Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited (MSETCL) was created in 2005 as a part of the unbundling exercise of the vertically integrated state power utility. The objective of this note is mainly summarizing the activities undertaken under the Technical Assistance (TA) program....

This report provides a concise overview of the current situation of the mining sector in Albania. It evaluates the major events that took place in the last two decades (especially regarding the privatization process), and examines its governance, overarching policies and its legal frameworks...

The main objective of this report is, first, to examine changes in the welfare and labor market status of workers in Azerbaijan, with concentration on large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) already displaced or which may be displaced because of enterprise restructuring and privatization. This...

The main objective of this report is, first, to examine changes in the welfare and labor market status of workers in Azerbaijan, with concentration on large state-owned enterprises (SOEs) already displaced or which may be displaced because of enterprise restructuring and privatization. This...

This brief includes the following headings: access to finance: pioneering research on the importance of financial inclusion for poverty reduction; and international migration, remittances and development, a rapid response by the KCP

This brief includes the following headings: trade policy and development; key lessons from the KCP projects; global reform of agriculture: complementary policies matter; and development policy analysis with MAMS

Development involves change, but many development initiatives produce unimpressive results. The authors ask why and consider how to close the gap between the intended change and what we actually see in the evidence. This paper presents the findings of a study, initiated by the multi-donor Global...

"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...

Introduction : toward better practices in systemic corporate restructuring / Michael Pomerleano -- Ch. 1. Synopsis of conference papers / William Shaw -- Ch. 2. Policy approaches to corporate restructuring around the world : what worked, what failed? / Stijn Claessens -- Ch. 3. Recent...