government. Reform thus requires paying as much attention to understanding the politics and institutional dimensions as to policy … "manual" for reform, given diverse contexts and serendipity in any reform effort. But three broad lessons emerge. The first is … to recognize and seize opportunities for reform. Crisis and new governments are important catalysts, but so is the …

businesses and reorganizing viable ones. The authors test the model using the Colombian bankruptcy reform of 1999. Using data … from 1,924 firms filing for bankruptcy between 1996 and 2003, they find that the pre-reform reorganization proceeding was … lowering reorganization costs, the reform improved the selection of viable firms into reorganization. In this sense, the new …

affects access, quality, and labor productivity, but negatively affects affordability. However, reform policies affect … it affects performance and interacts with reform policies. "--World Bank web site …

government. Reform thus requires paying as much attention to understanding the politics and institutional dimensions as to policy … "manual" for reform, given diverse contexts and serendipity in any reform effort. But three broad lessons emerge. The first is … to recognize and seize opportunities for reform. Crisis and new governments are important catalysts, but so is the …

evidence supports the logic of reforms. The authors review the empirical evidence on electricity reform in developing countries …. They find that country institutions and sector governance play an important role in the success and failure of reform. And …

"Alm, Annez, and Modi review the options for reform of stamp duties on immovable property transfers collected by Indian … implications of lowering stamp duty rates, which need to be understood if reform is to be viable. Evidence indicates that the … collected by other levels of government. So reform could be made a more viable option through appropriately designed …

traditional areas of first-generation reform and the areas of institutional reform that have been emphasized lately. These policy … authors first discuss the general principles underlying market-oriented reform. Second, they present various indicators of the … the process of economic reform"--World Bank web site …