This paper is a summarized version of the final report on Appropriate Technology for Water Supply and Waste Disposal in Developing Countries, a World Bank Research Project (RPO671-46) undertaken by the...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: EWT20Date: February 28, 1979Author:
Kalbermatten, John M. ;
Julius, DeAnne S. ;
Gunnerso
This report summarizes the results of field studies carried out in five African countries during 1977-78 as part of a World Bank Research Project (RPO671-46) on Appropriate Technology for Water Supply...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: EWT22Date: February 28, 1979Author:
Feachem, Richard G. ;
Mara, D. Duncan ;
Iwugo, Kenne
This paper furthers the discussion of income inequality decomposition by focusing attention on the problems which arise in this context when available data are restricted to the distribution of factor...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: DRD29Date: February 3, 1979Author:
Pyatt,Frank Graham ;
Chen, Chau-nan ;
Fei, John
This news release, dated February 1, 1979, announces the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s affiliate for concessional lending, is extending a 9 million dollars credit to the...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 157380Date: February 1, 1979
This article, titled "Food Price and Supply Stabilization: National Buffer Stocks and Trade Policies," was published in the November 1979 issue (volume 61, number 4) of the American Journal of Agricultural...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN143Date: January 31, 1979Author:
Bigman, David ;
Reutlinger, Shlomo
The results from two models developed to explore the relationship between policy instruments and income distribution in developing countries are compared. The BACHUE model is a long run economic demographic...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP81Date: January 31, 1979Author:
ADELMAN, I. ;
Hopkins,Richard M. ;
ROBINSON, S.
The supply constraints on the growth of commercial bank lending to LDCs are analyzed. Some of the larger regional banks may increase their lending to LDCs but overall, regional banks also face capital...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP135Date: January 31, 1979Author:
HARDY, C.
The paper provides a brief updated summary of the state of telecommunications investment in the developing world and outlines some of the economic development and tariff policy factors which should be...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: PUN49Date: January 31, 1979Author:
Dickenson, C. R. ;
Saunders, Robert J.
An economic approach to the evaluation of nutrition and related health programs is described. Although health related interventions aim to increase household and individual welfare, they may be inconsistent...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP121Date: January 31, 1979Author:
Chernichovsky,Dov
The issues underlying the choice of technology for LDCs are discussed: those concerning the establishment of the criterion to use to select one technique from among alternatives; those involving the acquisition...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP103Date: January 31, 1979Author:
RHEE, Y. ;
WESTPHAL, L.
A methodology for the economic evaluation of maintenance programs for unpaved roads with low traffic volumes is described. Roads with low traffic volumes are commonly encountered in rural areas of developing...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP120Date: January 31, 1979Author:
FAIZ, A. ;
STAFFINI, E.
The state of the art and the potential of climatology, weather forecasting, weather modification, and long-term trends in the earth's climate are discussed. Applied climatology should have the highest...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP115Date: January 31, 1979Author:
SAH, R.
The potential contribution of small-sized manufacturing units to the creation of new employment is analyzed. When considering the employment consequences of industrial development, the investment per job...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP116Date: January 31, 1979Author:
DE VRIES, B.
This case study is designed to serve as the basis for seminar discussion, rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a project. The Investment Program for Rural Development in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN179Date: January 31, 1979Author:
Sachdeva, Pammi ;
AGR
This is chapter 8, entitled Implications of Sharecropping for Technology Design in Northeast Brazil, from the publication entitled Economics and the Design of Small-Farmer Technology. The chapter analyzes...
Type: PublicationReport#: UNN92Date: January 31, 1979Author:
Valdes, Alberto [editor] ;
Scobie, Grant M. [editor] ;
Dillon,John L ;
Scandizzo,Pasquale L.
An econometric model of the world market for natural rubber is presented. The behavioral equations of the model can be grouped into three major blocks: supply, demand for all elastomers, and demand for...
Type: Commodity Working PaperReport#: SCP3Date: January 31, 1979Author:
Grilli, Enzo ;
Pollak, Peter ;
Helterline, Ray
The rapid pace of urbanization is discussed, with reference to the structure of cities in developing countries, and the pressures of increasing population, rising incomes, and shifting factor prices. The...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP107Date: January 31, 1979Author:
Follain,Jean-Luc ;
Renaud,Bertrand M. ;
Lim, G.
The major elements of a technology policy that promotes financial institutions are identified, and the cruicial role of the Technical Consultancy Service Centers (TCSC) and the Financial System (FS) is...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: SDF54Date: January 31, 1979Author:
Bhatt,Vinayak V.
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