Available data suggest that more than 700 million people in the developing world lack the food necessary for an active and healthy life. The problem of food security is not caused by an insufficient s...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 9275Fecha: 1 de julio de 1986
This is the ninth in an annual series assessing development issues. The world economy is entering its fourth year of growth since the recession of 1982. Yet the recovery is hesitant with many developi...
Tipo: World Development ReportInforme#: PUB6134Fecha: 1 de julio de 1986Autor:
Bertrand,Trent J. ;
Chhibber,Ajay ;
Gardner,Bruce L. ;
Kalantzopoulos,Orsalia ;
Knudsen,Odin K. ;
Mitchell,Donald O. ;
Ray,Anandarup ;
Walters,Alan A. ;
Wilton,John ;
Winters,L. Alan
This paper compares the characteristics and costs of the main types of urban transit systems, including buses, trains, light rail, rapid rail and suburban rail systems. As well as covering the examina...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: WTP52Fecha: 31 de mayo de 1986Autor:
Armstrong-Wright,Alan T.
Ecuador's population, health and nutrition status showed improvement during the 1970's and early 1980's. However, it has recently worsened during the recent economic recession which led to fewer avail...
Tipo: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportInforme#: 6078Fecha: 16 de mayo de 1986
This is the first book to deal exclusively with the management of development banks, their specific problems, and various ways of addressing them. The book comprises eight sections, each dealing with ...
Tipo: Working PaperInforme#: 10188Fecha: 1 de mayo de 1986Autor:
DIAMOND, WILLIAM ;
Raghavan, V. S. [editors]
Concessional flows is a synonym for official development assistance (ODA). Economic aid of this kind goes from developed to developing countries either directly, that is, bilaterally, or through inter...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: DEV7Fecha: 1 de abril de 1986
This paper maintains that there have been relatively few rigorous studies of the considerable investment efficiency and increasing undertaken in training in employment in developing countries. This pa...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: EDT245Fecha: 1 de abril de 1986Autor:
Jiminez, Emmanuel ;
Kugler,Bernardo ;
Horn,Robin Scott
Secondary schools that offer prevocational courses in conjunction with traditional ones have flourished over the past decade in many developing countries. In fact, interest in these "diversified" scho...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 11183Fecha: 1 de abril de 1986Autor:
Psacharopoulos,George ;
Loxley, William
Although sub - Saharan Africa has seen welcome signs of relief this year in natural and economic trends, it must continue efforts in structural adjustment in various sectors to check the economic decl...
Tipo: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportInforme#: 6082Fecha: 1 de febrero de 1986
The 'pioneers in development' are those whose articles, reports, and books came to dominate thinking about economic development in the late 1940s and 1950s. They shaped the subject by introducing conc...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 9948Fecha: 1 de enero de 1986Autor:
Meier,Gerald M. ;
Seers, Dudley
The paper provides information and an analytical framework for use in designing livestock sector development strategies in Latin America. The focus is on economic policy. Topics treated include livest...
Tipo: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Informe#: AGP123Fecha: 1 de enero de 1986Autor:
Jarvis,Lovell S.
In the early 1980s, Colombia's economic performance slowed. During 1983-84, when this study was completed, Colombia's external accounts were facing significant difficulties. Faced with growing balance...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: 13372Fecha: 1 de enero de 1986Autor:
Thomas,Vinod
The main energy issues in Ecuador concern petroleum exploration, development of existing oil fields, the role of the State Petroleum Corporation (CEPE), inadequate energy pricing, and the power sub-se...
Tipo: Pre-2003 Economic or Sector ReportInforme#: 5865Fecha: 31 de diciembre de 1985
This report analyzes the causes of Ecuador's 1982 recession and recommends policies which would encourage a recovery and accelerate growth thereafter. Ecuador may encounter a domestic savings constrai...
Tipo: PublicationInforme#: PUB5094Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 1985
This speech titled Poverty in the Developing Countries 1985 was delivered by A.W. Clausen, President of the World Bank and International Finance Corporation, at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center in ...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 55813Fecha: 1 de noviembre de 1985Autor:
Clausen,A. W.
This speech by A.W. Clausen, President of the World Bank and International Finance Corporation, was given to the Board of Governors during the Annual Meetings on October 8, 1985 in Seoul, Korea. In hi...
Tipo: President's SpeechInforme#: 55815Fecha: 8 de octubre de 1985Autor:
Clausen,A. W.
A joint UNDP/World Bank Energy Assessment report analyzed Paraguay's main energy issues which concern the formulation of a long-term strategy for expanding electricity utilization, high petroleum supp...
Tipo: ESMAP PaperInforme#: ESM43Fecha: 30 de septiembre de 1985
ICSID Membership has been enhanced by the accession of one new member, Portugal. This has brought the membership of ICSID to 87 States. Two new cases were submitted to ICSID arbitration. In addition, ...
Tipo: World Bank Annual ReportInforme#: 177670Fecha: 6 de septiembre de 1985Autor:
World Bank
The most significant issues for the energy sector in Peru are: (a) steadily declining petroleum reserves; (b) major uncertainties about the size, classification and deliverability of natural gas; (c) ...
Tipo: ESMAP PaperInforme#: ESM40Fecha: 31 de agosto de 1985
This is a publication summary of the eighth in an annual series assessing development issues. This year WDR focuses on the contribution that international capital makes to economic development. While ...
Tipo: Annual ReportInforme#: 35219Fecha: 3 de julio de 1985
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