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contiguous districts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh in the northeast of the subcontinent to measure the degrees of trade …
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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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This paper examines the role of the Indian diaspora in the outsourcing of work to India. The data are taken from oDesk …, the world's largest online platform for outsourced contracts. Despite oDesk minimizing many of the frictions that diaspora … to choose a worker in India. This higher placement is the result of a greater likelihood of choosing India for the …
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and poor adults. This paper provides an overview of financial inclusion around the world and reviews the recent empirical …
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This paper investigates, both theoretically and empirically, the role of factional competition and local accountability in explaining the enormous but puzzling county-level variations in development performance in Fujian province of China. When the Communist armies took over Fujian from the...
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conclusion that "history matters," since institutions clearly form and evolve over time. Unfortunately, however, the next logical … useful and distinctive insights to offer. This paper endeavors to open and sustain a constructive dialogue between history …
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The world is faced with considerable risk and uncertainty about climate change. Particular attention has been paid …. Three projects are considered - in India, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The results are still tentative in terms of both …
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industrial growth in India. The expected annual sales growth rate of an enterprise is lower where labor regulation is greater …
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This paper studies the relationship between the growth of China and India in world merchandise trade and Latin American … and Caribbean exports of non-fuel merchandise. In general, China's and to a large extent India's growing presence in world … and Caribbean commercial flows from two perspectives. First, the authors focus on the opportunity that China and India …
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