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Does financial health shore up firm productivity? This paper empirically investigates this question and presents productivity as another driving factor in translating financial development into real economic progress. Our empirical framework employs Levinsohn and Petrin's (2003) semi-parametric...
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This paper examines the bidirectional causality between innovation and internationalization in the context of developing countries. Using a dynamic bivariate probit model and adopting a broad definition of internationalization, this paper analyzes these issues using a panel dataset of small and...
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The paper analyzes the link between human capital and firm-level productivity in five Asian countries. It draws on a dataset of over 4,000 enterprises and considers both the prior educational attainment of workers and in-service training programs of enterprises. Differences between small,...
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Since 1975, Viet Nam has gradually decentralized more fiscal responsibilities to local authorities. This study has two objectives: (i) to take stock of the current institutional framework for intergovernmental fiscal relations in Viet Nam, and (ii) to empirically assess the debt sustainability...
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Rural households in developing countries have limited capacity to cope with and manage shocks, thereby resulting in chronic poverty, indebtedness, and a decline in overall well-being. Therefore, this study analyzes the effects of health shocks on overindebtedness in rural Viet Nam using four...
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victim of its own success.In parts of China, Vietnam, and the Philippines-the countries studied in The Challenge of …
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Vietnam stands out as one of the most dynamic emerging countries in the East Asia and Pacific region. Since major … shortfall of US$9 billion in funding for local infrastructure investments, provincial governments in Vietnam need to move toward … financial instrument that could catalyze the subnational borrowing market in Vietnam. The report presents the findings of three …
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malnutrition is fundamental to the development of Vietnam's human capital. Economic development of the nation depends on the … rates of malnutrition among ethnic minority populations in Vietnam. It assesses the determinants and causes, using a causal …
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This book describes the nature of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in the health sector in Vietnam. It defines health … Vietnam, as well as financing and accountability mechanisms for PPPs at its national and subnational levels. It provides an … overview of the PPP project pipeline in Vietnam and analyzes important issues in the health PPPs design, preparation, and …
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