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Government (Industrial) Policies for Competitiveness in a Global Economy
Tarr, David - 2005
advantage than any economic model or theory. Over time this is particularly true, as comparative advantage changes with …
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Promoting Competition in Local Markets in Mexico : A Subnational Application of the World Bank Group's Markets and Competition Policy Assessment Tool
World Bank Group - 2018
increase the cost of doing business. The World Bank Group (WBG) was requested to address a critical gap and to pilot a reform …
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Regulatory Quality and Competition Policy
World Bank (contributor);  … - International Finance Corporation - 2010
Regulatory reform and competition policy are two important and inter-related areas of regulatory policy and public administration. Both can play a key role in improving the quality of regulation, and creating healthy and competitive markets and an attractive investment climate. This in turn...
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Productivity Revisited : Shifting Paradigms in Analysis and Policy
Cusolito, Ana Paula - 2018
--necessary to cultivate new transformational firms.The book is the second volume of the World Bank Productivity Project, which seeks …
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Green Incentives for Climate Competitive Industries : A Practitioner's Handbook
World Bank Group - 2016
-efficiency purposes. The target audience is World Bank staff and stakeholders who are supporting the implementation of a resource … energy-efficiency issues as this is the particular focus of the World Bank's Climate Competitive Industries program, and is …
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The First International Research Conference on Carbon Pricing
Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition - 2019
This report provides the papers and proceedings of the first International Research Conference on Carbon Pricing held from February 14-15, 2019 in New Delhi, India. With the goal of strengthening the carbon pricing knowledge base and fostering an improved understanding of the evolving challenges...
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Financial development, exchange rate regimes, and growth dynamics
Kassa, Woubet; Lartey, Emmanuel - 2018
This paper utilizes data for African countries to analyze the extent to which financial development affects the dynamics of the relationship between exchange rate flexibility and economic growth. The findings indicate that financial development exerts a positive influence on the relationship...
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Debt intolerance : threshold level and composition
Matsuoka, Hideaki - 2020
Fiscal vulnerabilities depend on both the level and composition of government debt. This study examines the role of debt thresholds and debt composition in driving the non-linear behavior of long-term interest rates through a novel approach, a panel smooth transition regression with a general...
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Global Economic Prospects, January 2017 : Weak Investment in Uncertain Times
2017 - Online-Ausg.
world economy. A moderate recovery is expected for 2017, with receding obstacles to activity in commodity-exporting emerging … markets and developing economies, and a special focus on the role of the U.S. economy in the world. Global Economic Prospects … is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on …
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Sharing Oil Rents and Political Violence
Cordella, Tito - 2016
This paper investigates how the devolution of oil windfalls affects the likelihood of political violence. It shows that transferring large shares of oil wealth can prevent conflict, while transferring small shares can trigger it. Among the different transfer schemes, fiscal transfers (to...
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