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Nallari, Raj - 2013

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Philippines : Combating Corruption in the Philippines

World Bank - 2013

This report collects and presents available information about corruption issues facing the Philippines, ongoing anticorruption efforts in and outside the government, and suggested elements for a national anticorruption strategy, drawing on global experience. The report proposes a nine-point...

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Policies facilitating firm adjustment to globalization

Hoekman, Bernard M. - 2004

"Hoekman and Javorcik focus on policies facilitating firm adjustment to globalization. They briefly review the effects … of trade and investment liberalization on firms, focusing on within-industry effects. They postulate that governments …

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Building institutions for markets

Islam, Roumeen (contributor) - 2002

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Corporate restructuring : lessons from experience

Pomerleano, Michael; Shaw, William - 2005

/ Christopher Vale -- Ch. 13. Debt and firm vulnerability / Jack Glen -- Ch. 14. The contingent claims approach to corporate …

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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 … countries in the sample. The exception is Morocco, whose various measures of firm-level productivity rank close to the ones of … the investment climate matters for firms' productive performance. This is true (depending on the industry) for the quality …

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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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