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The Pharmaceutical Industry in India and Hungary. Policies, Institutions, and Technological Development
Felker, G.; Chaudhuri, S.; Gyorgy, K.; Goldman, M. - World Bank Group - 1997
The pharmaceutical industry is unique because of a close connection between knowledge and final product. As the quintessential science-based industry, pharmaceuticals depend heavily on high level manpower and substantial R&D for innovation. Because these requirements are costly, the industry is...
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Technology Institutions and Policies. Their Role in Developing Technological Capability in Industry
Goldman, M.; Ergas, H.; Ralph, E.; Felker, G. - World Bank Group - 1997
This study of six industries in eight economies examined the role in building industrial technological capability played by outside sources particularly technology institutions (TIs) such as research and standards organizations and by directed policies such as tax incentives. It concluded that...
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Telecommunications Legislation in Transitional and Developing Economies.
Schwarz, T.; Satola, D. - World Bank Group - 2000
An effective legal and regulatory framework is essential in order to attract private investment into the telecommunications sector of most transitional and developing (TDCs) and to ensure that the TDC has the best chance of achieving the benefits for the country as a whole that flow from a...
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Toward Participatory Research.
Narayan, D. - World Bank Group - 1996
This document is intended to be used by technical and social science staff involved in planning and implementation of water and sanitation facilities for the poor. It may also be useful to social science researchers applying their craft to the low cost water supply and sanitation sector. With...
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Preshipment Inspection Services.
Low, P. - World Bank Group - 1994
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Surveillance of Agricultural Price and Trade Policy in Latin America during Major Policy Reform.
Valdes, A - World Bank Group - 1996
Since approximately 1990, most countries in Latin America have embarked on a unilateral process of trade liberalization … trade reform, and the present status regarding tariffs and quantitative restrictions in the various countries. …
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Easing Barriers to Movement of Plant Varieties for Agricultural Development.
Gisseluist, D.; Srivastava, J. - World Bank Group - 1997
Many developing countries enforce seed regulations and other policies that obstruct private companies from operating and delivering new technology. This volume presents recommendations and selected papers from an international workshop organized by the World Bank in 1995 to review seed policies...
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Free Trade Area Membership as a Stepping Stone to Development: The Case of ASEAN.
Fukase, E.; Martin, W. - World Bank Group - 2001
This study investigates the economic impacts of accession to the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) by the new member … countries of Cambodia, the Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Vietnam. The trade policies of these countries are examined, and a series of …-specific policy challenges associated with trade liberalization-- such as declining tariff revenues in Cambodia, and the negative …
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China's Foreign Trade and Comparative Advantage.
Yeats, A.J. - World Bank Group - 1992
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The demand for Oil Products in Developing Countries.
Gately, D.; Streifel, S.S. - World Bank Group - 1997
, investment, and trade. This study examines the growth in demand for eight major oil products for 37 developing countries over the …
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