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The United States consumed more petroleum-based liquid fuel per capita than any other OECD-high-income country - 30 percent more than the second-highest country (Canada) and 40 percent more than the third-highest (Luxemburg). This paper examines the main channels through which reductions in U.S....
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on competition, and therefore on business dynamism, productivity and ultimately well-being. A recent update of the OECD … in turn increases the purchasing power of low-income households and reduces poverty. By raising productivity, stronger …
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IIR 2002 focuses on one of the most fundamental building blocks of a reform agenda, namely, governance frameworks for commercialization. It was in December 2000 that we first mooted the subject of governance for this issue of the IIR. Subsequent developments, such as the Enron saga, the Orissa...
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Brings out the context for (economic) governnance reform in India and develops the theme of the report on better governance for commercialisation of infrastructure. Argues that most situations of governnace inadeuacy or failure can be traced to utlimate causes in bad policy, rules, law and poor...
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of environmental policies, it is likely they impact well beyond the sectors directly concerned, hampering productivity … la concurrence. Si des politiques environnementales strictes peuvent être conçues de telle façon que ces charges … concernant certains aspects de la conception des politiques environnementales en rapport avec la concurrence. Les informations …
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We examine a little explored and yet important aspect of the poor productivity in Brazil: the performance of the … sector is a key factor explaining the poor aggregate productivity and manufacturing competitiveness in Brazil. The reasons …
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Analysis of trend components of production indices for May through July 2021 suggests that growth factors in trends for the extractive industries since the beginning of 2021 continue to have effect for two reasons: a pickup in demand for power-generating coal on the part of European and Asian...
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Vigorous product market competition plays a central role in bolstering productivity growth. Sweden has strengthened …
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The strength of product market competition plays an important role in ensuring dynamic economic growth. This paper examines product market competition and its link with economic performance in Switzerland whose growth has been weaker than in most OECD countries since 1980. It shows that...
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In Q3 2021, industrial output growth was mainly driven by extractive industries owing to a pickup in demand for power-generating coal and natural gas and ebbing restrictions related to the OPEC+ agreement. The following factors kept affecting dynamics of different sectors of the Russian...
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