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"This study measures the impact of investment climate factors on total factor productivity (TFP) of firms in Brazil and … China. The analysis is conducted in two steps: first an econometric production function is estimated to produce a measure of … productivity. In both countries, and in a variety of industry groups, indicators of poor investment climate, especially delays in …
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) High real exchange rate volatility is the result of highly volatile productivity shocks, and sharp oscillations in monetary …
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"The paper presents a major overhaul to the World Bank's past estimates of global poverty, incorporating new and better data. Extreme poverty-as judged by what "poverty" means in the world's poorest countries-is found to be more pervasive than we thought. Yet the data also provide robust...
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"The author estimates the degree of misalignment of the CFA franc since the introduction of the euro in 1999. Using a relative purchasing power parity-based methodology, he develops a monthly panel time series dataset for both the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) zone...
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Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is exploring options for public private partnerships (PPP) in the wastewater services as part of a strategy to expand sewerage access and to meet its environmental obligations. The purpose of this report is to identify those models of partnership which are most relevant to...
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The reaction by bilateral and multilateral agencies, the private sector and the Government of Indonesia to the Infrastructure Summit was an important step toward developing transactions that can assist infrastructure development throughout Indonesia. However, the commitments made by Government...
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