play an important role in many countries. Using a MENA bank-level panel dataset for the period 2001-08, the paper … contributes to the empirical literature by documenting recent ownership trends and assessing the role of ownership and bank … performance in MENA while accounting for key bank characteristics such as size and balance sheet composition. The paper analyzes …

This paper presents recent trends in government and foreign bank ownership across countries and summarizes the evidence … regarding the implications of bank ownership structure for bank performance and competition, financial stability, and access to … expanding access to credit. The record on the impact of government bank ownership suggests few benefits, especially for …

quality is created from the World Bank?s Benchmarking Public Procurement project that is then combined with firm-level data … from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys. The analysis includes more than 59,000 firms spanning more than 109 economies. The …

2013 World Bank Enterprise Survey. The study looks at the typology of firms in the industry and service sectors …

6 to 18 years in South Asia go to private schools, with a high concentration in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Pakistan …. Data for India, Nepal, and Pakistan show that on average, private schools perform at least as well as government schools on …