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Ghana : Economic Diversification Through Productivity Enhancement

World Bank Group - 2019

productivity angle.In looking at a set of high-growth economies of the past, the Growth Report 2008 identified common … total factor productivity to growth is on a declining path.The structural shift of the Ghanaian economy into services and … marginally contributes to labor productivity growth.Second, concentration of economic activity in natural resources increase …

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Unlocking Jobs and Growth Through Productivity : A Firm-Level Diagnostic of Albania

World Bank Group - 2019

This note takes stock of productivity trends of the Albanian non-agricultural private sector using granular firm …-level data. To understand better the sources of jobs and productivity growth, this note analyzes firm-level data from the … employment and productivity gaps remain. Between 2006 and 2016 the country has seen a doubling of its formal private sector …

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Research Institutions : Fostering Knowledge Linkages and Transferring Technology in Malaysia

World Bank Group - 2020

private investment, coupled with improvements in productivity willbe necessary to maintain a sustainable economic growth … correlation between levels of innovation and productivity. Malaysia recognizes the need to embrace an innovation-driven growth … hastransformed what was once an agricultural economy, to one that is manufacturing-led. Recognizing the importance of productivity …

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Mauritius : Earnings Mobility and Inequality of Opportunity in the Labor Market

World Bank Group - 2019

This report sheds light on the extent to which earnings mobility and inequality of opportunity in access to the labor market have contributed to the increase in earnings inequality in Mauritius. Among the most important concerns about rising inequality is a situation where people become trapped...

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Serbia : Human Capital and Jobs

World Bank Group - 2020

Several key policy documents guiding the broader education sector to align with European Union (EU) standards have recently been adopted in Serbia. However, a range of challenges have made it difficult for new policies and the systems they propose to be implemented. The gap between policy...

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Vietnam's Urbanization at a Crossroads : Embarking on an Efficient, Inclusive, and Resilient Pathway

World Bank Group - 2020

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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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