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Deterring Kickbacks and Encouraging Entry in Public Procurement Markets : Evidence from Firm Surveys in 88 Developing Countries
Knack, Stephen - 2017
There is relatively little systematic evidence on the links between procurement systems and outcomes such as competition and corruption levels. This paper adds to the evidence base, using data on almost 34,000 firms from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys, in 88 countries that also have...
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Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries
McKenzie, David J. - 2017
in Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka. This paper shows that variation in business practices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971132
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Who Uses Bottled Gas? Evidence from Households in Developing Countries
Kojima, Masami - 2017
Household surveys in Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka were analyzed using a two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012975879
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Unraveling a Secret : Vietnam's Outstanding Performance on the PISA Test
Parandekar, Suhas - 2017
This paper seeks to find an empirical explanation of Vietnam's outstanding performance on the Programme for … the unique exception of Vietnam, are typically clustered at the lower end of the range of the Programme for International … student Assessment scores. The paper compares Vietnam's performance with that of a set of seven developing countries from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969538
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How Natural are Natural Monopolies in the Water Supply and Sewerage Sector? Case Studies from Developing and Transition Economies
Nauges, Céline - 2016
economies in the water industry in four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam) that differ substantially in economic … find evidence of economies of scale in Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam, implying the existence of a natural monopoly. In … customer density in Moldova and Vietnam. The results of this study show that the cost structure of the water and wastewater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747840
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Health Insurance Impacts on Health and Nonmedical Consumption in a Developing Country
Pradhan, Menno Prasad - 2017
The authors examine the effects of the introduction of Vietnam's health insurance (VHI) program on health outcomes … biases due to inappropriate specification of the outcome regression model. The authors' results suggest that Vietnam's health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966155
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Financial Globalization in Emerging Economies : Much Ado About Nothing?
Levy-Yeyati, Eduardo Levy - 2014
Financial globalization, defined as global linkages through cross-border financial flows, has become increasingly relevant for emerging markets as they integrate financially with the rest of the world. This paper argues that, because of the way it is often measured, it has also led to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013068213
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Transformational Climate Finance : Donors'Willingness to Support Deep and Transformational Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions in Lower-Income Countries
Strand, Jon - 2020
This paper uses simple analytical models to study high-income donor countries' willingness to pay to supply mitigation finance to low-income countries; how this depends on modality for finance supply; and how it changes as the global greenhouse gas mitigation agenda moves forward. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833615
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Study of the Distributional Performance of Piped Water Consumption Subsidies in 10 Developing Countries
Abramovsky, Laura Fernanda - 2020
This paper provides new evidence on how effectively piped water consumption subsidies are targeting poor households in 10 low- and middle-income countries around the world. The results suggest that, in these countries, existing tariff structures fall short of recovering the costs of service...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834269
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How Does the World Bank Influence the Development Policy Priorities of Low-Income and Lower-Middle Income Countries?
Knack, Stephen - 2020
This study investigates the World Bank's use of lending and non-lending instruments to affect the policy priorities of developing countries. In a typical year, the World Bank lends more than $30 billion to its client countries. It also spends approximately $200 million on the provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835417