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Calderán, César - 2005

"External exposure can be measured by the sensitivity of first and second moments of economic growth to openness and foreign shocks. This paper provides an empirical evaluation of external exposure using panel data methods for a worldwide sample of countries. Controlling for domestic conditions,...

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The road to sustained growth in Jamaica

2004

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Egypt in the global economy : strategic choices for savings, investments, and long-term growth

1997

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South Africa Economic Update : Focus on Savings, Investment, and Inclusive Growth

World Bank - 2011

inclusive Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth. Modest investment rates despite attractive returns and low savings rates despite … inclusive growth, with special emphasis on the issues of savings and investment …

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Tajikistan Economic Report, 2012 : Sustaining Post-Crisis Recovery, Investment and Growth

World Bank - 2012

private investment rates. Remittances are likely to grow more slowly than the earlier trend over the last 5-6 years, but could … nonetheless be a major contributor to future growth if more go into private investment than in the past …

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Globalization and innovation in emerging markets

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2009

the impact of increased competition and foreign direct investment on domestic firms' efforts to innovate (raise their …

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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-communist economies privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of privatization to domestic owners are less impressive and...

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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes : cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies

Mitra, Pradeep - 2009

"This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...

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Firms' productive performance and the investment climate in developing economies : an application to MENA manufacturing

Kinda, Tidiane - 2009

"Drawing on the World Bank Investment Climate Assessment surveys, this paper investigates the relationship between firm …-level technical efficiency and the investment climate for 22 developing economies and eight manufacturing industries. The authors … the investment climate matters for firms' productive performance. This is true (depending on the industry) for the quality …

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Innovative firms or innovative owners? : determinants of innovation in micro, small, and medium enterprises

De Mel, Suresh J. - 2009

"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation...

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