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"The relationships among competition in the financial sector, access of firms to external financing, and associated economic growth are ambiguous in theory. Moreover, measuring competition in the financial sector can be complex. In this paper Claessens and Laeven first estimate for 16 countries...
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development aspects, and stipulates the broad basic growth may be enhanced by strengthening agricultural competitiveness. Yet …
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The theme of this report is Nigeria's competitiveness and growth. This report consequently focuses on constraints … second section analyses how the critical constraints to competitiveness and growth may be addressed. The third section … the most immediate constraints to the competitiveness of the economy presented by infrastructure and the business …
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The conclusions of the recently-conducted Kenya Investment Climate Assessment (ICA), based on a survey of 368 firms, have a bearing on the country's growth agenda. The results have a bearing on the key issue of labor productivity and its implications on firm performance, revealing that...
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The objective of this report is to explore firm competitiveness, the investment climate, and growth in Malaysia. This …
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and its options for reforming public spending to enhance competitiveness and growth. It first reviews Bulgaria's growth … analyzes Bulgaria's export performance to identify comparative advantages and outline policy options to enhance competitiveness …
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-traditional agricultural products. The report accords greatest emphasis to improving competitiveness, and recommends giving this goal highest … priority. To this end, four areas for action to improve competitiveness have bee identified: modernizing agribusiness …
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"Large and sustained differences in economic performance across regions of developing countries have long provided motivation for fiscal incentives designed to encourage firm entry in lagging areas. But empirical evidence in support of these policies has been weak at best. The authors undertake...
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