Armenia gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991 and inherited a traditional Soviet- style command economy. After a period of hyperinflation and economic contractions, progress on basic reforms...
Rural water supply, sanitation and hygiene (RWSSH) effectiveness and sustainability, remains a huge challenge for most countries, particularly in applying lessons at a scale which is sufficient to meet...
Rural water supply, sanitation and hygiene (RWSSH) effectiveness and sustainability, remains a huge challenge for most countries, particularly in applying lessons at a scale which is sufficient to meet...
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been adopted by the international community as a series of development targets to be accomplished over the period 1990-2015. The MDGs are an expanded set of...
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have been adopted by the international community as a series of development targets to be accomplished over the period 1990-2015. The MDGs are an expanded set of...
This report analyzes the evolution of poverty and inequality in the Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC) from 1986 to 1996, with projections to 1998. It reviews the policies which have been advocated...
This paper summarizes recent trends in poverty in Latin America, and the relationship between poverty and social sector development. It notes that World Bank lending for social sector development in the...
This study examines public expenditure and revenue data for 15 Latin American countries for the period 1975-88, although the focus of analysis is generally on the period of 1979-88 during which fundamental...
The self-perpetuating plight of the absolute poor has tended to cut them off from the economic progress that has taken place elsewhere in their own societies. They have remained largely outside the entire...
The tradeoff between growth and basic needs was examined by undertaking econometric estimates of the variables explaining LDCs' growth during the 1960 to 1973 period. Regression analysis indicates that...
The approaches and concepts associated with the measurement of development efforts in developing countries are reviewed. These efforts have generally focused on the growth of GNP per capita and related...
Income distribution trends in West Pakistan during the 1960s and 1970s are examined in relation to the assumption that as countries approach economic maturity, distribution begins to improve. The experience...