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World Bank - 2013

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Disclosure of environmental violations and the stock market in the Republic of Korea

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Abolishing school fees in Africa : lessons from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Mozambique

2009

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Optimal pre-merger notification mechanisms : incentives and efficiency of mandatory and voluntary schemes

Rodríguez González, Aldo Javier - 2009

"The authors compare the two merger control systems currently employed worldwide: a mandatory system based on merger size threshold and a voluntary system with ex-post monitoring and fines. The voluntary system possesses two informational advantages: (i) the enforcement agency employs more...

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Microfinance games

Gine, Xavier (contributor) - 2006

"Microfinance has been heralded as an effective way to address imperfections in credit markets. But from a theoretical perspective, the success of microfinance contracts has puzzling elements. In particular, the group-based mechanisms often employed are vulnerable to free-riding and collusion,...

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Does asymmetric information cause the home equity bias?

Bravo-Ortega, Claudio - 2005

"The home equity bias is one of the many puzzles existing in international finance. This puzzle is characterized by the concentration of domestic equity in any investor's portfolio, which is in contradiction with the benchmark of full diversification in a world mutual fund. Based on Admati's...

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Abolishing School Fees in Africa : Lessons from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Mozambique

World Bank - 2012

This book constitutes one of the main outputs of the School Fee Abolition Initiative (SFAI). The initiative, launched in 2005 by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank, was designed to support countries in maintaining and accelerating progress toward universal primary...

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Tobacco Pack Information

World Bank - 2012

There are an estimated 1.2 billion regular smokers in the world today, approximately one third of the global population over the age of 15, and the numbers are rising (World Health Organization 2002). Studies show that many smokers still do not know that tobacco causes disease and premature...

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Public disclosure of environmental violations in the Republic of Korea

Laplante, Benoît - 2003

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Improving Transparency and Accountability in Public-Private Partnerships : Disclosure Diagnostic Report - Honduras

World Bank (contributor) - World Bank - 1905

the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Disclosure Diagnostic template recommended by the World Bank Framework for Disclosure … of Information in PPPs. This study has been consolidated in the form of a PPP Disclosure Diagnostic Report for Honduras …. The Diagnostic Report examines the political, legal, and institutional environment for disclosure in PPPs. Based on a gap …

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