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1989
- 320 Protection facing exports from sub-Saharan Africa in the EC, Japan, and the United States
by Erzan, Refik & Svedberg, Peter
- 319 Would general trade liberalization in developing countries expand South-South trade?
by Erzan, Refik
- 318 Sovereign debt buybacks as a signal of creditworthiness
by Acharya, Sankarshan & Diwan, Ishac
- 317 Price and quality competitiveness of socialist countries'exports
by Drabek, Zdenek & Olechowski, Andrzej
- 316 The macroeconomics of populism in Latin America
by Dornbusch, Rudiger & Edwards, Sebastian
- 314 Primary commodity prices and macroeconomic variables : a long run relationship
by Palaskas, Theodosios & Varangis, Panos
- 313 Environmental management in development : the evolution of paradigms
by Colby, Michael E.
- 312 Improving public enterprise performance : lessons from South Korea
by Shirley, Mary M.
- 311 Macroeconomic performance before and after disinflation in Israel
by Leiderman, Leonardo & Liviatan, Nissan
- 310 A framework for macroeconomic consistency for Zimbabwe
by Khadr, Ali & Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus
- 309 How to improve public sector finances in Honduras
by Baran, Yalcin M.
- 308 Harmonizing tax policies in Central America
by Baran, Yalcin M.
- 307 On the accuracy of economic observations : do Sub-Saharan trade statistics mean anything?
by Yeats, Alexander J.
- 306 A method for macroeconomic consistency in current and constant prices
by Khadr, Ali & Schmidt-Hebbel, Klaus
- 305 World Bank work with nongovernmental organizations
by Salmen, Lawrence F. & Eaves, A. Paige
- 304 The new political economy : positive economics and negative politics
by Grindle,Merilee S.
- 303 Is undernutrition responsive to changes in incomes?
by Ravallion, Martin
- 302 Improving support services for rural schools : a management perspective
by Keith, Sherry
- 301 Myths of the West : lessons from developed countries for development finance
by Mayer, Colin
- 300 How the 1981-83 Chilean banking crisis was handled
by Larrain,Mauricio
- 299 The external effects of public sector deficits
by Rodriguez, Carlos Alfredo
- 298 Evaluating global macroeconomic models : a case study of MULTIMOD
by Jamshidi, Ahmad
- 297 Effects of the multifibre arrangement on developing countries'trade : an empirical investigation
by Erzan, Refik & Goto, Junichi & Holmes, Paula
- 296 How serious is the neglect of intrahousehold inequality ?
by Haddad, Lawrence & Kanbur, Ravi
- 295 Developing country experience in trade reform
by Thomas,Vinod
- 294 Irreversibility, uncertainty, and investment
by Pindyck, Robert
- 293 Central bank losses : origins, conceptual issues, and measurement problems
by Teijeiro, Mario O.
- 292 Is the new political economy relevant to developing countries ?
by Findlay, Ronald
- 291 How can Indonesia maintain creditworthiness and noninflationary growth ?
by Ahmed, Sadiq & Chhibber, Ajay
- 290 Risk - adjusted rates of return for project appraisal
by Dixit, Avinash & Williamson, Amy
- 289 Inflation and seigniorage in Argentina
by Kiguel, Miguel A. & Neumeyer, Pablo Andres
- 288 School effects and costs for private and public schools in the Dominican Republic
by Jimenez, Emmanuel & Lockheed, Marlaine E. & Luna, Ed
- 287 The consistency of government deficits with macroeconomic adjustment : an application to Kenya and Ghana
by Catsambas, Thanos & Pigato, Miria
- 286 Poverty and undernutrition in Indonesia during the 1980s
by Ravallion, Martin & Huppi, Monika
- 284 The role of groups and credit cooperatives in rural lending
by Huppi, Monika & Feder, Gershon
- 283 Experiences of financial distress in Thailand
by Sundaravej, Tipsuda & Trairatvorakul, Prasarn
- 282 EMENA manufactured exports and EEC trade policy
by Balassa, Bela
- 281 Tariff policy and taxation in developing countries
by Balassa, Bela
- 280 Adjustment policies in East Asia
by Balassa, Bela
- 279 What determines the rate of growth and technological change?
by Romer,Paul M
- 278 Inflation and the company tax base : methods to minimize inflation - induced distortions
by Rajaram, Anand
- 277 The effect of formal credit on output and employment in rural India
by Khandker, Shahidur R. & Binswanger, Hans P.
- 276 Improving rural wages in India
by Khandker, Shahidur R.
- 275 Revised estimates and projections of international migration : 1980-2000
by Arnold, Fred
- 273 Population, health and nutrition : FY88 annual sector review
by Population and Human Resources Department
- 272 Women's changing participation in the labor force : a world perspective
by Schultz, T. Paul
- 270 Fuelwood stumpage : financing renewable energy for the world's other half
by Openshaw, Keith & Feinstein, Charles
- 269 Women in development : issues for economic and sector analysis
by Women in Development Division
- 268 Shortcomings in the market for developing country debt
by Wakeman-Linn, John
- 267 Issues in income tax reform in developing countries
by Gray,Cheryl W.
- 266 Policy changes that encourage private business investment in Colombia
by Dailami, Mansoor
- 265 Do African countries pay more for imports ?
by Yeats, Alexander J.
- 264 Two irrigation systems in Colombia : their performance and transfer of management to users'associations
by Plusquellec, Herve
- 263 How has instability in world markets affected agricultural export producers in developing countries?
by Hazell, Peter & Jaramillo, Mauricio & Williamson, Amy
- 262 Adjustment and external shocks in Ireland
by McAleese, Dermot & McCarthy, F. Desmond
- 261 Inflation, external debt, and financial sector reform : a quantitative approach to consistent fiscal policy
by van Wijnbergen, Sweder & Rocha, Robert & Anand, Ritu
- 260 Growth, debt, and sovereign risk in a small, open economy
by Bhandari, Jagdeep S. & Ul Haque, Nadeem & Turnovsky, Stephen J.
- 259 Dealing with debt : the 1930's and the 1980's
by Eichengreen, Barry & Portes, Richard
- 258 Understanding voluntary organizations : guidelines for donors
by Brown, L. David & Korten, David C.
- 257 Growth, external debt and the real exchange rate in Mexico
by van Wijnbergen, Sweder
- 256 Cash debt buybacksand the insurance value of reserves
by van Wijnbergen, Sweder
- 255 The external debt difficulties of low income Africa
by Humphreys, Charles & Underwood, John
- 254 Future financing needs of the highly indebted countries
by Husain, Ishrat & Mitra, Saumya
- 253 Public debt, North and South
by Reisen, Helmut
- 252 Do the secondary markets believe in life after debt?
by Hajivassiliou,Vassilis A.
- 251 Patents, appropriate technology, and North-South trade
by Diwan, Ishac & Rodrik, Dani
- 250 The Baker Plan : progress, shortcomings, and future
by Cline, William R.
- 249 The determinants of hospital costs : an analysis of Ethiopia
by Bitran-Dicowsky, Ricardo & Dunlop, David W.
- 248 Private investment, government policy, and foreign capital in Zimbabwe
by Dailami, Mansoor & Walton, Michael
- 247 Macroeconomic policies for structural adjustment
by Rodriguez, Carlos Alfredo
- 246 Causes of adult deaths in developing countries : a review of data and methods
by Hayes, Richard & Mertens, Thierry & Lockett, Geraldine & Rodrigues, Laura
- 245 Developing a partnership of indigenous peoples, conservationists, and land use planners in Latin America
by Poole, Peter
- 244 Do Caribbean exporters pay higher freight costs?
by Yeats, Alexander J.
- 243 Kuwait - Averting financial crisis
by Al-Sultan, Fawzi H.
- 242 A multi level model of school effectiveness in a developing country
by Lockheed, Marlaine E. & Longford, Nicholas T.
- 241 The effect of job training on Peruvian women's employment and wages
by Arriagada, Ana-Maria
- 240 The public role in private post-secondary education : a review of issues and options
by Blomqvist, Ake & Jimenez, Emmanuel
- 239 The choice between unilateral and multilateral trade liberalization strategies
by Nogues, Julio
- 238 The distributional consequences of a tax reform on a VAT for Pakistan
by Ahmad, Ehtisham & Ludlow, Stephen
- 237 The curricular content of primary education in developing countries
by Benavot, Aaron & Kamens, David
- 236 Education and earnings in Peru's informal nonfarm family enterprises
by Moock, Peter & Musgrove, Philip & Stelcner, Morton
- 235 Borrowing, resource transfers, and external shocks to developing countries : historical and counterfactual
by Webb, Steven B. & Zia, Heidi S.
- 234 A consistency framework for macroeconomic analysis
by Easterly, William
- 233 Public enterprise reform in adjustment lending
by Nellis, John
- 232 Women and food security in Kenya
by Horenstein, Nadine R.
- 231 The World Bank revised minimum standard model (RMSM) : concepts and issues
by Addison, Doug
- 230 Unemployment, migration, and wages in Turkey 1962-85
by Hansen, Bent
- 229 The effect of demographic changes on saving for life cycle motives in developing countries
by Webb, Steven B. & Zia, Heidi S.
- 228 Recent economic performance of developing countries
by Lynn, Robert & McCarthy, F. Desmond
- 227 Institutional reforms in sector adjustment operations : the World Bank's experience
by Paul, Samuel
- 226 Inflation and the costs of stabilization : country experiences, conceptual issues, and policy lessons
by Solimano, Andres
- 225 Targeting assistance to the poor using household survey data
by Glewwe, Paul & Kanaan, Oussama
- 224 The economics of the government budget constraint
by Fischer, Stanley
- 223 Overvalued and undervalued exchange rates in an equilibrium optimizing model
by Lizondo, Jose Saul
- 222 The labor market and economic stabilization inZambia
by Colclough, Christopher
- 221 How does uncertainty about the real exchange rate affect exports?
by Caballero, Ricardo J. & Corbo, Vittorio
- 220 Building capacity for policy analysis
by Paul, Samuel & Steedman, David & Sutton, Francis X.
- 219 Rural credit in developing countries
by Braverman, Avishay & Guasch, J. Luis
- 218 Public finance, trade, and development : the Chilean experience
by Corbo, Vittorio
- 216 Price and quality effects of VERs - revisited : a case study of Korean footwear exports
by De Melo, Jaime & Winters, L. Alan
- 215 Adjustment and income distribution : a counterfactual analysis
by Bourguinon, Francois & Branson, William H. & De Melo, Jaime
- 214 Adjustment and the labor market
by Fallon, Peter R. & Riveros, Luis A.
- 213 Conditionality and debt relief
by Claessens, Stijn & Diwan, Ishac
- 212 How private investment reacts to changing macroeconomic conditions : the case of Chile in the 1980s
by Solimano, Andres
- 211 Coffee pricing policies in the Dominican Republic
by Varangis, Panos
- 210 Notes on cash - flow taxation
by Gordon, Roger H.
- 209 Can the industrial countries return to rapid growth?
by International Economics Department
- 208 Effective primary level science teaching in the Philippines
by Lockheed, Marlaine E. & Fonacier, Josefina & Bianchi, Leonard J.
- 207 Occupational training among Peruvian men : does it make a difference?
by Arriagada, Ana-Maria
- 206 The effects of single-sex schooling on student achievement and attitudes in Nigeria
by Lee, Valerie E. & Lockheed, Marlaine E.
- 205 What determines national savings? : a case study of Korea and the Philippines
by Nam, Sang-Woo
- 204 The impact of labor costs on manufactured exports in developing countries : an econometric analysis
by Riveros, Luis A.
- 203 Optimal commodity taxes under rationing
by Kakwani, Nanak & Ray, Ranjan
- 202 Financial policies, growth, and efficiency
by Gelb, Alan H.
- 201 How much fiscal adjustment is enough? The case of Colombia
by Easterly, William R.
- 200 Women and development : objectives, frameworks, and policy interventions
by Schultz, T. Paul
- 199 Assessment of the private sector : a case study and its methodological implications
by Paul, Samuel
- 198 Equity in unequal deductions : implications of income tax rules in Ghana and Nigeria
by Leechor, Chad & Warner, Robert
- 197 Differentiating cyclical and long-term income elasticities of import demand
by Clavijo, Fernando & Faini, Riccardo
- 196 A review of alternative debt strategies
by Versluysen, Eugene L.
- 195 How has the debt crisis affected commercial banks?
by Huizinga, Harry
- 194 Efficient debt reduction
by Sachs, Jeffrey
- 193 Voluntary and involuntary lending : a test of major hypotheses
by Nunnenkamp, Peter
- 192 Inflation, price controls, and fiscal adjustment in Zimbabwe
by Chhibber, Ajay & Cottani, Joaquin & Firuzabadi, Reza & Walton, Michael
- 191 Openness, outward orientation, trade liberalization, and economic performance in developing countries
by Edwards, Sebastian
- 190 Macro performance under adjustment lending
by Faini, Riccardo & De Melo, Jaime & Senhadji-Semlali, Abdel & Stanton, Julie
- 189 The treatment of companies under cash flow taxes : some administrative, transitional, and international issues
by Sunley, Emil M.
- 188 International differences in wage and nonwage labor costs
by Riveros, Luis A.
- 187 Linking wages to changing output prices : an empirical study of 13 industrial countries
by Prywes, Menahem
- 186 The Uruguay negotiations on subsidies and countervailing measures : past and future constraints
by Messerlin, Patrick A.
- 185 Uniform trade taxes, devaluation, and the real exchange rate : a theoretical analysis
by O'Connell, Stephen A.
- 184 Women and forestry : operational issues
by Molnar, Augusta & Schreiber, Gotz
- 183 Private investment in Mexico : an empirical analysis
by Musalem, Alberto R.
- 182 Latin America's experience with export subsidies
by Nogues, Julio
- 181 Public finance, trade, and development : what have we learned?
by Linn, Johannes F. & Wetzel, Deborah L.
- 180 Structural changes in metals consumption
by Choe, Boum-Jong
- 179 Public sector pricing in a fiscal context
by Heady, Christopher
- 178 Tax holidays and investments
by Mintz, Jack M.
- 177 Cash flow or income? : the choice of base for company taxation
by Mintz, Jack M. & Seade, Jesus
- 176 Credit rationing, tenancy, productivity, and the dynamics of inequality
by Braverman, Avishay & Stiglitz, Joseph E.
- 175 An integrated model of perennial and annual crop production for Sub-Saharan countries
by Weaver, Robert D.
- 174 Trade restrictions with imported intermediate inputs : when does the trade balance improve?
by Lopez, Ramon & Rodrik, Dani
- 173 Hospital management staffing and training issues
by Frenk, Julio & Ruelas, Enrique & Donabedian, Avedis
- 172 The effects of Peru's push to improve education
by King, Elizabeth M. & Bellew, Rosemary T.
- 171 The cost-effectiveness of national training systems in developing countries
by Dougherty, Christopher
- 170 General training under asymmetric information
by Katz, Eliakim & Ziderman, Adrian
- 169 Financial sector reforms in adjustment programs
by Gelb, Alan & Honahan, Patrick
- 168 Technological change from inside : a review of breakthroughs
by Mody, Ashok
- 167 Do price increases for staple foods help or hurt the rural poor?
by Ravallion, Martin
- 166 Achieving and sustaining universal primary education : international experience relevant to India
by Colletta, Nat J. & Sutton, Margaret
- 165 Shifting patterns of comparative advantage : manufactured exports in developing countries
by Yeats,Alexander James
- 164 Intersectoral financial flows in developing countries
by Honohan, Patrick & Atiyas, Izak
- 163 How infrastructure and financial institutions affect agricultural output and investment in India
by Binswanger, Hans P. & Khandker, Shahidur R & Rosenzweig, Mark R.
- 162 Inflation in Argentina : stop and go since the Austral plan
by Kiguel, Miguel A.
- 161 Commodity indexed debt in international lending
by Besley, Timothy & Powell, Andrew
- 160 Evaluating the performance of public enterprises in Pakistan
by Shirley, Mary M.
- 159 Current international gas trades and prices
by McKeough, Kay
- 158 Labor redundancy in the transport sector
by Galenson, Alice
- 157 A policy model for Tunisia with real and financial flows
by de Melo, Martha & Leduc, Marc & Razmara, Setareh
- 156 Credit cooperatives in Israeli agriculture
by Kislev, Yoav & Lerman, Zvi & Zusman, Pinhas
- 155 Measuring adult mortality in developing countries : a review and assessment of methods
by Timaeus, Ian & Graham, Wendy
- 154 Forecasting, uncertainty, and public project appraisal
by Anderson, J.R.
- 153 An analysis of debt-reduction schemes initiated by debtor countries
by Diwan, Ishac & Claessens, Stijn
- 152 Subsidies and countervailing measures : economic considerations
by Balassa, Bela
- 151 U.S. trade policy towards developing countries
by Balassa, Bela
- 150 Improving the currency composition of external debt : applications in Indonesia and Turkey
by Kroner, Ken & Claessens, Stijn
- 149 Reflections on perestroyka and the foreign economic ties of the USSR
by Balassa, Bela
- 148 Impact of the International Coffee Agreement's export quota system on the World's coffee market
by Akiyama, Takamasa & Varangis, Panayotis
- 147 The private sector's response to financial liberalization in Turkey : 1980-82
by Atiyas, Izak
- 146 Exchange rate based disinflation, wage rigidity, and capital inflows : tradeoffs for Chile, 1977-81
by Condon, Timothy & Corbo, Vittorio & De Melo, Jaime
- 145 Revenue raising taxes : general equilibrium evaluation of alternative taxation in U.S. petroleum industries
by de Melo, Jaime & Stanton, Julie & Tarr, David
- 144 Product differentiation and foreign trade in CGE models of small economies
by de Melo, Jaime & Robinson, Sherman
- 143 Decentralization in education : an economic perspective
by Winkler, Donald R.
- 142 Vocational secondary schooling in Israel : a study of labor market outcomes
by Ziderman, Adrian
- 141 Payroll taxes for financing training in developing countries
by Ziderman, Adrian
- 140 Building educational evaluation capacity in developing countries
by Middleton, John & Terry, James & Bloch, Deborah
- 139 A conceptual framework for adjustment policies
by Balassa, Bela
- 138 Fiscal adjustment and deficit financing during the debt crisis
by Easterly, William R.
- 135 P.P.R working papers : catalog of numbers 1to 200
by Policy Research Dissemination Center
- 134 International trade in financial services
by Sagari, Silvia B.
- 112 A visual overview of world oil markets
by McKeogh, Kay & Escay, Jose & Sem, Sompheap
- 111 Recent World Bank activities in energy
by Industry and Energy Department
- 110 Impact of lower oil prices on renewable energy technologies
by Terrado, Ernesto & Mendis, Matthew & Fitzgerald, Kevin
- 109 Improving power system efficiency in developing countries through performance contracting
by Yates, Philip
- 108 How to collect data on household energy consumption
by Leitmann, Josef
- 107 A review of World Bank lending for electric power
by Munasinghe, Mohan & Gilling, Joseph & Mason, Melody
- 106 Energy issues in the developing world
by Munasinghe, Mohan & Saunders, Robert J.
- 56 The effects of interest rates on savings in developing countries
by Balassa, Bela
- 55 Financial liberalization in developing countries
by Balassa, Bela
- 54 Bank restructuring in Malaysia : 1985-88
by Sheng, Andrew
- 53 Venture capital and entrepreneurial development
by Ibanez, Fernan
- 52 Financial innovation and credit market development
by Bhatt, V. V.
- 51 On participating in the international capital market
by Bhatt, V. V.
- 50 Fiscal policy and stabilization in Brazil
by Martone, Celso Luiz
- 49 Public sector pricing policies : a review of Bank policy and practice
by Julius, DeAnne & Alicbusan, Adelaida P.
- 48 Do taxes matter? A review of the effect of taxation on economic behavior and output
by Skinner, Jonathan
- 47 Considerations for the development of tax policy when capital is internationally mobile
by Conrad, Robert F.
- 46 The management of public expenditures : an evolving Bank approach
by Lacey, Robert