This paper examines the recent emergence of the new protectionism, evaluates the measures applied, and makes policy recommendations for both developed and developing countries. Section I of the paper considers...
Type: Staff Working PaperReport#: SWP282Date: May 31, 1978Author:
BALASSA, B.
This paper reviews the Bank's approach concerning the use of "distribution" weights in the social analysis of projects and compares it with a "basic needs" approach. It discusses the circumstances under...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN323Date: May 31, 1978Author:
Ray,Anandarup
The enormous expansion in the number of aviation passengers and vast technological development in aircraft design necessitate analysis of those factors involved in airport planning. Investment decisions...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP80Date: May 31, 1978Author:
WALTERS, A.
The objective of this study is to review and analyze agricultural prices and subsidies policies and their effect on the production performance in Portugal. Pricing policy includes a wide range of measures,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP6Date: May 31, 1978Author:
Kim, Hyung
Mathematical projections for steel consumption in 1978 through 1985 are offered for the United States, Japan, the European communities, other developed countries, developing countries, and centrally planned...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CMN4Date: May 31, 1978Author:
Hashimoto,Hideo
The short-term outlook for copper prices is examined. A marginal increase is predicted, the degree of increase being dependent upon the rate at which world industrial production and consumer demand for...
Type: Departmental Working PaperReport#: CMN3Date: May 31, 1978Author:
Thiebach, Gerhard ;
Helterline, Ray
There are two crucial dimensions to the food problem of developing countries. The first is a serious malnutrition problem characterized by chronic or acute starvation of the poorest groups who suffer from...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN95Date: May 31, 1978
A case study of the management and promotion processes involved in the manufacture of Swaraj tractors in India reveals the extremely complex nature of decision making related to publicly controlled enterprises....
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP96Date: May 31, 1978Author:
Bhatt,Vinayak V.
This news release, dated May 26, 1978, announces smallholder farmers in the Punjab province of Pakistan will have access to an extension service appropriate to their conditions as a result of an agricultural...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156544Date: May 26, 1978
This news release, dated May 25, 1978, announces the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s affiliate for concessional lending approved a 5.8 million dollars credit to help finance...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156517Date: May 25, 1978
This news release, dated May 22, 1978, announces the International Development Association (IDA) approved a 15 million dollars credit to help finance a transport project in Haiti to benefit about 900,000...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156476Date: May 22, 1978
This news release, dated May 15, 1978, announces a project to improve the maintenance of Zambia’s road network will be assisted by a loan and a credit totaling 22.5 million dollars from the World Bank...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156466Date: May 15, 1978
Egypt is a vast country, but some 95 percent of it is desert; virtually the entire population is concentrated along the Nile, an area of only approximately 15,000 sq. miles. In addition, Egypt has been...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 1815Date: May 8, 1978
This news release, dated May 1, 1978, announces the International Development Association (IDA), an affiliate of the World Bank, approved of a credit of 11.5 million dollars to help finance its Third Highway...
Type: AnnouncementReport#: 156419Date: May 1, 1978
The 1970s have witnessed significant changes in the trade policies and strategies of many LDCs. In the 1950s and 1960s most of them adhered to policies of import substitution behind highly restrictive...
Type: PublicationReport#: UNN196Date: May 1, 1978Author:
Krueger,Anne O.
The objective of this study is to review and analyze agricultural prices and subsidies policies and their effect on the production performance in Portugal. Pricing policy includes a wide range of measures,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: AGP6Date: May 1, 1978Author:
Kim, Hyung
This Bank notes newsletter includes some of the following headings: group formed to seek help for G-iv children; Bank missions in Somalia review needs and possibilities to increase food production; a common...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 64250Date: May 1, 1978Author:
Bura,Gaile I. ;
Fawcett,Katie L.
Three reports on social security investment policies and resources allocation are presented. The study of Malaysia's contractual savings institutions indicate that they do not adversely affect aggregate...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: REP144Date: April 30, 1978Author:
SATO, K. ;
SHOME, P.
The purpose of this review is to: (a) provide a general overview of ongoing and proposed transport development; (b) identify major unmet transport needs, gaps in preinvestment work, and prospects for improving...
Type: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportReport#: 2004Date: April 30, 1978
This paper presents a proposed methodology for assessing socio-economic elements in rural development projects. In the 1970s, the composition of the Bank's lending program for the agricultural sector had...
Type: Working PaperReport#: UNN130Date: April 30, 1978Author:
Sfeir-Younis, A. ;
Sobhan, I. ;
AGR
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