The effectiveness of food programs in increasing food and calorie consumption in children of target families is examined. Three programs are compared: a ration shop scheme where preselected families received...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP127Date: December 31, 1979Author:
SELOWSKY, M.
This news release, dated December 28, 1979, announces the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s soft-loan affiliate, approved a 2.5 million dollars credit to Tanzania to help finance...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158180Date: December 28, 1979
This news release, dated December 20, 1979, announces the World Bank and its soft-loan affiliate, the International Development Association (IDA), approved a lending package of 52 million dollars to Nicaragua...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158174Date: December 20, 1979
The sixth replenishment (IDA6) of the International Development Association (IDA) should be seen against a framework for mobilizing resources to achieve faster growth, through a substantial and sustained...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 34373Date: December 20, 1979
This news release, dated December 17, 1979, announces the International Development Association (IDA), an affiliate of the World Bank, approved a credit of 10 million dollars for a highway project in Bangladesh.
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158173Date: December 17, 1979
This document consists of suggested outlines that should be modified or reorganized according to specific circumstances. Some sections of the outline may be irrelevant for certain country situations; or...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP48Date: December 1, 1979Author:
Sfeir-Younis,Alfredo ;
AGR
The background of economic growth in Norway is reviewed. Models that derive the direct and indirect measures used in empirical estimation and aggregate estimates for Norway's economy are analyzed, and...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP132Date: November 30, 1979Author:
Balassa, B.
While operation, maintenance, and repair (OM&R) activities are vital to the success of irrigation projects, very little information has been published on the costs of these activities. The relevant information...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN127Date: November 30, 1979Author:
Hotes, Frederick L. ;
McSwain, Kenneth R. ;
AGR
The aim of this paper is to describe the characteristics of the population of Bogota. It also attempts to place the development of Bogota in an historical and national context in order to provide a better...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: URR7911Date: November 30, 1979Author:
MOHAN, R. ;
DED
A simple migration model that traces the link between individual decision making and observed aggregated migration behavior is described. Data are derived from migration flows for 11 provinces in Korea....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP140Date: November 30, 1979Author:
FEDER, G.
This news release, dated November 29, 1979, announces Burma’s telecommunications network will be assisted with a 35 million dollars credit from the International Development Association (IDA) the soft-loan...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 158149Date: November 29, 1979
The transport system of PDRY is rudimentary, reflecting the severely limited resources of the country. The government is devoting a substantial part of the national development budget to building the essential...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2750Date: November 29, 1979
This report is the fifth of an annual series. It reviews the experience of 98 projects which were supported by the World Bank and subjected to performance audit in 1978. The results of the present Review...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: PUB2637Date: November 1, 1979
The objective of this review of the CIMAO project in Togo is to ascertain the operational problems of the refinery, to recommend solutions to overcome them, and to identify alternative sources of fuel...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 79715Date: November 1, 1979
The world market prices for softwood are examined. World trade in softwood logs and lumber in 1976 amounted to 129.7 million cubic feet roundwood, equivalent to U.S. $6.8 billion. At present, the developing...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CMN15Date: October 31, 1979Author:
Helterline,Ray M.
This study of rice pricing in Burma is designed to analyze the consequences of an increase in the procurement price of paddy in Burma in the near future, while outlining a basic but simple approach which...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN142Date: October 31, 1979
Debt treatment by creditors when relief of contractual obligations was required are considered from World War I to the present. Prior to World War I, debt relief arrangements had little regard for the...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP101Date: October 31, 1979Author:
Cizauskas,Albert C.
This paper examines the various dimensions or characteristics of the so-called world food problem today. It includes a brief look at developments since the 1973-74 food crisis, highlighting the considerable...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN99Date: October 31, 1979Author:
Goering, T. James
A systematic compilation and assessment of data on employment, unemployment, and wages in the Philippines are presented. In the periods 1959-1964 and 1969-1974, real wages declined despite relatively rapid...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: SER57Date: October 31, 1979Author:
LAL, D.
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