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Popular Reaction to the Intervention by the IMF in the Korean Economic Crisis
Hayo, Bernd; Shin, Doh Chull - EconWPA - 2002
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has played an important role in restructuring the Korean economy over the past … three years. Relying upon survey data collected in 1998 and 1999, this paper explores the role of the IMF in Korea, as … perceived by its citizens. In the eyes of the Korean people, the IMF helped their economy to recover from the crisis. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407713
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CANADIAN AND US HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE AND GOVERNANCE: ELEMENTS OF CONVERGENCE
Globerman, Steven; Hodges, Luther H.; Vining, Aidan - EconWPA - 2004
International comparisons of the organization and performance of health care sectors are increasingly informing policy makers about potential policies relating to the cost of, and access to, health care. Perhaps nowhere have such comparisons featured as prominently as in North America. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412475
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Privatizing Profits of Bulgaria's State Enterprises, TRANSITION newsletter about transition economies, The World Bank, Vol. 6, No.3, March 1995.
Bogetic, Zeljko; Hillman, Arye - EconWPA - 2005
The note documents and discusses the modalities and consequences of the phenomenon of siphoning profits of state enterprises for private uses by state enteprise managers and insiders in Bulgaria during the period of early transition.
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Productivity in Australia's wholesale and retail trade
Johnston, Alan; Porter, Darrell; Cobbold, Trevor; … - EconWPA - 2001
Examines the productivity performance of the wholesale and retail trade sectors in light of their significant contribution to Australia’s record productivity performance in the 1990s. Fundamental changes in the nature and operations of wholesale trade, in particular, have brought marked...
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Challenges in Evaluating Development Effectiveness
White, Howard - EconWPA - 2005
Evaluation quality is a function of methodological and data inputs. This paper argues that there has been inadequate investment in methodology, often resulting in low quality evaluation outputs. With an increased focus on results, evaluation needs to deliver credible information on the role of...
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The Soviet Price Determination, An Econometric Study
Kyn, Oldrich - EconWPA - 2005
This paper attempts estimation of the model of the Soviet price determination. Model consists of price equations for five sectors of the Soviet economy, and it is intended to be a part of a larger econometric model of the Soviet economy. Four different cost-plus price formulae were estimated....
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Knowledge Sources of Innovation in a Small, Open Economy: The Case of Singapore
Wong, Poh Kam; Ho, Yuen Ping - EconWPA - 2005
By tracing the flows of patent citation of prior patents and scientific journal articles, we investigate the sources of knowledge for innovation output in Singapore, a small, highly open economy that has traditionally been significantly dependent on foreign multinational corporations (MNCs). We...
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Dollars, dialogue and development: an evaluation of Swedish program aid
White, Howard - EconWPA - 2005
How does aid affect recipient country economic performance? This study looks at programme aid (import support, budget support and debt relief) in nine countries (Bangladesh, Cape Verde, Ghana, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam and Zambia), showing how aid has had an impact on both...
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GOVERNING OF LAND SUPPLY IN BULGARIAN FARMS
Bachev, Hrabrin - EconWPA - 2005
In this paper an attempt has been made to identify dominant forms and factors for land supply in Bulgarian farms. The New Institutional and Transaction Costs Economics framework is adapted to transitional agrarian economy. Institutional, behavioral, and transaction costs factors for evolution...
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Foreign Direct Investment in India: A Critical Analysis of FDI from 1991-2005
Singh, Kulwindar - EconWPA - 2005
The Concept of Foreign Direct Investment is now a part of India's economic future but the term remains vague to many, despite the profound effects on the economy. Despite the extensive studies on FDI, there has been little illumination forthcoming and it remains a contentious topic. The paper...
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