Documents et rapports
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Demand functions of manufactured exports : a comparative study for LDCs (anglais)
The purpose of this paper is to estimate export demand functions and provide estimates of price and income elasticities for a wide set of countries. Special attention was paid to the impact of the hypothesis...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8707 Date du document: 30 juin 1987 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Clavijo,Fernando,Senhadji-Semlali,Abdel
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On the trade off between food and non food agricultural production in the developing countries and aspects of food sufficiency policy (anglais)
Recent analyses of agricultural performance in the developing countries question the appropriateness of nonfood (for export) crop promotion as a development strategy by arguing that such a strategy leads...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8706 Date du document: 30 juin 1987 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Agbonyitor,Alberto D. K.
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Import demand elasticities : estimates and determinants (anglais)
In the formulation of trade policy, an accurate knowledge of the responses of imports and exports to income, relative price and policy changes is important. Therefore, the specification, econometric estimation...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8704 Date du document: 28 février 1987 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Pritchett,Lant Hayward
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Exchange rate movements, prices and inflation in the Nigerian economy : a macroeconomic analysis (anglais)
The Nigerian economy has been in a recession since 1981. In 1986, after four years of economic stagnation and debate on foreign exchange policy, the government instituted an auction system for the determination...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8703 Date du document: 28 février 1987 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Obidegwu,Chukwuma F.
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The contribution of agriculture to economic growth : some empirical evidence (anglais)
This paper undertakes a statistical analysis of the significance of the contribution of agriculture to economic growth by use of cross section data. The major finding of the paper is that agriculture growth...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8701 Date du document: 31 janvier 1987 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hwa,Erh-Cheng
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Import demand and non tariff barriers : an application to Morocco (anglais)
The pervasive presence of quantitative restrictions on imports in developing countries makes the prediction of import response following trade liberalization a particularly arduous task. Historically...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8702 Date du document: 31 janvier 1987 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bertola, Guiseppe,Faini,Riccardo
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A medium term macroeconomic framework of adjustment with growth (anglais)
This paper develops a medium-term macroeconomic framework for assessing the impact of structural adjustment policies on the economic performance of developing countries. The salient feature of this analytical...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8705 Date du document: 1 janvier 1987 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Hwa,Erh-Cheng
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Stabilization and liberalization policies in Colombia : prospective simulations, 1985-90 (anglais)
Over the decades of the sixties and seventies, Colombia achieved impressive economic growth. However, since the beginning of this decade, the country's growth has slackened and balance of payments have...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8709 Date du document: 1 janvier 1987 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cherif, M,Hwa,Erh-Cheng
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On import substitution, quality uncertainty and development policy (anglais)
This paper relates the consumer bias towards foreign goods in developing countries to the quality reputation of locally produced goods. It argues that consumers may be perceived to be discriminating if...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8605 Date du document: 31 décembre 1986 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Agbonyitor,Alberto D. K.
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Import elasticities of African countries : some empirical evidence (anglais)
This paper investigates import behavior in selected Sub-Saharan countries. Using time series data, estimates are made of disaggregated import elasticities. The results of which suggest systematic patterns...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8604 Date du document: 30 novembre 1986 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Agbonyitor,Alberto D. K.
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Exchange rates : concepts and measurement issues (anglais)
Divided into five sections, this paper surveys the main issues related to the definition and the empirical computation of an index of the real exchange rate. Section I presents a brief survey of the different...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8603 Date du document: 30 septembre 1986 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Faini,Riccardo
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The medium-term relationship between performance indicators and policy : a cross section approach (anglais)
Providing a framework for evaluating the adequacy of policy measures taken to improve medium-term economic performance ranks high on the agenda for policy research in the development area. This paper explores...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8602 Date du document: 31 mai 1986 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Genberg,Anders Hans O.,Swoboda, Alexander K
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Determinants of private investment in LDCs : the case of Colombia (anglais)
This paper aims at identifying the economic indicators involved in the process of determining the speed of adjustment of actual private investment to notional demand. We test the statistical significance...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8601 Date du document: 28 février 1986 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cheriff, M'hamed,Montes, Carlos
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Comparative analysis of WDR IV : country projections (anglais)
The main objective of this paper is to analyze the WDR IV country economic projections and compare them to the historical performance of the sample countries. The analysis focuses on the differences in...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: DWA8102 Date du document: 30 septembre 1981 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: OBIDEGWU, C.,EPDCA