This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the important characteristics of the manufacturing sector and of its structure. It relates the development of the sector during the past two decades, describes...
Urban malnutrition is an acute dimension of urban poverty with a particularly wasting effect on a nation's human capital. Malnutrition can be defeated only by a larger socioeconomic attack on underdevelopment...
The history of the world rubber economy from 1945 to 1973, the impact of the oil crisis and subsequent depression, and prospects for growth in the rubber industry are considered. Changes in consumer preferences...
A model addressing agricultural responses to public interventions is described. The model is confined to the short run, and it allows an assessment of the policy significance of changes in five variables...
Current research on the relationship between education and fertility is reviewed, and a model relating intervening variables to fertility is developed. The evidence indicates that education may increase...
Urban models can be divided into explanatory or policy-oriented classifications. Explanatory models are usually systematic attempts at explaining urban form; operational models, on the other hand, rely...
The progression from farm income analysis to agricultural project analysis. Farm income analysis begins with the identification of three types of farms: commercial, subsistence, and semisubsistence. By...
Coffee, tea, and cocoa, which are grown in almost every tropical and subtropical country, are among the most important exportcrops of developing countries. But the relative rigidity of short-term supply...
Coffee, tea, and cocoa, which are grown in almost every tropical and subtropical country, are among the most important exportcrops of developing countries. But the relative rigidity of short-term supply...
The growth potential of the Indonesian economy is examined, and a model for the impact of alternative development strategies is presented. Among developing countries there is a growing awareness of the...
Alternative vocational education techniques are discussed. A proposal for vocational schools should provide such information as the nature of the programs to be offered, the number of students expected...
The global dimensions of malnutrition are described, and the economic impact of intervention by governments is evaluated. Based on average calorie consumption data from the mid-1960s, it is estimated that...
The global dimensions of malnutrition are described, and the economic impact of intervention by governments is evaluated. Based on average calorie consumption data from the mid-1960s, it is estimated that...
A trained labor force is one of the essentials for economic development. A major objective of the World Bank is to assist developing countries in meeting their need for industrial skills. Vocational training...
The agricultural sector in Portugal has performed poorly in recent years. The widening gap between agricultural output and domestic demand has led to a rapid rise in imports of food and feed products...
The structure of the world's hard fibers economy is examined. Producing countries display a strong export orientation with approximately 68 percent of total world output being exported in raw form. Western...
The public financing of education in Columbia contributes to the redistribution of income from the rich to the poor. This impact is more decisive in urban than rural areas because of the strong propensity...
Policy issues connected with tropical hardwood trade in the Asia-Pacific region are examined. During the 1970s, demand for tropical hardwoods will increase by approximately six percent annually. Export...
Alternative project selection procedures for less developed countries are compared and evaluated. Substantive differences among alternative procedures are in large part dependent upon differing assumptions...
The application of the principles of pricing of road user services to Central America is described. If the maximum net benefit from the highway network is to be achieved, the correct price to be charged...