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How "Natural" are Natural Monopolies in the Water Supply and Sewerage Sector? Case Studies from Developing and Transition Economies

Nauges, C??line; Berg, Caroline H. van den - 2012

economies in the water industry in four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam) that differ substantially in economic … find evidence of economies of scale in Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam, implying the existence of a natural monopoly. In … customer density in Moldova and Vietnam. The results of this study show that the cost structure of the water and wastewater …

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Health Insurance Impacts on Health and Nonmedical Consumption in a Developing Country

Wagstaff, Adam; Pradhan, Menno - 2012

The authors examine the effects of the introduction of Vietnam's health insurance (VHI) program on health outcomes … biases due to inappropriate specification of the outcome regression model. The authors' results suggest that Vietnam's health …

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Governance Matters IV : Governance Indicators for 1996-2004

Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - 2012

The authors present the latest update of their aggregate governance indicators, together with new analysis of several issues related to the use of these measures. The governance indicators measure the following six dimensions of governance: (1) voice and accountability; (2) political instability...

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MTEFs and Fiscal Performance : Panel Data Evidence

Grigoli, Francesco; Mills, Zachary; Verhoeven, Marijn - 2013

In the last two decades more than 120 countries have adopted a version of a Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF). These are budget institutions whose rationale it is to enable the central government to make credible multi-year fiscal commitments. This paper analyzes a newly-collected dataset...

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The Long-Run and Gender-Equalizing Impacts of School Access : Evidence from the First Indochina War

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Hoang, Trung X.; Nguyen, Ha - 2018

examines the impacts -- half a century later -- of a mass education program conducted by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in …

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Fungibility and the Impact of Development Assistance : Evidence from Vietnam's Health Sector

Wagstaff, Adam - 2012

Vietnam's provinces. Aid is not apparently fungible between Vietnam's health sector and other sectors, but is fungible across …

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How Does Vietnam's Accession to the World Trade Organization Change the Spatial Incidence of Poverty?

Fujii, Tomoki; Roland-Holst, David - 2012

incidence of Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization. Provincial-level poverty reduction after full liberalization …, but the northwestern area of Vietnam is likely to lag behind. Furthermore, poverty can be shown to increase under …

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