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Lessons from power sector reforms : the case of Morocco
Usman, Zainab; Amegroud, Tayeb - Weltbank - 2019
operational efficiency has been broadly adequate, performance has fluctuated over time. Moreover, the sector's achievements …
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Trade facilitation in services : a conceptual and empirical analysis
Gillson, Ian; Molinuevo, Martín; Sáez, Sebastián - 2020
, transparency), and (iii) boosting the efficiency of governance structures for regulators that set policies affecting trade in …
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Learning from power sector reform : the case of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Rana, Anshul; Khanna, Ashish - 2020
The challenge of power sector reform in the Arab Republic of Egypt has long been dominated by extremely high subsidies, with prices set well below the costs of supply. These subsidies have taken a variety of forms: explicit subsidies in the government budget, implicit subsidies in the...
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Learning from power sector reform experiences : the case of Vietnam
Lee, Alan David; Gerner, Franz - 2020
dominate the sector. Whereas the power market is partially competitive, improved operational efficiency and financial …
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Corruption, regulatory burden and firm productivity
Amin, Mohammed; Ulku, Hulya - 2019
impedes productivity more at higher levels of regulation. The analysis finds that there is a significant negative relationship … between corruption and firm productivity when regulation is high and an insignificant relationship when it is low. These …
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Servicification of manufacturing and boosting productivity through services sector reform in Turkey
Haven, Thomas; Van der Marel, Erik - 2018
There is a global trend toward more production, use, and sale of services by manufacturing firms. This phenomenon is known as the servicification of manufacturing. Services inputs as well as services activities within manufacturing firms account for over half of the value of manufacturing...
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Can regulation promote financial inclusion?
Chen, Rong; Divanbeigi, Raian - 2019
financial regulation. First, the paper proposes a broad index of regulatory quality for financial inclusion, emphasizing the …
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Learning from power sector reform : the case of Kenya
Godinho, Catrina; Eberhard, Anton A. - 2019
independent regulation, partial privatization of the generation company (KenGen), and establishment of complementary entities … energy investment. The reforms have improved the operational efficiency of the sector, increased cost recovery, and captured …
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Learning from power sector reform : the case of Uganda
Godinho, Catrina; Eberhard, Anton A. - 2019
substantial improvements in operational efficiency and accelerating service coverage. Although the reform model was eventually …
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Learning from power sector reform : the case of Pakistan
Bacon, Robert W. - 2019
levels, at high cost to the exchequer. This dynamic has undermined incentives for utilities to improve their efficiency …
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