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  • MPI Ethno. Forsch.  (28)
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  • 2000-2004  (28)
  • Washington, D.C : The World Bank  (24)
  • Paris : OECD Publishing and Nuclear Energy Agency  (4)
  • Environment  (14)
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  • 1
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    Paris : OECD Publishing and Nuclear Energy Agency
    ISBN: 9789264104341
    Language: French
    Pages: Online-Ressource (112 p.)
    Series Statement: Développement de l'énergie nucléaire
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants; Policies, Strategies and Costs
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants: Policies, Strategies and Costs
    Keywords: Environment ; Nuclear Energy ; Kernkraftwerk ; Bemessung ; Stilllegung
    Abstract: Le démantèlement des centrales nucléaires est un sujet qui suscite un intérêt grandissant de la part des pouvoirs publics et de l’industrie à mesure que les unités en exploitation arrivent en fin de vie. Ce rapport, qui s’appuie sur des données fournies par 26 pays et analysées par des experts d’agences gouvernementales et de l’industrie, porte sur des réacteurs de types et de tailles très variés. Les enseignements tirés de l’étude sur les éléments de coût du démantèlement et les facteurs qui expliquent la variabilité de ces coûts intéresseront les analystes et les décideurs dans le domaine de l’énergie nucléaire.
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  • 2
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    Paris : OECD Publishing and Nuclear Energy Agency
    ISBN: 9789264103313
    Language: French
    Pages: Online-Ressource (120 p.)
    Series Statement: Développement de l'énergie nucléaire
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Nuclear Energy Today
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Kernenergie heute
    Keywords: Energy ; Environment ; Nuclear Energy ; Kernenergie ; Energiebedarf
    Abstract: L’énergie nucléaire est une technologie complexe au passé controversé et qui suscite des interrogations. Dans le même temps, elle peut nous apporter des bienfaits considérables. Pour pouvoir apprécier les perspectives d’avenir de cette technologie, le public souhaite être éclairé sur toute une série de questions : • Dans quelle mesure l’énergie nucléaire est-elle sûre ? • L’énergie nucléaire est-elle compétitive sur le plan économique ? • Quelle contribution l’énergie nucléaire peut-elle apporter pour atteindre les objectifs de réduction des gaz à effet de serre ? • Que faire des déchets radioactifs ? • Le recours à l’énergie nucléaire augmente-t-il le risque de prolifération des armes nucléaires ? • Les ressources sont-elles suffisamment abondantes et sûres pour permettre une exploitation prolongée de l’énergie nucléaire ? • L’énergie nucléaire pourra-t-elle être mieux maîtrisée demain qu’aujourd’hui ? Cet ouvrage apporte des réponses factuelles et fondées à toutes ces questions. Conçu d’abord pour informer les responsables politiques, il intéressera aussi les dirigeants d’entreprise, les universitaires, les journalistes et le grand public.
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  • 3
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (48 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Dasgupta, Susmita The Poverty/Environment Nexus in Cambodia and Lao People's Democratic Republic
    Keywords: Environment ; Environmental Degradation ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Living Conditions ; Ministry of Health ; Natural Resource ; Natural Resources ; Policy ; Policy Research ; Policy Research Working Paper ; Pollution ; Poor People ; Population Policies ; Poverty Reduction ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Environment ; Environmental Degradation ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Living Conditions ; Ministry of Health ; Natural Resource ; Natural Resources ; Policy ; Policy Research ; Policy Research Working Paper ; Pollution ; Poor People ; Population Policies ; Poverty Reduction ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty Reduction ; Environment ; Environmental Degradation ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Living Conditions ; Ministry of Health ; Natural Resource ; Natural Resources ; Policy ; Policy Research ; Policy Research Working Paper ; Pollution ; Poor People ; Population Policies ; Poverty Reduction ; Rural Development ; Rural Poverty Reduction
    Abstract: Environmental degradation can inflict serious damage on poor people because their livelihoods often depend on natural resource use and their living conditions may offer little protection from air, water, and soil pollution. At the same time, poverty-constrained options may induce the poor to deplete resources and degrade the environment at rates that are incompatible with long-term sustainability. In such cases, degraded resources may precipitate a downward spiral, by further reducing the income and livelihoods of the poor. This "poverty/environment nexus" has become a major issue in the recent literature on sustainable development. In regions where the nexus is significant, jointly addressing problems of poverty and environmental degradation may be more cost-effective than addressing them separately. Empirical evidence on the prevalence and importance of the poverty/environment nexus is sparse because the requisite data are often difficult to obtain in developing countries. The authors use newly available spatial and survey data to investigate the spatial dimension of the nexus in Cambodia, and Lao People's Democratic Republic. The data enable the authors to quantify several environmental problems at the district and provincial level. In a parallel exercise, they map the provincial distribution of poor households. Merging the geographic information on poverty and the environment, the authors search for the nexus using geo-referenced indicator maps and statistical analysis. The results suggest that the nexus is country-specific: geographical, historical, and institutional factors may all play important roles in determining the relative importance of poverty and environment links in different contexts. Joint implementation of poverty and environment strategies may be cost-effective for some environmental problems, but independent implementation may be preferable in many cases as well. Since the search has not revealed a common nexus, the authors conclude on a cautionary note. The evidence suggests that the nexus concept can provide a useful catalyst for country-specific work, but not a general formula for program design. This paper—a product of Infrastructure and Environment, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to understand poverty/environment links in different contexts
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  • 4
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    Online Resource
    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (32 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Ravallion, Martin Land Allocation in Vietnam's Agrarian Transition
    Keywords: Allocation ; Climate Change ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Consumption ; Contract ; Cost ; Economics ; Efficiency ; Environment ; Forestry ; Historical Context ; Labor ; Land ; Land Use and Policies ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market ; Market Economy ; Municipal Housing ; Political Economy ; Political Economy ; Poverty Reduction ; Price Variation ; Private Sector Development ; Rural Development ; Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems ; Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction ; Urban Development ; Urban Housing ; Allocation ; Climate Change ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Consumption ; Contract ; Cost ; Economics ; Efficiency ; Environment ; Forestry ; Historical Context ; Labor ; Land ; Land Use and Policies ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market ; Market Economy ; Municipal Housing ; Political Economy ; Political Economy ; Poverty Reduction ; Price Variation ; Private Sector Development ; Rural Development ; Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems ; Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction ; Urban Development ; Urban Housing ; Allocation ; Climate Change ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Consumption ; Contract ; Cost ; Economics ; Efficiency ; Environment ; Forestry ; Historical Context ; Labor ; Land ; Land Use and Policies ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market ; Market Economy ; Municipal Housing ; Political Economy ; Political Economy ; Poverty Reduction ; Price Variation ; Private Sector Development ; Rural Development ; Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems ; Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction ; Urban Development ; Urban Housing
    Abstract: While liberalizing key factor markets is a crucial step in the transition from a socialist control-economy to a market economy, the process can be stalled by imperfect information, high transaction costs, and covert resistance from entrenched interests. Ravallion and van de Walle study land-market adjustment in the wake of Vietnam's reforms aiming to establish a free market in land-use rights following de-collectivization. Inefficiencies in the initial administrative allocation are measured against an explicit counterfactual market solution. The authors' tests using a farm-household panel data set spanning the reforms suggest that land allocation responded positively but slowly to the inefficiencies of the administrative allocation. They find no sign that the transition favored the land rich or that it was thwarted by the continuing power over land held by local officials. This paper—a joint product of the Poverty Team and the Public Services Team, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to understand the welfare impacts of major policy reforms
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  • 5
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (56 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Kaminski, Bartlomiej Stabilization and Association Process in the Balkans
    Keywords: Bilateral Free Trade Agreements ; Competitive Market ; Competitive Markets ; Customs Procedures ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Exporters ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; Industrial Products ; Industry Trade ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Multilateral Liberalization ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Trade Law ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Bilateral Free Trade Agreements ; Competitive Market ; Competitive Markets ; Customs Procedures ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Exporters ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; Industrial Products ; Industry Trade ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Multilateral Liberalization ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Trade Law ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Bilateral Free Trade Agreements ; Competitive Market ; Competitive Markets ; Customs Procedures ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Exporters ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; Industrial Products ; Industry Trade ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Multilateral Liberalization ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Trade Law ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration
    Abstract: The stabilization and association process launched by the European Union in the aftermath of the Kosovo war in 1999 has created a new policy environment for five South East European countries (SEE-5). In exchange for EU assistance, the prospect of EU accession, and the continuation of preferential access to EU markets, SEE-5 governments have to upgrade their institutions and governance by European standards and engage in mutual regional cooperation, including stability pact member-countries. Kaminski and de la Rocha examine the benefits to SEE-5 of trade liberalization along two dimensions and suggest conditions under which these could be maximized. They argue that the process of regional trade liberalization should be extended to multilateral liberalization, aligning SEE-5 most-favored-nation (MFN) applied tariffs on industrial products with EU MFN tariffs, and that priority be given to structural reforms and regional cooperation aimed at trade facilitation. As interindustry trade rather than intra-industry trade dominates intra-SEE-5 trade, the potential for expansion in intra-SEE-5 trade is limited at least within the confines of the existing production structures and transportation infrastructure. Therefore SEE-5 free trade agreements are unlikely to contribute to economic growth without concurrent efforts to improve infrastructure, trade facilitation, business, and investment climate, as well as to increase competition from MFN imports to external preferential suppliers through multilateral liberalization. This paper—a product of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit, Europe and Central Asia Region—was prepared in the context of the World Bank's regional program for South Eastern Europe. Its objective is to support the integration in the world economy—and in Europe in particular—of five countries that are currently engaged with the European Union in the stabilization and association process
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  • 6
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (36 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Shleifer, Andrei The New Comparative Economics
    Keywords: Allocation ; Capital ; Capitalism ; Children and Youth ; Contract ; Debt Markets ; Democracy ; Dictatorship ; Economic Growth ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economics ; Efficiency ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Gender ; Gender ; Institutional Economics ; Investment ; Labor Policies ; Law and Development ; Legal Products ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market ; Market Economy ; Political Economy ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures ; Social Protections and Labor ; Allocation ; Capital ; Capitalism ; Children and Youth ; Contract ; Debt Markets ; Democracy ; Dictatorship ; Economic Growth ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economics ; Efficiency ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Gender ; Gender ; Institutional Economics ; Investment ; Labor Policies ; Law and Development ; Legal Products ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market ; Market Economy ; Political Economy ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures ; Social Protections and Labor ; Allocation ; Capital ; Capitalism ; Children and Youth ; Contract ; Debt Markets ; Democracy ; Dictatorship ; Economic Growth ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economics ; Efficiency ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Gender ; Gender ; Institutional Economics ; Investment ; Labor Policies ; Law and Development ; Legal Products ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market ; Market Economy ; Political Economy ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Corruption and Anticorruption Measures ; Social Protections and Labor
    Abstract: In recent years, comparative economics experienced a revival, with a new focus on comparing capitalist economies. The theme of the new research is that institutions exert a profound influence on economic development. The authors argue that, to understand capitalist institutions, one needs to understand the basic tradeoff between the costs of disorder and those of dictatorship. They then apply this logic to study the structure of efficient institutions, the consequences of colonial transplantation, and the politics of institutional choice. This paper—a product of the Private Sector Advisory Department, Private Sector Development Vice Presidency—is part of a larger effort to understand institutional differences in the regulation of business
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  • 7
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    Paris : OECD Publishing and Nuclear Energy Agency
    ISBN: 9789264294806
    Language: French
    Pages: Online-Ressource (368 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Développement de l'énergie nucléaire
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Environmental Remediation of Uranium Production Facilities
    Keywords: Environment ; Nuclear Energy ; Uranproduktion ; Produktionsstandort ; Umweltverschmutzung ; Sanierung
    Abstract: Le réaménagement de l’environnement des sites des mines et usines de traitement d’uranium a pris un tournant majeur depuis quelques décennies. Les raisons de cette évolution sont multiples : un grand nombre d’installations ont été fermées ; la décontamination des anciens sites abandonnés est un souci croissant ; enfin, des règlements toujours plus stricts sont mis en place en vue de protéger l’environnement. Des programmes de réaménagement sont donc instaurés dans le but de rétablir l’environnement initial des sites contaminés ou de permettre l’utilisation libre des sols, le tout dans un cadre qui sache respecter les objectifs du développement durable à long terme et qui convienne à toutes les parties prenantes. Ce rapport résume les pratiques et les enjeux les plus importants des programmes visant à réaménager les installations de production d’uranium, puis brosse le tableau général des activités et des programmes spécifiques dans les pays participant à l’étude. Les thèmes abordés sont variés : caractérisation des sites, démantèlement et déclassement, installations de gestion des déchets, décontamination de l’eau, intendance et surveillance de longue durée, politiques et réglementation, et coûts. Les profils nationaux des activités et programmes de réaménagement s’appuient sur les réponses fournies par chacun des 22 pays (12 pays Membres de l’OCDE et 10 pays non membres) qui ont participé à l’enquête et comprennent des informations liées aux questions qui sont réputées les plus importantes dans chacun d’entre eux.
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  • 8
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    Paris : OECD Publishing and Nuclear Energy Agency
    ISBN: 9789264296220
    Language: French
    Pages: Online-Ressource (176 p.) , ill.
    Series Statement: Développement de l'énergie nucléaire
    Parallel Title: Druckausg.
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Trends in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle; Economic, Environmental and Social Aspects
    Parallel Title: Parallelausg. Trends in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Economic, Environmental and Social Aspects
    Keywords: Environment ; Nuclear Energy ; Kernbrennstoffkreislauf ; Wirtschaftliche Betrachtungsweise ; Umweltpolitik
    Abstract: Le rôle de l’énergie nucléaire dans une perspective de développement durable dépend de multiples facteurs dont un nombre important sont liés au cycle du combustible. Ce rapport décrit les développements et les tendances dans le domaine du cycle susceptibles d’améliorer la compétitivité et la durabilité des systèmes énergétiques nucléaires à moyen et long terme. Des critères et des indicateurs d’évaluation des futurs systèmes énergétiques nucléaires sont également présentés dans cet ouvrage.Préparé par des experts de l’industrie, de la recherche et d’agences gouvernementales, ce rapport s’adresse principalement aux personnes associées à l’élaboration des politiques et à la prise de décision relative à l’énergie nucléaire.
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  • 9
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (28 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Morisset, Jacques Administrative Barriers to Foreign Investment in Developing Countries
    Keywords: Accounting ; Administrative Costs ; Application Form ; Bank ; Consumer ; Consumer Markets ; Contribution ; Country Strategy and Periodical ; Debt Markets ; Direct Investment ; E-Business ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Foreign Investment ; Information ; Interest ; International Economics & Trade ; Investor ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Economics and Finance ; Public Sector Regulation ; Trade Law ; Accounting ; Administrative Costs ; Application Form ; Bank ; Consumer ; Consumer Markets ; Contribution ; Country Strategy and Periodical ; Debt Markets ; Direct Investment ; E-Business ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Foreign Investment ; Information ; Interest ; International Economics & Trade ; Investor ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Economics and Finance ; Public Sector Regulation ; Trade Law ; Accounting ; Administrative Costs ; Application Form ; Bank ; Consumer ; Consumer Markets ; Contribution ; Country Strategy and Periodical ; Debt Markets ; Direct Investment ; E-Business ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Foreign Investment ; Information ; Interest ; International Economics & Trade ; Investor ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Economics and Finance ; Public Sector Regulation ; Trade Law
    Abstract: Recent international experience has shown that excessively complex administrative procedures required to establish and operate a business discourage inflows of foreign direct investment. Morisset and Lumenga Neso present a new database on the administrative costs faced by private investors in 32 developing countries. The database is much more comprehensive than the existing sources, as it contains not only information on general entry procedures, such as business and tax registration, but also captures regulation on land access, site development, import procedures, and inspections. The data include measures on the number of procedures, direct monetary costs, and time. The cost of administrative procedures vary significantly across countries. The most important barriers appear to be the delays associated with securing land access and obtaining building permits, which in several countries take more than two years. Countries that impose excessive administrative costs on entry tend to be equally intrusive in firm operations, thereby weakening the argument that barriers to entry are a substitute for the government's unwillingness or inability to regulate enterprise operations. The level of administrative costs is positively correlated with corruption incidence and exhibits a negative correlation with the quality of governance, degree of openness, and public wages. These correlations suggest that administrative reforms need to be incorporated into the broader agenda for reforms such as trade and financial liberalization, the fight against corruption, and public sector administration. This paper—a product of the Foreign Investment Advisory Service—is part of a larger effort to study the role of administrative barriers in the investment decision of private firms. The authors may be contacted at jmorissetifc.org or lumenganeso@hec.unige.ch
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  • 10
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (40 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Hoekman, Bernard Economic Development and the World Trade Organization After Doha
    Keywords: Benchmarks ; Benefits ; Debt Markets ; Development ; Development Agencies ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Exports ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Free Trade ; Generalized System of Preferences ; Goods ; Income ; Interest ; International Economics & Trade ; International Trade and Trade Rules ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets ; Political Economy ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Regulatory Policy ; Trade Law ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Trade and Services ; Benchmarks ; Benefits ; Debt Markets ; Development ; Development Agencies ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Exports ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Free Trade ; Generalized System of Preferences ; Goods ; Income ; Interest ; International Economics & Trade ; International Trade and Trade Rules ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets ; Political Economy ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Regulatory Policy ; Trade Law ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Trade and Services ; Benchmarks ; Benefits ; Debt Markets ; Development ; Development Agencies ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Exports ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Free Trade ; Generalized System of Preferences ; Goods ; Income ; Interest ; International Economics & Trade ; International Trade and Trade Rules ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets ; Political Economy ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Regulatory Policy ; Trade Law ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Trade and Services
    Abstract: Hoekman analyzes what actions could be taken in the context of the World Trade Organization's Doha negotiations to assist countries in reaping benefits from deeper trade integration. He discusses the policy agenda that confronts many developing countries and identifies a number of focal points that could be used both as targets and as benchmarks to increase the likelihood that WTO negotiations will support development. To achieve these targets, Hoekman proposes a number of negotiating modalities for both goods and services-related market access issues, as well as rule-making in regulatory areas. Throughout the analysis, the author refers to the work of J. Michael Finger, whose numerous writings in this area have not only greatly influenced the thinking of policymakers and researchers on the interaction between trade policy, economic development, and the GATT/WTO trading system, but also provides a model for how to pursue effective policy research. This paper--a product of Trade, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the group to analyze the development aspects of WTO rules. The author may be contacted at bhoekmanworldbank.org
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  • 11
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (38 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Mattoo, Aaditya Regional Agreements and Trade in Services
    Keywords: Benefits ; Choice ; Competition ; Competitive Advantage ; Competitive Markets ; Consumer Choice ; Consumers ; Costs ; Debt Markets ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; Goods ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets ; Markets and Market Access ; National Income ; Private Sector Development ; Production ; Public Sector Corruption ; Public Sector Development ; Trade Law ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Trade and Services ; Benefits ; Choice ; Competition ; Competitive Advantage ; Competitive Markets ; Consumer Choice ; Consumers ; Costs ; Debt Markets ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; Goods ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets ; Markets and Market Access ; National Income ; Private Sector Development ; Production ; Public Sector Corruption ; Public Sector Development ; Trade Law ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Trade and Services ; Benefits ; Choice ; Competition ; Competitive Advantage ; Competitive Markets ; Consumer Choice ; Consumers ; Costs ; Debt Markets ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; Goods ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets ; Markets and Market Access ; National Income ; Private Sector Development ; Production ; Public Sector Corruption ; Public Sector Development ; Trade Law ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Trade and Services
    Abstract: Every major regional trade agreement now has a services dimension. Is trade in services so different that there is need to modify the conclusions on preferential agreements pertaining to goods reached so far? Mattoo and Fink first examine the implications of unilateral policy choices in a particular services market. They then explore the economics of international cooperation and identify the circumstances in which a country is more likely to benefit from cooperation in a regional rather than multilateral forum. This paper--a product of Trade, Development Research Group--is part of a larger effort in the group to assess the implications of liberalizing trade in services. The authors may be contacted at amattooworldbank.org or cfink@worldbank.org
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  • 12
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (52 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Hoekman, Bernard Initial Conditions and Incentives for Arab Economic Integration
    Keywords: Agriculture ; Benchmarks ; Competition ; Development ; Diminishing Returns ; Economic Cooperation ; Economic Efficiency ; Economic Integration ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; GDP ; Goods ; Incentive ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Trade Law ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Agriculture ; Benchmarks ; Competition ; Development ; Diminishing Returns ; Economic Cooperation ; Economic Efficiency ; Economic Integration ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; GDP ; Goods ; Incentive ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Trade Law ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Agriculture ; Benchmarks ; Competition ; Development ; Diminishing Returns ; Economic Cooperation ; Economic Efficiency ; Economic Integration ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; GDP ; Goods ; Incentive ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Trade Law ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration
    Abstract: Hoekman and Messerlin compare the European Community's "trade fundamentals" prevailing in the 1960s with those applying in Arab countries today. The fundamentals differ significantly—Arab countries trade much less with each other than EC members did, and the importance of such trade in GDP varies greatly. This suggests that a viable Arab integration strategy must follow a path that differs from the preferential trade liberalization-led approach implemented by the European Community. An alternative is to complement long-standing attempts to liberalize merchandise trade with an effort that revolves around service sector reforms and liberalization. This may prove to be an effective mechanism to support reforms as, in principle, there is a major constituency in each Arab country that has an interest in improving the performance of services—the natural resource-based and manufacturing sectors. A key condition for such an approach to be feasible is that Arab cooperation helps overcome political economy resistance to national, unilateral action, or, generates direct gains from cooperation in specific policy areas. The EC experience suggests that a services-based integration strategy will be complex and must be carefully designed and sequenced. Given the importance of services-related trade and logistics transactions costs, a first step might focus on bringing such costs down through a concerted joint effort. This paper—a product of Trade, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to investigate the economics of regional integration
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  • 13
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (44 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Schiff, Maurice Trade Policy and Labor Services
    Keywords: Ban ; Benefits ; Choice ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Debt Markets ; Economic Implications ; Economic Relations ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Exports ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; Goods ; Income ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Political Economy ; Political Economy ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Taxes ; Trade ; Trade Law ; Trade Policies ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Ban ; Benefits ; Choice ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Debt Markets ; Economic Implications ; Economic Relations ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Exports ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; Goods ; Income ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Political Economy ; Political Economy ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Taxes ; Trade ; Trade Law ; Trade Policies ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Ban ; Benefits ; Choice ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Debt Markets ; Economic Implications ; Economic Relations ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Exports ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; Goods ; Income ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Political Economy ; Political Economy ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Taxes ; Trade ; Trade Law ; Trade Policies ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration
    Abstract: Schiff considers the policy options of the West Bank and Gaza with respect to trade and the export of labor services. He concludes that: • Nondiscriminatory trade policy is unambiguously superior to a free trade agreement with Israel. • The West Bank and Gaza should pursue a nondiscriminatory trade policy with all its neighbors, but only on the condition that the trade policy be open, transparent, and enforced by a credible lock-in mechanism. Otherwise, a customs union with Israel may be preferable. • The Palestinian Authority should establish a system of fee-based permits for Palestinians working in Israel. • The Palestinian Authority should consider allowing Jordanians access to the West Bank and Gaza labor market. This paper—a product of Trade, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to analyze trade and regional integration policies in the Middle East. The author may be contacted at mschiffworldbank.org
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  • 14
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Parallel Title: Badiane, Ousmane Evolution des filières cotonnieres en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre
    Keywords: Agricultural ; Agriculture ; Associations ; Centre ; Climate Change ; Crises ; Distribution ; Environment ; Finance ; Influence ; Les ; Pans ; Par ; Parasites ; Pesticides ; Policies ; Telecommunications Infrastructure ; Agricultural ; Agriculture ; Associations ; Centre ; Climate Change ; Crises ; Distribution ; Environment ; Finance ; Influence ; Les ; Pans ; Par ; Parasites ; Pesticides ; Policies ; Telecommunications Infrastructure ; Agricultural ; Agriculture ; Associations ; Centre ; Climate Change ; Crises ; Distribution ; Environment ; Finance ; Influence ; Les ; Pans ; Par ; Parasites ; Pesticides ; Policies ; Telecommunications Infrastructure
    Abstract: La culture du coton a connu un énorme succès en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre. La région est actuellement deuxième exportateur mondial derrière les Etats Unis, avec une part de marché de 15 pourcent. Malgré la forte performance qu'elle a connu dans le passé, la filière est caractérisée par des déficiences d'ordre institutionnel et structurel qui menacent sa viabilité dans un contexte de mondialisation croissante de l'industrie cotonnière. L'avenir de la filière est également menacé par les effets des politiques cotonnières de certains grands producteurs tels que les Etats Unis, l'Union Européenne, et la Chine. Le présent rapport analyse l'impact des facteurs cités ci-dessus sur la performance future de l'industrie cotonnière dans la région. Il identifie également les changements qui doivent être effectués afin de permettre au pays de la sous-région d'exploiter au maximum l'énorme potentiel de croissance qui existe dans la filière
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    Parallel Title: Estache, Antonio The Case for International Coordination of Electricity Regulation
    Keywords: Competition ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economists ; Efficiency ; Electricity Generation ; Environment ; Environment ; Environmental ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Equilibrium ; Information ; Inputs ; Interest ; Labor ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets ; Monitoring ; Competition ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economists ; Efficiency ; Electricity Generation ; Environment ; Environment ; Environmental ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Equilibrium ; Information ; Inputs ; Interest ; Labor ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets ; Monitoring ; Competition ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economists ; Efficiency ; Electricity Generation ; Environment ; Environment ; Environmental ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Equilibrium ; Information ; Inputs ; Interest ; Labor ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets ; Monitoring
    Abstract: A decade long experience shows that monitoring the performance of public and private monopolies in South America is proving to be the hard part of the reform process. The operators who control most of the information needed for regulatory purposes have little interest in volunteering their dissemination unless they have an incentive to do so. Estache, Rossi, and Ruzzier argue that, in spite of, and maybe because of, a much weaker information base and governance structure, South America's electricity sector could pursue an approach that relies on performance rankings based on comparative efficiency measures. The authors show that with the rather modest data currently available publicly, such an approach could yield useful results. They provide estimates of efficiency levels in South America's main distribution companies between 1994 and 2000. Moreover, the authors show how relatively simple tests can be used by regulators to check the robustness of their results and strengthen their position at regulatory hearings. This paper—a joint product of the Governance, Regulation, and Finance Division, World Bank Institute, and the Finance, Private Sector, and Infrastructure Unit, Latin America and the Caribbean Region—is part of a larger effort in the institute to increase understanding of infrastructure regulation
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    Parallel Title: Steer, Liesbet A Little Engine that Could … Domestic Private Companies and Vietnam's Pressing Need for Wage Employment
    Keywords: Banks and Banking Reform ; Corporate Law ; Employees ; Employment Generation ; Export-Oriented Industries ; Human Resource ; Informal Sector ; Job ; Job Creation ; Jobs ; Labor ; Labor Markets ; Law and Development ; Management ; Microfinance ; Preliminary Evidence ; Private Creation ; Private Sector Development ; Privatization ; Small Scale Enterprises ; Social Protections and Labor ; State Owned Enterprise Reform ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Corporate Law ; Employees ; Employment Generation ; Export-Oriented Industries ; Human Resource ; Informal Sector ; Job ; Job Creation ; Jobs ; Labor ; Labor Markets ; Law and Development ; Management ; Microfinance ; Preliminary Evidence ; Private Creation ; Private Sector Development ; Privatization ; Small Scale Enterprises ; Social Protections and Labor ; State Owned Enterprise Reform ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Corporate Law ; Employees ; Employment Generation ; Export-Oriented Industries ; Human Resource ; Informal Sector ; Job ; Job Creation ; Jobs ; Labor ; Labor Markets ; Law and Development ; Management ; Microfinance ; Preliminary Evidence ; Private Creation ; Private Sector Development ; Privatization ; Small Scale Enterprises ; Social Protections and Labor ; State Owned Enterprise Reform
    Abstract: Vietnam's young private sector is growing fast, due mainly to a policy environment that recognizes the importance of private entrepreneurship—particularly to help increase significantly job creation, which the country needs urgently. To extend the benefits of private sector growth from the urban centers where it has so far been concentrated to the rural areas where most Vietnamese live—and where underemployment is heaviest—more information on what is working and what is not will be needed. Steer and Taussig present an objective picture of Vietnam's emerging private sector two years after the implementation of its much praised Enterprise Law. Private companies are significantly better off than they were a couple years earlier, when regional economic recession and stagnating domestic policy reforms had nearly halted development of the formal private sector. At the same time, the sector's small base means that its impressive rates of job creation still fall far short of matching the booming growth of the overall work force. Data for this paper were collected from Vietnam's General Office of Statistics, individual company case studies, and a national firm-level survey designed and implemented by the authors. The research reveals significant gaps in available private sector data and flaws in current data-gathering methodologies, calling into question the ability of policymakers and advisors to understand rapid, ongoing economic developments and make appropriate policy decisions. The paper also seeks to provide a starting point and an impetus for more targeted research aimed at identifying and addressing specific obstacles to sustainable and broad-based job and wealth creation. This paper—a product of the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit, East Asia and Pacific Region—is part of a larger effort in the region to understand the linkages between privat sector development, employment generation, and poverty reduction
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (20 p.))
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    Parallel Title: Cuevas, A. Mario Demand for Imports in Venezuela
    Keywords: Climate Change ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Demand ; Domestic Economic Activity ; Economic Stabilization ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economy ; Endogenous Variables ; Environment ; Exchange Rate Increases ; Exchange Rate Level ; Exogenous Variable ; External Balance ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Growth Rate ; Imbalances ; Macroeconomic Management ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Climate Change ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Demand ; Domestic Economic Activity ; Economic Stabilization ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economy ; Endogenous Variables ; Environment ; Exchange Rate Increases ; Exchange Rate Level ; Exogenous Variable ; External Balance ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Growth Rate ; Imbalances ; Macroeconomic Management ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Climate Change ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Demand ; Domestic Economic Activity ; Economic Stabilization ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economy ; Endogenous Variables ; Environment ; Exchange Rate Increases ; Exchange Rate Level ; Exogenous Variable ; External Balance ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Growth Rate ; Imbalances ; Macroeconomic Management ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
    Abstract: Using structural time series models, Cuevas estimates common stochastic trends of real GDP and imports in Venezuela from 1974–2000. The real imports trend drifts upward at almost twice the rate of growth of GDP. This highlights the powerful structural tendency toward increasing imports in Venezuela. The author also explicitly estimates common stochastic cycles, which he finds to have 5 and 17 year periods. In addition, he finds that a 1 percent real exchange rate appreciation leads to a 0.4 percent increase in imports. And in the long-run, 1 percent real GDP growth is associated with 1.7 percent real imports growth. The author also shows that the GDP elasticity of imports uniformly falls with cycle period, with the elasticity reaching 4.55 at the frequency associated with the 5–year cycle. A powerful imports responsiveness at the higher cycle frequency is associated with the recurrence of external imbalances in Venezuela. This paper—a product of the Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela Country Management Unit, Latin America and the Caribbean Region—is part of a larger effort in the region to encourage research on macroeconomic issues. The author may be contacted at mcuevasworldbank.org
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    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (28 p.))
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    Parallel Title: Cuevas, A. Mario Potential GDP Growth in Venezuela
    Keywords: Business Cycles ; Climate Change ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Debt Markets ; Econometrics ; Economic Fluctuations ; Economic Performance ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Energy ; Energy Demand ; Environment ; Exogenous Variables ; Exports ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Growth Potential ; Growth Rate ; Industry ; Interest ; Interest Rate ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets and Market Access ; Oil and Gas Industry ; Private Sector Development ; Business Cycles ; Climate Change ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Debt Markets ; Econometrics ; Economic Fluctuations ; Economic Performance ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Energy ; Energy Demand ; Environment ; Exogenous Variables ; Exports ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Growth Potential ; Growth Rate ; Industry ; Interest ; Interest Rate ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets and Market Access ; Oil and Gas Industry ; Private Sector Development ; Business Cycles ; Climate Change ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Debt Markets ; Econometrics ; Economic Fluctuations ; Economic Performance ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Energy ; Energy Demand ; Environment ; Exogenous Variables ; Exports ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Growth Potential ; Growth Rate ; Industry ; Interest ; Interest Rate ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets and Market Access ; Oil and Gas Industry ; Private Sector Development
    Abstract: Real GDP and oil prices are decomposed into common stochastic trend and cycle processes using structural time series models. Potential real GDP is represented by the level of the trend component of real GDP. The potential rate of growth of real GDP is represented by the stochastic drift element of the trend component. Cuevas finds that there is a strong association at the trend and cycle frequencies between real GDP and the real price of oil. This association is also robust in the presence of key economic policy variables. From 1970–80, when the underlying annual rate of increase of the real price of oil was 12 percent, the underlying annual rate of increase of potential GDP in Venezuela was 2.6 percent. By contrast, from 1981–2000 when the underlying rate of increase of the real price of oil was –5 percent, the underlying growth rate of potential GDP fell 1.5 percent. However, the strength of association between the underlying growth of oil prices and real GDP has fallen considerably since the early 1980s, suggesting that oil cannot be relied on as an engine for future growth in Venezuela. This paper—a product of the Colombia, Mexico, and Venezuela Country Management Unit, Latin America and the Caribbean Region—is part of a larger effort in the region to encourage research on macroeconomic issues. The author may be contacted at mcuevasworldbank.org
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    Parallel Title: Fremond, Olivier The State of Corporate Governance
    Keywords: Access To Capital ; Bank Policy ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Capacity Building ; Capital Allocation ; Corporate Governance ; Corporate Law ; Debt Markets ; Emerging Markets ; Equity ; Exchange ; Finance ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Good ; Governance ; Governance Indicators ; International Financial Institutions ; Law and Development ; Lending ; Microfinance ; National Governance ; Private Sector Development ; Access To Capital ; Bank Policy ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Capacity Building ; Capital Allocation ; Corporate Governance ; Corporate Law ; Debt Markets ; Emerging Markets ; Equity ; Exchange ; Finance ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Good ; Governance ; Governance Indicators ; International Financial Institutions ; Law and Development ; Lending ; Microfinance ; National Governance ; Private Sector Development ; Access To Capital ; Bank Policy ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Capacity Building ; Capital Allocation ; Corporate Governance ; Corporate Law ; Debt Markets ; Emerging Markets ; Equity ; Exchange ; Finance ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Good ; Governance ; Governance Indicators ; International Financial Institutions ; Law and Development ; Lending ; Microfinance ; National Governance ; Private Sector Development
    Abstract: Corporate governance deals with the ways in which the rights of outside suppliers of equity finance to corporations are protected and receive a fair return. Good practices reduce the risk of expropriation of outsiders by insiders and thus the cost of capital for issuers. Capaul and Fremond review the experience of the preparation of 15 corporate governance country assessments across five continents. The assessments have been prepared under the umbrella of the joint World Bank/IMF initiative of the "Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes" (ROSCs). The assessments focus on the rights of shareholders, the equitable treatment of shareholders, the role of stakeholders, disclosure and transparency, and the duties of the board of listed companies, and use the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance as benchmark. The authors give an overview of the actual and potential contribution of the assessments to policy dialogue, diagnostic and strategic work, lending and nonlending operations, and technical assistance and capacity, and presents the unfinished agenda. This paper—a product of the Corporate Governance Unit, Private Sector Advisory Services Department—is part of a larger effort in the department to disseminate lessons learned in the assessment of the compliance of countries to global standards. The authors may be contacted at ofremondworldbank.org or mcapaul@worldbank.org
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (48 p.))
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    Parallel Title: Tarr, David Chile's Regional Arrangements and the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas
    Keywords: Additive Regionalism ; Additive Regionalism Strategy ; Bilateral Free Trade Agreements ; Economic Theory and Research ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; General Equilibrium Model ; Global Free Trade ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market Access ; Preferential Market Access ; Public Sector Development ; Trade Law ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Additive Regionalism ; Additive Regionalism Strategy ; Bilateral Free Trade Agreements ; Economic Theory and Research ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; General Equilibrium Model ; Global Free Trade ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market Access ; Preferential Market Access ; Public Sector Development ; Trade Law ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration ; Additive Regionalism ; Additive Regionalism Strategy ; Bilateral Free Trade Agreements ; Economic Theory and Research ; Free Trade ; Free Trade ; General Equilibrium Model ; Global Free Trade ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Market Access ; Preferential Market Access ; Public Sector Development ; Trade Law ; Trade Policy ; Trade and Regional Integration
    Abstract: July 2001 - Among Chile's bilateral regional agreements, only Chile's agreements with "Northern" partners provide enough market access to offset the costs to Chile of trade diversion. Because of preferential market access, however, "additive regionalism" is likely to provide Chile with far more gains than the static welfare gains from unilateral free trade. At least one partner country loses from each of the regional trade agreements considered in this study, and excluded countries always lose. The Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) produces gains for almost all the member countries, but the European Union is a big loser. Countries of the Americas gain more in aggregate from global free trade than from the FTAA. Using a multisector, multicountry, computable general equilibrium model, Harrison, Rutherford, and Tarr examine Chile's strategy of negotiating bilateral free trade agreements with all of its significant trading partners (referring to this policy as additive regionalism). They also evaluate the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) and global free trade. Among Chile's bilateral regional agreements, only Chile's agreements with "Northern" partners provide enough market access to offset the costs to Chile of trade diversion. Because of preferential market access, however, additive regionalism is likely to provide Chile with many times as many gains as the static welfare gains from unilateral free trade. Harrison, Rutherford, and Tarr find that at least one partner country loses from each of the regional trade agreements they consider, and excluded countries as a group always lose. They estimate that the FTAA produces large welfare gains for the members, with the European Union being the big loser. Gains to the world from global free trade are estimated to be at least 36 times greater than gains from the FTAA. Even countries of the Americas in aggregate gain more from global free trade than from the FTAA. This paper—a product of Trade, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to examine the impact of regional trade arrangements on development and poverty reduction. David Tarr may be contacted at dtarrworldbank.org
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (44 p.))
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    Parallel Title: Ianchovichina, Elena Trade Liberalization in China's Accession to the World Trade Organization
    Keywords: Comparative Advantage ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Debt Markets ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economy ; Emerging Markets ; Exports ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Free Trade ; Goods ; Influence ; Inputs ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets ; Monopoly ; Private Sector Development ; Production ; Public Sector Development ; Quotas ; Trade ; Trade Law ; Trade Liberalization ; Trade Policy ; Trade Policy ; World Trade Organization ; Comparative Advantage ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Debt Markets ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economy ; Emerging Markets ; Exports ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Free Trade ; Goods ; Influence ; Inputs ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets ; Monopoly ; Private Sector Development ; Production ; Public Sector Development ; Quotas ; Trade ; Trade Law ; Trade Liberalization ; Trade Policy ; Trade Policy ; World Trade Organization ; Comparative Advantage ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Debt Markets ; Economic Theory and Research ; Economy ; Emerging Markets ; Exports ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Free Trade ; Goods ; Influence ; Inputs ; International Economics & Trade ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets ; Monopoly ; Private Sector Development ; Production ; Public Sector Development ; Quotas ; Trade ; Trade Law ; Trade Liberalization ; Trade Policy ; Trade Policy ; World Trade Organization
    Abstract: (June 2001) - China's forthcoming access to the World Trade Organization involves reform in many sectors, both domestic and trade-related. The starting point for reform is a partially reformed economy with relatively high import duties, in which export sectors benefit from liberal duty exemptions on inputs. Both China and its major trading partners will gain from access—with China gaining most (perhaps half of the estimated
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    ISBN: 0821349295 , 9780821349298
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (92 p.))
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    Series Statement: Independent Evaluation Group Studies
    Keywords: Banks and Banking Reform ; Corruption and Anitcorruption Law ; Country Strategy and Performance ; Debt Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Corruption and Anitcorruption Law ; Country Strategy and Performance ; Debt Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Corruption and Anitcorruption Law ; Country Strategy and Performance ; Debt Markets ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
    Abstract: This Annual Review of Development Effectiveness (ARDE) builds on previous reviews, i.e., the 1998 review, released in a hostile environment of financial crisis, concluded that improvements in project performance cannot be enough, that improvements at a higher plane of program, and country performance should also be present; and, the 1999 review, inscribed within the Comprehensive Development Framework dilemmas, and challenges, identified practices for dealing with those challenges, namely to be based on country commitments to poverty reduction, and sustainable growth. The ARDE 2000 finds that progress was solid on a broad front, but that further progress is likely. Portfolio performance is likely to exceed the Strategic Compact target of seventy five percent satisfactory outcomes; and, sustainability, and institutional development ratings reflect improvements. Though progress is commendable, this review examines four tensions the Bank faces: learning to reconcile client, and corporate priorities; adapting global prescriptions to local conditions; balancing country performance and poverty incidence in allocating its resources; and, achieving efficiency/selectivity, seeking to implement a holistic vision of development. Bank strategies should acknowledge client needs, judicious adaptation to institutional, social, and political fronts should be pursued, and, an approach to poor-performing countries should be addressed
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    ISBN: 0821348981 , 9780821348987
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (400 p.))
    Edition: Online-Ausg. World Bank E-Library Archive
    Keywords: E-Business ; Environment ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Health Monitoring and Evaluation ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Population Policies ; Private Sector Development ; E-Business ; Environment ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Health Monitoring and Evaluation ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Population Policies ; Private Sector Development ; E-Business ; Environment ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Health Monitoring and Evaluation ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Population Policies ; Private Sector Development
    Abstract: Now in its 5th edition, the World Bank's respected statistical reference publication provides a comprehensive view of the world economy. The print edition contains over 80 tables and 600 indicators for 148 economies and 14 country groups, with basic indicators for a further 59 economies. The book contains new tables on social indicators of poverty and global environmental issues. This year's edition retains the basic thematic presentation with six sections covering World View, People, Environment, Economy, States and Markets, and Global Links. World Development Indicators 2001 contains a wealth of information including: A special graphical report on progress toward International Development Goals. The most recent data on poverty, education, health, and the environment from around the world. New data on gender and development drawn from the World Bank's recent policy research report. New data on the digital divide and how Information Communication Technology is changing the process of development. New data on the world economy
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (40 p.))
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    Parallel Title: Panagariya, Arvind Evaluating the Case for Export Subsidies
    Keywords: Adverse Selection ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Competitiveness ; Cred Export ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Debt Markets ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Export Performance ; Export Subsidies ; Export Subsidy ; Exports ; Externalities ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Foreign Trade ; Free Trade ; Interest ; Interests ; International Economics & Trade ; Investment ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Moral Hazard ; Perfect Competition ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Rent ; Tariff ; Tariffs ; Tax ; Tax Law ; Taxation and Subsidies ; Taxes ; Trade Policy ; Adverse Selection ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Competitiveness ; Cred Export ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Debt Markets ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Export Performance ; Export Subsidies ; Export Subsidy ; Exports ; Externalities ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Foreign Trade ; Free Trade ; Interest ; Interests ; International Economics & Trade ; Investment ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Moral Hazard ; Perfect Competition ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Rent ; Tariff ; Tariffs ; Tax ; Tax Law ; Taxation and Subsidies ; Taxes ; Trade Policy ; Adverse Selection ; Banks and Banking Reform ; Competitiveness ; Cred Export ; Currencies and Exchange Rates ; Debt Markets ; Economic Theory and Research ; Emerging Markets ; Export Performance ; Export Subsidies ; Export Subsidy ; Exports ; Externalities ; Finance and Financial Sector Development ; Financial Literacy ; Foreign Trade ; Free Trade ; Interest ; Interests ; International Economics & Trade ; Investment ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Moral Hazard ; Perfect Competition ; Private Sector Development ; Public Sector Development ; Rent ; Tariff ; Tariffs ; Tax ; Tax Law ; Taxation and Subsidies ; Taxes ; Trade Policy
    Abstract: January 2000 - With import-substitution policies discredited, many have argued for interventions on behalf of export interests. But aren't arguments for export subsidies as flawed as arguments for import substitution? Now that import-substitution policies have failed and been discredited, there has been a shift in favor of interventions on behalf of export interests. Panagariya argues that close scrutiny reveals these arguments to be as flawed as the old arguments for import substitution. Among other things, Panagariya concludes that: · Under perfect competition, a country trying to retaliate against a trading partner's export subsidies by instituting its own export subsidies will only hurt itself. · The argument that export subsidies may be useful for neutralizing import tariffs is spurious. In most practical situations, this is not possible. Removal of tariffs is a far superior policy. · In principle a case can be made for protecting infant export industries in the presence of externalities. But the empirical relevance of externalities remains as illusory for export industries as it was for import-substituting industries. · Adverse selection and moral hazard can lead to the thinning of the market for credit insurance but that is not a case for government intervention. · India's experience shows export subsidies to have little impact on exports. Brazil and Mexico's experience shows export subsidies to be a costly instrument of export diversification. · Those who argue that pro-export interventions were important in East Asia have not provided convincing evidence of a causal relationship between the interventions and growth. This paper - a product of Trade, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to explore conceptual and practical issues in the export policies of developing countries. The author may be contacted at panagariecon.umd.edu
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    Parallel Title: Dasgupta, Susmita Industrial Environmental Performance in China
    Keywords: Developed Countries ; Emissions ; Environment ; Environment ; Environmental ; Environmental Economics ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Environmental Performance ; Environmental Protection ; Industry ; Information ; Monitoring ; Need ; Policies ; Polluters ; Pollution ; Pollution Charges ; Pollution Control ; Productivity ; Regulations ; Resources ; Water ; Water Pollution ; Water Resources ; Water and Industry ; Developed Countries ; Emissions ; Environment ; Environment ; Environmental ; Environmental Economics ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Environmental Performance ; Environmental Protection ; Industry ; Information ; Monitoring ; Need ; Policies ; Polluters ; Pollution ; Pollution Charges ; Pollution Control ; Productivity ; Regulations ; Resources ; Water ; Water Pollution ; Water Resources ; Water and Industry ; Developed Countries ; Emissions ; Environment ; Environment ; Environmental ; Environmental Economics ; Environmental Economics and Policies ; Environmental Performance ; Environmental Protection ; Industry ; Information ; Monitoring ; Need ; Policies ; Polluters ; Pollution ; Pollution Charges ; Pollution Control ; Productivity ; Regulations ; Resources ; Water ; Water Pollution ; Water Resources ; Water and Industry
    Abstract: Inspections have a statistically significant impact on firms' environmental performance in the Chinese city of Zhenjiang, and citizens' complaints have a significant impact on inspections. So stronger information and education campaigns may improve social welfare in the city. - Little empirical research has been done on monitoring and enforcement issues in environmental economics, especially to analyze the impact of monitoring and enforcement on polluters' environmental performance. No studies have been done in developing economies. Dasgupta, Laplante, Mamingi, and Wang explore the impact of inspections, and the potential impact of pollution charges and citizens' complaints, on the environmental performance of polluters in China. Their analysis of plant-level data from the city of Zhenjiang shows that: · Inspections have a statistically significant impact on firms' environmental performance. · Pollution charges do not have a statistically significant effect on firms' performance - although the lack of variation in pollution charges in Zhenjiang precludes effectively capturing their impact. · Complaints have a significant impact on inspections and therefore on pollution control. Currently available data do not allow analysis of whether the cost of additional inspections is justified, but it is reasonable to speculate that additional inspections would improve social welfare in Zhenjiang and that information and education campaigns are probably a good way to encourage citizen complaints. This paper - a product of Infrastructure and Environment, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to study environmental regulation in developing countries. The study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project Pollution Control in China: The Role and Impact of Inspection and Complaints (RPO 682-44). The authors may be contacted at sdasguptaworldbank.org, blaplante@worldbank.org, or hwang1@worldbank.org
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    Parallel Title: Whittington, Dale The Value of Preventing Malaria in Tembien, Ethiopia
    Keywords: Adolescent Health ; Children ; Climate Change ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Community Health ; Disease Control and Prevention ; Early Child and Children's Health ; Economic Theory and Research ; Environment ; Families ; Food Preparation ; Health ; Health Care ; Health Monitoring and Evaluation ; Health Systems Development and Reform ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Interview ; Knowledge ; Leisure Time ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets and Market Access ; Medical Treatment ; Morbidity ; Mortality ; Patient ; Patients ; Pill ; Population Policies ; Prevention ; Public Health ; Stroke ; Weight ; Workers ; Adolescent Health ; Children ; Climate Change ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Community Health ; Disease Control and Prevention ; Early Child and Children's Health ; Economic Theory and Research ; Environment ; Families ; Food Preparation ; Health ; Health Care ; Health Monitoring and Evaluation ; Health Systems Development and Reform ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Interview ; Knowledge ; Leisure Time ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets and Market Access ; Medical Treatment ; Morbidity ; Mortality ; Patient ; Patients ; Pill ; Population Policies ; Prevention ; Public Health ; Stroke ; Weight ; Workers ; Adolescent Health ; Children ; Climate Change ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Community Health ; Disease Control and Prevention ; Early Child and Children's Health ; Economic Theory and Research ; Environment ; Families ; Food Preparation ; Health ; Health Care ; Health Monitoring and Evaluation ; Health Systems Development and Reform ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Interview ; Knowledge ; Leisure Time ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Markets and Market Access ; Medical Treatment ; Morbidity ; Mortality ; Patient ; Patients ; Pill ; Population Policies ; Prevention ; Public Health ; Stroke ; Weight ; Workers
    Abstract: January 2000 - Despite the great benefits from preventing malaria, the fact that vaccine demand is price inelastic suggests that it will be difficult to achieve significant market penetration unless the vaccine is subsidized. The results are similar for bed nets treated with insecticide. Cropper, Haile, Lampietti, Poulos, and Whittington measure the monetary value households place on preventing malaria in Tembien, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. They estimate a household demand function for a hypothetical malaria vaccine and compute the value of preventing malaria as the household's maximum willingness to pay to provide vaccines for all family members. They contrast willingness to pay with the traditional costs of illness (medical costs and time lost because of malaria). Their results indicate that the value of preventing malaria with vaccines is about US
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    Parallel Title: Filmer, Deon The Structure of Social Disparities in Education
    Keywords: Access and Equity in Basic Education ; Adult Education ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Disability ; Education ; Education ; Education Variables ; Education for All ; Educational Attainment ; Educational Outcomes ; Effective Schools and Teachers ; Enrollment ; Enrollment Of Children ; Enrollment Of Girls ; Enrollment Rate ; Enrollment Rate Of Boys ; Enrollment Rate Of Children ; Enrollment Rate Of Girls ; Female Disadvantage In Enrollment ; Gender ; Gender and Development ; Gender and Health ; Gender and Law ; Groups ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Human Rights ; Indexes ; Law and Development ; Population Policies ; Primary Education ; Schooling ; Schools ; Social Protections and Labor ; Universal Primary Education ; Universal Primary Enrollment ; Access and Equity in Basic Education ; Adult Education ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Disability ; Education ; Education ; Education Variables ; Education for All ; Educational Attainment ; Educational Outcomes ; Effective Schools and Teachers ; Enrollment ; Enrollment Of Children ; Enrollment Of Girls ; Enrollment Rate ; Enrollment Rate Of Boys ; Enrollment Rate Of Children ; Enrollment Rate Of Girls ; Female Disadvantage In Enrollment ; Gender ; Gender and Development ; Gender and Health ; Gender and Law ; Groups ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Human Rights ; Indexes ; Law and Development ; Population Policies ; Primary Education ; Schooling ; Schools ; Social Protections and Labor ; Universal Primary Education ; Universal Primary Enrollment ; Access and Equity in Basic Education ; Adult Education ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Disability ; Education ; Education ; Education Variables ; Education for All ; Educational Attainment ; Educational Outcomes ; Effective Schools and Teachers ; Enrollment ; Enrollment Of Children ; Enrollment Of Girls ; Enrollment Rate ; Enrollment Rate Of Boys ; Enrollment Rate Of Children ; Enrollment Rate Of Girls ; Female Disadvantage In Enrollment ; Gender ; Gender and Development ; Gender and Health ; Gender and Law ; Groups ; Health, Nutrition and Population ; Housing and Human Habitats ; Human Rights ; Indexes ; Law and Development ; Population Policies ; Primary Education ; Schooling ; Schools ; Social Protections and Labor ; Universal Primary Education ; Universal Primary Enrollment
    Abstract: January 2000 - Wealth gaps in educational outcomes are large in many developing countries. And gender gaps, though absent in many societies, are large in some, particularly in South Asia and North, Western, and Central Africa. In some countries with a female disadvantage, household wealth interacts with gender to create an especially large gender gap among the poor. Using internationally comparable household data sets (Demographic and Health Surveys), Filmer investigates how gender and wealth interact to generate within-country inequalities in educational enrollment and attainment. He carries out multivariate analysis to assess the partial relationship between educational outcomes and gender, wealth, household characteristics (including level of education of adults in the household), and community characteristics (including the presence of schools in the community). He finds that: · Women are at a great educational disadvantage in countries in South Asia and North, Western, and Central Africa. · Gender gaps are large in a subset of countries, but wealth gaps are large in almost all of the countries studied. Moreover, in some countries where there is a heavy female disadvantage in enrollment (Egypt, India, Morocco, Niger, and Pakistan), wealth interacts with gender to exacerbate the gap in educational outcomes. In India, for example, where there is a 2.5 percentage point difference between male and female enrollment for children from the richest households, the difference is 34 percentage points for children from the poorest households. · The education level of adults in the household has a significant impact on the enrollment of children in all the countries studied, even after controlling for wealth. The effect of the education level of adult females is larger than that of the education level of adult males in some, but not all, of the countries studied. · The presence of a primary and a secondary school in the community has a significant relationship with enrollment in some countries only (notably in Western and Central Africa). The relationship appears not to systematically differ by children's gender. This paper - a product of Poverty and Human Resources, Development Research Group - was prepared as background to, and with support from, a World Bank Policy Research Report on gender and development. Part of the study was funded by the Bank's Research Support Budget under the research project Educational Enrollment and Dropout (RPO 682-11). The author may be contacted at dfilmerworldbank.org
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    Parallel Title: Hayami, Yujiro An Ecological and Historical Perspective on Agricultural Development in Southeast Asia
    Keywords: Agricultural Industry ; Agricultural Production ; Agricultural Trade ; Agriculture ; Cash Crops ; Common Property Resource Development ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Crop ; Crops and Crop Management Systems ; Cultivated Land ; Cultivation ; Ecological Zones ; Environment ; Export Crops ; Farm ; Farms ; Forestry ; Forests and Forestry ; Green Revolution ; Industry ; International Economics & Trade ; Land Distribution ; Land Use and Policies ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Natural Resources ; Plantations ; Political Economy ; Poverty Reduction ; Produce ; Rice ; Rice Areas ; Rice Production ; Rural Development ; Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems ; Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction ; Shifting Cultivation ; Tropical Products ; Tropical Rain Forests ; Agricultural Industry ; Agricultural Production ; Agricultural Trade ; Agriculture ; Cash Crops ; Common Property Resource Development ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Crop ; Crops and Crop Management Systems ; Cultivated Land ; Cultivation ; Ecological Zones ; Environment ; Export Crops ; Farm ; Farms ; Forestry ; Forests and Forestry ; Green Revolution ; Industry ; International Economics & Trade ; Land Distribution ; Land Use and Policies ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Natural Resources ; Plantations ; Political Economy ; Poverty Reduction ; Produce ; Rice ; Rice Areas ; Rice Production ; Rural Development ; Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems ; Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction ; Shifting Cultivation ; Tropical Products ; Tropical Rain Forests ; Agricultural Industry ; Agricultural Production ; Agricultural Trade ; Agriculture ; Cash Crops ; Common Property Resource Development ; Communities & Human Settlements ; Crop ; Crops and Crop Management Systems ; Cultivated Land ; Cultivation ; Ecological Zones ; Environment ; Export Crops ; Farm ; Farms ; Forestry ; Forests and Forestry ; Green Revolution ; Industry ; International Economics & Trade ; Land Distribution ; Land Use and Policies ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Natural Resources ; Plantations ; Political Economy ; Poverty Reduction ; Produce ; Rice ; Rice Areas ; Rice Production ; Rural Development ; Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems ; Rural Land Policies for Poverty Reduction ; Shifting Cultivation ; Tropical Products ; Tropical Rain Forests
    Abstract: March 2000 - How location, natural resources, and different policies toward the elite's preemption of unused land shaped the historical development of different agrarian structures across Southeast Asia, conditioning agricultural growth performance until today. According to Myint's vent-for-surplus theory, development of the economies of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand from the nineteenth century on took natural advantage of large tracts of unused empty land with low population density and abundant natural resources of the type typically found in Southeast Asia and Africa at the outset of Western colonization. When these economies were integrated into international trade, hitherto unused natural resources (primary commodities the indigenous people had not valued) became the source of economic development, commanding market value because of high import demand in Western economies. The major delta of Chao Phraya River was the resource base of vent-for-surplus development with rice in Thailand; tropical rain forests filled that role in Indonesia and the Philippines with respect to the production of tropical cash crops. This basic difference underlay differences in distribution of farm size: the unimodal distribution of peasants or family farms in Thailand and the coexistence of peasants and large estate farms or plantations specializing in tropical export crops in Indonesia and the Philippines. Differences in agrarian development were also shaped by different policies toward the elite's preemption of unused land. Under Spanish colonialism, the elite preempted unused land in the Philippines wholesale, bifurcating land distribution between noncultivating landlords and sharecroppers in lowland rice areas, and between plantation owners and wage laborers in upland areas. In Indonesia, the Dutch government granted long-term leases for uncultivated public land to foreign planters, but prevented alienation of cultivated land from native peasants, to avoid social instability. In Thailand, concessions were granted for private canal building, but the independent kingdom preserved the tradition of giving land to anyone who could open and cultivate it. Relatively homogeneous landowning peasants dominated Thailand's rural sector. As frontiers for new cultivation closed, the plantation system's initial advantage (large-scale development of land and infrastructure) began to be outweighed by its need to monitor hired labor. The peasant system, based on family labor needing no supervision, allowed Thailand's share of the world market in tropical cash crops to grow, as Indonesia and the Philippines lost their traditional comparative advantage. Moreover, land reform in the Philippines made land markets inactive, with resulting distortions in resource allocation and serious underinvestment in agriculture. This paper - a product of Rural Development, Development Research Group - is part of a larger effort in the group to review rural development in Asian countries. The author may be contacted at hayamisipeb.aoyama.ac.jp
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