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Half a world : regional inequality in five great federations

Milanovic, Branko - 2005

"The paper studies regional (spatial) inequality in the five most populous countries in the world: China, India, the …/provinces in China and India. The United States, where regional inequality is the least, shows further convergence. Brazil, with … United States, Indonesia, and Brazil in the period 1980-2000. They are all federations or quasi-federations composed of …

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Symbolic public goods and the coordination of collective action : a comparison of local development in India and Indonesia

Rao, Vijayendra - 2005

understanding collective action. He illustrates the point by contrasting how conceptions of nationalism in Indonesia and India …-efficiency tradeoff. Indonesia has delivered public services much more efficiently than India did, but at the cost of democratic freedoms … created SPGs that resulted in very different strategies of local development. Indonesia emphasized collective action by the …

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The role of advocacy in competition policy : the case of the Argentine gasoline market

Serebrisky, Tomas - 2003

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Petroleum Prices in Bangladesh : A Need for Regular and Appropriate Adjustments

World Bank - 2012

Under-pricing of diesel and kerosene continues to cause major financial problems for Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), which is losing over Tk 2 billion monthly. Global forecasts suggest that oil prices will continue to be over $US 50 per barrel for the next couple of years. Bangladesh's...

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Congo Economic Update, Third Edition, September 2016 : Adjusting for Better Social and Economic Development in an Era of Low Oil Prices

World Bank - 2016

The decline in international oil prices over the past two years has resulted into an economic crisis in the Republic of Congo that could forestall the transformation efforts to move the country towards higher middle income status. A key strategy that government has pursued in recent years has...

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Assessing the Impact of Higher Oil Prices in Latin America

World Bank - 2012

For some Latin American countries - especially, the oil importers in the Caribbean - rising energy prices could pose a significant threat to their current account sustainability, particularly if they are accompanied by other negative shocks. In some countries the fiscal costs associated with...

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