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Finding a Balance between Growth and Vulnerability Trade-Offs : Lessons from Emerging Europe and the CIS

Ghosh, Swati - 2017

This paper examines the growth patterns of emerging Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries prior to the global financial crisis. The aim is to draw lessons on what policies can best position these countries going forward to enjoy growth without a buildup in macro and...

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Measuring Corruption in Eastern Europe and Central Asia : A Critique of the Cross-Country Indicators

Knack, Stephen - 2016

This paper assesses corruption levels and trends among countries in the transition countries of Eastern Europe and …. Data from firm surveys tend to show improvement in most types of administrative corruption, but little change instate … capturein the region. Broader, subjective corruption indicators tend to show somewhat greater improvement in ECA than in non …

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Governance and Public Service Delivery in Europe and Central Asia : Unofficial Payments, Utilization and Satisfaction

Diagne, Mame Fatou - 2017

Using data from the 2010 Life in Transition Survey, this paper examines the levels of citizens'satisfaction with public service delivery in Europe and Central Asia and identifies some factors that may help explain variation in utilization and levels of satisfaction with service delivery. It...

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Corruption and Productivity : Firm-Level Evidence from the Beeps Survey

De Rosa, Donato - 2017

corruption is more prevalent and the legal framework is weaker, bribery is more harmful for firm-level productivity … corruption on productivity. Corruption is narrowly defined as the occurrence of informal payments to government officials to ease … grease" hypothesis by investigating whether corruption may increase productivity by helping reduce the time tax on firms …

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Tax Administration Practices and Firms? Perceptions of Corruption : Evidence from Europe and Central Asia

Ponomariov, B. - 2018

examination of taxation-related determinants of corruption prevalence (frequency and magnitude of bribery), as well as the effect … appears that, more than anything else, perceived corruption in tax administration and actual experiences with bribery during …Two competing conceptualizations of corruption in the literature allow viewing it either as efficient or burdensome …

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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

Using data from the International Benchmarking NETwork database, the authors estimate measures of density and scale economies in the water industry in four countries (Brazil, Colombia, Moldova, and Vietnam) that differ substantially in economic development, piped water and sewerage coverage, and...

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Services Policies in Transition Economies : On the European Union and the World Trade Organization as Commitment Mechanisms

Eschenbach, Felix - 2016

The authors analyze the extent to which the EU-15 and 16 transition economies used the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to commit to service sector policy reforms. They compare GATS commitments with the evolution of actual policy stances over time. While there is substantial...

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Should Income Inequality Be Reduced and Who Should Benefit? Redistributive Preferences in Europe and Central Asia

Cojocaru, Alexandru - 2017

This paper examines support for reducing inequality and for income redistribution to specific groups in Europe and Central Asia. The paper uses the Life in Transition Survey to analyze cross-country differences in redistributive preferences and the determinants of individual-level differences in...

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History of Events and Life-Satisfaction in Transition Countries

Dabalen, Andrew - 2017

Using Life in Transition Survey data for 27 transition countries, the findings of this paper suggest that higher life satisfaction is correlated with lesser experience of unpleasant events such as labor market shock or economic distress, mostly in the recent past. Social capital such as trust,...

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Exchange Rate Flexibility and the Effect of Remittances on Economic Growth

Lartey, Emmanuel K. K. - 2017

This paper studies the question of whether exchange rate policy affects the impact of remittances on economic growth in recipient countries. The paper utilizes a comprehensive data set that comprises annual observations for 135 developing and transition countries, spanning 1970-2007. The data...

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