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Global Economic Prospects 2004 : Realizing the Development Promise of the Doha Agenda

World Bank - 2013

The international community finds itself at a crossroads as it approaches the last quarter of 2003. Will the Doha Agenda regenerate the multilateral consensus that has been the hallmark of successive rounds of trade liberalization since 1947 and in doing so provide new impetus for global...

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Global Economic Prospects 2004 : Realizing the Development Promise of the Doha Agenda

2003

The Doha Development Agenda of the Fourth Ministerial Conference of the WTO opened many contentious and important questions. Global Economic Prospects 2004: Realizing the Development Promise of the Doha Agenda analyzes the most critical multilateral trade issues and suggests policy options that...

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Abolishing school fees in Africa : lessons from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique

2009

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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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Microfinance games

Gine, Xavier (contributor) - 2006

"Microfinance has been heralded as an effective way to address imperfections in credit markets. But from a theoretical perspective, the success of microfinance contracts has puzzling elements. In particular, the group-based mechanisms often employed are vulnerable to free-riding and collusion,...

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Does asymmetric information cause the home equity bias?

Bravo-Ortega, Claudio - 2005

"The home equity bias is one of the many puzzles existing in international finance. This puzzle is characterized by the concentration of domestic equity in any investor's portfolio, which is in contradiction with the benchmark of full diversification in a world mutual fund. Based on Admati's...

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Abolishing School Fees in Africa : Lessons from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Mozambique

World Bank - 2012

This book constitutes one of the main outputs of the School Fee Abolition Initiative (SFAI). The initiative, launched in 2005 by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank, was designed to support countries in maintaining and accelerating progress toward universal primary...

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Enhanced Transparency in Procurement through Voluntary Disclosure under the RTI Act 2005

World Bank - 2013

Good practices reduce costs and produce timely results; poor practices lead to waste and delays and are often the cause for allegations of corruption and Government inefficiency. Enhanced transparency in procurement through voluntary disclosure under the Right to Information (RTI) Act (2005)' is...

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The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2012

World Bank - 2012

The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2012 is a pocket edition of the Global Financial Inclusion Index (Global Findex) database providing country-level indicators on the use of formal bank accounts, payments behavior, savings patterns, credit patterns, and insurance decisions. It provides...

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Banking in Brazil : structure, performance, drivers, and policy implications

Urdapilleta, Eduardo - 2009

" The objective of this paper is to analyze the industry structure of banking services in Brazil in order to shed light … designing public policy for the banking sector. In particular, retail banking is found to be less sensitive to price competition … and to exhibit considerably higher returns than corporate banking. The authors identify and discuss the factors underlying …

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