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  • Costs and returns to liberalization : the Jamaican case (Inglés)

    In 1974, after two decades of a market-oriented economy, Jamaica changed its economic regime from liberal to populist. In 1980 there was a return to the liberal regime, accompanied by price decontrols...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD297 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Klinov,Ruth

  • Simulating alternative development strategies : some suggestions from Korea's experience (Inglés)

    This paper reviews four stylized facts about Korea's development strategy including neutral incentives between sales on the domestic and external markets; large foreign aid flows early on in the choice...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD299 Fecha del documento: 1 de junio de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Lewis, Jeffrey D.,De Melo,Jaime A. P.,Robinson,Sherman

  • Characteristics and operation of labor markets in Argentina (Inglés)

    An adequate understanding of the characteristics and operation of labor markets in Argentina also requires an adequate understanding of the development strategies followed by the country and their consequences...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD272 Fecha del documento: 31 de mayo de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Sanchez,Carlos E.

  • The macroeconomic effects of foreign aid : issues and evidence (Inglés)

    This paper reviews the debate on the macroeconomic effects of foreign aid. The paper starts with an analytical review of the meaning of a foreign exchange bottleneck and of the criticisms raised against...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD300 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: De Melo,Jaime A. P.

  • Factor substitution in production in industrialized and less developed countries (Inglés)

    The paper develops and estimates a simple transcendental logarithmic model of production for three developing countries. The hypothesis of separability of imported inputs from the primary factors is tested...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD288 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Demekas, Dimitris G.,Klinov,Ruth

  • The effect of non-tariff barriers in footwear trade : preliminary evaluation (Inglés)

    This paper analyzes economic aspects of non-tariff barriers to trade in the context of the quotas and voluntary export restraints that were imposed on footwear trade during 1977-81. The paper surveys the...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD298 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Bark,Taeho,De Melo,Jaime A. P.

  • The labor market in Zimbabwe : historical trends and an evaluation of recent policy (Inglés)

    The paper provides both an examination of recent labor market trends in Zimbabwe and an evaluation of recent policies. The first part supplies a labor market overview, an analysis of employment and wage...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD296 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Fallon,Peter R.

  • Public enterprises in developing countries : issues of privatization (Inglés)

    This paper examines the reasons for the shift towards the privatization of public enterprises in developing countries and the conditions under which privatization will bring the desired results. It is...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD292 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Balassa,Bela

  • Inter-industry and intra-industry specialization in manufactured goods (Inglés)

    This paper examines the determinants of bilateral trade in manufacturing industries, including the factors affecting inter-industry as well as intra-industry specialization. The results provide support...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD293 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Balassa, Bela,Bauwens, Luc

  • Implementing a computable general equilibrium model on GAMS : the Cameroon model (Inglés)

    Applied general equilibrium models have become a major tool for the economic analysis of developed and developing countries. Although the theoretical background for these models is well established, the...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD290 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Condon,Timothy J.,Dahl, Hendrik,Devarajan,Shantayanan

  • The effects of labor regulation upon industrial employment in India (Inglés)

    This paper reviews the effects of legislation and government institutions upon labor costs and employment in the Indian manufacturing sector. It specifically examines wage determination, industrial relations...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD287 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Fallon,Peter R.

  • Korea's macroeconomic prospects and major policy issues for the next decade (Inglés)

    The purpose of this paper is to evaluate Korea's macroeconomic prospects and major policy issues for the next decade. After reviewing the intial conditions, the report examines growth strategies, and prospects...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD276 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Corbo,Vittorio,Nam,Sang-Woo

  • Effects of exchange rate changes in developing countries (Inglés)

    This paper sets out to examine the economic effects of exchange rate changes in developing countries by the use of alternative definitions of the real exchange rate. The evidence presented in the paper...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD291 Fecha del documento: 1 de mayo de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Balassa,Bela

  • Welfare dominance : an application to commodity taxation (Inglés)

    The paper suggests a method which enables the user to identify commodities that all individuals who can agree on certain weak assumptions with regard to the social welfare function will agree upon as worth...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD269 Fecha del documento: 30 de abril de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Slemrod, Joel,Yitzhaki,Shlomo

  • Causal role of minimum wages in six Latin American labor markets (Inglés)

    Although Minimum Wage (MW) regulations are an old tradition in Latin America, controversy about their effects on inflation, unemployment, wage flexibility and international competitiveness has become central...

    Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo departamental  Número del informe: DRD270 Fecha del documento: 30 de abril de 1987 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Paldam,Martin,Riveros,Luis Alfredo