The Childbearing Family in Sub-Saharan Africa


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Sub-Saharan Africa has not joined the global demographic transition. Africa's eventual transition to fertility decline may depend more than it has elsewhere on functional changes in the family and changes in the family structure.




Stock Markets in Developing Countries


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With foreign capital funds dwindling, governments in many developing countries-- with increased Bank support-- are looking to develop capital markets to provide risk capital for the corporate sector. But first, some basic issues must be empirically explored.




Public Expenditure Reviews for Education


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Bank experience with--and ways to improve--the analysis of education issues in public expenditure reviews (PERs).




Restrictive Labor Practices in Seaports


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Restrictive practices may prevent developing country seaports from benefiting from investments in containerization and bulk handling. Port loan appraisals should assess the changes needed in labor arrangements and organization-- and estimate compensation payments needed for displaced workers.




EC Bananarama


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Rural Poverty in India, 1973-86


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Growth (trickle- down) and poverty alleviation (pull- up) programs are not substitutes for each other, but complements, the Indian data on poverty show.




Social Security Reform


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