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"Improved competitiveness is at the top of the agenda for Mexico as it moves to leverage economic progress made over … sectors in Mexico. They use four indicators of trade facilitation: port efficiency, customs environment, regulatory …, and apply it to the case of Mexico. The formula brings the below-average countries in the group half-way to the average …
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The objective of this report is to explore firm competitiveness, the investment climate, and growth in Malaysia. This … report is structured as follows. The first two chapters provide an assessment of the investment climate. The last two … on the survey data as well as on cross-country comparisons. Chapter 1 reports on the investment climate and firm …
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The report examines the export performance of Mexican enterprises in the 1990s, to determine whether the intended effects of trade liberalization, have indeed occurred. The depth, and extent of changes in outward orientation of firms are explored, as well as the characteristics of firms that...
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"This paper studies how liberalization affects productivity growth using micro-level plant data. While previous studies have already shown the existence of a positive relationship between competition and economic performance, the novelty of this paper is that it analyzes not only the average...
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"This paper explores various strategic options available to Japanese firms faced with the increasing market pressures in the global economy. Whether Japanese firms are able to retain the competitive edge will depend on the continuing gains in their manufacturing capability, their capacity to...
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"China has emerged as one of the top recipients of foreign direct investment in the world. Meanwhile, the successful … global foreign direct investment. In this paper, the authors use a panel data set to investigate whether foreign direct … investment flows to these two regions are complements, substitutes, or independent of each other. Taking into account the role of …
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Esta Evaluación de la Pobreza y la Equidad en México revisa la evidencia sobre la pobreza y la equidad en México … conversación abierta en México sobre cómo lograr este objetivo político esencial. En este informe se postulan tres áreas … principales de política necesarias para la erradicación de la pobreza en México: crecimiento inclusivo, política social eficiente …
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programs in Mexico. This report begins with a short summary of main findings. Chapter one analyzes recent trends in urban …
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This study analyzes a range of energy efficiency options available in Mexico, including supply-side efficiency …) development is not only about energy production and consumption. In Mexico one of the most important sources of greenhouse gas … emissions continues to be emissions from deforestation. The rate of deforestation has fallen steadily in Mexico over the past …
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