In the context of the stabilization and economic growth that hasfollowed the Real plan introduced in mid 1994, the …

What are the determinants of economic reform efforts? This paper tries to throw light on this question by examining … recent reforms in Brazil, a country which followed a gradualist approach and was a late-starter among Latin American … economies. We argue that these first generation reforms (trade liberalization, stabilization, privatization and the adoption of …

influenced by international pressures of coercion and emulation. We find robust support for these arguments with an event …-history analysis of the determinants of reform in the telecommunications and electricity sectors of as many as 205 countries and … World Bank or Regional Development Banks is increasing over time, a finding that is consistent with anecdotal evidence that …

influenced by international pressures of coercion and emulation. We find robust support for these arguments with an event …-history analysis of the determinants of reform in the telecommunications and electricity sectors of as many as 205 countries and … World Bank or Regional Development Banks is increasing over time, a finding that is consistent with anecdotal evidence that …

This paper identifies the dramatic growth in legal and judicial reform across the world of international development … assistance, and assesses the particular experience of measuring performance in a substantial reform programme in Papua New Guinea … (PNG). The paper provides the case study of building capacity to monitor and evaluate legal and judicial reform in the …

This paper tests whether there is a macroeconomic cost of a reform reversal during transition. A reform reversal is … defined as a downgrading in the level of an average reform indicator. In the standard empirical framework the current level of … reform affects growth negatively, while the lagged level affects growth positively. This non-linear effect is shown to imply …

This paper tests whether there is a macroeconomic cost of a reform reversal during transition. A reform reversal is … defined as a downgrading in the level of an average reform indicator. This is important both from an empirical and a … theoretical point of view. In the standard empirical framework the current level of reform affects growth negatively, while the …