Documents et rapports
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Is there a farm-size productivity relationship in African agriculture ? evidence from Rwanda (anglais)
Whether the negative relationship between farm size and productivity that is confirmed in a large global literature holds in Africa is of considerable policy relevance. This paper revisits this issue and...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS6770 Date du document: 1 février 2014 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Ali,Daniel Ayalew,Deininger,Klaus W.
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The shadow wage of child labor : an application to Nepal (anglais)
This paper estimates the contribution of child labor to the formation of household farm income in rural enterprises. The contribution to household income from the employment of children comes either from...
Type de document: Document de travail Numéro du rapport: 43930 Date du document: 1 septembre 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Menon, M.,Perali, F,Rosati,Furio Camillo
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The impact of trade liberalization on household welfare in vietnam (anglais)
What is the effect of trade liberalization on households in developing countries? To what extent do the poor benefit when local markets are made more accommodative to international trade? The author empirically...
Type de document: Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques Numéro du rapport: WPS3541 Date du document: 1 mars 2005 Auteur: Seshan,Ganesh Kumar
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Valuation of time savings (anglais)
This note has been drawn from a number of texts including "The Value of Time In Economic Evaluation of Transport Projects" (Gwilliam, 1997), "Values of Travel Time Savings in the UK - Summary and Conclusions"...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 33936 Date du document: 1 janvier 2005 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mackie, Peter, Nellthorp , John, Laird, James
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Shadow wages and peasant labor supply : an econometric application to the Peruvian Sierra (anglais)
A striking feature of developing economies is the large proportion of the work force that is self employed. Lack of widespread labor market participation in the agricultural sector can pose a major obstacle...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: LSM73 Date du document: 31 août 1990 Auteur: Jacoby,Hanan G.
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Cost - benefit analysis : issues and methodologies (anglais)
This book examines the numerous important contributions to the theory and practice of cost-benefit analysis, consolidating much of the recent work in this area and focusing on aspects that continue to...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 11597 Date du document: 31 mai 1990 Auteur: Ray,Anandarup
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Project appraisal and planning twenty years on (anglais)
This paper discusses the use and usefulness of social cost-benefit analysis. It briefly recalls the main features of the procedures put forward in the book by the authors and addresses some of the issues...
Type de document: Publication Numéro du rapport: 14366 Date du document: 1 janvier 1990 Auteur: Little, I. M. D.,Mirrlees, J. A.
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Guidelines for identifying and preparing forestry products (anglais)
Wood and charcoal provide most of the energy used in developing countries. The combination of fast-growing populations and shrinking forest resources causes fuelwood consumption to exceed sustainable yields...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: EGY33 Date du document: 31 décembre 1986 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: GRUT, MIKAEL
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Productivity change and dynamic comparative advantage (anglais)
This paper proposes a simple decomposition of the widely used DRC measure of international competitiveness into three distinct elements: (1) changes in international prices, (2) changes in production techniques...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: REP395 Date du document: 1 mai 1986 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Nishimizu,Mieko,Page, John M. Jr.
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The welfare effects of trade and capital market liberalization : consequences of different sequencing scenarios (anglais)
The welfare costs of intervention in international trade are firmly established theoretically and increasingly well-documented empirically. In addressing the problems of speed and order of liberalization...
Type de document: Document de travail départemental Numéro du rapport: CPD8436 Date du document: 31 octobre 1984 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Edwards, S.,van Wijnbergen, Sweder
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Economic evaluation of investment projects : possibilities and problems of applying western methods in China (anglais)
This paper is a simple description of economic cost-benefit analysis coupled with a discussion of its applicability to project appraisal in China. It is concerned mainly with methods of estimating shadow...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP631 Date du document: 31 janvier 1984 Auteur: Wood, Adrian,AEA
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Shadow prices for project evaluation under alternative macroeconomic specifications (anglais)
For purposes of social cost-benefit analysis, a project may be viewed as a disturbance to the economy, displacing it from some initial equilibrium to a new one. But the new configuration will depend on...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: REP282 Date du document: 31 août 1983 Auteur: Bell,Clive L.G.,Devarajan,Shantayanan
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Shadow prices for trade strategy and investment planning in Egypt (anglais)
This paper presents estimates of efficiency and social accounting prices for commodities and factors of production in Egypt which are appropriate for the period 1979-1985. Shadow price estimates for commodities...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP521 Date du document: 31 janvier 1982 Auteur: PAGE, J.
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Studies in the small-large issue in the Indian textile industry : relative costs in the handloom, powerloom, and mill sector (anglais)
A survey of powerlooms and handlooms was conducted in the provincial town of Mau, in Easter Uttar Pradesh, which is essentially a center of production and trade in textiles. There are a large number of...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: SER77 Date du document: 31 décembre 1981 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: MAZUMDAR, D.,DED
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Ivory Coast - Grand Bereby Rubber Estate Project (anglais)
Given the long gestation period of rubber plantations, it is still too early to make definite comments on the success of the Grand Bereby Rubber Estate Project for the Ivory Coast. Currently, the program...
Type de document: Rapport d'évaluation rétrospective Numéro du rapport: 3516 Date du document: 23 juin 1981 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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The relevance of the dual economy model : a case study of Thailand (anglais)
A dual labor market, in which the wage rate in one sector of the economy exceeds the marginal productivity of labor in another, has been a prominent feature in many models of economic development. Two...
Type de document: Article de revue Numéro du rapport: REP219 Date du document: 30 novembre 1980 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: BERTRAND, T.,SQUIRE, L.
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Shadow prices for project appraisal in Turkey (anglais)
The analytical and empirical basis for the estimation of shadow prices, which may be used for the evaluation of projects in Turkey in the next five years, are described. Shadow prices are defined as the...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP392 Date du document: 31 mai 1980 Auteur: Mashayekhi Beschloss,Afsaneh
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The relevance of the dual economy model : a case study of Thailand (anglais)
The value of the dual economy model for economic development is considered. A dual labor market, in which the wage rate in one sector of the economy exceeds the marginal productivity of labor in another...
Type de document: Document de travail (série numérotée) Numéro du rapport: SER60 Date du document: 30 avril 1980 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: BERTRAND, T.,SQUIRE, L.
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Estimating shadow prices for Colombia in an input-output table framework (anglais)
The purpose of this paper is to explain the calculation of shadow prices at the national level using the so-called Input-Output Table technique. In contrast to previous estimates of shadow prices in World...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP357 Date du document: 30 septembre 1979 Auteur: Schohl,Wolfgang W.
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Application of shadow pricing to country economic analysis with an illustration from Pakistan (anglais)
This paper demonstrates the role of shadow pricing in country economic analysis. It is argued that: first, shadow prices serve as summary measures which help the country economist to channel the substance...
Type de document: Document de travail des services de la Banque mondiale Numéro du rapport: SWP330 Date du document: 30 juin 1979 Auteur: SQUIRE, L.,LITTLE, I.,DURDAG, M.