The report "World Development Report 1995: workers in an integrating world" looks at what is required to improve labor outcomes in low- and middle-income economies. It identifies four areas in need of...
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...
On "hunger and public action": a review article on the book by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen. Who wins and who loses from voluntary export restraints? - the case of footwear. When do heterodox stabilization...
Throughout the twentieth century governments have been spending ever larger proportions of national income. Three issues arise in discussions about the growth of such spending as it pertains to developing...
This paper reviews the size and growth of government spending. Section I surveys the empirical evidence on the growth of government expenditures. First, a number of measurement issues are raised, including...
The aim of this paper is to offer a systematic examination of government pay and employment trends in developing nations. In section I, the difficulties inherent in analyzing government pay and employment...
Government wage policy in Africa: some findings and policy issues. Export-promoting trade strategy: issues and evidence. the state and the invisible hand. Technological priorities for farming in Sub-Saharan...
This article documents recent trends in government wage and employment levels for a number of African countries and challenges the conventional wisdom that public wages are too high in Africa. Although...
Throughout Africa the wage and employment practices of the public sector are often cited as a major source of distortion in the formal economy. While this view is maintained, little direct analysis, either...
Public enterprises have grown to represent a significant share of modern sector employment in many African economies, yet little is known about public enterprise compensation and employment policies and...
Attention is rarely called to the supportive role that the Korean labor market has played over the last twenty years. In this paper, recent macroeconomic events serve as a backdrop to examining a variety...
This paper presents some preliminary findings and views on wage and price policy issues facing the Prices and Incomes Commission (PIC). Following indications by the Chairman of the PIC that he would welcome...
The occupational structure of wages is generally more compressed in high than in low income countries. The role of non-market forces in determining the structure of wages is of interest for reasons of...