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Capital allocation in developing countries

David, Joel M.; Cusolito, Ana Paula; Venkateswaran, Venky; … - 2019

that is correlated with firm size/productivity and one that is essentially permanent to the firm. The paper reports a broad …

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Does Vertical Specialization Increase Productivity?

Constantinescu, Cristina - 2017

This paper investigates the impact of global value chain participation on productivity, using data on trade in value … 15 years suggest that participation in global value chains is a significant driver of labor productivity. Backward …. An increase by 10 percent in the level of global value chain participation increased average productivity by close to 1 …

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Towards Safer and More Productive Migration for South Asia

World Bank Group - 2020

International migration for temporary employment is a critical component of South Asia's development path, from both the jobs and remittance flows perspectives. South Asian economies are at a stage of demographic transition where people of working-age are generally still increasing shares of...

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The Telecommunication Sector in the Palestinian Territories : A Missed Opportunity for Economic Development

World Bank Group - 2016

The Telecommunications Sector Assessment Note in the Palestinian territories is a knowledge product prepared by the World Bank in response to a specific request from the Palestinian Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MTIT) to assess the performance of the...

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Disability in the Palestinian Territories : Assessing Situation and Services for People with Disabilities

World Bank - 2016

This assessment originated from the dialogue on reforming the Cash Transfer Program (CTP) managed by the Ministry of Social Affairs (MOSA) to increase monetary support for people with disabilities (PWD). According to the beneficiaries, the current benefit payment is not sufficient to address the...

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Public Expenditure Review of the Palestinian Authority : Towards Enhanced Public Finance Management and Improved Fiscal Sustainability

World Bank - 2016

The difficulty of pursuing a conventional market-oriented development strategy in the Palestinian territories led in the early part of the 2000s to a second-best reliance on public sector employment and wage bill expansion to boost aggregate demand. The main objective of this Programmatic Public...

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Unlocking the Trade Potential of the Palestinian Economy : Immediate Measures and a Long-Term Vision to Improve Palestinian Trade and Economic Outcomes

World Bank Group - 2017

The Palestinian economy is severely hampered by trade-related restrictions, high logistics costs, cumbersome procedures and institutional inefficiencies. Operating within an uneven customs union arrangement with Israel, the Palestinian economy has accumulated an enormous trade deficit and...

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Prospects for Growth and Jobs in the Palestinian Economy : A General Equilibrium Analysis

World Bank Group - 2017

particularly important to study what Palestine could do on its own to improve growth prospects. The hope is that this study could … operational engagement with Palestine by highlighting key reforms and investments needed to support higher and more inclusive …

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Toward Water Security for Palestinians : West Bank and Gaza Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Poverty Diagnostic

World Bank Group - 2018

The Palestinian territories face significant and growing shortfalls in the water supply available for domestic use. With population of approximately 4.8 million growing at an average annual rate of 2.8 percent, the domestic supply gap is projected to dramatically increase unless supply and...

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Poverty Map of the Palestinian Territories : Palestinian Expenditure and Consumption Survey 2016 and Census 2017

Atamanov, Aziz - 2019

This technical report describes the methodology and data used to produce small area poverty estimates for the Palestinian territories. The first section presents the methodology. The second section describes the data, and the technical challenges in estimating poverty at the locality level. The...

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