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García-Herrero, Alicia - 2005

"The authors analyze the determinants and implications for financial stability of the mix of international banks' claims countries receive. In particular, they distinguish between local claims, extended by international banks through their affiliates in a host (or claim recipient) country, and...

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Institutional and policy analysis of river basin management : the Guadalquivir River Basin, Spain

Bhat, Anjali (contributor) - 2005

"The authors describe and analyze river basin management in the Guadalquivir River Basin in Spain. The Guadalquivir … river flows westerly across southern Spain, with nearly all of its 57,017 km2 drainage area within the region of Andalusia … water user participation. Following the Spanish political system's transformation and Spain's accession to the European …

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Reforms and infrastructure efficiency in Spain's container ports

Trujillo, Lourdes - 2005

"Serrano and Trujillo quantify the evolution of technical efficiency in port infrastructure service provision in the major Spanish port authorities involved in container traffic. They also analyze the extent to which port reforms that took place in the 1990s had an impact on the efficiency of...

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Institutional frameworks in successful water markets : Brazil, Spain, and Colorado, USA

Kemper, Karin E. (contributor); Mariño, Manuel (contributor) - 1999

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China - Meeting the Challenges of Offshore and Large-Scale Wind Power : Regulatory Review of Offshore Wind in Five European Countries

World Bank - 2012

The objective of this study is to review international experience in offshore wind power development and draw on the lessons learned from the experience of different countries. To date, that experience has predominantly been limited to Europe. Significantly different regulatory and physical...

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Capital utilization in manufacturing : Colombia, Israel, Malaysia, and the Philippines

Bautista, Romeo M. (contributor) - 1981

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Firms' productive performance and the investment climate in developing economies : an application to MENA manufacturing

Kinda, Tidiane - 2009

"Drawing on the World Bank Investment Climate Assessment surveys, this paper investigates the relationship between firm-level technical efficiency and the investment climate for 22 developing economies and eight manufacturing industries. The authors first propose three measures of firms'...

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Foreign direct investment in services and manufacturing productivity growth : evidence for Chile

Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2008

"During the 1990s, foreign direct investment in producer service sectors in Latin America was massive. Such investment may increase the quality of services, reduce their cost, and offer opportunities for knowledge spillovers to downstream users of the services. This paper examines the effects of...

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Are skills rewarded in Sub-Saharan Africa? : determinants of wages and productivity in the manufacturing sector

Fox, M. Louise - 2008

"Using recent matched employer-employee data from the manufacturing sector in 20 Sub-Saharan African countries, the authors analyze how the supply of skills and legal origin of the country affect the wage setting process. The wage analysis yields three main findings. First, increasing returns to...

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Financing energy efficiency : lessons from Brazil, China, India, and beyond

Taylor, Robert Prescott (contributor) - 2008

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