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No. 58 | 01 Apr 1992 |
Japan's Rapidly Emerging Strategy Toward Asia
Japan is in the process of developing much closer economic ties with its Asian neighbours, at both the government and private-sector levels. While there is little official support in Japan for the creation of any formal regional integration scheme,... |
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No. 64 | 01 May 1992 |
Offensive and Defensive Responses by European Multinationals to a World of Trade Blocs
European multinationals show a growing divergence in their response to the formation of regional trade blocs, according to evidence from seven industries. European firms that are strong competitors at the world level are able to adjust aggressively... |
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No. 66 | 01 May 1992 |
Latin America in a Changing Global Environment
Latin America's insertion in the world trade system is entering a period of historical change. Driving that change will be the outcome, or failure, of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations; the increasing regionalisation of trade... |
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No. 65 | 01 May 1992 |
Economic Integration in the Pacific Region
Economic integration in the Pacific region — which includes the United States, Canada and Mexico — is rapidly occurring, primarily as a result of intra-regional capital flows. Private-sector business opportunities between the west and east coasts and... |
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No. 67 | 01 May 1992 |
An Assessment of the Brady Plan Agreements
This paper presents an assessment of the results of Brady plans for debtor countries which have implemented such agreements (Costa Rica, Mexico, the Philippines, Uruguay and Venezuela). First, we show that the relatively successful Mexican case... |
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No. 63 | 01 May 1992 |
Mexican Agriculture in the Free Trade Agreement
Should Mexican agriculture be liberalized? If so, how fast should this be done, and what policies should accompany the transition? We use Mexican agriculture as a case study to analyze the transition problems that arise in most major economic... |
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No. 70 | 01 Jun 1992 |
Structural Adjustment and Moroccan Agriculture
This paper reviews the process of agricultural policy reforms in Morocco in the 1980's, with particular emphasis on the cereals and sugar sub-sectors.Agricultural policy is reviewed in historical perspective, to show that the liberalisation process... |
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No. 69 | 01 Jun 1992 |
Impact of Structural Adjustment and Adoption of Technology on Competitiveness of Major Cocoa Producing Countries
All the world’s cocoa is grown in developing countries — more than half in West Africa — essentially for export. Except in Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia, it is grown by smallholders. In the international cocoa market, prices rose steeply in 1977 but... |
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No. 71 | 01 Jun 1992 |
L'allégement de la dette au Club de Paris
What does the Paris Club do for debtor countries, and more particularly for the poorest of them? Set up to ease the liquidity constraints of a country experiencing payment problems, by rescheduling its debt with the creditor governments, the Paris... |
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No. 68 | 01 Jun 1992 |
The Impact of Economic Reform on the Performance of the Seed Sector in Eastern and Southern Africa
During the last decade, the seed sector has been included in economic reform programmes in a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa but it is not clear whether these initiatives have helped or hindered the process of improving small farmers'... |
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No. 73 | 01 Jul 1992 |
Namibian Agriculture
The study examines agricultural development in Namibia in the context of the economic environment, with a view to providing policy perspectives which may assist in the process of reform towards a more equitable and dynamic economy. It shows that the... |
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No. 72 | 01 Jul 1992 |
Biotechnology and the Changing Public/Private Sector Balance
This study examines the potential impact of changes in the public/private sector balance for biotechnology development and diffusion in developing country agriculture. It focuses on biotechnology related to two important developing country crops:... |
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No. 74 | 01 Jul 1992 |
Agriculture and the Policy Environment
The paper examines the effect of differing policies in the post-independence period on the agricultural and overall economic performance of Zambia and Zimbabwe. It focuses on the interaction between macroeconomic and agricultural policy reforms. It... |
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No. 75 | 01 Aug 1992 |
Agricultural Productivity and Economic Policies
This study develops a conceptual framework for analysing the ways in which changes in the economic environment modify factor productivity. It focuses on the technology actually used in production — implemented technology — rather than the generation... |
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No. 76 | 01 Aug 1992 |
Structural Adjustment and the Institutional Dimensions of Agricultural Research and Development in Brazil
Structural adjustment, liberalisation and the pressures of technological change are having major impact on the institutional organisation of the agro-industrial sector. In industrialised countries, the private sector is positioned to play the... |
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No. 77 | 01 Sept 1992 |
The Impact of Laws and Regulations on Micro and Small Enterprises in Niger and Swaziland
This Technical Paper presents the results of research on the impact of taxation and other regulations on micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in two countries of sub-Saharan Africa. The fiscal and other regulations of the countries studied — Niger and... |
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No. 79 | 01 Oct 1992 |
L'allégement de la dette et croissance
This paper presents a dynamic model simulating the Mexican economy, concentrating on the effects of public indebtedness. Three main variables are at the heart of the economic dynamic which is described here: the real domestic interest rate, the price... |
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No. 78 | 01 Oct 1992 |
Co-Financing Transactions between Multilateral Institutions and International Banks
The last decade has exemplified a retrenchment of bank lending in developing countries. International banks strive to boost capital ratios, thereby raising equity, reducing their less profitable assets and rebalancing portfolios towards less risky... |
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No. 81 | 01 Nov 1992 |
Small-Scale Industries and Institutional Framework in Thailand (including Statistical Annex)
This paper presents the results of a survey of the impact of regulations and taxes on small and micro enterprises, considered here as part of the informal sector, in Thailand. The survey covered a large sample of enterprises (more than 500) in... |
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No. 83 | 01 Nov 1992 |
Stabilization and Structural Adjustment in Indonesia
Like most petroleum producing countries, Indonesia experienced a sharp deterioration in its export conditions during the early 1980s. Given the country's heavy reliance on oil taxation and relatively low per capita income, this exogenous shock... |
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Japan's Rapidly Emerging Strategy Toward Asia
Edward J. Lincoln
01 Apr 1992
Japan is in the process of developing much closer economic ties with its Asian neighbours, at both the government and private-sector levels. While there is little official support in Japan for the creation of any formal regional integration scheme,...
Offensive and Defensive Responses by European Multinationals to a World of Trade Blocs
John M. Stopford
01 May 1992
European multinationals show a growing divergence in their response to the formation of regional trade blocs, according to evidence from seven industries. European firms that are strong competitors at the world level are able to adjust aggressively...
Latin America in a Changing Global Environment
Winston Fritsch
01 May 1992
Latin America's insertion in the world trade system is entering a period of historical change. Driving that change will be the outcome, or failure, of the Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations; the increasing regionalisation of trade...
Economic Integration in the Pacific Region
Richard Drobnick
01 May 1992
Economic integration in the Pacific region — which includes the United States, Canada and Mexico — is rapidly occurring, primarily as a result of intra-regional capital flows. Private-sector business opportunities between the west and east coasts and...
An Assessment of the Brady Plan Agreements
Jean-Claude Berthélemy et Robert Lensink
01 May 1992
This paper presents an assessment of the results of Brady plans for debtor countries which have implemented such agreements (Costa Rica, Mexico, the Philippines, Uruguay and Venezuela). First, we show that the relatively successful Mexican case...
Mexican Agriculture in the Free Trade Agreement
Santiago Levy et Sweder van Wijnbergen
01 May 1992
Should Mexican agriculture be liberalized? If so, how fast should this be done, and what policies should accompany the transition? We use Mexican agriculture as a case study to analyze the transition problems that arise in most major economic...
Structural Adjustment and Moroccan Agriculture
Jonathan Kydd et Sophie Thoyer
01 Jun 1992
This paper reviews the process of agricultural policy reforms in Morocco in the 1980's, with particular emphasis on the cereals and sugar sub-sectors.Agricultural policy is reviewed in historical perspective, to show that the liberalisation process...
Impact of Structural Adjustment and Adoption of Technology on Competitiveness of Major Cocoa Producing Countries
Emily M. Bloomfield et R. Antony Lass
01 Jun 1992
All the world’s cocoa is grown in developing countries — more than half in West Africa — essentially for export. Except in Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia, it is grown by smallholders. In the international cocoa market, prices rose steeply in 1977 but...
L'allégement de la dette au Club de Paris
Ann Vourc'h
01 Jun 1992
What does the Paris Club do for debtor countries, and more particularly for the poorest of them? Set up to ease the liquidity constraints of a country experiencing payment problems, by rescheduling its debt with the creditor governments, the Paris...
The Impact of Economic Reform on the Performance of the Seed Sector in Eastern and Southern Africa
Elizabeth Cromwell
01 Jun 1992
During the last decade, the seed sector has been included in economic reform programmes in a number of countries in sub-Saharan Africa but it is not clear whether these initiatives have helped or hindered the process of improving small farmers'...
Namibian Agriculture
Walter Elkan, Peter Amutenya, Jochbeth Andima, Robin Sherbourne et Eline van der Linden
01 Jul 1992
The study examines agricultural development in Namibia in the context of the economic environment, with a view to providing policy perspectives which may assist in the process of reform towards a more equitable and dynamic economy. It shows that the...
Biotechnology and the Changing Public/Private Sector Balance
Carliene Brenner
01 Jul 1992
This study examines the potential impact of changes in the public/private sector balance for biotechnology development and diffusion in developing country agriculture. It focuses on biotechnology related to two important developing country crops:...
Agriculture and the Policy Environment
Doris J. Jansen et Andrew Rukovo
01 Jul 1992
The paper examines the effect of differing policies in the post-independence period on the agricultural and overall economic performance of Zambia and Zimbabwe. It focuses on the interaction between macroeconomic and agricultural policy reforms. It...
Agricultural Productivity and Economic Policies
Yair Mundlak
01 Aug 1992
This study develops a conceptual framework for analysing the ways in which changes in the economic environment modify factor productivity. It focuses on the technology actually used in production — implemented technology — rather than the generation...
Structural Adjustment and the Institutional Dimensions of Agricultural Research and Development in Brazil
John Wilkinson et Bernardo Sorj
01 Aug 1992
Structural adjustment, liberalisation and the pressures of technological change are having major impact on the institutional organisation of the agro-industrial sector. In industrialised countries, the private sector is positioned to play the...
The Impact of Laws and Regulations on Micro and Small Enterprises in Niger and Swaziland
Isabelle Joumard, Carl Liedholm et Donald Mead
01 Sept 1992
This Technical Paper presents the results of research on the impact of taxation and other regulations on micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in two countries of sub-Saharan Africa. The fiscal and other regulations of the countries studied — Niger and...
L'allégement de la dette et croissance
Jean-Claude Berthélemy et Ann Vourc'h
01 Oct 1992
This paper presents a dynamic model simulating the Mexican economy, concentrating on the effects of public indebtedness. Three main variables are at the heart of the economic dynamic which is described here: the real domestic interest rate, the price...
Co-Financing Transactions between Multilateral Institutions and International Banks
Michel Bouchet et Amit Ghose
01 Oct 1992
The last decade has exemplified a retrenchment of bank lending in developing countries. International banks strive to boost capital ratios, thereby raising equity, reducing their less profitable assets and rebalancing portfolios towards less risky...
Small-Scale Industries and Institutional Framework in Thailand (including Statistical Annex)
Naruemol Bunjongjit et Xavier Oudin
01 Nov 1992
This paper presents the results of a survey of the impact of regulations and taxes on small and micro enterprises, considered here as part of the informal sector, in Thailand. The survey covered a large sample of enterprises (more than 500) in...
Stabilization and Structural Adjustment in Indonesia
David Roland-Holst
01 Nov 1992
Like most petroleum producing countries, Indonesia experienced a sharp deterioration in its export conditions during the early 1980s. Given the country's heavy reliance on oil taxation and relatively low per capita income, this exogenous shock...