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Learning from Disaster Simulation Drills in Japan

World Bank - 2017

Large-scale natural disasters are a frequent and common occurrence in Japan. Over the years, Japan has evolved its disaster management system to address all phases of a disaster: from disaster prevention, mitigation, and preparedness, to emergency response, recovery, and rehabilitation. This...

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A review of regulatory instruments to control environmental externalities from the transport sector

Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2009

"This study reviews regulatory instruments designed to reduce environmental externalities from the transport sector. The study finds that the main regulatory instruments used in practice are fuel economy standards, vehicle emission standards, and fuel quality standards. Although industrialized...

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Regulation and macroeconomic performance

Loayza, Norman - 2005

"Regulation is purportedly enacted to serve specific social purposes. In reality, however, it follows a more complex … its justification and objectives, regulation can have potentially significant macroeconomic consequences by helping or … Serven provide an empirical analysis of the macroeconomic impact of regulation. They first characterize the stylized facts on …

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Regulatory instruments and their effects on investment behavior

Burns, Phil - 2004

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Avoiding the Fiscal Pitfalls of Subnational Regulation : How to Optimize Local Regulatory Fees to Encourage Growth

International Finance Corporation - 2011

Since investment climate reforms in developing countries started gaining traction in the 1990s, most efforts have focused on issues at the national level, achieving varying degrees of success for reasons that are relatively well understood. This handbook provides an overview of efforts and...

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Crashes, Bailouts, Regulations

World Bank - 2012

With the recent stock market frauds in markets around the world such as the Madoff case in the U.S. and the recent Satyam fraud in India, no nation can hold its head high and claim to have good corporate governance. The reality is that the problems of fraud, faulty audits, misleading accounts,...

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Removing Regulatory Barriers to Competition

World Bank - 2021

inclusive way for the poorest households. Kosovo has made significant progress towards pro-competition regulation of product … markets but there is still significant room for improvement. Although the product market regulation (PMR) indicators are …

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