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Determinants of economic growth : a Bayesian panel data approach
Moral-Benito, Enrique - 2009
"Model uncertainty hampers consensus on the key determinants of economic growth. Some recent cross-country, cross-sectional analyses have employed Bayesian Model Averaging to address the issue of model uncertainty. This paper extends that approach to panel data models with country-specific fixed...
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Optimal pre-merger notification mechanisms : incentives and efficiency of mandatory and voluntary schemes
Rodríguez González, Aldo Javier - 2009
"The authors compare the two merger control systems currently employed worldwide: a mandatory system based on merger size threshold and a voluntary system with ex-post monitoring and fines. The voluntary system possesses two informational advantages: (i) the enforcement agency employs more...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014579557
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Teacher Employment and Deployment in Indonesia : Opportunities for Equity, Efficiency and Quality Improvement
World Bank - 2012
The effective management of Indonesia's teaching force is of crucial importance to the development of the country's educational system. The study aimed to investigate the policies and practices governing teacher employment and deployment in primary and junior secondary schools. The major issues...
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Chile - Institutional Design for an Effective Education Quality Assurance
World Bank - 2012
The main objective of this report is to present the Government of Chile with policy options related to the institutional distribution of roles and responsibilities for effective quality assurance in education. Following the introduction, the report is structured as follows. Chapter II presents...
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China Watershed Management Project : Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation System, Final Report
World Bank - 2012
The objective of this assignment was to develop a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system for watershed management in the Loess Plateau area. The M&E system for the China Watershed Management Project (CWMP) has been developed on the base of the M&E system that has been implemented during the...
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Groundwater Quality : A Strategic Approach
World Bank - 2022
This policy brief highlights the key messages for policy makers from the World Bank report "Seeing the Invisible: A Strategic Report on Groundwater Quality" (Ravenscroft and Lytton 2022a). This report and “A Practical Manual on Groundwater Quality Monitoring" (Ravenscroft and Lytton 2022b)...
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Design of a New Institutional Arrangement for Education Quality Assurance : Lessons for Chile from International and Local Experience
World Bank - 2010
This report seeks to inform the process of design and implementation of institutional reforms related to the development of a new education quality assurance system in Chile. The report is a synthesis report that draws on previous work by The World Bank in the context of a two-year program of...
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