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Firm Productivity and Economic Growth in Turkey
World Bank Group - 2019
Turkey's pace of income convergence has globally been one of the most remarkable of the past fifteen years. Sustaining … growth and improvements in living standards in Turkey will require higher productivity in the economy. The Turkey … Productivity Report (2019) provides an in-depth analysis of firm productivity in Turkey and how this adds up to economic growth in …
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Turkish Cypriot Economy : Looking Ahead to Steer the Economy Toward a Higher Growth Path
World Bank Group - 2020
TC administration reduced expenditure due to declining budget support from Turkey. Looking ahead and doing things …
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Saving Across the World: Puzzles and Policies.
Schmidt-Hebbel, K.; Serven, L. - World Bank Group - 1997
Promoting a high savings rate is high on the World Bank's agenda for promoting national income growth. This study surveys broad saving trends worldwide, summarizes current knowledge about savings and consumption, identifies main unresolved issues, and outlines the major policy questions to be...
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Preventing Banking Sector Distress and Crises in Latin America: Proceedings of a Conference Held in Washington, D.C., April 15-16, 1996.
Bery, S.K.; Garcia, V.F. - World Bank Group - 1997
Over the last two decades banking systems in Latin America have been subject to considerable banking distress and numerous crises. This conference looked at proposals for preventing such episodes. The discussions covered the genesis and implications of deposit insurance cum fractional reserve...
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Sector Investment Programs in Africa: Issues and Experiences.
Jones, S.P. - World Bank Group - 1997
Sector Investment Programs (SIPs) are an important initiative for addressing several weaknesses of development aid practice. A SIP is an integrated program comprising a strategy for the sector, a government expenditure program, a management framework providing for common implementation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005486397
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Fiancial Market Fragmentation and Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Aryeetey, E.; Hettige, H.; Nissanke, M.; Steel, W. - World Bank Group - 1997
The fragmentation in African financial markets and its persistence despite reforms to liberalize those markets have been difficult to explain. This paper reports findings from surveys of formal and informal institutions and their clients in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania to test hypotheses...
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Procurement and Disbursement Manual for Projects with Community Participation.
Gopal, G. - World Bank Group - 1995
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The Broad Sector Approach to Investment Lending. Sector Investment Programs.
Harrold, P. - World Bank Group - 1995
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Hungary: Modernizing the Subnational Government System.
Kopanyi, M.; El Daher, S.; Wetzel, D.; Noel, M.; Papp, A. - World Bank Group - 2000
This paper discusses key findings and policy proposals for modernizing Hungary's subnational government system the perspective of fiscal decentralization, local capacity building, and development of a competitive credit market. Hungary has been a pioneer in local government reform among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005669741
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Mobilizing Domestic Capital Markets for Infrastructure Financing. International experience and Lessons for China
Kumar, A.; Gray, R.D.; Hoskote, M.; von Klaudy, S.; … - World Bank Group - 1997
The present report draws on experience from industrialized and developing countries in terms of capital market financing of domestic infrastructure projects, and discusses the applicaiblity of these lessons in the Chinese context. It also describes the strategies these economies have adopted to...
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