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World Development Report 1979

Structural transformation is particularly important for middle income countries. In dealing with the appropriate policies to be associated with structural changes, this report analyzes the processes of industrialization, urbanization, and the sectoral deployment of labor. The challenges identified,...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: New York: Oxford University Press 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10986/5962
https://doi.org/10.1596/0-19-502638-1
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description Structural transformation is particularly important for middle income countries. In dealing with the appropriate policies to be associated with structural changes, this report analyzes the processes of industrialization, urbanization, and the sectoral deployment of labor. The challenges identified, analyzed, and presented for consideration are: (i) creation of job opportunities for an additional half billion people that will join the labor force in the developing countries by 2000; (ii) accommodation of an additional one billion people in the same time perspective in the urban areas of the developing countries in socially acceptable and economically productive conditions; (iii) creation of an international trade environment that is supportive of the development efforts; and (iv) significant steps to the elimination of absolute poverty.
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spelling wb-10986-59622025-04-15T11:12:11Z World Development Report 1979 World Bank agricultural production debt economic conditions economic growth Gross National Product labor force oil OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries population growth Structural transformation is particularly important for middle income countries. In dealing with the appropriate policies to be associated with structural changes, this report analyzes the processes of industrialization, urbanization, and the sectoral deployment of labor. The challenges identified, analyzed, and presented for consideration are: (i) creation of job opportunities for an additional half billion people that will join the labor force in the developing countries by 2000; (ii) accommodation of an additional one billion people in the same time perspective in the urban areas of the developing countries in socially acceptable and economically productive conditions; (iii) creation of an international trade environment that is supportive of the development efforts; and (iv) significant steps to the elimination of absolute poverty. 2012-04-06T19:44:16Z 2012-04-06T19:44:16Z 1979 0-19-502638-1 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/5962 https://doi.org/10.1596/0-19-502638-1 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf New York: Oxford University Press
spellingShingle agricultural production
debt
economic conditions
economic growth
Gross National Product
labor force
oil
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
population growth
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World Development Report 1979
title World Development Report 1979
title_full World Development Report 1979
title_fullStr World Development Report 1979
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title_short World Development Report 1979
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topic agricultural production
debt
economic conditions
economic growth
Gross National Product
labor force
oil
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
population growth
url https://hdl.handle.net/10986/5962
https://doi.org/10.1596/0-19-502638-1
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