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Occupational structures of industries
Zymelman, Manuel - 1982
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The demand for health care in Latin America : lessons from the Dominican Republic and El Salvador
Bitran, Ricardo A. - 1993
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010526162
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Fixing the Public Hospital System in China
World Bank - 2010
reform process, public hospital management. First, the paper reviews the history of public hospital reform, discusses … hospital functions and responsibilities, and describes the structure and supply of health services. Second, it describes the … main policy issues facing public hospitals, including financing sources and the hospital market environment. Third, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247336
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Establishing Day-Surgery Units in Sri Lanka's Hospitals
World Bank - 2023
Sri Lanka has a universal healthcare system that extends free healthcare to all citizens. However, the rapidly ageing population and growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) challenge the effective and timely provision of public healthcare services. The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022...
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Capital utilization in manufacturing : Colombia, Israel, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Bautista, Romeo M. (contributor) - 1981
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000053161
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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 first propose three measures of firms'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394163
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Foreign direct investment in services and manufacturing productivity growth : evidence for Chile
Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2008
"During the 1990s, foreign direct investment in producer service sectors in Latin America was massive. Such investment may increase the quality of services, reduce their cost, and offer opportunities for knowledge spillovers to downstream users of the services. This paper examines the effects of...
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Are skills rewarded in Sub-Saharan Africa? : determinants of wages and productivity in the manufacturing sector
Fox, M. Louise - 2008
"Using recent matched employer-employee data from the manufacturing sector in 20 Sub-Saharan African countries, the authors analyze how the supply of skills and legal origin of the country affect the wage setting process. The wage analysis yields three main findings. First, increasing returns to...
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Financing energy efficiency : lessons from Brazil, China, India, and beyond
Taylor, Robert Prescott (contributor) - 2008
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Firm productivity in Bangladesh manufacturing industries
Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2006
"The author studies the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) for manufacturing firms in Bangladesh using data from a recent survey. She obtains TFP measures by making use of firm-specific deflators for output and inputs. Controlling for industry, location, and year fixed effects, she...
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