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| Record 3761 of 3815 |
| | Author | | Pollard, H. J.
| | | Title | | "Erosion of Agriculture in an Oil Economy: The Case of Export Crop Production in Trinidad." World Development
| | | Publisher | | Pergamon Press | | | Publication place | | New York | | | Publication year | | 1985 | | | Page | | 819-835 | | | Volume | | 13 | | | Issue | | 7 | | | Subject | | Trinidad and Tobago / Agricultural development | | | UIUC Location | | Main Stacks 338.905 WO | |
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| Record 3762 of 3815 |
| | Author | | Fass, Simon M.
| | | Title | | "Fast Food in Development." World Development
| | | Publisher | | Pergamon Press | | | Publication place | | New York | | | Publication year | | September, 1995 | | | Page | | 1555-73 | | | Volume | | 23 | | | Notes | | Makes the case that poor and rich countries are alike in market development; based on data from Haiti and the U.S. on demand for commercially prepared meals, efficiency, productivity, and other key features. | | | Subject | | Haiti / Economic development | | | UIUC Location | | Main Stacks 338.905 WO | |
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| Record 3763 of 3815 |
| | Author | | Stiles, Kendall W.
| | | Title | | "IMF Conditionality: Coercion or Compromise?'" World Development
| | | Publisher | | Pergamon Press | | | Publication place | | New York | | | Publication year | | July, 1990 | | | Page | | 959-74 | | | Volume | | 18 | | | Notes | | Analyzes IMF decision-making on its terms of intervention and the extent the IMF staff responds to various economic conditions in the borrowing nations. | | | Subject | | Economic Development / Developing Nations / Economic Policy / International Monetary Fund (IMF) | | | UIUC Location | | Main Stacks 338.905 WO | |
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| Record 3764 of 3815 |
| | Author | | Mead, Donald C.
Morrisson, Christian
| | | Title | | "Informal Sector Elephant." World Development
| | | Publisher | | Pergamon Press | | | Publication place | | New York | | | Publication year | | October, 1996 | | | Page | | 1611-1619 | | | Volume | | 24 | | | Notes | | Compares the meanings of the term "informal sector" by examining some characteristics and measures of informality in 2,200 small enterprises. Includes Jamaica. | | | Subject | | Jamaica / Informal sector / Economics / Entrepreneurship / Small business enterprises | | | UIUC Location | | Main Stacks 338.905 WO | |
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| Record 3765 of 3815 |
| | Author | | Doeringer, Peter B.
| | | Title | | "Market Structure, Jobs, and Productivity: Observations from Jamaica." World Development
| | | Publisher | | Pergamon Press | | | Publication place | | New York | | | Publication year | | April, 1988 | | | Page | | 465-82 | | | Volume | | 16 | | | Notes | | Key institutional features of labor markets as they affect income and employment determination, training and labor quality, labor-management conflict, and industrial organization. | | | Subject | | Jamaica / Labor market / Employment | | | UIUC Location | | Main Stacks 338.905 WO | |
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| Record 3766 of 3815 |
| | Author | | Baker, Judy L.
Grosh, Margaret E.
| | | Title | | "Poverty Reduction Through Geographic Targeting: How Well Does it Work?'" World Development
| | | Publisher | | Pergamon Press | | | Publication place | | New York | | | Publication year | | July, 1994 | | | Page | | 983-995 | | | Volume | | 22 | | | Notes | | Describes some technical issues faced by planners in designing geographically targeted programs, based on simulations for Venezuela, Mexico, and Jamaica. | | | Subject | | Jamaica / Poverty | | | UIUC Location | | Main Stacks 338.905 WO | |
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| Record 3767 of 3815 |
| | Author | | Wells, Louis T., Jr.
Wint, Alvin G.
| | | Title | | "Public-Private Choice: The Case of Marketing a Country to Investors." World Development
| | | Publisher | | Pergamon Press | | | Publication place | | New York | | | Publication year | | July, 1991 | | | Page | | 749-761 | | | Volume | | 19 | | | Notes | | Effectiveness of government, private, and quasi-government agencies in promoting overseas investment in ten countries. | | | Subject | | Costa Rica / Jamaica / Investments, Foreign | | | UIUC Location | | Main Stacks 338.905 WO | |
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| Record 3768 of 3815 |
| | Author | | Hewitt, A.
| | | Title | | "Stabex: An Evaluation of the Economic Impact over the First Five Years." World Development
| | | Publisher | | Pergamon Press | | | Publication place | | New York | | | Publication year | | December, 1983 | | | Page | | 1005-1027 | | | Volume | | 11 | | | Notes | | The Stabex system offers the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP States) funds to finance their agricultural sectors when they encounter serious falls in export earnings. | | | Subject | | Caribbean area / Agricultural policy / Economic development | | | UIUC Location | | Main Stacks 338.905 WO | |
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| Record 3769 of 3815 |
| | Author | | Handa, Sudhanshu
King, Damien
| | | Title | | "Structural Adjustment Policies, Income Distribution and Poverty: A Review of the Jamaican Experience." World Development
| | | Publisher | | Pergamon Press | | | Publication place | | New York | | | Publication year | | June, 1997 | | | Page | | 915-930 | | | Volume | | 25 | | | Notes | | Describes effects on inequality and poverty of trade liberalization, privatization, and financial sector reform; 1989-1994. | | | Subject | | Jamaica / Economic policy | | | UIUC Location | | Main Stacks 338.905 WO | |
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| Record 3770 of 3815 |
| | Author | | Moss, Joanna
Ravenhill, John
| | | Title | | "Trade Developments during the First Lome Convention." World Development
| | | Publisher | | Pergamon Press | | | Publication place | | New York | | | Publication year | | October, 1982 | | | Page | | 841-856 | | | Volume | | 10 | | | Notes | | Examined patterns in geographic concentration of Africa's imports and exports from 1958 to 1986 to determine the extent to which African countries have diversified. | | | Subject | | Developing Nations / Economic development / Caribbean area | | | UIUC Location | | Main Stacks 338.905 WO | |
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