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Vouchers for basic education in developing countries : a principal-agent perspective
Vawda, Ayesha - 2003
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Concentrating solar power in developing countries : regulatory and financial incentives for scaling up
Kulichenko, Natalia - 2012
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Options for Low Income Countries' Effective and Efficient Use of Tax Incentives for Investment : Tools for the Assessment of Tax Incentives
International Monetary Fund - 2015
This background paper describes five different tools that can be used for the assessment of tax incentives by … framework for assessment. Evaluations of the various costs and benefits of tax incentives are vital for informed decision making … light on the implications of tax parameters - including targeted tax incentives - on investment returns and help understand …
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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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How tax policy and incentives affect foreign direct investment : a review
Morisset, Jacques - 2000
Tax incentives neither make up for serious deficiencies in a country's investment environment nor generate the desired …
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Structural change and development policy
Chenery, Hollis Burnley - 1979
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North-south trade-related technology diffusion, brain drain and productivity growth : are small states different?
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009
"The economies of small developing states tend to be more fragile than those of large ones. This paper examines this issue in a dynamic context by focusing on the impact of the brain drain on North-South trade-related technology diffusion and total factor productivity growth in small and large...
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Can risk averse competitive input providers serve farmers efficiently in developing countries ?
Makdissi, Paul - 2009
"Under price ceilings and quality floors for agricultural inputs in cash crop sectors in developing countries where credit markets are weak, imperfect information on the ability of farmers to pay for their inputs at the end of the cropping season may lead the decentralized production of those...
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Endogenous institution formation under a catching-up strategy in developing countries
Lin, Justin Yifu - 2008
"This paper explores endogenous institution formation under a catching-up strategy in developing countries. Since the catching-up strategy is normally against the compartive advantages of the developing countries, it can not be implemented through laissez-faire market mechanisms, and a...
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Does aid help improve economic institutions ?
Coviello, Decio - 2006
institutions directly. In theory, these effects may or may not work in the same direction as those on investment. The authors …
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