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Gifted kids or pushy parents? : foreign acquisitions and plant performance in Indonesia

Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2005

"This paper uses micro data from the Indonesian Census of Manufacturing to analyze the causal relationship between foreign ownership and plant productivity. To control for the possible endogeneity of the FDI decision, the difference in differences approach is combined with a matching technique....

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Effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies

Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2009

"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post … institutional development. In China relatively more estimates suggest that privatization to domestic owners improves the level of …-communist economies, but foreign joint ventures rather than wholly owned foreign firms have a positive effect in China. Worker or …

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Pakistan : Promoting Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction

World Bank - 2012

This report shows that after a decade of moderate growth but little or no long term change in rural poverty in Pakistan, agricultural output, rural incomes, rural poverty and social welfare indicators all showed marked improvements between 2001-02 and 2004-05. However, longer term trends suggest...

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Brazil - Growth and Poverty Reduction in Rio Gande Do Norte : A State Economic Memorandum

World Bank - 2013

Brazil was the fastest growing country in the world between 1930 and 1995, with an average annual growth rate of 6.1 percent. By 2000, Brazil's per-capita income stood at R$6,500. While RN's per capita income is slightly above half the national average, it increased from 43 percent of the...

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Growth without Borders : A Regional Growth Pole Diagnostic for Southern Africa

World Bank - 2014

Several countries in Southern Africa have enormous potential to expand trade and mutually benefit from regional integration, and thus truly achieve 'growth without borders'. At the same time, several African countries are adopting growth pole strategies in order to deepen the economic linkages...

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Using an asset-based approach to identify drivers of sustainable rural growth and poverty reduction in Central America : a conceptual framework

Siegel, Paul B. - 2005

"The asset-based approach considers links between households' productive, social, and locational assets; the policy, institutional, and risk context; household behavior as expressed in livelihood strategies; and well-being outcomes. For sustainable poverty reducing growth, it is critical to...

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Emerging Africa : how 17 countries are leading the way

Radelet, Steven C. - Center for Global Development <Washington, DC>; … - 2010

Since 1995, 17 African countries have defied expectations and have launched a remarkable, if little-noticed, turnaround, Emerging Africa describes this revitalization and why it is likely to continue. --

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Emerging markets : resilience and growth amid global turmoil

Kose, M. Ayhan; Prasad, Eswar S. - 2010

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Earnings Growth and Employment Creation : An Assessment of World Bank Support in Three Middle-Income Countries

World Bank - 2012

This assessment reviews earnings and employment outcomes in Colombia, Tunisia, and Turkey during 1998-2007, as well as five policy areas (the MILES framework) likely to affect those outcomes: macroeconomic conditions, investment climate, labor regulations, education, and social protection....

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Does inflation targeting matter for output growth? : evidence from industrial and emerging economies

Mollick, André Varella - 2008

"This paper examines the effects of inflation targeting on industrial and emerging economies' output growth over the "globalization years" of 1986-2004. Controlling for trade openness and two indicators of financial globalization, the authors find systematic positive and significant effects of...

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