Documents et rapports

Some thoughts on making long-term forecasts for the world economy (anglais)

Countries and international organizations working on longer-range development issues depend on long-term quantitative projections and scenario analysis. Such forecasting has become increasingly challenging...

A vision for development : dialogues on the work of Vinod Thomas (anglais)

This book examines the 35-year career of Vinod Thomas. He spent those 35 years within the World Bank Group in different positions and in different regions. This book is organized in four parts. First...

The quality of growth : A qualidade do crescimento (portugais)

This book is presented in the spirit of continuous inquiry and feedback in framing development thinking. It reaffirms the crucial contribution of market-friendly policies. It also highlights key missing...

The quality of growth : La calidad del crecimiento : resumen (espagnol)

This book is presented in the spirit of continuous inquiry and feedback in framing development thinking. It reaffirms the crucial contribution of market-friendly policies. It also highlights key missing...

The quality of growth (anglais)

This book is presented in the spirit of continuous inquiry and feedback in framing development thinking. It reaffirms the crucial contribution of market-friendly policies. It also highlights key missing...

The quality of growth : The quality of growth : an excerpt (russe)

This book is presented in the spirit of continuous inquiry and feedback in framing development thinking. It reaffirms the crucial contribution of market-friendly policies. It also highlights key missing...

The quality of growth (chinois)

This book is presented in the spirit of continuous inquiry and feedback in framing development thinking. It reaffirms the crucial contribution of market-friendly policies. It also highlights key missing...

Qualité de la croissance (français)

Ce livre s’inscrit dans l’esprit de remise en cause et de vérification continuelles inhérent à toute réflexion sur le développement. Il réaffirme la contribution essentielle des politiques favorables au...

The quality of growth (chinois)

This book is presented in the spirit of continuous inquiry and feedback in framing development thinking. It reaffirms the crucial contribution of market-friendly policies. It also highlights key missing...

Are private capital flows to developing countries sustainable? (anglais)

The remarkable surge in private capital flow to developing countries since 1990 has greatly facilitated their rapid growth, at a time when OECD countries have been in, or passed through, recession. The...

Economic shocks and the global environment (anglais)

Policy formulation in most countries is complicated by the role of the external economic environment, especially during periods of great external shocks. The authors examine how individual countries were...

Long term outlook for the world economy : issues and projections for the 1990s (anglais)

Long term outlook for the world economy : issues and projections for the 1990s (anglais)

The authors argue that, at the broad level of global analysis, there are good reasons to be optimistic about the 1990s. First, there are favorable supply side developments in many of the high income countries...

Highway design and maintenance-personal computer (HDM-PC) : user's guide and PC disks (anglais)

The Highway Design and Maintenance Standards Model (HDM-III), issued in 1987, was developed by the World Bank to meet the needs of the highway community, particularly in developing countries, for evaluating...

Vehicle speeds and operating costs : models for road planning and management (anglais)

Road-user costs are the largest cost elements in road transport. Improvements in road conditions can yet pay substantial dividends by reducing vehicle operating costs. Expressing vehicle operating costs...

The highway design and maintenance standards model (Vol. 2 of 2) : User ' s manual for the HDM-III model (anglais)

This book describes the Highway Design and Maintenance Standards model (HDM-III) and its constituent components and provides a comprehensive discussion of the submodels, their interaction, and the operational...

The highway design and maintenance standards model (Vol. 1 of 2) : Description of the HDM-III model (anglais)

This book describes the Highway Design and Maintenance Standards model (HDM-III) and its constituent components and provides a comprehensive discussion of the submodels, their interaction, and the operational...

Transportation sector bibliography (anglais)

This document is an annotated bibliography of the works produced in the transportation sector of the World Bank up to the end of 1986. It is the first of a series with updates planned for each year. The...