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Introduces applications of microeconomic theory to planning problems including urban form and structure, environmental controls, zoning and property rights, and income inequality and poverty. From the course home page: Course Description Planning Economics (11.202) is a course that runs for the...
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This study focuses on clarifying factors that influence the sustainability of a development project, by examining a bilateral aid project in Vietnam: "The HIV/AIDS/STI Commune Clinics Network Project." This is a CIDA funded project which started in 2003 and is still going on. The purpose of this...
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This paper develops multivariate methods for analyzing (1) effects of socioeconomic variables on the total fertility rate and its components and (2) effects of socioeconomic variables on the trend in the total fertility rate and its components. For the multivariate methods to be applicable, the...
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There is a continuing debate on whether or not ownership changes accompanying privatization of state-owned enterprises … of telecommunication firms around the world, 4 years before and 4 years after privatization, using two parallel measures … could corroborate stronger evidence for or against maintained hypothesis of performance improvements after privatization …
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and revisits policy implications. Practical implications – No one policy fits all in Indonesia for privatization programme …
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Privatization and market liberalization are widely considered to be complementary reforms in transition economies. This … pursued too vigorously, privatization may actually impede the transition process following market liberalization. Our result … analysis, less than full privatization is optimal when the costs of learning are sufficiently important. …
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This paper examines the fiscal impact of privatization revenues in 47 developing countries. There are many reasons that … privatization is attractive for the central government of developing countries. If substantial, these revenues from the sale of … state owned enterprises can present a potential solution to persistent deficits. On the other hand, the privatization …
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