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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394105
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Gender and asset ownership : a guide to collecting individual-level data
Doss, Cheryl R. - 2008
"Ownership and control over assets such as land and housing provide direct and indirect benefits to individuals and households, including a secure place to live, the means of a livelihood, protection during emergencies, and collateral for credit that can be used for investment or consumption....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521055
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Productivity, ownership, and the investment climate : international lessons for priorities in Serbia
Goldberg, Itzhak - 2005
"The authors use data on 27,000 firms from 50 countries, half of which are transition economies, together with the case of Serbia to examine the relationship between productivity, the investment climate, and private ownership of firms. As government capacity to address investment climate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522519
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Sri Lanka : Development Policy Review
World Bank - 2013
This report provides an integrated view of Sri Lanka's long term development challenges for sustainable growth and poverty reduction. Sri Lanka's substantial achievements in human development are well known. In several dimensions - such as universal primary enrollment, gender equality, infant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012559439
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Case Study 3 - El Salvador : Participation in Macroeconomic Policy Making and Reform
World Bank - 2012
1992 was both a year of bitterness and hope. A decade of civil war had devastated the country but left no clear winner or loser; it was time to try peace. The governing ARENA party and the FMLN rebels signed peace accords requiring the demobilization of the FMLN and its incorporation into the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012556411
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The performance of Bulgarian food markets during reform
Larson, Donald F. - 2009
Bulgaria and the World Bank on agricultural market institutions, this paper presents evidence that performance in food markets … improved following significant policy reforms in Bulgaria, although public institutions remained weak. This suggests that even …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394170
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Does access to credit improve productivity? : evidence from Bulgarian firms
Gatti, Roberta - 2006
"Although it is widely accepted that financial development is associated with higher growth, the evidence on the channels through which credit affects growth on the micro-level is scant. Using data from a cross section of Bulgarian firms, the authors estimate the impact of access to credit (as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522140
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Bulgaria's institutions and policies : integrating into pan-european markets
Kaminski, Bartomiej - 2006
property rights and contracts. Second, backbone services facilitating trade remain a barrier. Bulgaria ranks low relative to …"This paper analyzes the process of institutional transformation in Bulgaria and assesses the extent to which it has … dimensions. The external dimension relates to backbone services facilitating trade and Bulgaria's trade policies. As far as the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522196
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Bulgaria's integration into the pan-European economy and industrial restructuring
Ng, Francis - 2006
"This paper looks at Bulgaria's industrial restructuring through the lenses of its evolving specialization in … can be summarized as follows: (1) Developments in Bulgaria's exports, its major drivers and factor content, during the … transition economies that have stayed the reform course. (2) The evolution of Bulgaria's total exports in terms of factor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522197
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Why is unemployment so high in Bulgaria?
Rutkowski, Jan - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523418