Documents et rapports
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On the quantity and quality of knowledge - the impact of openness and foreign research and development on North-North and North-South technology spillovers (anglais)
Knowledge accumulation means either new knowledge (an increase in its quality), greater access to existing knowledge (an increase in its quantity), or both. The authors examine the relative contribution...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3190 Date du document: 1 janvier 2004 Auteur: Schiff, Maurice, Wang, Yanling
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Agriculture and the macroeconomy (anglais)
Based on an economy-wide perspective, this paper begins with a discussion of the bias against exports and agriculture that characterized the economic literature and the development strategies in many developing...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1967 Date du document: 31 août 1998 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Schiff, Maurice,Valdes, Alberto
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Regional groupings among microstates (anglais)
Forming a regional grouping with neighboring nations may be one way for microstates to overcome a major problem: Because of their weak bargaining power and high fixed costs of negotiation, microstates...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1922 Date du document: 31 mai 1998 Auteur: Andriamananjara, Soamiely,Schiff, Maurice
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Outsiders and regional trade agreements among small countries : the case of regional markets (anglais)
Standard theory says that a country's welfare is unaffected by being excluded from a small regional trade agreement. But for most products, "small" countries and regional trade agreements do have some...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1847 Date du document: 30 novembre 1997 Auteur: Gupta, Anju,Schiff, Maurice
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Regional integration as diplomacy (anglais)
Regional integration agreements (RIAs) are examples of second best and have an ambiguous impact on welfare, contend the authors. They build a model in which RIAs unambiguously raise welfare by correcting...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS1801 Date du document: 31 août 1997 Auteur: Schiff, Maurice,Winters, L. Alan
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The political economy of agricultural pricing policy : volume 4 - a synthesis of the economics in developing countries (anglais)
The core of this study is an in-depth analysis of the economic effects of agricultural economic interventions in eighteen developing countries during the period from 1960 to 1985. The theoretical approach...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 11260 Date du document: 30 septembre 1992 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Schiff, Maurice,Valdes, Alberto
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Asia - The political economy of agricultural pricing policy : volume 2 (anglais)
This report summarizes the results of an agricultural study in Asia. The project employed a common analytical framework and entailed close collaboration between the investigators and the project's three...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 9698 Date du document: 30 juin 1991 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Krueger, Anne O.,Schiff, Maurice,Valdes, Alberto
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Latin America - The political economy of agricultural pricing policy : volume 1 (anglais)
This report summarizes the results of an agricultural study in Latin America. The project employed a common analytical framework and entailed close collaboration between the investigators and the project's...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 9697 Date du document: 30 juin 1991 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Krueger, Anne O.,Schiff, Maurice,Valdes, Alberto
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The link between poverty and malnutrition : a household theoretic approach (anglais)
Past studies have identified nutrition exclusively with nutrient intake. A better definition of nutrition would critically affect the link between poverty and malnutrition and would affect the implications...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS536 Date du document: 30 novembre 1990 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Schiff, Maurice,Valdes, Alberto
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Commodity exports and real income in Africa (anglais)
It has been argued that if several developing countries expand exports, they are likely to experience a decline in their terms of trade, export revenues, and real incomes. The general case for this export...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS537 Date du document: 30 novembre 1990 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Panagariya, Arvind,Schiff, Maurice
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Latin America - The political economy of agricultural pricing policy : volume 1 : Economia politica de las intervenciones de precios agricolas en America Latina (espagnol)
This report summarizes the results of an agricultural study in Latin America. The project employed a common analytical framework and entailed close collaboration between the investigators and the project's...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 9697 Date du document: 1 janvier 1990 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Krueger, Anne O.,Schiff, Maurice,Valdes, Alberto
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Agricultural incentives in developing countries : measuring the effect of sectoral and economywide policies (anglais)
The impact of sector-specific (direct) and economywide (indirect) policies on agricultural incentives for 18 developing countries for the period 1975-84 are estimated. The direct effect is measured by...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: 8745 Date du document: 30 septembre 1988 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Krueger, Anne O.,Schiff, Maurice,Valdes, Alberto