"Under the traditional "competition-fragility" view, more bank competition erodes market power, decreases profit … margins, and results in reduced franchise value that encourages bank risk taking. Under the alternative "competition …-stability" view, more market power in the loan market may result in greater bank risk as the higher interest rates charged to loan …

Claessens and Laeven first estimate for 16 countries a measure of banking system competition based on industrial organization … in banking"--World Bank web site …"The relationships among competition in the financial sector, access of firms to external financing, and associated …

markets. "--World Bank web site …

follows: Increase the capacity of transport infrastructure and land ports. Maximize efficiency in providing service transport …. Strengthen efficient allocation of resources through a multimodal vision. Improve efficiency and regulation. Position as a …

The purpose of this study is to conduct a baseline survey on the cost and efficiency in Primary Health Care (PHC … establish a baseline on health sector performance including utilization, quality, cost, and efficiency against which the impact … support of World Bank health sector strategy funds. The rest of this report is organized is follows. Chapter two presents the …