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Deal with the Devil : The Successes and Limitations of Bureaucratic Reform in India
Dhaliwal, Iqbal - 2014
Employing a technological solution to monitor the attendance of public-sector health care workers in India resulted in …
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The 1991 Reforms, Indian Economic Growth, and Social Progress
Agarwal, Manmohan - 2013
This paper analyzes the effects of the reforms initiated in India following the balance of payments (BOP) crisis of … compare changes in performance since the reforms, which started in China in 1979 and in India in 1991. Such a comparison shows … in making progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and India lags behind other South Asian countries. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459638
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China and India : Reforms and the Response
Agarwal, Manmohan - 2013
The relative performance of China and India is compared using two different methods and they provide a very different …Using a two tailed- test we find that China does better than India for most of these indicators. For instance, China … has a higher growth rate of per capita income, XGS and GFCF as also a higher share of XGS, GFCF etc in GDP than does India …
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The Relationship Dilemma : Organizational Culture and the Adoption of Credit Scoring Technology in Indian Banking
Mishra, Prachi - 2019
Credit scoring was introduced in India in 2007. We study the pace of its adoption by new private banks (NPBs) and state …
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Government Guarantees and Bank Vulnerability during a Crisis : Evidence from an Emerging Market
Acharya, Viral V. - 2019
We analyze the performance of Indian banks during 2007-09 relative to their vulnerability to a crisis measured using pre-crisis data, in order to study the impact of government guarantees on bank performance during a crisis. Using bank branch-level regulatory data, we exploit geographic...
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The Transition Economies After Ten Years
Fischer, Stanley - 2000
While output declined in virtually all transition economies in the initial years, the speed and extent of the recovery that followed has varied widely across these countries. The contrast between the more and less successful transitions, the latter largely in the former Soviet Union, raises many...
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Economic Reforms and Labor Markets : Policy Issues and Lessons from Chile
Edwards, Sebastian - 2000
This paper deals with the reform to labor market regulation implemented by Chile during the last twenty years. We concentrate on the reform to job security, on the decentralization of the wage bargaining process, and on the reduction in payroll taxes. Our interest is to understand to what extent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012471121
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Why Have Economic Reforms in Mexico Not Generated Growth?
Kehoe, Timothy J. - 2010
Following its opening to trade and foreign investment in the mid-1980s, Mexico's economic growth has been modest at best, particularly in comparison with that of China. Comparing these countries and reviewing the literature, we conclude that the relation between openness and growth is not a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462077
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Why Isn't Mexico Rich?
Hanson, Gordon H. - 2010
Over the last three decades, Mexico has aggressively reformed its economy, opening to foreign trade and investment, achieving fiscal discipline, and privatizing state owned enterprises. Despite these efforts, the country's economic growth has been lackluster, trailing that of many other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462187
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Financial Frictions and the Persistence of History : A Quantitative Exploration
Buera, Francisco J. - 2010
We quantify the role of financial frictions and the initial misallocation of resources in explaining development dynamics. Following a reform that triggers efficient reallocation of resources, our model economy with financial frictions converges slowly to the new steady state--it takes twice as...
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