With the aim to provide guidelines for countries wishing to introduce or improve income support systems for the unemployed, the book summarizes the evidence about the performance of five such systems:...
The most traditional and widely used farming systems in the humid upland tropics are based on fallowing and various forms of slash-and-burn agriculture. Their sustainability depends on the duration of...
The review addresses a list of questions that seem especially pertinent for skills development in Sub-Saharan Africa today, namely: What should be the role of training when there is not enough modern sector...
The review addresses a list of questions that seem especially pertinent for skills development in Sub-Saharan Africa today, namely: What should be the role of training when there is not enough modern sector...
This book consists of series of studies written by a range of specialists who analyze the responses of private sector agents--households, farms, and firms--and of the government of Uganda itself, to the...
Structural reform of the economies of developing countries has been in the forefront of development interest since the early 1980s. This interest stems from a recognition that the structures and institutions...
During the past decade, the need for effective targeted programs that provide significant support to the poor within tightening budget constraints has become more apparent than ever. The design of efficient...
This volume is intended as a potential tool for Central and Eastern European policy makers inside and outside the public sphere who are trying to craft a new model of government for the transition and...
This book contains a series of papers presented at the final conference sponsored by the Trade Expansion Program (TEP). The first chapter provides an overview of some of the lessons learned from the TEP's...
Vietnam's development since 1985 provides important lessons for economic and social policy. Among the world's 40 poorest countries in 1985, Vietnam has since had the fastest growth rate. This volume examines...
This book is about income, inequality, and poverty during the remarkable period of collapse of Communism and the construction of capitalism in the 18 formerly socialist countries. It covers a period of...
The eight case-study countries in this report--Bolivia, Colombia, Indonesia, Jamaica, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Turkey--provide a laboratory for studying tax reform in practice. The countries vary not only...
This book approaches privatization from a multidisciplinary and multisectoral point of view, emphasizing the process' legal and policy dimensions. It draws on the experience of countries on every continent...
The eight case-study countries in this report--Bolivia, Colombia, Indonesia, Jamaica, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Turkey--provide a laboratory for studying tax reform in practice. The countries vary not only...
This book examines the dynamics and constraints faced by informal sectors in 12 West African countries -Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, the Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Sao Tome...
This publication is a product of collaboration between the Country Operations Division of the Europe and Central Asia Department One and the Transitional Economies Division of the Policy and Research Department...
This study addresses three separate aspects of population issues, with countries as the units of observation: (a) the demography of Asian populations and the power of polcies to affect fertility and future...
The objective of this book is to provide a systematic review and analysis of intergovernmental fiscal issues and policies in seven countries in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Countries such...
This volume extends the literature on civil service pay and employment by building on first generation studies that identified problems and by introducing a second generation of work that offers prescriptions...
Demographic trends have taken many surprising forms over the last 30 years, but none have aroused such surprise, even incredulity, as recent events in Bangladesh. Although this country remains one of the...