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"This paper investigates how enforcement of labor regulation affects the firm's use of informal employment and its … enforcement of regulation at the city level, the authors show that in areas where law enforcement is stricter firms employ a … also decreases average wages, productivity, and investment. The results are robust to several specification changes, and to …
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This paper analyzes the potential economic impact of changes to the labor laws proposed in 2006. The economic logic behind these reforms is reviewed, and the conditions under which the reforms could be expected to have the maximum impact on employment are isolated. Next, the experiences of...
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countries in engineering and technical human capital. In India, the largest developing country exporter of skilled services, the …
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of the microfinance community have engaged with the Government of India in a dialogue regarding the regulation of … (MFIs) operating in India and (ii) legal permission to engage in deposit-taking with lower and fewer entry barriers. Members …
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This Note identifies four main theoretical options for securities markets self-regulation in India, based on precedents … independent SRO for member regulation. This option is very similar to Association of National Stock Exchange Members of India … Exchange (BSE). The new entity would be responsible for both market and member regulation. The Exchanges provide an existing …
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The Indian power sector suffers from considerable supply shortages. The Government of India (GoI) is addressing this … efficient plant) and through rehabilitation (renovation and modernization or (R&M) as it is known in India) of existing coal … fired plant. Around two-thirds of India's existing 65,000 MW of coal fired plant capacity is owned by State Government …
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This report describes labor practices in the Lao garments export sector as seen by both management and labor. The main objective of this report is to present the differing perspectives on working conditions between managers and workers, and to explore ways in which the Lao garment sector could...
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