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China Small and Medium Towns Overview
World Bank - 2013
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate substantially exceeded China's population growth, which averaged 1.4 percent … annually between 1978 and 2009, and real GDP per capita accordingly grew at 8.6 percent annually during this period. China … larger administrative units called cities (shi) and respectively towns (zhen). Cities and towns in China are expansive …
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The global opportunity in IT-based services : assessing and enhancing country competitiveness
Sudan, Randeep (contributor) - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393479
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Regulatory assessment toolkit : a practical methodology for assessing regulation on trade and investment in services
Molinuevo, Martín - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394003
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Foreign direct investment in services and manufacturing productivity growth : evidence for Chile
Fernandes, Ana Margarida - 2008
"During the 1990s, foreign direct investment in producer service sectors in Latin America was massive. Such investment may increase the quality of services, reduce their cost, and offer opportunities for knowledge spillovers to downstream users of the services. This paper examines the effects of...
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Services policies in transition economies : on the European Union and the World Trade Organization as commitment mechanisms
Eschenbach, Felix - 2006
"The authors analyze the extent to which the EU-15 and 16 transition economies used the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to commit to service sector policy reforms. They compare GATS commitments with the evolution of actual policy stances over time. While there is substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522111
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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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Mozambique Service Delivery Indicators
World Bank - 2015
Mozambique is poised to meet the MDG goal of 100 percent primary education enrollment. The achievement will have limited impact if the quality of the education that pupil has access to is lacking. Education quality will critically determine whether the promise of the newfound mineral wealth is...
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Tunisia's Global Integration : Second Generation of Reforms to Boost Growth and Employment
World Bank - 2012
This report addresses the following issues: Chapter one takes stock of the integration policies implemented since the early 1970s and assessed their impact on foreign direct investments (FDI), exports and employment. Chapter two looks at today's major challenges in the manufacturing sector and...
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Organization of Eastern Caribbean States - Increasing Linkages of Tourism with the Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Service Sectors
World Bank - 2012
Tourism has become the leading economic sector of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) islands, thus expanding linkages with the local economy seems crucial going forward. Tourism has replaced agriculture as the main economic driver within all the islands comprising the OECS. In...
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Deepening Public Service Unit Reform to Improve Service Delivery
World Bank - 2012
The "Public Service Unit" (PSU), or shiye danwei, is one of the four categories of public sector institutions in China … China today. PSU performance is therefore crucial for improving service delivery in the public sector to a level … commensurate with China's stated goals of a "well-off"(xiaokang) society, and "people-centered" development. The study, designed to …
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