privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and … employing a multilevel research design that controls for pre-privatization selection in the estimation of regional privatization … effects, we examine the relationship between state bureaucracy and the impact of privatization on firm productivity. We find …

privatization in postcommunist Russia. Taking advantage of large regional variation in the size of public administrations, and … employing a multilevel re-search design that controls for pre-privatization selection in the estimation of regional … privatization effects, we examine the relationship between state bureaucracy and the impact of privatization on firm productivity …

the time scale of FDI to Bangladesh over the period 1975- 2006 and major factors determining foreign companies' decisions … policy framework makes Bangladesh as an attractivedestination of FDI, that has a positive spillover and significant impacts …

This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The …

1990 to 2003. The estimating equation is augmented with country- and time-specific variables for methods of privatization … and other factors potentially relevant to growth in transition economies. It is found that 'mass privatization' is … associated with faster growth, but the other privatization methods have no significant impact. The findings suggest that in the …

Privatization, together with liberalization and deregulation, constituted the core of Mozambique's economic transition …. Privatization in Mozambique has taken place on an unusually large scale in comparison with the rest of Africa. Privatization … a new outlet for their capital through privatization, sometimes in joint ventures with foreign investors. However …

evidence showing that (a) FDI inflows reduce the likelihood of privatization reversals, (b) worsened terms of trade increase …