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"Concerns have been raised about the impact of rising food prices worldwide on the poor. To assess the impact of rising food prices in any particular country it is necessary to look at both the impact on food producers who are poor or near-poor and could benefit from an increase in prices and...
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Meaningful regional integration among West African states is critical if the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is ever going to be be able to tackle civil wars, economic crises, and natural disasters in the region. France's support is essential for the development of a...
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"The paper evaluates the effects of privatization in the post-communist economies and China. In post …-communist economies privatization to foreign owners results in a rapid improvement in performance of firms, while performance effects of … privatization to domestic owners are less impressive and vary across regions, coinciding with differences in policies and …
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"Profitability improvements after the privatization of a large state-owned bank might come at the expense of reduced … access to financial services for some groups, especially the rural poor. The privatization of Tanzania's National Bank of …'s profitability and portfolio quality improved although credit growth was slow, in line with privatization experiences in other …
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"The paper analyzes governments' tradeoff between fiscal benefits and consumer surplus in privatization reforms of … noncompetitive industries in developing countries. Under privatization, the control rights are transferred to private interests so … developing countries, tight budget constraints imply that privatization may be optimal for low profitability segments. For highly …
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"The authors analyze the impact of privatization on the performance of 116 electric utilities in 10 Latin American … the first systemic analysis of the impact of privatization on the distribution of the electricity sector. Second, it … picture of the effects of privatization on consumers. Fourth, this research covers a longer period of time, and evaluates …
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alternative will not grow unless rent, management, and tax reforms are boldly implemented and housing privatization truly …
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"This paper takes stock of recent privatization trends, examines the extent to which government ownership is still … 2003, 120 developing countries carried out nearly 8,000 privatization transactions and raised …
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"This paper summarizes the key findings and conclusions of a literature review of small-scale private service providers (SPSPs) of water supply and electricity conducted over a six-month period in 2003. It draws on more than 400 documents-including journals, articles, reports, case studies and...
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