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Water Rights Arrangements in Australia and Overseas

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

There are significant differences in the way water rights are defined, allocated and administered in Australia and overseas. This paper includes comparisons of the arrangements for managing water rights against accepted best practice principles for South Au stralia, Queensland, NSW, Victoria...

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Financial peformance of government trading enterprises, 1997-98 to 2001-02

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2003

The financial performance of government trading enterprises is assessed in this report. The financial indicators and ratios used in the report cover operating performance, financial management and transactions with government. The paper covers 84 Commonwealth, State and Territory government...

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40 million Aussies? The Immigration Debate Revisited

Corden, Max - EconWPA - 2004

If Australia's population were to reach 40 million, it could only result from either a drastic reversal of the decline in the fertility rate or a very large increase in the rate of net migration. This lecture explores this interesting question.

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Responsiveness of Demand for Irrigation Water: A Focus on the Southern Murray-Darling Basin

Appels, D.; Douglas, R.; Dwyer, G. - EconWPA - 2005

use of irrigation water. A foundation for this research is a detailed understanding of irrigated agriculture in the … of the elasticity of demand for irrigation water. It focuses on three main irrigated industries — rice, dairy and …

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From Decentralisation of Planning to People's Planning: Experiences of the Indian States of West Bengal and Kerala

Charvak - EconWPA - 2005

From Decentralisation of Planning to Peoples Planning - Experiences of the Indian States of Kerala and West Bengal by … Charvak, 2000: The Discussion Paper attempts a comparison of the process of decentralisation of planning in the two States … experiments of decentralisation. A detailed account of the Kalliasseri experiment (from Resource Mapping to Peoples Plan Campaign …

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The Determinants of Economic Well-being:An Application in the Indian States

Basu, Sudip Ranjan - EconWPA - 2005

good governance (using latent variable approach) and a financial decentralisation index. Panel data is employed to explore … if better quality of institutional arrangements (of governance and more financial decentralisation) lead to better …

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Report on Curriculum Reform at the National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam

McCarty, Adam; Fink, Sasha - EconWPA - 2001

The National Economics University (NEU) has undergone dramatic changes in the 1990s. It has expanded from teaching a few thousand students annually to teaching tens of thousands in 1998. At the same time, the subject matter being taught has changed. Economics under central planning was very...

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Governance Institutions and Incentive Structures in Vietnam

McCarty, Adam - EconWPA - 2001

paper then surveys the particular governance challenge in Vietnam as it continues its transition from central planning to … markets. The nature and characteristics of the present administrative structure in Vietnam are then surveyed, followed by a …

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Report and Statistical Abstract of UNIDO/DSI Industrial Competitiveness Field Survey

McCarty, Adam; Fink, Sasha; Anh, Nguyen Le - EconWPA - 2001

generally low, but in a labour intensive country such as Vietnam could still be seen as an advantage. Employment levels were …

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Microfinance in Vietnam - A Survey of Schemes and Issues

McCarty, Adam - EconWPA - 2001

This report follows up on a 1996 UNDP survey of microfinance activity in Vietnam. The need was not simply because of … benefit. This report had highlighted a number of problems concerning microfinance in Vietnam. These concerns, however, should … of “social capital” in Vietnam are ripe for the rapid expansion of microfinance schemes along the lines of those in …

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