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Structural reforms to set the growth ambition
Rovo, Natasha - 2020
-side channel: capital, labor, and productivity, with the last estimated using the stochastic frontier approach. By controlling for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012230763
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Underutilized potential : the business costs of unreliable infrastructure in developing countries : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : background paper
Rentschler, Jun; Kornejew, Martin; Hallegatte, Stéphane; … - 2019
This study constructs a microdata set of about 143,000 firms to estimate the monetary costs of infrastructure disruptions in 137 low- and middle-income countries, representing 78 percent of the world population and 80 percent of the GDP of low- and -middle-income countries. Specifically, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052026
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Resilient infrastructure for thriving firms : a review of the evidence : Lifelines: the Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity : background paper
Braese, Johannes; Rentschler, Jun; Hallegatte, Stéphane - 2019
This review examines the literature on the role of infrastructure in determining the productivity and competitiveness …, water, and telecommunications systems increases firm-level productivity. It also shows that providing infrastructure per se … is not enough to boost productivity, unless it offers reliable service. Disruptions and irregular service have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052043
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The drivers and impacts of water infrastructure reliability : a global analysis of manufacturing firms
Islam, Asif; Hyland, Marie - 2018
Inadequate infrastructure impedes the productivity of manufacturing firms, with negative consequences for the wider … unreliable water supplies on the productivity of manufacturing firms, focusing predominately on firms in developing economies …, the study finds that incidents of water outages lead to lower firm productivity for firms in less developed economies. For …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012002261
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Firm Productivity and Infrastructure Costs in East Africa
Iimi, Atsushi - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246130
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Sustainability of Transport Projects : Toolkit
World Bank - 2012
This report is the output of the finalize toolkit phase (phase three) for the project sustainability toolkit for transport projects. The overall objective, as defined in the terms of reference, is 'to make development projects more sustainable by reducing the risk of failure of projects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012247909
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Croatia's EU Accession : Case Studies on Reform and the Transposition of the Community Acquis
World Bank Group - 2016
Croatia, a founding member of the former Republic of Yugoslavia and a current member of the European Union (EU), is a high-income country in Europe and Central Asia. Given that high quality financial reporting promotes good corporate governance, reduces uncertainty and risk, can help to lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012645512
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Brexit : Trade Governance and Legal Implications for Third Countries
Molinuevo, Martin - 2017
While precise impact of Brexit on the EU/UK trade and investment agreements with third countries will depend primarily on the terms of the withdrawal agreement to be concluded between them, most scenarios suggest an extensive process of amendment of the text and/or commitments in multilateral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246331
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Deep Integration and UK-EU Trade Relations
Mulabdic, Alen - 2017
This paper studies the impact of deep agreements on United Kingdom-European Union trade relations. A standard gravity model is applied to assess the effect that European Union membership had on the United Kingdom's trade. The paper uses new information on the content of trade agreements to build...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012246501
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Bank capital and risk in Europe and Central Asia ten years after the crisis
Anginer, Deniz; Demirgüç-Kunt, Asli; Mare, Davide … - 2020
This paper examines changes in bank capital and capital regulations since the global financial crisis, in the Europe and Central Asia region. It shows that banks in Europe and Central Asia are better capitalized, as measured by regulatory capital ratios, than they were prior to the crisis....
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