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This report presents the results of the evaluation of the European Communityu0092s support to private sector development (PSD) in third countries over the period 1994-2003. It aims to contribute to improving the coherence of the Commissionu0092s sectoral approach and also at enhancing coherence...
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Regulation, with a focus on six countries (Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Mexico and the United States) where individual …
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This Country Focus discusses the relation between public investment and economic growth in Poland. Theoretical and empirical work has shown that improvements in the quantity and quality of public infrastructure have a positive impact on growth in the medium and, possibly, in the long run. The...
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Following several years of low growth Germany is presently enjoying a relatively strong recovery. With unemployment falling at record speed and fiscal consolidation progressing, the upswing is set to continue in spite of uncertainties surrounding the VAT increase of January 2007. This Country...
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The Czech financial sector has changed dramatically since transition. In fifteen years, it has developed from a state-owned mono-bank into a privatised bank-based financial system with developing capital and private equity markets. This country focus analyses the development of the financial...
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the international transmission of productivity improvements generate the observed degree of risk-sharing: one associated …
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firm entry and exit as well as survival analysis of new firms. Also, decompositions of productivity change into components … consisting of resource reallocation, firm entry and exit, and productivity growth within continuing firms are carried out. The … productivity compared to incumbent firms and changes in the sectoral structure of the economy. The decomposition of productivity …
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Slovakia is engaged in an ambitious reform process which has the potential to quicken productivity growth, increase the …
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research and development on the determinants of productivity gaps between the current EU-15 and accession states in central and … specialisation patterns for the explanation of observed productivity gaps and for the projection of future potentials of productivity … growth in central and eastern Europe. For the aggregated level, analysis determines the share of national productivity gaps …
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