The paper analyzes industrialization experience in sub - Saharan Africa in the last three decades. Focusing on ten key countries, it draws conclusions about the impact of the initial conditions, the external...
Ghana is often cited as an African country that has undertaken major macroeconomic reforms with generally positive results for economic growth. Within Ghana's industrial sector, the effects of structural...
The paper addresses the principal issues generally associated with small-scale mining (SSM) in less developed economies and summarizes constraints and barriers that adversely affect SSM establishment and...
The primary objective of this two-part guideline is to encourage the demand for, and to advise on the generation and use of explicit accurate and timely financial information in Development Finance Institutions...
Management effectiveness is widely recognized as a critical factor in determining the performance of enterprises. The management contract offers a vehicle by which an integrated package of management skills...
Nitrogen is an important raw material for the chemical and fertilizer industries. Almost all nitrogen products are derived from ammonia, and about 85 percent goes to fertilizer use. This report examines...
This paper provides information on a variety of credit guarantee schemes in 27 developed and developing countries. Some of the schemes have been in operation for 40 to 50 years, while others have been...
High interest rates have become a global concern in both the industrialized and developing countries. In some developing countries they have reached real levels far above even the unprecedented rates prevailing...
The main purpose of this study is to identify the factors, separate and apart from ownership, which influence the performance of public industrial enterprises. Based on a review of performance of state-owned...
This paper analyzes the results of 10 completed small-scale industry projects approved between 1975-80 in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Colombia, Jamaica, Mexico, Morocco, Philippines, Portugal and Sri Lanka...
Recently there has been an upsurge of interest in programs to increase financial savings mobilization in developing countries, especially in the form of deposits held by non-wealthy and rural households...
The development policy concept of governmental raising of interest rates to positive levels as a means of influencing financial sector performance is reviewed and questioned here in light of the experience...
The paper examines some deep rooted changes which have taken place during the past 20 years in the world's steel industry and presents projections of future steel production and demand. Based on the expected...
This paper focusses on the setting of ex-factory prices for the producers of fertilizers in the developing world. Regardless of whether prices are determined by the free market or by an official agency...
The main objectives of this report are to review tax policy as implemented in developing countries, to examine the problems that arise and to explore potential avenues for tax reform. Among the major issues...
These guidelines, prepared for Bank-assisted Development Finance Companies, explain how to calculate financial and economic rates of return. The approach concentrates on capital productivity and efficiency...
These guidelines, prepared for Bank-assisted Development Finance Companies, explain how to calculate financial and economic rates of return. The approach concentrates on capital productivity and efficiency...
These guidelines, prepared for Bank-assisted Development Finance Companies, explain how to calculate financial and economic rates of return. The approach concentrates on capital productivity and efficiency...
In recent years the remarkable export successes of several East Asian developing countries have been recognized as 'models' to be emulated by other developing countries seeking to promote exports. This...
The oil refining industry is a critical link in the energy chain in many developing and industrialized countries, transforming crude oil into transport fuels, residual fuel oil, and other products such...