Paraguay - Economic memorandum

PUB- 2461 A WORLD BANK COUNTRY STUDY PARAGUAY Economic Memorandum FILE COPY JUNE 1979   PARAGUAY Economic Memorandum This report was written by Messrs. Manmohan Agarwal and Hugo Zea-Barriga based on the findings of an economic mission that visited Paraguay in October/November 1978, and included in addition Mr. Alfredo Gutierrez and Ms. Dolores Velasco. This report was discussed with the Paraguayan Government in April 1978. Latin America and theCaribbean Regional Office The World Bank Washington, D.C., U.S.A.  The World Bank issues country economic studies in two series. This report is a working document and is, as such, part of an informal series based wholly on materials originally prepared for restricted use within the Bank. The text is not meant to be definitive, but is offered so as to make some results of internal research widely available to scholars and practitioners throughout the world. A second, more formal series entitled World Bank Country Economic Reports is published for the Bank by The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London. Titles of these and all other Bank publications may be found in the Catalog of Publications, which is available free of charge from World Bank, Publications Unit, 1818 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A. This report is a free publication. A small charge may be made if airmail postage is required. The views and interpretations in this report are the authors' and should not be attributed to the World Bank, to its affiliated organizations, or to any individual acting in their behalf. Copyright