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Bank Privatization and Performance : Empirical Evidence from Nigeria
Beck, Thorsten; Cull, Robert; Jerome, Afeikhena - 2012
The authors assess the effect of privatization on performance in a panel of Nigerian banks for the period 1990-2001. They find evidence of performance improvement in nine banks that were privatized, which is remarkable given the inhospitable environment for true financial intermediation. Their...
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What Regulatory Frameworks are More Conducive to Mobile Banking? Empirical Evidence from Findex Data
Gutierrez, Eva; Singh, Sandeep - 2014
Mobile banking services offer great potential to expand financial services, particularly payment services, to the poor. They also provide a convenient and cost effective way to access bank accounts. This paper constitutes a first attempt to explain statistically what factors contribute to mobile...
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The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries
Das, Jishnu; Hammer, Jeffrey; Leonard, Kenneth - 2012
and middle-income countries-India, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Paraguay. The authors describe two methods-testing doctors and …
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Mental Health Patterns and Consequences : Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries
Das, Jishnu; Do, Quy-Toan; Friedman, Jed - 2012
surveys in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, and Mexico, along with special surveys from India and Tonga, show similar …
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Sovereign Natural Disaster Insurance for Developing Countries : A Paradigm Shift in Catastrophe Risk Financing
Ghesquiere, Francis; Mahul, Olivier - 2012
Economic theory suggests that countries should ignore uncertainty for public investment and behave as if indifferent to risk because they can pool risks to a much greater extent than private investors can. This paper discusses the general economic theory in the case of developing countries. The...
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Subnational Fiscal Policy in Large Developing Countries : Some Lessons from the 2008-09 Crisis for Brazil, China and India
Fardoust, Shahrokh; Ravishankar, V.J. - 2013
expenditures, as in China and India, the impact was magnified. Increases in recurrent expenditure, which were made in Brazil and … India, acted as short-term stimulants; additional public investment, as in China, appears to have had a more lasting impact … integration, resulting in differential magnitude and timing of the crisis impact. For example, coastal states in India were …
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Investment Climate and International Integration
Dollar, David; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Mengistae, Taye - 2013
Drawing on recently completed firm-level surveys in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Honduras, India, Nicaragua, Pakistan …
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Can E-Filing Reduce Tax Compliance Costs in Developing Countries?
Yilmaz, Fatih; Coolidge, Jacqueline - 2014
The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between electronic filing (e-filing) and the total tax compliance costs incurred by small and medium size businesses in developing countries, based on survey data from South Africa, Ukraine, and Nepal. A priori, most observers expect...
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Size and Age of Establishments : Evidence from Developing Countries
Ayyagari, Meghana; Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Maksimovic, Vojislav - 2014
years old or younger. The analysis finds consistent evidence when it looks within a large country, India, based on detailed …
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Advanced-Country Policies and Emerging-Market Currencies
Ikeda, Yuki; Medvedev, Denis; Rama, Martin - 2015
economies. India's experience with U.S. tapering offers insights into what to expect. This paper estimates the contribution of …
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