Showing papers in "World Development in 1974"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that the size of a firm is positively correlated with the ratio of exports to sales, and that large firms can afford to assume more risks than small ones.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a bald presentation of some results of an enquiry into the choice of technology in the sugar and footwear indutries in Ethiopia and Ghana, and a bold examination of some implications of these results.

TL;DR: A review of the economics of private foreign manufacturing investment in less-developed countries (LDCs) can be found in this paper, where the authors present a taxonomy of the important elements on which different approaches to foreign investment are based.

TL;DR: In this paper, the future consequences of the present disequilibrium in the world economy and adjustment processes through which equilibruim can be restored are discussed, and the type of adjustments that are likely to be required involve reducing nonessential energy needs, developing new energy sources, and persuading producers to reduce prices.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the legal remedies towards controlling patent abuses with especial emphasis on the compulsory licensing system and show that the compulsory license remedy has proved to be unsatisfactory and that a thorough re-examination of the subject, at the national and international levels, is called for, bearing in mind the needs of developing countries.

TL;DR: The belief is widely held that the distribution of income in India has become more unequal over the last fifteen years or so, and in the last few years the green revolution has been held to be one of the major causes of growing inequality as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The authors showed that 95% of patents in developing countries are never used and serve as a block to domestic production while increasing the market power of foreign corporations, and that technical information in patent documents is of limited value to developing countries and could in any case be obtained cheaply in the absence of patents.

TL;DR: In this paper, the relative excess of labor that has traditionally characterized Latin American labor markets has been decreasing at least since World War II, and the occupational situation, though still quite serious, has been improving considerably in most Latin American countries, not deteriorating, as is commonly regarded to be the case.

TL;DR: The point of departure of as discussed by the authors is the assumption that the motor of change in the contemporary world economy is technical innovation, and there is growing evidence that the discovery and introduction of new techniques of production and of new products are major determinants of the pace and direction of economic expansion.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors indicate that in regard to many aspects of patent law, e.g., patentability, duration, fees, etc., there is considerable scope for improving patent legislation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the indexing system which was introduced during the sixties to prevent such distortions and to build up a capital market, and analyze the impact of indexing on various types of savings instruments, on the distribution of credit and on the balance of payments.

TL;DR: In this article, a special rank analysis is designed to measure basic welfare and it is found that the level of basic welfare is markedly correlated with the socioeconomic systems in the following sequence: etatist countries (highest welfare), welfare states, traditional capitalist countries (lowest welfare).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors conclude that the redistribution of income does not significantly affect employment in the industrial sector, since the two fundamental assumptions on which the positive results are expected are of doubtful validity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the Comilla experience does not lend support to such optimism and that the spread of Comilla-like diffusion programmes can be expected to yield similar results in other parts of Bangladesh.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the technology requirements of the Chinese economy and describe certain manufacturing technologies-cement manufacture, local industrial systems, development of local engineering industry and the rolling-bearing industry-with relevance to the rural industrial sector and the agricultural sector.

TL;DR: In this article, the broad contours of a set of financial policies essential for the evolution of a sound and well-integrated financial system and emphasizes the role of a central bank not only as a regulator but also as a promoter of such a system.

TL;DR: The Directory of Alternative Work (DOW) as mentioned in this paper is a directory of alternative work that is used by the Vienna Institute of Development to promote alternative forms of marriage, like group marriage.

TL;DR: The Colombian case is interesting for two main reasons: it involved a choice between two recommended but contradictory strategies: one of creating work through income redistribution and the selection of labor-intensive techniques, and one of spurring the "leading" sectors of exports and building.