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Restructuring of insider-dominated firms

Djankov, Simeon - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1999

Using enterprise survey data for 1995-97, the author studies and compares how different modes of privatizing to insiders affect enterprise restructuring in two former Soviet republics, Georgia and Moldova. Restructuring in companies in which incumbent managers received significant ownership...

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Comparative review of microfinance regulatory framework issues in Benin, Ghana, and Tanzania

Gallardo, Joselito; Ouattara, Korotoumou; Randhawa, Bikki; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2005

The authors investigate the microfinance regulatory regimes in Benin, Ghana, and Tanzania, with a view to identifying … key issues and lessons on how the overall regulatory framework affects integration of microfinance institutions into the … environment promotes sustainable microfinance under shared performance standards and encourages regulatory authorities to develop …

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Who benefits from promoting small and medium scale enterprises ? some empirical evidence from Ethiopia

Rijkers, Bob; Laderchi, Caterina Ruggeri; Teal, Francis - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

The Addis Ababa Integrated Housing Development Program aims to tackle the housing shortage and unemployment that prevail in Addis Ababa by deploying and supporting small and medium scale enterprises to construct low-cost housing using technologies novel for Ethiopia. The motivation for such...

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Does it matter where you come from? vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment and the nationality of investors

Javorcik, Beata S.; Saggi, Kamal; Spatareanu, Mariana - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2004

The authors use a firm-level panel data set from Romania to examine whether the nationality of foreign investors affects the degree of vertical spillovers from foreign direct investment. Investors'country of origin may matter for spillovers to domestic producers in upstream sectors (supplying...

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International cartel enforcement : lessons from the 1990s

Evenett, Simon J.; Levenstein, Margaret C.; Suslow, … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2001

The enforcement record of the 1990s shows that private international cartels are not defunct--nor do they always fall quickly under the weight of their own incentive problems. Of a sample of 40 such cartels prosecuted by the United States and the European Union in the 1990s, 24 lasted at least...

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Assessing job flows across countries : the role of industry, firm size, and regulations

Haltiwanger, John; Scarpetta, Stefano; Schweiger, Helena - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2006

This paper reviews the process of job creation and destruction across a sample of 16 industrial and emerging economies over the past decade. It exploits a harmonized firm-level data set drawn from business registers and enterprise census data. The paper assesses the importance of technological...

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Insurers : too many, too few, or"just right"? initial observations on a cross-country dataset of concentration and competition measures

Thorburn, Craig - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2008

In many markets, industry and policymakers agree that there may be too many insurers. In others, the consensus is that there could be benefit from more competition. But this broad consensus is often supported by evidence that is more qualitative, anecdotal, or judgmental despite being...

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Manufacuring firms in developing countries - how well do they do, and why?

Tybout, James - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 1998

Manufacturing firms in developing countries have traditionally been relatively protected. They have also been subject to heavy regulation, much of it biased in favor of large enterprises. Accordingly, it is often argued that manufacturers in these countries perform poorly in several respects: a)...

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A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh

Schreiner, Mark - EconWPA - 2001

In the next ten years, advocates of microfinance organizations (MFOs) will seek more than $20 billion to provide small …-percent increase in the about $200 million spent per year on domestic microfinance. Most of the excitement for the promise of … microfinance in the United States has been sparked by reports of the success of the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh. Was Grameen a good …

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Credit Scoring for Microfinance: Can It Work?

Schreiner, Mark - EconWPA - 2001

loans with characteristics similar to current loans--to inform decisions. Can credit scoring do the same for microfinance … lenders in poor countries? This paper argues that scoring does have a place in microfinance. Although scoring is less powerful …--current microfinance technologies. Furthermore, the derivation of the scoring formula reveals how the characteristics of borrowers, loans …

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