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Public Enterprise Reform : A Challenge for the World Bank

Ruppert, Elizabeth - 2017

Public enterprises (PEs) earn an average 10 percent of GDP in developing countries. Many governments are reexamining the role of the state, so questions about whether to divest PEs or make them more efficient are likely to intensify. The Bank will increasingly be called upon for advice and...

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State Ownership - A Residual Role?

Perotti, Enrico C. - 2017

The author reviews the state of thinking on the governance role of state ownership. He argues that a gradual transfer of operational control and financial claims over state assets remains the most desirable goal, but it needs to be paced to avoid regulatory capture, and the capture of the...

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State Ownership of Financial Institutions in Europe and Central Asia

Ferrari, Aurora - 2017

This paper introduces key findings from a new cross-country survey on state-owned financial institutions in Europe and Central Asia. It covers 41 such institutions operating in the region as of end 2016, and considers variables in the areas of mandates, instruments, performance, governance, and...

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Hayek, Local Information, and the Decentralization of State-Owned Enterprises in China

Huang, Zhangkai - 2017

Hayek argues that local knowledge is a key for understanding whether production should be decentralized. This paper tests Hayek?s predictions by examining the causes of the Chinese government?s decision to decentralize state-owned enterprises. Since the government located closer to a state-owned...

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The Role of Private Equity Investments in Public Firms : International Evidence

Dahiya, Sandeep - 2017

This paper compares the raising of external equity capital from private equity investors via private investments in public equity (PIPEs) and seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) using a sample of 456 PIPEs and 1,910 SEOs drawn from nine Asian countries. Consistent with the idea that insiders...

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Structural Challenges for Soes in Belarus : A Case Study of the Machine Building Sector

Favaro, Edgardo M. - 2017

Are Belarus's state owned enterprises positioned to grow in 2011-2015 as successfully as in 1995-2006? State owned enterprises account for 55 percent of Belarus's output and two-thirds of overall employment; economic growth in 1995-2006 was the result of capacity expansion and productivity...

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Firm Growth and Productivity in Belarus : New Empirical Evidence from the Machine Building Industry

Cuaresma, Jesus Crespo - 2017

Using a unique dataset comprising information for more than 900 firms in the machine building sector in Belarus, this paper investigates the determinants of firm growth for an economy where state ownership of enterprises is widespread. It uses panel data models based on generalizations of...

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Governance in State-Owned Enterprises Revisited : The Cases of Water and Electricity in Latin America and the Caribbean

Andres, Luis Alberto - 2017

This paper studies the governance structure of state-owned enterprises in the water and electricity sectors of Latin America and the Caribbean. Through a unique dataset, the paper compares 44 leading state companies of the region based on an aggregate measure of corporate governance and six...

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Effects of Corporate Governance on the Performance of State-Owned Enterprises

Heo, Kyoungsun - 2018

State-owned enterprises play an important role in economic growth and the delivery of critical public services such as health, education, water, and energy. The underperformance of state-owned enterprises can lead to significant challenges in overall national growth and competitiveness and pose...

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India's Internal Labor Migration Paradox : The Statistical and the Real

Nayyar, Gaurav - 2018

Internal labor migration rates in India have been largely static and low in recent times compared with those in other … the India Human Development Survey, which provides a more recent source of data compared with the Census and other …-12, empirical analysis based on the India Human Development Survey highlights several socioeconomic factors associated with the …

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