The World Bank Research Observer

1986 - 2025

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Volume 6, issue 2, 1991

Development, the Environment, and the Social Rate of Discount pp. 137-52

Anil Markandya and David Pearce

Reaching the Rural Poor through Public Employment: Arguments, Evidence, and Lessons from South Asia pp. 153-75

Martin Ravallion

Cash Flow or Income? The Choice of Base for Company Taxation pp. 177-90

Jack Mintz and Jesus Seade

The Market for Developing Country Debt: The Nature and Importance of Its Shortcomings pp. 191-203

John Wakeman-Linn

The Relative Efficiency of Private and Public Schools in Developing Countries pp. 205-18

Emmanuel Jimenez, Marlaine Lockheed and Vicente Paqueo

Reform of Trade Policy: Recent Evidence from Theory and Practice pp. 219-40

Vinod Thomas and John Nash

Volume 6, issue 1, 1991

Contestable Markets, Trade, and Development pp. 1-17

William Baumol and Kyu Sik Lee

How Much Does Trade with the South Affect Workers in the North? pp. 19-36

Adrian Wood

Organized Labor, Politics, and Labor Market Flexibility in Developing Countries pp. 37-56

Joan M Nelson

Technological Change and Commercialization in Agriculture: The Effect on the Poor pp. 57-80

Hans Binswanger-Mkhize and Joachim von Braun

The Earmarking of Government Revenue: A Review of Some World Bank Experience pp. 81-104

William McCleary

Social Security and the Poor: Choices for Developing Countries pp. 105-27

Ehtisham Ahmad

Volume 5, issue 2, 1990

The Economic of the Government Budget Constraint pp. 127-42

Stanley Fischer and William Easterly

Reforming Property Rights in Land and Tenancy pp. 143-66

Clive Bell

Inflation and the Costs of Stabilization: Historical and Recent Experiences and Policy Lessons pp. 167-85

Andres Solimano

The Role of Groups and Credit Cooperatives in Rural Lending pp. 187-204

Monika Huppi and Gershon Feder

Achieving Social Objectives through Private Transfers: A Review pp. 205-18

Donald Cox and Emmanuel Jimenez

Volume 5, issue 1, 1990

Trade Policy and Productivity Gains in Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature pp. 1-24

Oli Havrylyshyn

Options for Dismantling Trade Restrictions in Developing Countries pp. 25-46

Wendy Takacs

South-South Trade: Theory, Evidence, Policy pp. 47-68

Sir David Greenaway and Chris Milner

The Interwar Debt Crisis and Its Aftermath pp. 69-94

Barry Eichengreen and Richard Portes

The Common Agricultural Policy: A Review of Its Operation and Effects on Developing Countries pp. 95-121

Ulrich Koester and Malcolm D Bale

Volume 4, issue 2, 1989

The Debt Crisis: Where Do We Stand after Seven Years? pp. 121-42

Jeffrey Carmichael

Commodity Export Booms in Developing Countries pp. 143-65

John Cuddington

Changes in Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries pp. 167-85

Gary Fields

Female Labor Force Participation: An International Perspective pp. 187-201

George Psacharopoulos and Zafiris Tzannatos

The Multifibre Arrangement and Its Effects on Developing Countries pp. 203-27

Junichi Goto

Volume 4, issue 1, 1989

Exchange Rate Misalignment in Developing Countries pp. 3-21

Sebastian Edwards

Economic Analyses of Rapid Population Growth pp. 23-50

Nancy Birdsall

Macroeconomic Adjustment in Developing Countries pp. 51-64

Warner Corden

Export Processing Zones: The Economics of Enclave Manufacturing pp. 65-88

Peter Warr

Preferential Credit and Insurance as Means to Promote Exports pp. 89-114

Bruce Fitzgerald and Terry Monson

Volume 3, issue 2, 1988

Charging for Roads pp. 119-38

David M Newbery

The Value Added Tax and Developing Countries pp. 139-56

Carl S Shoup

Indexation and Stabilization: Theory and Experience pp. 157-69

Paul McNelis

Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurship in Africa pp. 171-88

Walter Elkan

Urban Labor Markets and Development pp. 189-206

Subbiah Kannappan

Volume 3, issue 1, 1988

Government Wage Policy in Africa: Some Findings and Policy Issues pp. 1-25

David L Lindauer, Oey Astra Meesook and Parita Suebsaeng

Export-Promoting Trade Strategy: Issues and Evidence pp. 27-57

Jagdish N Bhagwati

The State and the Invisible Hand pp. 59-80

Stanislaw Wellisz and Ronald Findlay

Technological Priorities for Farming in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 81-98

Hans Binswanger-Mkhize and Prabhu Pingali

Education and Development: A Review pp. 99-116

George Psacharopoulos

Volume 2, issue 2, 1987

Lessons from the Southern Cone Policy Reforms pp. 111-42

Vittorio Corbo and Jaime de Melo

Land Rights Systems and Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Afric a pp. 143-69

Gershon Feder and Raymond Noronha

The Relevance for Developing Countries of Recent Developments in pp. 171-88

Warner Corden

Foreign Trade Regimes and Economic Growth in Developing Countries pp. 189-217

Deepak Lal and Sarath Rajapatirana

The Management of Common Property Resources: Finding a Cooperative Solution pp. 219-34

Robert Wade

Volume 2, issue 1, 1987

Market Behavior of Grains Exporters pp. 3-21

Donald Mitchell and Ronald C Duncan

Macroeconomic Adjustment in Developing Countries: A Policy Perspective pp. 23-42

Mohsin Khan

Some Theoretical Aspects of Agricultural Policies pp. 43-60

Joseph Stiglitz

Macroeconomic Policy and Trade Liberalization: Some Guidelines pp. 61-77

Michael Mussa

Management of Public Industrial Enterprises pp. 79-101

Mahmood A Ayub and Sven O Hegstad