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Auctions with endogenous participation and quality thresholds : evidence from oda infrastructure procurement

Estache, Antonio - 2009

tends to be limited. Competition is the single most important factor toward auction efficiency and anti-corruption. However … suggests that quality is of particular importance in large infrastructure projects and auctioneers cannot easily substitute …

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Use of Auctions for Decommissioning Coal Power Globally

World Bank - 2022

play an important supporting role. The auction process, including the development of requirements and material obligations …

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Macro-micro feedback links of water management in South Africa : CGE analyses of selected policy regimes

Hassan, Rashid M. (contributor) - 2008

"The pressure on an already stressed water situation in South Africa is predicted to increase significantly under climate change, plans for large industrial expansion, observed rapid urbanization, and government programs to provide access to water to millions of previously excluded people. The...

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Impact of rising rice prices and policy responses in Mali : simulations with a dynamic CGE model

Nouve, Kofi - 2008

"The increase in the international price of rice is likely to have substantial negative impacts on the poor in countries such as Mali which are net importers of rice. This paper relies on a dynamic CGE model to estimate the likely impact of the recent increase in rice prices on poverty with and...

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Is the developing world catching up? : global convergence and national rising dispersion

Bussolo, Maurizio - 2008

potential anti-globalization sentiment is the emergence of a global middle class: a group of consumers who demand access to, and … have the means to purchase, international goods and services. The results show that the share of these consumers in the …

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The world trade organization's Doha cotton initiative : a tale of two issues

Anderson, Kym - 2006

"Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity growth in Africa. The authors provide estimates of the potential...

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Recent and prospective adoption of genetically modified cotton : a global computable general equilibrium analysis of economic impacts

Anderson, Kym - 2006

"The authors provide estimates of the economic impact of initial adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton and of its potential impacts beyond the few countries where it is currently common. They use the latest version of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) database and model. The...

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Doha scenarios, trade reforms, and poverty in the Philippines : a computable general equilibrium analysis

Cororaton, Caesar Bucia - 2005

Organization (WTO) negotiations is now likely to bring further reform and shocks to world import prices and export demand. The … households in the wake of falling world prices and demand for the Philippines' agricultural exports. The authors find that the … trade, rural households benefit from increasing world agricultural demand. The anti-rural bias of domestic liberalization …

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Equity, welfare, and the setting of trade policy in general equilibrium

Francois, Joseph F. - 2005

"The authors analyze general equilibrium relationships between trade policy and the household distribution of income, decomposing social welfare into real income level and variance components and emphasizing Gini and Atkinson indexes. They embed these inequality-adjusted social welfare functions...

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The impact on Russia of WTO accession and the DOHA agenda : the importance of liberalization of barriers against foreign direct investment in services for growth and poverty reduct...

Rutherford, Thomas Fox - 2005

Dixit-Stiglitz endogenous productivity effects from liberalization of import barriers against goods and FDI in services. The …

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