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Adjustment in Africa: lessons from Ghana (ODI Briefing Paper)
Overseas Development Institute, 1999DocumentSaving in transition economies : the summary report
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995Savings in transition economies have declined since independence, but something else has happened, too: Financial assets have shifted from bank deposits to alternative financial instruments, including foreign currency, "trust company" shares, and private loans.DocumentTesting the induced innovation hypothesis in South African agriculture : an error correction approach
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995Apparently factor prices do matter in agricultural production and in the selection of production technology. And in South Africa, more attention should be focused on the technological needs of small scale farmers.DocumentAverting the Old Age Crisis: Technical Annex
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999Supporting documentation for the World Bank publication Averting the Old Age Crisis: Policies to Protect the Old and Promote Growth (1994).Averting the Old Age Crisis: Policies to Protect the Old and Promote Growth, the publication for which this technical annex provides supporting documentation, is the third in a series of major World Bank Policy Research Reports.DocumentPoverty and inequality during structural adjustment in rural Tanzania
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996Growth attributed to structural adjustment has benefited the population generally, shifting a significant portion of the population from below the poverty line to above it.DocumentMonetary policy during transition : an overview
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997In transition economies monetary stability goes hand in hand with adjustment in the real sectors. Subsidies and central bank support of public enterprises to help maintain employment and output are ultimately financed by creating money, reducing the options for market based monetary policy regardless of how market oriented the monetary system.DocumentWorld Crude Oil Resources: Evidence from Estimating Supply Functions for 41 Countries
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999A gloomy outlook for non OPEC oil supply is unwarranted. Several countries are still expanding, others show no sign of declining supply, and even those contracting will continue to add to reserves.Evidence to support or deny expectations of future scarcity or abundance of crude oil must show whether crude oil supply functions are shifting and, if so, in what direction.DocumentSocial Dimensions of Adjustment:World Bank Experience, 1980-93
Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank, 1995The principal message of this study is that good macroeconomic policies and measures—combined with relevant sectoral policies and appropriate public expenditure allocation—provide a favorable environment for accelerating savings and investment, both necessary for sustained economic growth and poverty reduction (Figure 1).DocumentGhana Country Assistance Review: A study in Development Effectiveness
Operations Evaluations Division, World Bank, 1995Bank assistance was generally effective in helping Ghana make considerable economic progress over the past decade.