associated with lower employment. When accompanied by complementary reforms, privatization has a positive effect on economic …"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 …

-in-difference method. The results suggest that the highways shifted employment from the farm to the nonfarm sector, and that this shift was …, the poverty rate, or the incidence of regular wage employment. The results suggest that the highways caused an increase in …

Pakistan's power sector underwent a substantial, if protracted, reform process. Beginning with an independent power …, followed in 1997, paving the way for the eventual privatization of one major distribution utility, Karachi Electric, in 2005 …. Despite these major steps, Pakistan has continued to suffer from inadequate capacity and other constraints, leading to large …

-term positive impacts on self-employment and skills match, while positive but uncertain effects emerge for employment and earnings … training days attended). These positive impacts, however, do not lead to higher employment or greater earnings …

other secondary measures, namely, employability and employment outcomes. The results should be interpreted with caution …