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Information-based instruments for improved urban management
Deichman, Uwe; Lall, Somik V.; Suri, Ajay; Rajoria, Pragya - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2003
responsibilities following decentralization, and the economic challenges of globalization. Based on experience in Bangalore, India, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141848
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Designing performance: the semi-autonomous revenue authority model in Africa and Latin America
Taliercio, Robert Jr. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004
During the past decade, diverse developing countries have introduced radical reforms in their collection of taxes. In more than 15 countries, traditional tax departments have been granted the status of semiautonomous revenue authorities (ARAs), which are designed with a number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030466
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Dividing the spoils - pensions, privatization, and reform in Russia's transition
Kapstein, Ethan B.; Milanovic, Branko - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2000
The authors present a political economy model in which policy is the outcome of an interaction between three actors: government (G), managers and workers (W), and transfer recipients (P). The government's objective is to stay in power, for which it needs the support of either P or W. It can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005141477
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Reforming pensions in Zambia : an analysis of existing schemes and options for reform
Queisser, Monika; Bailey, Clive; Woodall, John - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1997
All of Zambia's pension schemes are deficient in design, financing, and administration. This report urges that Zambia restructure its social protection system to complement its new economic strategy. That restructuring must address such basic problems as macroeconomic fluctuations and an...
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Decentralization and public services : the case of immunization
Khaleghian, Peyvand - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2003
The author studies the impact of political decentralization on childhood immunization, an essential public service …-income countries from 1980 to 1997. The author finds that decentralization has different effects in low- and middle-income countries … vaccines. Both results are significant at the 99 percent level. Modifiers of the decentralization-immunization relationship …
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The public sector in the Caribbean : issues and reform options
Swaroop, Vinaya - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1996
The public sector's performance in the Caribbean varies, in reducing poverty and in creating an enabling environment for growth. Barbados and the Bahamas have been the high performers, Guyana and the Dominican Republic have been sluggish, and the other Caribbean countries fall in between. In the...
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The regulation of entry
Djankov, Simeon; La Porta, Rafael; Shleifer, Andrei; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2001
The authors present new data on the regulation of the entry of start-up firms in 85 countries. The data cover the number if procedures, official time, and official costs that a start-up firm must bear before it can operate legally. The official costs of entry are extremely high in most...
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Public spending and outcomes : does governance matter?
Rajkumar, Andrew Sunil; Swaroop, Vinaya - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2002
The authors examine the role of governance-measured by level of corruption and quality of bureaucracy-and ask how it affects the relationship between public spending and outcomes. Their main innovation is to see if differences in efficacy of public spending can be explained by quality of...
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Metropolitan industrial clusters ; patterns and processes
Chakravorty, Sanjoy; Koo, Jun; Lall, Smik V. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2003
Where do industries locate within a metropolitan area? Do different industrial sectors have different patterns of location/clustering? Can these patterns be understood with reference to industry characteristics? What is the geographical relationship between clusters of different types of...
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How Estonia's economic transition affected employment and wages (1989-95)
Noorkoiv, Rivo; Orazem, Peter F.; Puur, Allan; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1997
The authors use a retrospective survey of 9,608 individuals, aged 16 to 75, to monitor the effects of Estonia's economic transition on wages and employment. Estonia is an interesting case because of its early adoption of relatively free labor market policies. Estonia's transition led to rapid...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005079971