Documents et rapports
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A response to global forced displacement (anglais)
The world faces a combination of serious risks immediately ahead: the worst El Niño since 1997–98 (which we know caused global displacement of 20–30 million people, more than today’s Syrian crisis), climate...
Type de document: Rapport aux Administrateurs Numéro du rapport: 101151 Date du document: 20 novembre 2015 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Impact assessment study of computerized services delivery projects from India and Chile (anglais)
This study was launched to make a modest beginning for systematic assessment of information and communications technology (ICT) investments in the public sector in developing countries. The effort was...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 42147 Date du document: 1 novembre 2007 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Bhatnagar,Subhash Chandra
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Why national strategies are needed for ICT-enabled development (anglais)
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) offer substantial opportunities for development effectiveness. ICT has a pervasive impact on competitiveness and all aspects of life in advanced economies...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 27279 Date du document: 1 septembre 2003 Auteur: Hanna,Nagy K.
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Objects in the database : a reality check (anglais)
The RDBMS (Relational Database Management System) rules the database roost in the 1980s and OO (Object Oriented) programming languages revolutionized software development in the 1990s. RDBMS and OO programming...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 27278 Date du document: 1 novembre 2001 Auteur: Parvez Bashir
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Time for change : traditional Information Technology (IT) benchmarking does a poor job of addressing future needs (anglais)
This paper examines the benchmarking process as it relates to information technology (IT). Both the traditional and the activity based approaches are discussed with pros and cons mentioned. Concentration...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: 21750 Date du document: 31 décembre 2000 Auteur: Kocharekar,Rajendra V.
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The external debt of sub-Saharan Africa : origins, magnitude and implications for action : La dette extérieure de l'Afrique au sud du Sahara : origines, montant et décisions à prendre (français)
This paper discusses the sub-Saharan Africa external debt problem. While no clear solutions a discussion of the origin and development of the Africa debt problem points to some mistakes of the past that...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP741 Date du document: 1 avril 1986 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Krumm,Kathie L.
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International experience in budgetary trends during economic development and its relevance for China (anglais)
This study compares China's government finance sector with that of other low-income countries and draws lessons from the structural differences between the public sectors of low- and middle-income countries...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP760 Date du document: 28 février 1986 Auteur: Dewulf,Luc Henri Francoise Corneel
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Growth and structural change in large low-income countries (anglais)
This paper summarizes the results of empirical research on changes in the structure of expenditure, production, employment and investment in the course of economic development, with special reference to...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP763 Date du document: 28 février 1986 Auteur: Wood,Adrian J. B.
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The Asian experience in rural nonagricultural development and its relevance for China (anglais)
This paper examines the prospects for rural nonagricultural development in China in light of the experience in other Asian developing countries. The paper reviews the Asian experience and some of the more...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP757 Date du document: 28 février 1986 Auteur: Ho, Samuel P. S
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The extent of nontariff barriers to imports of industrial countries (anglais)
This paper examines the extent of non-tariff barriers to sixteen industrial countries' visible imports. Using three alternative measures it shows that governmental commodity-specific border-measures affect...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP789 Date du document: 28 février 1986 Auteur: Nogues, Julio J.,Olechowski, Andrzej,Winters, L.
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Issues in the technological development of China's electronic sector (anglais)
Although the electronics industry in China has come a long way since 1949, Chinese authorities acknowledge that it is at least 15-20 years behind the levels of Japan and the U.S., necessitating new and...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP762 Date du document: 28 février 1986 Auteur: Khanna, Anupan
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Alternative international economic strategies and their relevance for China (anglais)
When a country moves away from tight restrictions on trade and investment toward a more open system, it can gain significantly from increased efficiency but may also encounter intensified problems in such...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP759 Date du document: 28 février 1986 Auteur: Sheahan, John B
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Productivity growth and technological change in Chinese industry (anglais)
This paper discusses the role of technology in intensive growth, which involves reducing costs, increasing productivity and introducing new and better products. It makes estimates of total factor productivity...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP761 Date du document: 28 février 1986 Auteur: Tidrick,Gene
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International experience in urbanization and its relevance for China (anglais)
This paper examines some of the options for urbanization in China in the light of international experience. Identified are common features of the urban sector across countries, describing trade relations...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP758 Date du document: 1 février 1986 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Henderson,John Vernon
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Land values and land title security in rural Thailand (anglais)
Ownership security and land rights are important incentives to increasing land productivity and hence land value. This paper reviews the development of formal and informal land rights in Thailand over...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP790 Date du document: 31 janvier 1986 Auteur: Chalamwong, Yongyuth,Feder,Gershon
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The nature of Argentina's policy reforms during 1976-1981 (anglais)
Much of the existing literature on Argentina has emphasized the liberal nature of the economic reforms introduced during 1972-81. A major purpose of this paper is to present evidence that contradicts this...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP765 Date du document: 31 janvier 1986 Auteur: Nogues, Julio J
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Export incentives and Turkish manufactured exports, 1980-1984 (anglais)
Since the introduction of the stabilization program in Turkey in January 1980, export growth has occupied a crucial role in Turkey's development strategy. This represented a major departure from the hitherto...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP768 Date du document: 31 janvier 1986 Auteur: Milanovic,Branko L.
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On shadow pricing (anglais)
The principal purpose of the monograph is to use general equilibrium methodology to explain the logical foundations of shadow prices and the techniques for deriving shadow price expressions. We first discuss...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP792 Date du document: 31 janvier 1986 Auteur: Tower, Edward,Pursell,Garry
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Institutional development and technical assistance in macroeconomic policy formulation : a case study of Togo (anglais)
This paper analyzes the contribution made by IDA-financed technical assistants to institutional development in macro-economic policy formulation in Togo during 1983-85. The Government's comprehensive policy...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP786 Date du document: 31 janvier 1986 Auteur: Kjellstrom,Sven B.,D'Almeida,Ayite-Fily
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The effects of OECD macroeconomic policies on non-oil developing countries : a review (anglais)
The effects of OECD macroeconomic policies on non-oil developing countries are analyzed by examining the well-known theoretical channels of interdependence and some of the available empirical evidence...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP793 Date du document: 31 janvier 1986 Auteur: Dornbusch,Rudiger