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January 1995

Human Resource Development: Small Pacific Island Countries

The book is designed to provide a basis for discussion between governments and donor community on policies, plans, and programs for human resource development in small Pacific island countries. It raises critical issues and proposes possible strategies and interventions requiring further consideration by governments. A special chapter discusses the women-in-development situation in selected Pacific countries.

August 1994

Rural Reforms, Structural Change and Agricultural Growth in the People's Republic of China

This paper attempts to explain agriculture growth in the PRC between 1979-91 by focusing on the linkage between agricultural growth and the rapid structural change within agriculture since the rural economic reforms began in 1978.
July 1994

Interest Rate Deregulation: A Brief Survey of the Policy Issues and the Asian Experience

This paper examines the experiences of a group of Asian countries and the policies that they have implemented as part of their financial sector reforms, policies which have allowed greater flexibility in the adjustment of interest rates.
July 1994

Some Aspects of Land Administration in Indonesia: Implications for Bank Operations

The paper attempts to highlight some aspects of the current land administration system which are the causes of such delays and are of direct relevance to the implementation of Bank-assisted projects
May 1994

Intermediate Services and Economic Development: The Malaysian Example

The paper explores the role of the intermediate services, defined as services which are used as intermediate inputs in the production of other goods and services, in economic development using the Malaysian example.
April 1994

Purchasing Power Parity in Asian developing Countries: A Co-Integration Test

The paper shows that there is lack of evidence to support the conventional wisdom which predicts that a large share of nontradable sector, severe trade restrictions and intensified government intervention in foreign exchange markets would lead to a divergence between the exchange rate and PPP.
February 1994

Growth Triangles: Conceptual Issues and Operational Problems

This paper examined the major costs and benefits associated with growth triangles.
February 1994

The Role of Government in Export Expansion in the Republic of Korea: A Revisit

The study finds that for most of the time before the mid-1980s, the Korean won had always been overvalued in light of relative inflation between Korea and its major trading partners.
January 1994

The Economic Benefits of Potable Water Supply Projects to Households in Developing Countries

In this report the authors argue that there is a need for both improved procedures and better practice in the estimation of the economic benefits of water supply projects.
December 1993

The Role of the State in Economic Development: Theory, the East Asian Experience, and the Malaysian Case

This paper provides an up-to-date and practical analysis of the free markets versus state intervention debate, with particular reference to the East Asian experience, and argues for the importance of the state's role in promoting economic development.