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Services policy reform and economic growth in transition economies, 1990-2004
Eschenbach, Felix - 2005
"Major changes have occurred in the structure of former centrally planned economies, including a sharp rise in the share of services in GDP, employment, and international transactions. However, large differences exist across transition economies with respect to services intensity and services...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522537
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Reshaping Economic Geography of East Africa : From Regional to Global Integration, Volume 2. Technical Annexes
World Bank - 2012
Five East African countries Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda have made solid progress on integrating regionally in the East African Community (EAC) since 1999. Such advances are crucial, as integration in East Africa has the potential for higher than usual benefits: Burundi, Rwanda,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012556976
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Reshaping Economic Geography of East Africa : From Regional to Global Integration (Vol. 1 of 2)
World Bank - 2012
Five East African countries Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda have made solid progress on integrating regionally in the East African Community (EAC) since 1999. Such advances are crucial, as integration in East Africa has the potential for higher than usual benefits: Burundi, Rwanda,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012556991
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Globalization and innovation in emerging markets
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy - 2009
"Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their … competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test for the effects of globalization through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394102
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Effects of privatization and ownership in transition economies
Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2009
"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post … institutional development. In China relatively more estimates suggest that privatization to domestic owners improves the level of …-communist economies, but foreign joint ventures rather than wholly owned foreign firms have a positive effect in China. Worker or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394105
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Trade costs and location of foreign firms in China
Amiti, Mary - 2005
entry matters more than access to the rest of China, which is consistent with market fragmentation due to underdeveloped …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522635
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China and Central and Eastern European countries : regional networks, global supply chain, or international competitors?
Fung, Kwok Chiu - 2008
"China has emerged as one of the top recipients of foreign direct investment in the world. Meanwhile, the successful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521070
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International economic activities and the demand for skilled labor : evidence from Brazil and China
Fajnzylber, Pablo - 2004
associated with an increased demand for skilled labor, the opposite is true in China. This paper 'a product of the Growth and … Investment Team, Development Research Group' is part of a larger effort in the group to study the links between globalization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522908
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Investment climate and international integration
Taye Mengistae - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523011
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Agglomeration, transport, and regional development in Indonesia
Deichmann, Uwe (contributor) - 2005
"How effective are public interventions in addressing significant regional disparities in formal manufacturing concentration in a developing economy? Deichmann, Kaiser, Lall, and Shalizi examine the aggregate and sectoral geographic concentration of manufacturing industries for Indonesia, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522721