The view that a liberal trade regime promotes economic growth and efficiency has won wide acceptance in recent years. The reason is simple. Many developing countries - for a variety of reasons, and in...
For 40 years the World Bank has been assisting Brazil in its development efforts. In the 1950s and 1960s most of the Bank's loans were for energy, transport, and heavy industry, helping to undergird a...
For 40 years the World Bank has been assisting Brazil in its development efforts. In the 1950s and 1960s most of the Bank's loans were for energy, transport, and heavy industry, helping to undergird a...
This paper discusses the adjustment measures that middle-income highly indebted countries must undertake to resume growth. It briefly discusses measures undertaken by the countries in the recent past and...
Many developing countries have attempted to promote industrial growth using the discretionary powers of the state, with significant curbs on the private sector. This paper, using the experience of several...
This report introduces a new series of research publications, the planning of investment programs, by outlining a systematic approach of sectorwide investment analysis, placing special emphasis on complications...
Ce rapport présente une nouvelle série de publications de recherches sur la planification de programmes d’investissement, en présentant une approche systématique d’analyse sectorielle des investissements...
The report is an application of the Revised Draft of "Economic Analysis of Projects" (June, 1974) to Tanzania. It is not intended to be a comprehensive manual on how to perform cost-benefit analysis, but...