The world cashew market is analyzed, and future production and pricing is projected. Cashew nut prices will fluctuate considerably around the long-term trend. This implies that in the short run cashew...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CMN5Date: June 30, 1978Author:
Brook, Ezriel ;
Nowicki, Danuta
The standards of reliability of electricity supply have hitherto been determined on a rule-of-thumb basis. The heavy investments in electric power and the scarcity of capital in developing countries suggest...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP285Date: June 30, 1978Author:
MUNASINGHE, M.
In many developing countries, labor is an abundant resource which remains largely untapped, often with serious political consequences. The type of labor is available is unskilled or marginally skilled,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN319Date: June 30, 1978
The world cotton market is analyzed in order to project future levels of cotton demand, supply, and prices. The growth in cotton consumption is constrained by competition with manmade fibers. Competition...
Type: Commodity Working PaperReport#: SCP2Date: June 30, 1978Author:
Thigpen, M. Elton ;
Yang,Maw-Cheng
The purpose of this study is to analyze the incremental costs of generating, transmitting and distributing electricity in Kenya. It measures these costs at different places, times and voltage levels to...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: PUN38Date: June 30, 1978Author:
Bates,Robin W.
This paper reports the results of the research program carried out by the World Bank to identify and measure the effects of Singapore's Area License Scheme on the transport system in particular and the...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP281Date: June 30, 1978Author:
Watson,Elizabeth P. ;
HOLLAND, E.
Urban transportation in Bogota, Colombia is examined, including the institutional framework, the role of the private sector, and the actual operation of the transport system. From 1971-1975, division of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: URR7907Date: June 30, 1978Author:
Cifuentes, J.
The nature of economic rent is examined and its incidence in bauxite, copper, iron ore, phosphate rock, tin, and petroleum is estimated. The total economic rent, based on quality, ease of mining, and location...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP124Date: June 30, 1978Author:
HUGHES, H. ;
SINGH, S.
Data documentation for the City Study Research Project is presented. The main objective of the study is to develop economic tools for estimating the economic and spatial impacts of policy interventions...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: URR7906Date: June 30, 1978Author:
Valverde,M.
Demand equations to project the demand for primary energy in non-OPEC developing countries are presented. The equations are based on energy demand functions estimated from historical data of 35 sample...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CMN7Date: June 30, 1978Author:
Choe,Boum Jong
The financial structure in Kenya is fairly well developed and has the necessary institutional and functional diversity to play a significant role in ensuring full employment and a minimum level of living...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: SDF70Date: June 30, 1978Author:
Bhatt,Vinayak V. ;
Nankani, G. ;
Saito, K. ;
Development EconomicsDepartment (DED)
This press release announces The International Finance Corporation (IFC), an affiliate of the World Bank, investing in a new soap factory in southern Tanzania on June 28, 1978, that will alleviate shortages...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 148924Date: June 28, 1978
Turkish agriculture has considerable potential for development, but the government's development strategy has leaned heavily toward industrial development. Considerable increases in agricultural growth...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 1684Date: June 23, 1978
Turkish agriculture has considerable potential for development, but the government's development strategy has leaned heavily toward industrial development. Considerable increases in agricultural growth...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 1684Date: June 23, 1978
This news release, dated June 12, 1978, announces a national dairy development project to increase India’s milk production and rural incomes through cooperatives covering about 3.5 million subsistence...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156685Date: June 12, 1978
This news release, dated June 12, 1978, announces the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s affiliate for concessional lending to the poorest among the developing countries, is...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156687Date: June 12, 1978
This news release, dated June 5, 1978, announces the International Development Association (IDA), an affiliate of the World Bank, approved two credits totaling 25.5 million dollars to help finance tree...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156550Date: June 5, 1978
The impact of uncertainty on decisions made by risk averse farmers regarding pesticide use and the way it affects reactions to various changes were investigated. A pesticide crop model is presented to...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: DRD27Date: June 1, 1978Author:
Feder,Gershon
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