their private peers, and that privatization has increased productivity. "--World Bank web site … obtain measures of bank level productivity by employing the techniques due to Levinsohn and Petrin (2003). They then relate … such measures to a set of bank characteristics. Their main results indicate that state-owned banks are less productive than …

--is part of a larger effort in the group to study the effects of bank privatization in developing countries"--World Bank web …"Beck, Cull, and Jerome assess the effect of privatization on performance in a panel of Nigerian banks for the period …

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 …