on monitoring and evaluation of rural development projects - Volume II : East Asia and the Pacific
    These case studies include experiences from agricultural and rural development projects in East Asia and the Pacific. They include papers from seven countries on monitoring and evaluation of agricultural...
    Type: Working Paper Report#: UNN138 Date: January 31, 1980 Author: Deboeck, Guido J. ; Rubin, Deborah [editors] ; AGR
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