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"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 vary across regions, coinciding with differences in policies and …
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-functional and environmentally sustainable forest management. The authors draw on experiences from other countries - largely from … for forest management. Also considered are some of the special challenges for countries which are moving toward accession … to the European Community (EC) as they seek to develop their forest management institutions in a manner which is …
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alternative will not grow unless rent, management, and tax reforms are boldly implemented and housing privatization truly …
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"This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...
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"The paper reviews labor market developments in the transition economies of Europe and Central Asia. It argues that the scarcity of productive job opportunities and the growing labor market segmentation are the two main labor market problems facing the transition economies. In the European...
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and productivity of job and worker reallocation. Then they investigate the effects of privatization, product and labor … reallocation during the transition has contributed significantly to aggregate productivity growth. Privatization has not only … effect of privatization on firm productivity varies considerably across countries and is not always positive. The …
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"Major changes have occurred in the structure of former centrally planned economies, including a sharp rise in the share of services in GDP, employment, and international transactions. However, large differences exist across transition economies with respect to services intensity and services...
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"Its highly fragmented structure of local governments and serious horizontal fiscal imbalances make Switzerland a surprisingly powerful model for Eastern European countries that are currently facing the challenge of fiscal decentralization. In spite of the substantial differences in the...
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