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The Water Poverty Index: an International Comparison
Lawrence, Peter; Meigh, Jeremy; Sullivan, Caroline - EconWPA - 2002
This paper reports on the construction of an International Water Poverty Index, part of the first phase of a research project into building a locally based version of the index. The purpose of the Water Poverty Index is to express an interdisciplinary measure which links household welfare with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005550987
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Governance Matters III: Governance Indicators for 1996-2002
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - EconWPA - 2003
periods: 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002. These indicators are based on several hundred individual variables measuring perceptions … construct six aggregate governance indicators in each of the four periods. We present the point estimates of the dimensions of … governance as well as the margins of errors for each country for the four periods. The governance indicators reported here are an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561191
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Leading Indicators of German Business Cycles: An Assessment of Properties
Fritsche, Ulrich; Stephan, Sabine - EconWPA - 2000
used frequency domain analysis, different Granger-causality tests and out-of sample forecasts. Only few indicators passed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561215
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Rethinking Governance: Empirical Lessons Challenge Orthodoxy
Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2003
In this discussion draft, linking research findings with concrete operational challenges, we review key issues in worldwide governance, and present recent empirical evidence. Focusing on defining and unbundling key governance components, such as rule of law, voice and accountability, corruption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561333
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An Analysis of the Profitability, Risk and Growth Indicators of Banks Operating In Malta
Camilleri, Silvio John - EconWPA - 2005
The paper consolidates the summarised financial statements of the main banks operating in Malta during the year 2002, to form a Typical Large Bank and a Typical Small Bank. The rofitability, risk and growth prospects of the two institutions are analysed through Return on Equity decomposition and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561713
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Corruption, Governance and Security: Challenges for the Rich Countries and the World
Kaufmann, Daniel - EconWPA - 2004
measurement in conventional (illegal) corruption indicators. It is found that manifestations of legal corruption may be more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408399
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Análisis y medición de las interacciones en los Sistemas Regionales de Innovación. Su relación con la trayectoria histórica y tecnológica de las regiones.
Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel Zabala - EconWPA - 2005
La conceptualización de los Sistemas Regionales de Innovación (Cooke y Morgan, 1993; Autio et al., 2004) puede ser considerada como una extensión y/o adaptación del concepto de los Sistemas Nacionales de Innovación surgidos a partir de los trabajos de Freeman (1987), Nelson (ed., 1993) y...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005412804
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Sustained Macroeconomic Reforms, Tepid Growth: A Governance Puzzle in Bolivia?
Kaufmann, Daniel; Mastruzzi, Massimo; Zavaleta, Diego - EconWPA - 2003
comparability, we also utilize cross-country governance indicators. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005118669
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Debilidades Metodológicas en la Medición de la Capacidad Innovadora de los Sistemas Regionales de Innovación en la UE
Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel Zabala; Sáez, Fernando Jiménez - EconWPA - 2005
La Innovación se ha convertido en uno de los principales pilares de la Unión Europea. En este sentido se manifiestan los acuerdos adoptados en las cumbres de Lisboa y de Barcelona (Consejo Europeo de Lisboa, 2000; Consejo Europeo de Barcelona, 2002). La realización de estudios de Benchmarking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005119057
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KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGICAL INTERACTION:A POLICY ORIENTED STUDY OF THE AFRICAN UNION
NWAOBI, GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2003
POWERED BY THE DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS, THE WORLD IS MOVING RAPIDLY TOWARDS KNOWLEDGE … ELECTRONICALLY AND IN INTERDEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS. KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR … IS EMPOWERING IN THE 21ST CENTURY, IT IS THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE CREATION OF TECHNOLOGICAL CAPACITY FOR THE …
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