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A Framework for Thinking About Enterprise Formalization Policies in Developing Countries
Kenyon, Thomas - 2016
What policies encourage firms to become formal? The standard approach emphasizes reducing the costs of compliance with government regulation. This is unlikely to be sufficient. Instead we need to understand compliance as a function not only of firm-level costs and benefits but also in terms of...
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Growth Recovery in Southern Europe : A Dozen Lessons, Old and New
Islam, Roumeen - 2017
Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain entered a period of severe economic and financial stress in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis. Their collective experience confirmed the primacy of total debt, private or public, in affecting the onset of, depth of, and recovery from economic crises. The year...
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Moderate Inflation
Dasgupta, Susmita - 2017
Inflation persists at moderate rates (15-30 percent) in all the countries that successfully reduced triple-digit inflation in the 1980s. Several other countries--for example, Colombia--have experienced moderate inflation for prolonged periods. The authors introduce types of theories of...
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Investing in Indonesia's Education : Allocation, Equity, and Efficiency of Public Expenditures
Arze del Granado, F. Javier - 2016
What are the current trends and main characteristics of public education spending in Indonesia? Is education spending … insufficient? Are expenditures in education efficient and equitable? This study reports the first account of Indonesia's aggregated … education enrollment. It concludes that the current challenges in Indonesia are no longer defined by the need of additional …
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Health Sector Decentralization and Indonesia's Nutrition Programs : Opportunities and Challenges
Choi, Yoonjoung - 2016
begins with a review of the accomplishments and remaining nutrition challenges for Indonesia. It then turns to look at the … regional diversity in Indonesia's nutrition challenges and asks which type of nutrition programs are most cost-effective. The … steps Indonesia can take to further improve population nutrition and health. The annexes provide extensive data and analysis …
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Local Conflict and Development Projects in Indonesia : Part of the Problem or Part of a Solution?
Barron, Patrick - 2016
-conflict nexus in rural Indonesia, and the specific role of development projects in shaping the nature, extent, and trajectories of …
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Pathways Out of Poverty During an Economic Crisis : An Empirical Assessment of Rural Indonesia
McCulloch, Neil A. - 2016
Indonesia Family Life Survey for 1993 and 2000, to show which pathways out of poverty were most successful over this period. The …
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The Role of Opinion Leaders in the Diffusion of New Knowledge : The Case of Integrated Pest Management
Savastano, Sara - 2016
pest management knowledge in Indonesia among follower farmers over the period 1991-98 indicates that opinion leaders who …
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Evaluating Fiscal Equalization in Indonesia
Hofman, Bert - 2016
service wages)? The authors illustrate this approach by assessing Indonesia's evolving intergovernmental fiscal system … instituted in the 2001 Big Bang decentralization. The discussion comes against Indonesia's recent policy decision to fully fund …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012748135
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How Technology Adoption and Trade are Shaping Indonesian Labor Markets
Viollaz, Mariana - 2019
different types of skills and aggregate labor market indicators in Indonesia over a period characterized by a commodity boom …
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