Documents & Reports
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Employment decentralization policy for a major metropolis : the case of Sao Paulo, Brazil (English)
This paper reviews the issues surrounding the debate over the relevance of spatial policy, arguing that market failures and imperfections provide a substantial efficiency rationale for promoting decentralization...
Document Type: Departmental Working Paper Report No.: UDD26 Document Date: June 30, 1983 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: TOWNROE, P.,UDD
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Labor market behavior in Sao Paulo state (English)
An analysis was made of data on industrial workers and their wages found in the Sao Paulo, Brazil 1980 social security files. After controlling for various worker attributes and city characteristics, wages...
Document Type: Departmental Working Paper Report No.: UDD27 Document Date: June 30, 1983 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: HAMER, A.,DILLINGER, W.,UDD
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Locational analysis of Bank-funded projects in Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Mali (English)
The purpose of this study is to analyze spatially IBRD/IDA investments in Ivory Coast, Cameroon, and Mali to determine national, regional, and urban investment patterns and to speculate on the implied...
Document Type: Departmental Working Paper Report No.: UDD28 Document Date: November 30, 1982 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mathieu, Renee,UDD