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  • 1
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Systematic Country Diagnostics
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: After a destructive civil war and extreme political instability, Uganda began its reconstruction process in 1987. Within the enabling environment of macroeconomic stability, most of the progress on the twin goals was attributable to higher agricultural incomes. Poverty reduction among households primarily engaged in agriculture accounted for 53 percent of the reduction in poverty from 2006 to 2010 and 77 percent of the reduction in poverty from 2010 to 2013. Despite significant progress on the twin goals, vulnerability to poverty in Uganda is high and the sparse social safety nets and limited access to finance have provided little protection. Change in economic and social policies is required to prevent a slowdown in poverty reduction and an increase in vulnerability. In this context, a comprehensive framework based on the three interrelated blocks of growth, inclusion, and sustainability has been used to identify the challenges to and opportunities for ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The first block emphasizes the development of a competitive and resilient private sector to lead the growth process by adequately capitalizing on all the available opportunities. The second block, complementary to the first one, reinforces the need to ensure a fair distribution of the growth dividend across all Ugandans, especially those living in the north and the east, by providing them with access to social and infrastructure services so that they can increase their productive capacity and income generating opportunities. The third block emphasizes the need to undertake the inclusive growth process in a fiscally, socially, and environmentally sustainable manner
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Systematic Country Diagnostics
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This systematic country diagnosis (SCD) for Chad aims to identify how to achieve the twin goals of ending poverty and improving shared prosperity. It acknowledges both: (i) the need for selectivity in pro-poor interventions, and (ii) the inherent difficulty to do so given the many competing binding reasons for poverty. Selectivity means the identification of principal opportunities for sustainable poverty reduction in the next 15 years, as well as the identification of binding constraints to reaping such opportunities. Selectivity also implies making trade-offs between immediate and longer term objectives, with priority given to the identification of poverty reduction opportunities which will: (i) deliver the highest possible results before 2030, and (ii) not undermine prospects for poverty reduction and shared prosperity beyond 2030. The analysis presented in the SCD draws on a variety of information sources. These include domestic statistics and reports, evaluations by the country's development partners, original research conducted by the World Bank team, and consultations held in N'Djamena with nongovernmental organizations and the private sector. Reaping poverty reduction opportunities will require addressing a selected number of binding constraints
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    Series Statement: Systematic Country Diagnostics
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This document is hence organized not around the three types of challenges, but around five themes of governance, public finance issues, private sector-led economy, poverty and environment, and human capital, all crucial to achieving faster, more inclusive and sustainable growth. Chapter one provides the country context. Chapter two discusses the quality of governance, an overarching issue in Madagascar. It has a direct bearing on the pace, the inclusiveness and sustainability of growth. While acknowledging the importance of improving governance for Madagascar, which is a difficult, medium term undertaking, this Systematic Country Diagnostic argues that progress is also possible. Chapter three discusses how amelioration in managing public finances, and increasing revenue in particular, could be used as a lens for improved governance. Chapter four discusses the role and challenges of the private sector, the main driver of growth. Chapter five discusses the challenges for achieving higher human capital in a country with a very young population and some of the highest infant stunting and malnourishment rates in the world. Chapter six discusses the faces of poverty, which are predominantly rural, agricultural and informal. A structural transformation has not started in Madagascar and poverty and environment are closely intertwined. The chapter also discusses the challenges to enhancing the management of natural resources and protecting the poor from natural disasters and impacts of climate change. Chapter seven summarizes the challenges and prioritizes the reforms
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This report presents an assessment of school health policies and institutions that affect young children in Nigeria. The analysis is based on a World Bank tool developed as part of the Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) initiative that aims to systematically assess education systems against evidence based global standards and good practice to help countries reform their education systems to help ensure learning for all. School health policies acritical component of an effective education system, given that children's health impacts their school attendance, ability to learn, and overall development. SABER School Health collects, analyzes, and disseminates comprehensive information on school health policies around the world. The overall objective of the initiative is to help countries design effective policies to improve their education systems, facilitate comparative policy analysis, identify key areas to focus investment, and assisting disseminating good practice
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    Series Statement: Other Education Study
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: The World Bank's Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Guinea in FY 2014-171 confirmed the Government's priority to build 21st century skills for improved employability and to implement systemic reforms. Guinea is emerging from years of political and economic isolation and instability. The democratic election of President Alpha Conda has opened the door for the international donor community, including the World Bank, to come forward and support the new government. The World Bank will partner with the Government of Guinea to develop systems that will 'improve lagging human development indicators for absolute poverty reduction, through more efficient and transparent allocation of resources, and to build shared prosperity by aligning the business environment and education system with Guinea's economy' (World Bank, 2013, pp. 1). This is in line with the government's priorities, as per the Third National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP3) approved in 2013. The PRSP3 aims to reduce poverty and to create and sustain a vibrant private economy by maximizing rents from Guinea'ssubstantial mining sector. The Bank supports the Government's agenda on improving human capital by: (a) promoting both the quantity and quality of education, and (b) upgrading skills for the needs of emerging and export-oriented sectors such as agriculture, tourism, mining, and telecommunications and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). In 2012, the Government requested special support from the Bank in the form of technical assistance to conduct an analysis of the higher education system. This analysis will be used to prepare a comprehensive higher education strategy to meet the needs of both the economy and the labor market. Since the early 2000s, the Bank had limited involvement in this critical sub-sector. Per the Government's request, the Bank mobilized resources to engage in policy and analytical work in the areas of governance, financing, and diagnostic of skills demand and supply from a new employer survey prepared specifically under this technical assistance project
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    Series Statement: Foreign Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, and Capital Flows Study
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: Trade facilitation is one ...
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    Series Statement: Accounting and Auditing Assessment
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This report on observance of standards and codes in accounting and auditing (ROSC A & A) provides an assessment of accounting, financial reporting, and auditing requirements and practices within the enterprise and financial sectors of Serbia and sets forth areas of consideration with a view to improving the country's institutional environment for corporate financial reporting. To assess Serbia's compliance with standards and codes, this report uses international benchmarks of good practice, including international financial reporting standards (IFRS), international standards on auditing (ISA), the statements of membership obligations (SMO) of the international federation of accountants (IFAC), and - because Serbia is seeking accession to the European Union (EU) - relevant provisions of the EU acquis communautaire (the acquis) governing financial reporting. The assessment focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the A and A environment that influence the quality of corporate financial reporting, and includes a review of both statutory requirements and actual practice. It updates an earlier assessment published in 2005. ROSC A and A assess accounting and auditing practices in participating countries
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Series Statement: Other papers
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: Kenya's business environment has been weakening over recent years and this has limited the private sector's ability to grow, create jobs, and contribute to economic development. Competitive domestic markets are necessary to boost Kenya's competitiveness. There are two pillars that sustain effective competition policy: (i) opening markets and removing anticompetitive regulation; and (ii) effectively enforcing competition law. The main focus of this report is the identification of regulations that could restrict competition and distort markets and business decisions, having a negative effect on Kenya's competitiveness and growth. This report contains results from a review of the regulatory framework in key areas identified using Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Product Market Regulation (PMR) indicators, the World Bank Group's framework to identify anticompetitive regulations, and interviews with stakeholders. This report is concerned only with certain regulations that affect market competition in select sectors and topical areas. The report stems from the policy dialogue with various Kenyan institutions, supported by the Kenya Investment Climate Program. This report contains three parts. Part one identifies restrictive regulations that affect the whole economy, while Part two focuses on select sectors. Part three provides policy recommendations to promote greater competition in Kenyan markets through the assessment and modification of regulations that create obstacles to competition. It also provides estimates of the potential benefits of reforming product market regulations
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Abstract: Growth in the Kyrgyz Republic slowed significantly in 2014, reflecting the deteriorating external environment and supply-side constraints. Economic growth fell to 3.6 percent in 2014 from 10.9 percent in the previous year, partly because exports to Russia and other neighboring countries plunged. Re-export businesses were affected as the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) began to exercise stricter border control on goods imported from third countries. On the supply side, lower production at the Kumtor gold mine and a poor harvest due to adverse weather also depressed growth. The fall of the Russian ruble and the Kazakh tenge led to a significant depreciation of the Kyrgyz sum, which together with increases in energy tariffs drove inflation up from 4 percent in 2013 to 10.5 percent in December 2014. Although export growth was negative (-6.4 percent), imports declined even more (-7.2 percent), which, together with lower income outflows, helped to reduce the current account deficit from 15 percent in 2013 to 13.7 percent of GDP. The current account deficit was financed by borrowing and foreign direct investment (FDI). On the fiscal side, slower growth affected tax revenues, which were essentially flat at 25.3 percent of GDP but non-tax revenues went up by over a percentage point of GDP, to 6.7; together with grants, that brought total revenues to just under 35 percent of GDP. Meanwhile, a significant expansion of public investment spending brought the deficit to an estimated 4.1 percent of GDP in 2014, up from 3.9 percent in 2013, despite less spending on recurrent outlays. Higher spending and the depreciation of the sum translated into a significant increase in public debt, from 46.1 percent of GDP in 2013 to 53 percent for 2014. Job creation was stagnant. Poverty remained high: the most recent (2013) national estimates are absolute poverty 37.0 percent and extreme poverty 2.8 percent
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Public Sector Study
    Keywords: Equity ; Fiscal Policy ; Inequality ; Law and Development ; Macroeconomics and Economic Growth ; Poverty Reduction ; Public Sector Development ; Tax Evasion ; Tax Law ; Tax Reform ; Taxation and Subsidies
    Abstract: This report takes an in-depth look, from a policy perspective, at the trade-offs between increasing tax collection and improving the equity of the fiscal system. As part of this effort, the report places the Peruvian tax system in an international context and considers the key challenges the government is facing in its drive to increase revenue. It also conducts qualitative and quantitative analyses of the impact of taxes and transfers on inequality and on the distribution of income. The report then makes several policy proposals that would increase tax collection without jeopardizing equity, and it then simulates the impacts of these changes on collection and equity. This advice spanned the 2012-2014 period, and included research on several tax policy-related issues, such as legal advice on double-taxation treaties and in-depth analyses of tax exemptions. To keep the focus tight, some of the work is not included in this report. Contributions were originally written in Spanish to provide the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) with timely advice on the subject and were discussed with the counterparts during and immediately after its preparation. As a result of prioritizing this process, two teams focused on different areas of research and were able to contribute to the analytical base behind the ongoing tax reform. The report summarizes the main elements of this process and resulting advice. It comes out at the same time as the finance ministry announces the first set of tax reforms that were informed by this work
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other Education Study
    Abstract: The main objective of the report is to provide recommendations for policy makers and sector managers to help improve service delivery and the resultant outcomes in primary education. The fundamental premise of this analysis stems from Punjab Social Sector Public Expenditure Review conducted in FY2013
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Country Economic Memorandum
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: From 1999 to 2011 Sudan had a period where it benefited from extensive discoveries of natural wealth through oil. But the oil economy had also clear symptoms of Dutch disease. Agriculture suffered from neglect, and there were urgent calls to invest natural resource rents into economic diversification efforts. Relief to Sudan's external debt crisis will be critical. The country economic memorandum (CEM) starts out with a series of simulations and a review of recent key literature on growth and diversification with the aim of defining a suitable approach for growth and diversification for Sudan. The sectoral structure of Sudan's economy shows the growing importance of agriculture, less importance of extractives, and relative stability of other sectors (manufacturing, services) by 2030. Looking at other economies that were successful in their diversification efforts shows that they were able to broaden their endowments base by maximizing a triad of institutions to deliver services that ultimately increase productivity. The CEM finds that there is a case for Sudan to approach growth through diversification from two angles: the production and the endowment base, both of which rely on the effective utilization of key institutions. This analysis therefore uses a sectoral focus and looks at agriculture as sources for diversification, but also makes the case that trading of goods and services - especially of the higher value-added kind - can be a means to grow the endowment base of the country
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Other Education Study
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: The World Bank's Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Guinea in FY 2014-17 confirmed the Government's priority to build 21st century skills for improved employability and to implement systemic reforms. Guinea is emerging from years of political and economic isolation and instability. The democratic election of President Alpha Conda has opened the door for the international donor community, including the World Bank, to come forward and support the new government. Its important reform agenda, PREMA, has helped restore the confidence of the international community. The World Bank will partner with the Government of Guinea to develop systems that will 'improve lagging human development indicators for absolute poverty reduction, through more efficient and transparent allocation of resources, and to build shared prosperity by aligning the business environment and education system with Guinea's economy' (World Bank, 2013, pp. 1). This is in line with the government's priorities, as per the Third National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP3) approved in 2013. The PRSP3 aims to reduce poverty and to create and sustain a vibrant private economy by maximizing rents from Guinea's substantial mining sector. The Bank supports the Government's agenda on improving human capital by: (a) promoting both the quantity and quality of education and (b) upgrading skills for the needs of emerging and export-oriented sectors such as agriculture, tourism, mining, and telecommunications and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). In 2012, the Government requested special support from the Bank in the form of technical assistance to conduct an analysis of the higher education system. This analysis will be used to prepare a comprehensive higher education strategy to meet the needs of both the economy and the labor market. Since the early 2000s, the Bank had limited involvement in this critical sub-sector. Per the Government's request, the Bank mobilized resources to engage in policy and analytical work in the areas of governance, financing, and diagnostic of skills demand and supply from a new employer survey prepared specifically under this technical assistance project
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This report presents an assessment of school feedingpolicies and institutions that affect young children in SriLanka. The analysis is based on a World Bank tooldeveloped as part of the Systems Approach for BetterEducation Results (SABER) initiative that aims tosystematically assess education systems against evidence-based global standards and good practice to help countries reform their education systems for proper learning for all. School feeding policies are a critical component of an effective education system, given that children's health and nutrition impact their school attendance, ability to learn, and overall development. A school feeding program is a specific school-based health service, which can be part of a country's broader school health program, and often a large amount of resources is invested in a school feeding program. SABER-School Feeding collects, analyzes, and disseminates comprehensive information on school feeding policies around the world. The overall objective of the initiativeis to help countries design effective policies to improve their education systems, facilitate comparative policy analysis, identify key areas to focus investment, and assist in disseminating good practice. World Food Programme (WFP) decided to use SABER-School Feeding as one of their policy tools to guide the policy dialogue and to assess ina more systematic way the transition of school feedingprograms to national ownership and/or thestrengthening of national school feeding programs. WFP will integrate this tool into their project preparation from 2015 onwards.Five core policy goals form the basis of an effective school feeding program.The first goal is a national policy framework.The second policy goal for school feeding is financial capacity.The third policy goal is institutional capacity and coordination.The fourth policy goal is sound design and implementation.The last policy goal is community roles reaching beyondschools
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: SABER-Student Assessment is a component of the SABER program that focuses specifically on benchmarking student assessment policies and systems. The goal of SABER-Student Assessment is to promote stronger assessment systems that contribute to improved education quality and learning for all.Libya has focused on increasing student learning outcomes by improving the quality of education in the country. An effective student assessment system is an important component to improving education quality and learning outcomes as it provides the necessary information to meet stakeholders' decision-making needs. In order to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Libya has decided to benchmark this system using standardized tools developed under The World Bank's Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) program. SABER is an evidence-based program to help countries systematically examine and strengthen the performance of different aspects of their education systems. The key policy areas for this student assessment status are as follows: (i) Classroom Assessment; (ii) Examinations; (iii) National Large-Scale Assessment (NLSA); and (iv) International Large-Scale Assessment (ILSA)
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    Series Statement: Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: In 2011 the World Bank Group commenced a multiyear program designed to support countries in systematically examining and strengthening the performance of their education systems. Part of the World Bank's education sector strategy, the evidence-based initiative called systems approach for better education results (SABER) is building a toolkit of diagnostics for examining education systems and their component policy domains against global standards, best practices, and in comparison with the policies and practices of countries around the world. By leveraging this global knowledge, the SABER tools fill a gap in the availability of data and evidence on what matters most to improve the quality of education and achievement of better results. This report discusses the results of applying the SABER school autonomy and accountability (SAA) tool in the Kingdom of Jordan
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    Series Statement: City Development Strategy
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: The city of Kampala has undergone a period of rapid urbanization that has contributed to the degradation of the city's natural environment. The urban environmental profile for Kampala has been prepared as the first component of the assignment promoting green urban development in Africa: enhancing the relationship between urbanization, environmental assets, and ecosystem services, a project being conducted under the leadership of the World Bank. An overall objective of this project is to link the study of urban environmental issues with the advancement of more sustainable urban growth. The profile summarizes the existing quality of the wetlands and other aquatic and terrestrial environmental assets, identifies the key drivers that are the cause of their vulnerability, and describes the key institutional challenges and constraining factors that limit the city's ability to address environmental management challenges. Identification of the key environmental assets and key drivers of environmental degradation within the city required a more comprehensive review of reports on urban planning and infrastructure services. The city has recently made progress in the development of key infrastructure systems such as solid waste management and sanitation. The report is organized as follows: section one gives introduction. Section two sets the background and context for Kampala, providing an overview of the impacts of rapid urbanization and climate change, drawing linkages to urban environmental assets. Section three, quality of the environmental assets of Kampala describes the state of the key environmental assets, including the terrestrial assets, aquatic assets, and air quality, and attempts to infer the associated historic and current trends. Section four, drivers of environmental vulnerability and degradation describes the key issues that are driving degradation and the impacts caused. Section five, institutional issues and challenges describes the key factors that constrain Kampala's ability to effectively address environmental management challenges. Section six, provides a synthesis of key findings
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    Series Statement: Other Public Sector Study
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: This report analyzes the Identity Management System of the Republic of Botswana with respect to 1) accessibility, 2) robustness, 3) integration and regulated access to data, and 4) legal frameworks and data protection, and documents the extent to which the legal and institutional framework and the human and physical infrastructures have facilitated the establishment, operationalization and management of identity management as a comprehensive system. Botswana has a single foundational Identity Management System which is a primary tool for public administration and governance as well as facilitation of service delivery to the public. It creates one identity per person pursuant to the current legal framework which is used several times by the person at various institutions to facilitate the individual's access to services including social safety net programs, claiming of rights and entitlements. The national identity card is used as a breeder document for obtaining other documents such as passports, driver's licenses and voter registration cards. The Botswana National Identity System is facilitated by legal reforms and reviews, risk management, rigorous re-engineering and re-design of business processes, an effective ID management cycle, continuous monitoring and evaluation, and data security and integrity management. It is envisaged that the ID-management system will in the future be linked to the immigration and citizenship system under the department of immigration and citizenship to progress it to a fully-fledged population register or people hub
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    Series Statement: Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
    Abstract: This report presents a comprehensive diagnostic of the Palestinian Territories' workforce development (WfD) policies and institutions. The analysis is based on a World Bank research tool created under the Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) initiative and purposefully designed to provide systematic documentation and assessment of WfD policies and institutions. The SABER WfD benchmarking tool also aims to assist the government with the implementation of the VET Development Strategy in the context of international experience and global good practices
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    Series Statement: Systematic Country Diagnostics
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: Situated in a fertile low-lying river delta, Bangladesh combines high vulnerability to floods, tropical cyclones, earthquakes, and climate change with one of the world's highest population densities, with around 159 million people living in less than 150,000 sq. km. With the world's second lowest per capita income in 1975, it was labeled 'the test case for development' in view of the formidable development challenges it faced. Nevertheless, Bangladesh has proven to be remarkably resilient, developing well beyond initial expectations, and has made very good progress with poverty reduction. GNI per capita has grown from around US
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    Series Statement: Systematic Country Diagnostics
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    Abstract: Between 2002 and 2012-13, most of the reduction in poverty was due to increased earnings, as opposed to higher employment or higher transfers. Although it is hard to be certain, increases in earnings are associated with: (i) a slow structural transformation away from agriculture and into industry and services that led to productivity increases; (ii) agglomeration around key urban areas that supported this structural transformation; (iii) domestic-driven growth, including public-sector investment that led to increases in labor demand, particularly in industry and services; and (iv) a commodity boom that led to higher labor earnings for agricultural workers in the context of lower agricultural employment. Sri Lanka's has had impressive development gains but there are strong indications that drivers of past progress are not sustainable. Solid economic growth, strong poverty reduction, overcoming internal conflict, effecting a remarkable democratic transition in recent months, and overall strong human development outcomes are a track record that would make any country proud. However, the country's inward looking growth model based on non-tradable sectors and domestic demand amplified by public investment cannot be expected to lead to sustained inclusive growth going forward. A systematic diagnostic points to fiscal, competitiveness, and inclusion challenges as well as cross-cutting governance and sustainability challenges as priority areas of focus for sustaining progress in ending poverty and promoting shared prosperity
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    Series Statement: Systematic Country Diagnostics
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: The systematic country diagnostic (SCD) is designed to identify the most critical binding constraints and opportunities facing Indonesia in ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. In line with the World Bank Group's (WBG's) new country engagement model, the findings of the SCD will provide inputs for the preparation of the country partnership framework (CPF), which will outline the WBG's engagement with Indonesia to achieve the twin goals. This SCD has four main conceptual elements. First, analyze past trends in growth, poverty, and inequality to highlight the deep drivers. Second, identify the key channels for reducing poverty and boosting the prosperity of the Bottom 40 percent. Third, highlight the major challenges and opportunities along each of the key channels, and finally identify prioritized areas of intervention to accelerate progress toward ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity for each of the channels identified
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    Series Statement: Systematic Country Diagnostics
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Abstract: Maldives is an island nation scattered in the Indian Ocean comprising 1,190 small coral islands of which 190 are inhabited by a local population of 341,000. Maldives' unique archipelagic coral island provides the country with an extremely rich and diverse marine ecological system. With more territorial sea than land, marine resources have played a vital role shaping the contours of economic development, with nature-based tourism being the key driver of economic growth and fisheries an important sector of employment for the local population. Maldives developed a successful high-end tourism sector, whose sizeable rents have been redistributed to the population to address its development challenges. This systematic country diagnostic for Maldives aims at identifying the most critical constraints and opportunities facing the country as it works towards promoting sustainable growth, reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. In addition to serving as a public good for the government, civil society, research and academic community, and local and international development partners, the findings of the SCD will be used as key inputs in the preparation of the WBG strategy, the Country Partnership Framework, which will outline how the Bank Group's engagement in Maldives can best contribute towards achieving the twin goals
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    Series Statement: Systematic Country Diagnostics
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    Abstract: This systematic country diagnostic is structured in two main parts, one backward looking and the other forward looking. The backward-looking analysis aims to draw lessons on the determinants of poverty and sustainable and inclusive growth from (a) stakeholder consultations; (b) a poverty profile; (c) a jobs profile; and (d) a review of Cote d'Ivoire's experience, and a comparison with Ghana and Sri Lanka, countries with similarities to Cate d'Ivoire, but with different growth trajectories. The poverty analysis shows that over the past 25 years, poverty has deepened considerably, in particular in rural areas in the North and West. While the fall in cocoa prices played an important role, consequences of the price shock were amplified by political and social crisis and cuts in social expenditure. The main employment challenge faced by Cote d'Ivoire is a high concentration of employment in low-productivity occupations, such as agricultural and non-agricultural self-employment, particularly among the poor, women and those living in rural areas. Very few individuals hold formal wage jobs, and those who do are concentrated among the more educated in urban areas. In the near- and medium term, job creation will benefit significantly from growth in the self-employment and micro-enterprise sectors. The analysis concludes that Cote d'Ivoire's poor performance can be attributed to its response regarding four sets of policy issues: (a) lack of agricultural development and diversification; (b) lack of structural transformation into agro-business and non-agrobusiness led by the private sector; (c) inequitable social policies; and (d) lack of good governance. Based on this analysis, the forward-looking part outlines Cate d'Ivoire's strategic pathways out of poverty, better jobs creation through private sector-led growth and human capital development, and the prerequisites for achieving those goals. For better jobs creation, the main pathways are increased agricultural productivity and diversification into agribusiness and other types of industries. Addressing constraints under these pathways, in particular access to finance, will also promote microenterprises and self-employment. For human capital development, the main pathways are increased and higher quality social spending and an effective social safety net. The last chapter prioritizes key binding constraints and discusses knowledge gaps
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    Abstract: Mauritius has been a success story since independence, moving from low income to uppermiddle-income status. Close public-private partnerships facilitated private sector-led growth in astable macroeconomic and institutional environment. The government implemented an activeindustrial policy to support private sector competitiveness while exploiting global trade nichescreated by preferential access arrangements. As a result, savings were high and reinvested indiversifying the economy. Starting as a mono-cropped, inward-looking economy, Mauritiusmoved toward an export oriented and diversified economy producing textiles, tourism, financialand ICT services. Mauritius is now at a crossroads. On the one hand, it can pursue a path where reinvigorated public investment boosts economic growth and reinforced public assistance enhancesredistribution. On the other hand, it can select a path where private sector identifies constraintsfor growth and the public sector is the enabling agent that removes them, ensuring that proceedsare adequately shared by targeted assistance and improved service delivery. The Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is intended to assess the priorities of Mauritius to accelerate sustainable economic growth while improving the welfare of the less well off. The SCD aims to understand why income growth among the bottom 40 percent of the population has been low relative to the average income. The SCD also addresses how the rate and structure of aggregate growth can be improved to accelerate income growth among the bottom 40 percent of the population, as well as ensure that overall growth is sustainable
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    Abstract: This document presents the Systematic Country Diagnosis (SCD) for Mali. The SCD was prepared following a consultative process within and outside the World Bank. It identifies constraints and opportunities for achieving the twin goals of ending poverty and improving shared prosperity by 2030 while acknowledging (i) the need for selectivity in pro-poor interventions, and (ii) the many competing 'binding' reasons for poverty in Mali. The objectives of the twin goals are similar for Mali as the incidence of dollar-a-day poverty exceeds 40 percent of the population. Selectivity means the identification of principal opportunities for poverty reduction in the next 15 years, as well as the identification of binding constraints to reaping such opportunities. In the search for selectivity, there is the risk of not identifying the correct set of opportunities and constraints. However, the risk of not being selective would probably have more serious implications as it could lead the government and its development partners to disperse their resources and attention too thinly over too many competing priorities. Selectivity also implies making trade-offs between immediate and longer term objectives. In this document priority is given to the identification of poverty reduction opportunities which could deliver results before 2030, while acknowledging that efforts should not undermine the prospects for poverty reduction and shared prosperity beyond 2030. In this regard, particular attention is paid to environmental and fiscal sustainability
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    Abstract: Uruguay currently stands out in Latin America for its higher per capita income, low inequality, low poverty, and virtual absence of indigence. As a proportion of the total population, the size of Uruguays middle class is the largest in Latin America, encompassing well over half the population. The country ranks at or near the top of Latin America on many measures of well-being. The stability of its institutions and low levels of corruption are reflected in a high degree of trust in government by citizens. The countrys smallness and openness, and its strong and deeply rooted social compact - help explain Uruguays achievements in the areas of growth, poverty reduction and shared prosperity as well as future opportunities and challenges. The World Bank has two goals for Uruguay to sustain the social compact by strengthening inclusion and equality of opportunity and to sustain growth with productivity and competitiveness
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    Abstract: The objective of this Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is to identify the priority constraints Bolivia faces in sustaining its gains on reducing poverty and enhancing shared prosperity over the next years. It will analyze the dynamics behind the progress achieved in the past decade on inclusive growth, and identify a number of key constraints for sustaining and consolidating this progress. The SCD begins, in Chapter two, with a presentation of four characteristics that make Bolivia special, including its State led development strategy, large natural resource wealth, difficult geography and landlocked condition, and rich ethnic diversity. In chapter three, this SCD presents an in depth evaluation of the generally positive evolution in growth and in the reduction of poverty and inequality over the past decade. An assessment of the recent past and current context concludes that there is a need for enabling new inclusive growth engines, particularly through increased private investment and higher productivity. Chapter four makes a case for rebalancing the path of inclusive growth, and presents three main challenges in this sense: sustaining macroeconomic and fiscal stability, developing non-extractive sectors with higher productivity and a lower environmental footprint, and reducing gaps and disparities in access to opportunities. The discussion of these challenges reveals a number of priority constraints, a key input for the prioritization exercise. Finally, in chapter five the SCD presents the findings of a prioritization exercise aimed at producing a restricted list of prioritized constraints, as well as a list of knowledge gaps identified in the different parts of the analysis
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    Abstract: The Tunisia Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) seeks to identify the challenges and opportunities to achieve the twin goals of reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity in a sustainable way. This SCD takes into account Tunisia's historical sociopolitical context and the political economy of past reforms to provide the context for the challenges and opportunities that exist today to make progress toward the twin goals. The economic policies of the two decades preceding the 2011 revolution delivered widely recognized achievements, including growth rates above the regional average, impressive progress in human development indicators and reduced poverty. However, they failed to address, and even exacerbated, the deep-rooted distortions in the economy that closed the channels, in particular, productive employment and job creation, for a more equal and inclusive society. These distortions were also grounded in a tightly controlled social and political space that favored the elite while repressing others. This development model proved to be economically and socially unsustainable. With a new constitution adopted in 2014 and a democratically-elected government established in 2015, there is today an unprecedented window of opportunity for Tunisia to embark on deep structural reforms to open the channels conducive to a more equal and inclusive society and put the country on a path of more sustainable development. The SCD identifies key opportunities to build on Tunisia's multiple strengths and economic potential to help guide future development policies. It highlights the importance of social and political stability (as well as domestic security) as prerequisites for critical reforms to be undertaken, as well as the importance of voice, transparency, and accountability in all economic and institutional spheres for those reforms to be sustainable
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    Abstract: The World Bank's Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for Guinea in FY 2014-17 confirmed the Government's priority to build 21st century skills for improved employability and to implement systemic reforms. Guinea is emerging from years of political and economic isolation and instability. The democratic election of President Alpha Conda has opened the door for the international donor community, including the World Bank, to come forward and support the new government. Its important reform agenda, PREMA, has helped restore the confidence of the international community. The World Bank will partner with the Government of Guinea to develop systems that will 'improve lagging human development indicators for absolute poverty reduction, through more efficient and transparent allocation of resources, and to build shared prosperity by aligning the business environment and education system with Guinea's economy' (World Bank, 2013, pp. 1). This is in line with the government's priorities, as per the Third National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP3) approved in 2013. The PRSP3 aims to reduce poverty and to create and sustain a vibrant private economy by maximizing rents from Guinea's substantial mining sector. The Bank supports the Government's agenda on improving human capital by: (a) promoting both the quantity and quality of education and (b) upgrading skills for the needs of emerging and export-oriented sectors such as agriculture, tourism, mining, and telecommunications and Information and Communications Technology (ICT). In 2012, the Government requested special support from the Bank in the form of technical assistance to conduct an analysis of the higher education system. This analysis will be used to prepare a comprehensive higher education strategy to meet the needs of both the economy and the labor market. Since the early 2000s, the Bank had limited involvement in this critical sub-sector. Per the Government's request, the Bank mobilized resources to engage in policy and analytical work in the areas of governance, financing, and diagnostic of skills demand and supply from a new employer survey prepared specifically under this technical assistance project
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
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    Abstract: The Myanmar Economic Monitor (MEM) aims to periodically take stock of economic development and highlight economic prospects and policy priorities in Myanmar. Myanmar grew at an estimated 8.5 percent in real terms in 2014/15. The MEM touches on continued recovery in growth, public consumption, private investment, services, investment in manufacturing and industry, rebound in agriculture and the impact of floods. The monitor examines foreign trade and investment; the inflation, monetary and exchange rates; fiscal policy; and Myanmar's economic outlook. The Policy Watch section covers a few selected priority issues closely related to Myanmar's overall economic developments and outlook
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    Series Statement: Country Partnership Frameworks
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    Abstract: The Country Partnership Framework (CPF) will succeed the Myanmar interim strategy note (FY13-14) and be the first full country strategy for Myanmar since 1984. This CPF comes at a time of great opportunity for Myanmar; over the three year period covered in this CPF, the reforms initiated in 2011 have the potential to bring Myanmar into a new era of peace and prosperity. Myanmar s history, ethnic diversity, and geography combine into a unique set of development challenges and opportunities, including (i) emergence from a long period of international isolation; (ii) widespread poverty, despite rich land, water, and mineral resource endowments; (iii) a strategic location in the fastest-growing region in the world; (iv) the role of the military and associated groups in the economy; and (v) long standing armed conflict and ethnic and religious tensions. Myanmar is on a path of fundamental transformation, seeking to address all these challenges and opportunities simultaneously. Along with unique opportunities, the CPF supported program will also face substantial risks. Political risks associated with the elections in late 2015 include a polarization among stakeholders, policy discontinuity, and a slow-down of reforms. The national peace process to resolve decades-old conflicts remains fragile. On the economic front, risks include vulnerability to volatile oil and gas prices, spending pressures, an underdeveloped financial sector, and a weak regulatory framework, while overall capacity constraints may limit the country s ability to effectively manage macro-financial shocks. The design of the WBG program will help manage and mitigate these risks, and the WBG will regularly review risks and opportunities and adapt the CPF during implementation as warranted. A performance and learning review planned for late FY16 will facilitate the adaptation of the WBG program to country developments as needed
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    Abstract: Since 2009, insecurity in the North-East of Nigeria has led to the loss of over 20,000 lives and the displacement of over two million people. Throughout the region livelihoods have been disrupted, and homes, public buildings and infrastructure destroyed. In a part of Nigeria where 80 percent of people rely on agriculture for their livelihoods, much has been lost. People have been forced from their land and livestock has been killed. In many areas, land mines and other remnants of war bring challenges for safe and voluntary return. While Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States bore the brunt of the direct impacts of the conflict, the three neighboring states of Gombe, Taraba and Bauchi have taken in scores of people who have been displaced, taxing their communities, economic resource, social services and infrastructure. Schools have been damaged, health clinics destroyed and many people have been left vulnerable by this crisis. The Government of Nigeria has made great strides in retaking and stabilizing large portions of the North-East, but the work to restore the lives of those affected is just beginning. This assessment, led by the Government of Nigeria and supported by local, national and international partners, has helped quantify the physical, social and economic impacts of the crisis in the North-East, and will inform the process of stabilization, peace building and recovery in the region. The RPBA is a necessary tool that will help us gather the resources and develop the capacities to address these challenges. The results will help reduce suffering in affected communities, restore a sense of normalcy and regain the trust of people in the region
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    Series Statement: Other Financial Sector Study
    Abstract: This review of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance support programs aims to enhance the efficiency of SME finance support in Chile. Chile's good economic policies have successfully promoted growth, but inequality has remained high. Supporting access to finance for SMEs is an important part of developing more equal opportunities in Chile. The purpose of the analysis is to identify options for strengthening corporacion de fomento de la produccion (CORFO's) role in addressing the SME finance gaps arising from market failures. The study focuses on determining if the various partial credit guarantee (PCG) programs are efficient and optimal in their design and how CORFO's role can be expanded to support SMEs. To achieve a new more complex role, the study also considered that CORFO as an institution needed to be more self-contained and autonomous in terms of financial risks and reserving, and have a corporate structure more akin to a public owned corporation rather than a budget supported state agency. In order for the programs to have the desired effects, they must adequately address the gap, be effectively implemented, and be cost efficient. The paper is organized as follows: section one gives summary, section two gives introduction. Section three analyzes the gap in finance for SMEs in Chile to establish the relevance of the programs. Section four provides an overview of programs in support of SME finance, the implementation effectiveness, and the associated costs. Sections five to seven presents recommendations
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    Abstract: Twenty years after the end of the war, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has yet to achieve shared prosperity for its citizens and approach European living standards. The country has been at peace since the end of 1995, but its development model needs adjustment if it is to join the ranks of prosperous European economies. BiH has a disproportionately large public sector that dates back to Yugoslav times and has only been partly reformed since, and the constitutional arrangements under the Dayton and Washington Agreements had as their aim the cessation of war rather than the explicit goal of building a viable and efficient state. Financial inflows, particularly aid and remittances, have been fueling consumption-based economic growth. These inflows were important in post-war recovery, and propelled the country back to middle-income status. However, reaching high levels of income, creating prosperity and eliminating poverty will only happen if BiH shifts toward an economic model that builds on international integration, especially with the EU, BiH's most important trading partner and anchor of institutional reform. BiH needs to rebalance its development model in two fundamental ways in order to succeed. First, it needs to unleash the potential of the private sector while reducing the footprint of the very large public sector. Second, the economy needs to shift from an inward focus driven by local consumption and imports to the potential of international integration through investments and exports. To achieve this country needs more (and larger) companies, vibrant small and medium sized enterprises and a business environment that allows them to grow and expand output, employment, and exports
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    Abstract: After years of strong performance in the run-up to the European Union (EU) accession, Bulgaria's growth has slowed down and poverty remains the highest in the EU. Bulgaria achieved the highest recorded growth rates between 2000-08 on the back of exceptionally high capital inflows, structural reforms, sound fiscal management and the prospects of EU accession. Employment boomed and poverty fell steeply. Since 2008 - the year of global economic crisis - economic growth has been sluggish, poverty on the rise and income gains of the bottom 40 percent. Recently, labor markets and poverty have shown some signs of respite but new growth drivers and a sustained reform commitment will be needed for the current generation of Bulgarians to obtain EU living standards. This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) identifies three policy areas with the potential to transform the economy and achieve this objective: (1) strengthening the institutional and legal framework for good governance; (2) boosting the skills and employability5 of all Bulgarians; and (3) improving the effectiveness and efficiency of public spending. Drawing on an extensive body of previous and current work carried out by the Bank, as well as local and foreign experts, the SCD discusses drivers and constraints to growth and uses an asset-based framework to understand how micro and macro-economic forces shape the income profile and dynamics of the bottom 40 percent of the population
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    Abstract: Lesotho is one of the poorest and most unequal countries in the world. It is a small, mostly mountainous, and largely rural country of about 2 million people, completely surrounded by South Africa. The persistence of poverty and rising inequality are striking for an economy that grew at annual rates of 4 percent per capita over the past decade. Redefining the role of the state will be critical for meeting the twin goals through boosting inclusive growth and avoiding macroeconomic and social risks. In this context, this Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) is intended to assess development challenges and identify priorities for rapid progress in achieving the objectives of: (i) eliminating extreme poverty on a sustainable basis and (ii) ensuring shared prosperity by improving the welfare of Lesotho's poorer citizens. The report analyzes the opportunities and challenges in meeting these objectives, focusing on growth, inclusiveness, and sustainability. The SCD concludes by prioritizing the key challenges. Lesotho has an opportunity to eradicate extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity in coming years. It will require shifting to a growth model led by an export-oriented private sector, fortified by higher skilled, more productive, and more entrepreneurial individuals, households, and firms. Lesotho cannot realize this new growth model without redefining the role of the state. For this new model to develop, strong political consensus is necessary to push the difficult reforms needed
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    Abstract: Colombia has made impressive strides in reducing poverty and promoting shared prosperity during the last decade. Extreme poverty fell from 17.7 percent in 2002 to 8.1 percent in 2014, while total poverty (including moderate poverty) fell from 49.7 percent in 2002 to 29.5 percent in 2014. The decline implies that 6.2 million people left poverty in the period. The multidimensional poverty rate, which takes into account education, health, labor, childcare, and housing, has also experienced a remarkable decline from 49 percent in 2003 to 21.9 percent in 2014. The number of multidimensional poor declined by 9.8 million. Shared prosperity indicators followed a similar trend, especially after the second half of the decade. Between 2008 and 2013, the income per capita of the bottom 40 percent of Colombians grew at an average rate of 6.6 percent, significantly higher than the national average rate of 4.1 percent for the same period. Economic growth that led to job creation has been the main driver of poverty reduction and shared prosperity gains. The economy sustained an average GDP growth of 4.4 percent during the 2000s, almost 2 percentage points higher than the previous decade. For the period 2002-2013, economic growth explains 73 percent of the reduction in extreme poverty and 84 percent of the reduction in total poverty. Moreover, price stability, and in particular stable food prices contribute to poverty outcomes. As in the case of poverty reduction, labor income growth is the main determinant of shared prosperity in recent years in Colombia. Labor income represents at least fifty percent of income growth for the poorest 10 percent of the population, and up to 70 percent for those in the fourth decile, in the period 2008-2013. This evidence highlights the importance of high growth and low inflation for achieving the World Bank's twin goals in Colombia
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    Abstract: Azerbaijan's performance on the twin goals has been commendable. The middle class has doubled in size and extreme poverty has almost been eliminated in the space of a decade. At the same time, regional differences persist, with significantly higher poverty rates in lagging regions, and Baku dominating overwhelmingly in terms of share of GDP. Disparities in welfare also persist between rural and urban areas as well as across social groups. As the share of the poor fell in the bottom 40 percent of the welfare distribution, the share of the vulnerable has increased. All of this suggests taking a closer look at the challenges facing Azerbaijan as it seeks to sustain and 'even out' progress on the twin goals
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    Series Statement: Systematic Country Diagnostics
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    Abstract: This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) aims to identify the major constraints on and opportunities for sustaining poverty reduction and shared prosperity in Serbia. The SCD serves as the analytic foundation on which the World Bank Group and the Government of Serbia will define a new Country Partnership Framework for FY2016 to FY2020. It is based on the best possible analysis, drawing on available evidence, and not limited to areas where the World Bank Group is currently engaged. The SCD is structured as follows: Chapter 2 presents the political and economic context. The economic context describes recent trends in growth, shared prosperity, and poverty reduction and briefly discusses factors behind them. Chapter 3 discusses pre-crisis patterns of growth and opportunities for future growth and inclusion in Serbia. Chapter 4 presents drivers of economic growth in Serbia and the principal constraints on growth and competitiveness. Chapter 5 discusses drivers of and constraints to economic inclusion. Chapter 6 outlines risks to sustainable shared prosperity and poverty reduction. Chapter 7 presents priorities for action
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    Series Statement: Systematic Country Diagnostics
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    Abstract: Botswana has been one of the worlds fastest growing economies over the past 50 years, allowing the country to move from being among the poorest to upper middle income status - this has had the effect of pulling the majority of the population out of poverty. While Botswana is rightly praised for its management of resource wealth, it is apparent that the high levels of investment by government (in health, education, and infrastructure) are not delivering quality outcomes, making it increasingly difficult to meet the objectives of growth, diversification, and poverty elimination. Indeed, some of the foundations which drove the development success of Botswana over the past half century are being eroded or face risks. In this context, this systematic country diagnostic (SCD) is intended to assess the priorities for Botswana to make rapid progress in achieving the objectives of: (i) elimination of extreme poverty on a sustainable basis; and (ii) ensuring shared prosperity by improving the welfare of the less-well-off in the country. It includes individual chapters analyzing the opportunities and challenges to meeting these objectives with respect to: growth; inclusiveness; and sustainability. The SCD concludes with a prioritization of the key challenges
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    Series Statement: Public Expenditure Review
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    Abstract: Agriculture is vital to Moldova's economy. It accounts for 14 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and employs 25 percent of the labor force; together with agro-processing, it generates more than 20 percent of GDP. While the size of the agriculture sector is one of the largest in Europe, it is comparable to other countries at similar income levels. The sector is also a major foreign exchange earner, with agro-food products comprising about 60 percent of merchandise exports. The Government of Moldova (GoM) identifies agriculture as one of the main drivers of growth in its 2020 national development strategy. Agriculture in Moldova faces both short-and-long term challenges. Increasing public spending on agriculture is not an optimal response to these challenges. Instead, to make the sector more competitive and resilient to shocks, direct budget spending should be reduced in some areas and redesigned or increased in others. Tax expenditures can be streamlined to make them more efficient, cost effective, and equitable
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    Series Statement: Other Education Study
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    Abstract: In Guinea, the quality of human capital is as crucial for economic success as its vast mineral resources. Improving the quality of education, ensuring the creation of a productive labor with high returns, and, above all, encouraging the creation of private enterprises through a favorable business climate are all essential to boosting productivity and skills. Today, traditional civil service opportunities available are insufficient to absorb ever-growing numbers of Guinean graduates. University enrollments have increased tenfold over the past 10 years, reaching more than 95,000 students in 2012. Graduates between the ages of 25 and 35 face an unemployment rate close to 30 percent, posing a threat to social stability. Education remains disconnected from work, and students are not distributed among academic disciplines according to any economic logic. Technical and vocational training is underdeveloped relative to the needs of industry, namely mining, construction, and agriculture in particular. Companies hire mainly through personal connections, creating a system in which, for all sectors but agriculture, the majority of employee's report obtaining their jobs through acquaintances. Even in the formal economy, firms recruit predominantly via informal networks. The lack of transport infrastructure and weak electrical power grid, coupled with a poorly developed financial system and challenging institutional environment hinder both the creation of new businesses and growth of existing businesses. Growth projections are encouraging, although not as high as expected due to the Ebola virus disease, and demand for skilled labor is now a national priority. Maximizing the outputs of these new jobs will require strengthening the linkages between higher education (including technical and vocational education and training (TVET)) and high-growth sectors. In this note, we review the current state of education and workforce skills in Guinea. With the support of the new employer-employee survey prepared under this technical assistance and household surveys covering years 2007 and 2012, the note will identify the key bottlenecks faced by firms in hiring qualified workers. The note will conclude by providing recommendations to improve workforce quality
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    Series Statement: Public Expenditure Review
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    Abstract: Panama has experienced impressive and significant economic growth, emerging as one of the better performers in Central America in recent years and one of the fastest growing economies worldwide. From 2003 to 2013, Panama has averaged an annual GDP growth rate of approximately 7 percent, surpassing the average GDP growth in Central America. It has also emerged as one of the fastest growing economies worldwide. Even during the economic crisis of 2008-2009, its economy continued to grow albeit at a lower rate. This note recommends that Panama prioritize three main aspects: a) improving the effectiveness of social public spending by further enhancing the pro-poor and pro-indigenous features of targeting mechanisms; b) reducing inefficiencies in the various sectors, for example, by improving the coordination between the Ministries of Education, Health, Social Development, and CSS to minimize duplication of efforts and resources; and c) strengthening planning, budgeting, and information tools and systems, legislation, and institutions to support implementation and track progress toward Government goals
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    Series Statement: Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
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    Abstract: Belarus has focused on increasing student learning outcomes by improving the quality of education in the country. An effective student assessment system is an important component of efforts to improve education quality and learning outcomes because it provides the necessary information to meet stakeholders' decision making needs. To gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Belarus decided to benchmark this system using standardized tools developed under the World Bank's Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) program. SABER is an evidence-based program to help countries systematically examine and strengthen the performance of different aspects of their education systems. SABER-Student Assessment is a component of the SABER program that focuses specifically on benchmarking student assessment policies and systems. The goal of SABER-Student Assessment is to promote stronger assessment systems that contribute to improved education quality and learning for all
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    Series Statement: Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
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    Abstract: Morocco has focused on increasing student learning outcomes by improving the quality of education in the country. An effective student assessment system is an important component of efforts to improve education quality and learning outcomes because it provides the necessary information to meet stakeholders' decision-making needs. In order to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Morocco decided to benchmark this system using standardized tools developed under the World Bank's systems approach for better education results (SABER) program. SABER is an evidence-based program to help countries systematically examine and strengthen the performance of different aspects of their education systems. Assessment systems tend to be comprised of three main types of assessment activities, each of which serves a different purpose and addresses different information needs. These three main types are: classroom assessment; examinations; and large-scale, system level assessments
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    Series Statement: Other Agricultural Study
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    Abstract: Fishery and aquaculture are among the most ancient and important sectors of Oman economy, with deep cultural and social significance. Before oil was discovered in the 1960s, 80 percent of the population lived from agriculture and fishing. However currently fishing is not economically productive. Many fishers are not involved full time in fishing, and despite significant subsidies, remuneration is often low. There is a need to improve economic management of the fisheries sector and create viable and sustainable employment opportunities. As a starting point, the Sultanate engaged the World Bank to assist in its effort to overhaul the fisheries sector, and help devise a plan for increasing the contribution that fisheries make to Oman's economy. This review offers a summary of the collaborative efforts involving the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth (MAFW), the World Bank (WB), and fishery stakeholders. Collaborative work laid rigorous groundwork for the development and implementation of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Vision 2040: "To create a profitable world-class sector that is ecologically sustainable and a net contributor to Oman's economy." Vision 2040 and an accompanying Implementation Plan establishes a framework and processes to achieve these goals. The preparatory work has produced the Sultanate of Oman Fisheries and Aquaculture Vision 2040; the Implementation Plan of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Vision; and a proposed investment project document. The next stage includes implementation of the pilot investment project and technical support, as well as stakeholder co-management of four pilot fisheries. This strategy points to a better future in fishing higher-value species. Phase II, the first five years of implementing Vision 2040, will establish the policy and capacity for executing global best practices in the fisheries through organizational development, business development and management training, as well as planning for new institutions built around key players
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    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Education Sector Review
    Abstract: The Service Delivery Indicators (SDI) provide a set of metrics for benchmarking service delivery performance in education and health. The overall objective of the indicators is to gauge the quality of service delivery in primary education and basic health services. The indicators enable the identification of gaps and tracking of progress over time and across countries. It is envisaged that the broad availability, high public awareness and a persistent focus on the indicators will mobilize policymakers, citizens, service providers, donors and other stakeholders for action to improve the quality of services and ultimately to improve development outcomes and social welfare. This report presents the findings from the implementation of the Service Delivery Indicators in the Education sector in Tanzania in 2014. Survey implementation was preceded by an extensive consultation with Government and key stakeholders on survey design, sampling, and adaptation of survey instruments. Pre-testing of the survey instruments, enumerator training, and fieldwork took place in 2014. In conclusion, comparing the 2010 and 2014 SDI surveys, one clearly notices that Tanzania has made substantial progress in some areas, but there are still remaining gaps. Also, the achieved progress is from a very low base and there is still quite a bit of room for the Tanzanian education system to deliver quality to its pupils and get them prepared and equipped to face competition in the national, regional, and international labor markets
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    Series Statement: Other Procurement Study
    Abstract: Inadequate infrastructure in developing countries is a major constraint on growth. Many governments face the challenge of low quality or non-existent infrastructure, often deriving from insufficient funding, poor planning, or ineffective delivery and maintenance. Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) can help improve the quality of infrastructure "by vesting control rights with the private sector, bundling into one contract the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of the facility, and by transferring the risk of cost and time overruns to the private partner". Well-structured PPPs create the right incentives to maintain high performance records. They also tend to realign incentives in long-term service contracts so that responsibility for service delivery is transferred to the party with most to gain from sustained high performance. An appropriate PPP preparation and bidding process leads to a more efficient use of resources because the private partner will have a stake in the long-term implications of the cost of the infrastructure. In addition to these benefits, PPPs offer an opportunity to conduct "more informed and realistic selection procedures" by assessing long-term commitments and risk and shifting the focus from inputs to outputs (and even outcomes)
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    Series Statement: Financial Sector Assessment Program
    Abstract: The performance of the Malian economy is largely dependent on the performance of the agricultural sector. The overall good growth in the Malian economy over the last several years is attributed to the agricultural GDP growth. Since 1995, the economy grew at about 5 percent per year until 2010, but a global recession, the military coup and terrorist activity caused a noticeable slowdown in GDP to about 1.2 percent in 2011-2012. The economic growth has resumed at a slow pace since 2013 and is currently estimated around 4.5 percent for 2014-2015. Agricultural development in general and agricultural finance in particular is hampered by a lack of quality data on the sector. Although improving, reliable statistical information is still lacking in Mali. There are often inconsistencies in agricultural data presented in the various reports available in the country. Although data on the main food crops and cotton are readily available, quality information on the high potential value chains, like mango and meat and dairy value chains, is less frequently provided. The lack of quality agricultural statistics makes public planning and analysis difficult and deters private sector investment
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    Abstract: At the request of the government of Kenya and under its guidance, a team of national and international experts conducted an appraisal of different agricultural insurance options for Kenya.This appraisal, as set out in this document and the accompanying technical analysis, lays out the costs and benefits of developing large-scale agricultural insurance that involves both the public and private spheres.The analysis considers potential structures for large-scale agricultural insurance in Kenya, the fiscal cost to the government of Kenya, and the economic benefits for farmers and pastoralists. In order for it to partner with the private sector to prepare and implement a large scale agricultural insurance program, the government should consider taking the following next steps.The government of Kenya may build on there commendations by the Program Steering Committee to take the lead in formulating a national policy on agriculture insurance, in cooperation with county administrations and private insurance companies. The government of Kenya may develop a road map for establishing the institutions required for large-scale agricultural insurance programs, with the goal of covering at least a fifth of Kenya's agricultural producers. As next steps for establishing livestock insurance, the government of Kenya may decide how to integrate the proposed insurance product with other existing protection mechanisms. As next steps for crop insurance, the government of Kenya may seek consultations with agricultural banks and work with private sector insurers to develop a data audit system acceptable to international reinsurers
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    Series Statement: Latin America and Caribbean Poverty and Labor Brief
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    Keywords: Commodity Boom ; Equity ; Inequality ; Labor Markets ; Poverty ; Shared Prosperity ; Unskilled Labor ; Wages
    Abstract: While LAC continues its progress towards becoming a middle-class region, in 2013 poverty reduction was slower than in previous years. The bottom 40 percent of the population has also seen decelerating income growth since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis. Driving the lower gains in shared prosperity and poverty reduction is the region's slowing economic growth. Similarly, after more than a decade of steady decline, inequality has been stagnant since 2010 and remains high. Given the crucial role of labor earnings in poverty and inequality reduction, this report analyzes more deeply LAC's labor markets and its implications for the region's social gains going forward. It shows that the region's push to increase its human capital has yielded dividends; increases in the educational attainment of the labor force are evident across the region. Nonetheless, the substantial growth in wages observed during the last decade was not accompanied by significant changes in the labor market: agriculture and low-productivity, informal service employment continued to be key sources of income for the poor in LAC. Instead, most of the gains were seen in countries that benefitted from the commodity boom of the last decade. As the commodity boom fades and growth wanes, there is a risk that the social gains achieved in the century's first decade will erode
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    Series Statement: Other Financial Accountability Study
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    Abstract: In 2011, only 21.4 percent of Vietnamese adults had an account at a formal financial institution, and only 36.9 percent of all borrowers used a formal lender - both indicators are well below the regional averages in the East Asia and Pacific. The formal financial sector in Vietnam is dominated by banks; however, retail lending is still rather underdeveloped due to often flawed lending practices and low levels of financial literacy among the population. Vietnamese authorities and the civil society have demonstrated a deep commitment to financial consumer protection by continuous dialogue and persistent legislative activities, and yet, much still needs to be achieved. The legal and regulatory framework for consumer protection in the financial sector, and related supervisory arrangements, are at a nascent stage of development. This World Bank's diagnostic review was conducted in response to a request from the State Bank of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The banking, non-bank credit institutions, securities, insurance, and credit reporting sectors were considered as well as financial literacy strategies and programs. The review was conducted by reference to the World Bank`s good practices for financial consumer protection and provides a detailed assessment of the institutional, legal, and regulatory framework for financial consumer protection. Volume I of the review summarizes the key findings and recommendations and volume II provides a detailed comparison with the good practices
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    Series Statement: Debt Management Performance Assessment
    Abstract: At the request of the Government of Cote d'Ivoire, a World Bank mission visited Abidjan on June 11 to 19, 2015, to conduct a second debt management assessment, following the first assessment done in June 2009. This mission provided an opportunity to assess the progress made with debt management since 2009, and to evaluate current performance against the new debt management performance assessment (DeMPA) methodology revised in May 2015, relative to the methodology used in June 2009. To provide an understanding of the comparison and tracking of progress noted, an annex to the report indicates the level of improvement or deterioration in the government's debt management performance. The DeMPA tool is based on a methodological approach that facilitates evaluation of performance using different indicators that bring together all debt management functions. These indicators cover the following areas of activity: (i) governance and strategy development; (ii) coordination with monetary and fiscal policies; (iii) borrowing and related financing activities; (iv) cash flow forecasting and cash balance management; and (v) operational risk management and the recording and monitoring of loan guarantees. The DeMPA assesses the strengths and weaknesses of each country's debt management without making recommendations or assumptions as to the potential effects of reforms under way
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    Series Statement: Economic Updates and Modeling
    Keywords: 2015 ; Wirtschaftslage ; Wirtschaftsindikator ; Wirtschaftsprognose ; Indonesien
    Abstract: The Indonesia Economic Quarterly (IEQ) has two main aims. First, it reports on the key developments over the past three months in Indonesia's economy, and places these in a longerterm and global context. Based on these developments, and on policy changes over the period, the IEQ regularly updates the outlook for Indonesia's economy and social welfare. Second, the IEQ provides a more in-depth examination of selected economic and policy issues, and analysis of Indonesia's medium-term development challenges. It is intended for a wide audience, including policymakers, business leaders, financial market participants, and the community of analysts and professionals engaged in Indonesia's evolving economy. This quarterly report covers the economic growth of Indonesia as in October 2015. Indonesia's growth moderation has continued and an uncertain external environment has further limited the room for both monetary and fiscal stimulus and has turned the government's focus to structural and fiscal reforms to raise investor confidence in Indonesia. The government recognizes the need to improve business confidence and the investment climate in order to enhance Indonesia's potential growth rate and has taken several important steps in this direction. In addition to the policy packages, the draft 2016 State Budget signals the objective of further improving the composition of public expenditures by strengthening social programs and by redirecting spending from energy subsidies to infrastructure development. Timely and effective implementation of these reforms will contribute to returning to a higher sustainable pace of growth
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    Series Statement: Other papers
    Abstract: This World Bank publication provides an overview of mutual funds in developing countries, outlining their role in the financial sector; the different types of mutual funds; the structure of the mutual fund industry; and the industry's interdependency with other sectors such as pension funds and insurance companies. The report then outlines the key elements of the legal/regulatory/ taxation framework that typically governs mutual funds and identifies aspects of these frameworks that can drive the growth of mutual funds. Lastly, the report provides an analysis of key market drivers and impediments to mutual fund development. The report builds on five case studies of mutual fund industries in Brazil, Kenya, Morocco, Peru, Turkey, which are provided in the annex
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    Series Statement: Legal and Judicial Sector Assessment
    Keywords: Bribery ; Corruption and Anticorruption Law ; Illicit Enrichment ; Law and Development ; Law Enforcement Systems ; Money Laundering ; Public Officials
    Abstract: This document contains the answers to the self-evaluation questionnaire of Honduras for the Review Mechanism in the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). To facilitate the review of Party States (Dominican Republic and Republic of Nauru) a brief summary of the criminal proceedings in Honduras, its stakeholders and roles are presented. Also attached are some key definitions that may contribute to understanding the Honduran context in criminal matters, criminal procedure and international cooperation, related to the implementation of UNCAC
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    Series Statement: Other Health Study
    Keywords: Health Policy and Management ; Health Systems Development and Reform ; Health, Nutrition and Population
    Abstract: This study is the result of the World Bank research to support Ukraine's on-going health reform policy debate. It was produced by a team of experts led by Paolo Belli, World Bank Lead Economist and Sector Leader for Human Development. Key authors: Paolo Belli; Yuriy Dzhygyr; Kateryna Maynzyuk. Surveys to collect data for this study were conducted by Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, whose team was led by Artem Miroshnichenko, Alona Goroshko, and Tetiana Stepurko. This report presents a new diagnostic tool for measuring the current status of public sector management policies and practices (or governance) as applied to the Ukrainian health sector. Using the tool, the study identifies strengths to build upon as well as weaknesses in the current system, and proposes concrete interventions to improve existing policies and practices. The issues which the report brings to light, related to the sector's inability to harness, motivate and hold staff accountable for results, the poor information management, the rigid budgetary system but at the same time the pervasiveness of informal payments and corruption, surely play a key role in explaining why existing health services largely fail to prevent, detect, and treat diseases effectively. The problem is not one of physical accessibility. Ukraine has already an oversized number of hospitals and hospital beds, approximately 40 percent more than the EU average. The problem lies in inefficient allocation and use of resources, decades of neglected investments, and corruption in the sector. In summary, the main problem is one of governance, and that is why this study could play a critical role in guiding decision-makers not only on the main reform strategies, but also on the nitty-gritty initiatives which should contribute to improve governance, and thus service delivery and over the medium-term health outcomes
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    Series Statement: Public Expenditure Review
    Abstract: Management of the primary education system in Madagascar follows a centralized model, supported by de-concentrated services. Education is divided into (a) preschool, (b) 5 years of primary education, (c) 4 years of lower secondary, (d) 3 years of upper secondary, and (e) higher education. An important feature of the Malagasy education system is the relatively well developed framework for school-based management. The school management committees (FAFs, Fiaraha-miombon'Antoka ho amin'ny Fampandrosoana ny sekoly) consist of parents, teachers, the school director, and representatives from the local community. They have been in existence in each school since 2002, when the government started providing annual grants to schools on a per capita basis to cover part of schools' operating expenses. The FAFs are responsible for managing these grants, and play a critical role in improving accountability of service delivery and promoting community engagement and social dialogue among local stakeholders. The FAFs are also increasingly participating in the financing of school operations, including hiring and paying community teachers and financing basic supplies. Trends in contributions from school committees in the financing of education are examined in details later in the paper
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    Series Statement: Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
    Abstract: In 2011, the World Bank Group commenced a multiyear program designed to support countries in systematically examining and strengthening the performance of their education systems. Part of the World Bank's new Education Sector Strategy, this evidence-based initiative, called SABER (Systems Approach for Better Education Results), uses diagnostic tools for examining education systems and their component policy domains against global standards and best practices and in comparison with the policies and practices of countries around the world. This report discusses the results of applying the SABER Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) tool in Samoa. The objectives of this report are to examine the system according to key policy areas, identify successes and challenges in the system, and provide recommendations to support the continued advancement of EMIS in Samoa. Samoa's system is assessed in the following six policy areas: (1) legal framework, (2) organizational structure and institutionalized processes, (3) human resources, 4) infrastructural capacity, (5) budget, and (6) data-driven culture. To conclude, the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) profile (table 6) summarizes key points from the needs assessment and informs recommendations
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    Abstract: The 2008 financial crisis highlighted weaknesses in the risk management, control and governance processes of banks as well as in their statutory audit and financial supervision. This led to increased scrutiny of the respective roles and interactions of banking supervisors and external auditors who are key contributors to market discipline. Auditors ensure that financial information is transparent and reliable while supervisors provide confidence in the financial systems. Both supervisors and auditors allow market players to make informed decisions and contribute to financial stability. Since 2008, regulators and lawmakers have strived to address the shortcomings identified during the crisis by taking various initiatives to reform the international financial architecture In particular, a 2014 Basel Committee on Banking Supervision paper explored the interaction between supervisors and external auditors and linked their enhanced relationships with improved audit quality of banks' financial statements and effective banking supervision. This report presents the findings of the survey conducted by the World Bank Centre for Financial Reporting Reform (CFRR) - Financial supervisors and external auditors: building a constructive relationship. The survey was sent to supervisors from the European Union and other countries in Eastern Europe, South Eastern Europe and the South Caucasus to explore practices that make better use of information provided by external auditors and influence the audit quality of banks' financial statements. The report was developed after several workshop discussions amongst senior staff from central banks and banking regulatory agencies, who recognized the importance of an effective relationship to assist both supervisors and auditors in discharging their duties
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    Series Statement: Other Financial Sector Study
    Abstract: In response to a request of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and as part of a broader engagement on enhancing financial consumer protection and education in the Philippines, the World Bank has implemented a financial capability survey. Financial inclusion, financial literacy and consumer protection are important priorities for the BSP and the Philippines government. Consumer protection and education are critical elements in building an inclusive financial system and BSP seeks to identify sustainable methods of delivering financial education through effective partnerships. The proposed survey constitutes a key diagnostic tool that aims to guide BSP on the models for delivering financial education and to set quantifiable and concrete targets. This financial capability survey is the first in the Philippines and one of the very first in the East Asia and Pacific Region (EAPF). The key findings and recommendations presented in this report cover 3 main areas: 1. Financial Inclusion, 2. Financial Capability, and 3. Financial Consumer Protection. The remaining chapters are structured as follows. Chapter 1 explores the financial inclusion landscape in the Philippines. Chapter 2 gives an overview of Filipinos' levels of financial capability, in particular about their financial knowledge, attitudes and behaviors. The last chapter investigates if the products which financially included individuals use are effectively meeting their needs
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    Series Statement: Other Financial Accountability Study
    Abstract: There is growing evidence that financially inclusive countries are more financially stable and exhibit better micro- and macro-economic conditions conducive to financial well-being of individual consumers. In order to produce significant economic and societal benefits, financial inclusion needs to be promoted in an environment where it is safe for consumers to use financial services and products. Strong financial consumer protection (FCP) helps ensure that the growing use of financial services benefits consumers and does not create undue risks while also supporting financial stability, integrity, and inclusion objectives. Building upon the fifteen most recent World Bank diagnostic reviews and informed by key guidance and relevant research, this note deals exclusively with institutional arrangements for FCP that refer to the number, capacity, organization, structure, resources, and processes of the agency(ies) responsible for FCP regulation and supervision of financial institutions. Institutional arrangements are one of the key determinants of efficiency and ultimate success of any FCP framework. This note is intended to assist policymakers, regulators, and supervisors seeking to establish new institutional arrangements or strengthen the existing ones in their respective countries. The note discusses importance of FCP, main models around the world, their advantages and disadvantages, as well as principal challenges faced by FCP agencies
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    Abstract: A competitive city is a city that successfully facilitates its firms and industries to create jobs, raise productivity, and increase the incomes of citizens over time. Worldwide, improving the competitiveness of cities is a pathway to eliminating extreme poverty and to promoting shared prosperity. The primary source of job creation has been the growth of private sector firms, which have typically accounted for around 75 percent of job creation. Thus city leaders need to be familiar with the factors that help to attract, to retain, and to expand the private sector. This document aims to analyze what makes a city competitive and how more cities can become competitive
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    Series Statement: Country Policy Briefs
    Abstract: Adolescence (defined here as 10 to 19 years of age) is a time of transition that fosters both challenges and opportunities. Choices made during adolescence not only have immediate consequences but also greatly influence the economic opportunities, health outcomes, and skill sets attained later in life. Yet adolescence is also a period when social norms create pathways defined largely by gender. During adolescence, gendered roles and responsibilities often create opportunities for males, but curtail them for girls. Zambia's persistently high fertility combined with decreasing mortality is not only causing high population growth but also creating a large share of youth dependents, giving way to higher dependency ratios which result in low investments in human capital and productivity. In Zambia, adolescents make up a substantial 24 percent of the population, and the already large number of adolescents is expected to more than double in the upcoming decades from 3.7 million to 9.8 million in 2050, adding challenges for society to provide health, education and job training services to prepare them for a productive future
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    Series Statement: Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
    Abstract: In 2011 the World Bank Group commenced a multiyear program designed to support countries in systematically examining and strengthening the performance of their education systems. Part of the World Bank's new Education Sector Strategy, this evidence-based initiative, called SABER (Systems Approach for Better Education Results), uses diagnostic tools for examining education systems and their component policy domains against global standards and best practices and in comparison with the policies and practices of countries around the world. By leveraging this global knowledge, the SABER tools fill a gap in the availability of data and evidence on what matters most to improve the quality of education and achievement of better results. This report discusses the results of applying the SABER Education Management Information Systems (EMIS) tool in the State of Maryland in the United States. The objectives of this paper are twofold. First, it examines the system according to key policy areas, identifies successes and challenges in the system, and provides recommendations to support the continued advancement of EMIS in Maryland
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    Series Statement: Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
    Abstract: In 2011, the World Bank Group commenced a multiyear program designed to support countries in systematically examining and strengthening the performance of their education system. Part of the World Bank's new Education Section Strategy, this evidence-based initiative, called SABER (Systems Approach for Better Education Results), is building a toolkit of diagnostics for examining education system and their component policy domains against global standards and best practices of countries around the world. The objectives of this report are to examine the system according to key policy areas, identify successes and challenges in the system, and provide recommendations to support the advancement of EMIS in Solomon Islands. Recommendations and activities aim to improve overall EMIS functionality in a sustainable and effective manner to ensure better access and use of information for decision making, planning, and student learning. This profile summarizes key points are as follows: Institutionalization of EMIS as the core management information system of the government will require strong policies and a dedicated EMIS budget. The policy should include clearly outlined mandatory practices to be adopted by various education stakeholders at each level of the education system. Efforts should be made to improve the local capacity of EMIS staff by investing in their professional development activities. EAs should be involved in the process of data collection, processing, and dissemination. The type of data collected and indicators produced by EMIS must be reviewed and further developed to include student level data. Integration of other education databases into EMIS will result in more effective utilization of education data for decision making. EMIS needs to be supported by regular internal and external audits to improve the accuracy of data collected and utilized indecision making. The quality of feedback reports sent to schools should be enriched with more relevant micro level information on school performance. Clearly articulated data utilization and dissemination strategies need to be developed, including processes to ensure the timely production of an annual statistics handbook, as well as additional utilization and dissemination opportunities such as pamphlets and web-based portals
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Health Sector Review
    Abstract: The Service Delivery Indicators (SDIs) provides a set of key indicators serving as a benchmark for service delivery performance in the health and education sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa. The overarching objective of the SDIs is to ascertain the quality of service delivery in primary education and basic health services. This would in turn enable governments and service providers alike to identify gaps and bottlenecks, as well as track progress over time, and across countries. The SDI survey interviewed 403 heath providers across Tanzania between May 2014 and July 2014. This technical report presents the findings from the implementation of the SDI in the health sector in Tanzania in 2014. Survey implementation activities took place following extensive consultations with the government and key stakeholders on survey design, sampling, and adaptation of survey instruments. A major challenge for Tanzania's health sector is the shortage of skilled human resources for health (HRH). This survey found that provider knowledge and abilities were not adequate to deliver quality services. Caseload per provider and absenteeism are relatively low, so the issue is not over burdened providers. There seems to be ample room for a significant increase in the caseload of Tanzanian providers, id est the level of productivity in health service delivery, without jeopardizing quality. In addition to increasing the volume of skilled HRH to address the shortage of providers, improvements in management, supervision and training is important to improving service delivery. Health for all in Tanzania will mean the simultaneous availability of widely accessible inputs and skilled providers
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  • 70
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other papers
    Abstract: In 2014, Kenya's Ministry of Industrialization requested technical assistance from the World Bank to conduct competitiveness assessments and develop competitiveness strategies for four key industries: textiles and apparel, food processing, furniture, and leather and leather products. In the context of Kenya's long-term vision to become an industrialized middle-income country by 2030, its leather and leather products sector offers an important opportunity for industrialization and diversification of exports. The development of the sector involves improving the raw material base (especially the quality of hides and skins), boosting the tanning subsector, producing leather goods, and marketing. Key strategic questions about the leather industry include: what is the status of development of the industry, what are the most critical competitiveness challenges and opportunities, what are the most are promising leather products that Kenya should focus on moving forward, and how can support be increased to value addition and exports by upgrading production processes, technology, marketing, and branding of leather products. The basic research methodology followed a standard approach of gathering existing reports and data, and interviewing a wide range of local and international experts. To increase the competitiveness of the leather industry and accomplish the product market objectives, strategies, and actions are recommended in this report and grouped according to a framework, which consists of three key strategies: promote the dynamic restructuring of the leather industry; increase access to markets and induce greater demand for Kenyan leather and leather products; and build quality and standards
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  • 71
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
    Abstract: The main objective of this study is to propose recommendations for addressing flood risks in Greater Dhaka. This is based on an analysis of flood risks facing the city, historical analysis of decision-making about flood risk management, and institutional and political economy analysis. Looking ahead, the study also considers how relatively new approaches to managing flood risk-green defense, eco-engineering, or ecosystem-based approaches- might inform the management of flood risk in Dhaka city. The study was initiated at the request of the Government of Bangladesh and carried out in close consultation with the Ministry of Environment and Forests-the focal agency for the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BCCRF), with the Dhaka North and South City Corporations and RAJUK. It contributes to the goals of the Country Partnership Framework 2016-20 prepared in collaboration by the Government of Bangladesh and the World Bank (World Bank 2016). At present, the World Bank is undertaking an analysis of options to engage in eastern Dhaka and also developing a broader platform for engagement in the city. The study also informs these endeavors. It is fully aligned with the preparation of the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100, a collaborative long-term planning initiative being undertaken by Bangladesh's Planning Commission and the Netherlands. Further, it is consistent with the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2009, which highlights the urgency of strengthening resilience to urban flood risks.The study is based on extensive fieldwork, documentary research, and consultations with government and other stakeholders. It has the following focus areas: First, to set the stage, an analysis of flood risks facing Dhaka city is undertaken. Using publicly accessible satellite imagery, geographic information system (GIS)-based mapping tools, and available satellite-based analysis, the study assesses spatial changes in urbanization and urban ecosystems that are shaping flood risk in the city. Second, a historical analysis of flood management interventions in Dhaka and the sequence in which they occurred is undertaken. Third, an institutional and organizational capacity assessment for urban planning and flood risk management is undertaken. In proposing these recommendations, an extensive review of international experience using green defense or eco-engineering approaches was undertaken
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  • 72
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other Financial Sector Study
    Abstract: Since the global economic and financial crisis of 2008, Serbia has struggled with a weak economy and a deteriorating fiscal position. Until 2008, fiscal deficits were moderate and public debt declined significantly. Since the start of the global economic and financial crisis in 2008, however, Serbia has struggled with the interlinked problems of minimal growth and unfavorable fiscal dynamics. As economic activity has stagnated, revenues have fallen and expenditures, particularly mandatory spending on pensions and wages, have remained high. At the same time, structural fiscal issues, such as continued state support to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and tax administration inefficiencies, have been a drag on growth. As a result of these pressures, general government fiscal deficits averaged 5.6 percent of GDP a year between 2009 and 2014. Reflecting the high fiscal deficits and poor economic growth, Serbia's public debt has more than doubled, from 34 percent of GDP in 2008 to 71 percent at yearend-2014. The objective of this report is therefore two-fold: (i) policy options and recommendations (beyond those built into the current program) that would help solidify the ongoing fiscal consolidation program and help achieve public debt sustainability over the medium term; and (ii) given near-term fiscal constraints, identify opportunities for enhancing the efficiency, quality, and equity of current public spending on health, education, and social protection over the medium term
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  • 73
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
    Abstract: In 2011, the World Bank Group commenced a multiyear program designed to support countries in systematically examining and strengthening the performance of their education systems. Part of the World Bank's Education Sector Strategy, the evidence based initiative called SABER (Systems Approach for Better Education Results), is building a toolkit of diagnostics for examining education systems and their component policy domains against global standards, best practices, and in comparison with the policies and practices of countries around the world. By leveraging this global knowledge, the SABER tools fill a gap in the availability of data and evidence on what matters most to improve the quality of education and achievement of better results. This report discusses the results of applying the SABER School Autonomy and Accountability (SAA) tool in Morocco
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  • 74
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other Social Protection Study
    Abstract: Thailand has succeeded in expanding coverage of publicly-funded and publicly-managed health insurance schemes, following the introduction of universal health coverage policy in 2001. While Thailand's achievement of universal health coverage (UC) is well noted, recent researches and studies have indicated that there are still gaps in health utilization and financial protection. A recent study by Thailand's health insurance system research office (HISRO) shows that utilization of health services by patients of three main health insurance schemes combined increased markedly after age 45 for both outpatient care and in-patient care but later dropped during an advanced age. Utilization of out-patient care services decreases among patients who are over 75 years of age while that of in-patient care services decreases after 85 years of age. The objective of the study is to identify the gaps of accessing UC scheme's care system by the elderly population, focusing on utilization and financial protection aspects. The team conducted small-scale area-based qualitative case studies, focusing on elderly UC members who live in selected urban and rural areas in four different geographical regions of Thailand - Central, North, Northeastern, and South. The analysis confirms that there are poor elderly people who still need to pay for the costs of out-patient and in-patient care services at publicly run health facilities
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  • 75
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Public Investment Review
    Abstract: This report provides a diagnostic and a set of recommendations for the coordination of infrastructure investments in three main sectors in Romania: roads; water and wastewater; and social infrastructure (education, health, culture, and sports). The proposals formulated are targeted primarily at the main client of this work, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MRDPA) and specifically at the Directorate General for Regional Development and Infrastructure (DG RDI), which manages the most important state-budget-funded program for local infrastructure investments - the National Local Development Program (PNDL). Other key stakeholders include the Center of Government (CoG), the Ministry of Public Finances, the Ministry of European Funds, other central authorities in charge of EU and/or state-funded investment programs, Regional Development Agencies, and county and local councils. While customized for the PNDL, the recommendations that follow can be replicated across all state-budget-funded investment programs. This report presents multiple instruments for promoting coordination: dedicated platforms, harmonization of investment programs (design, financing criteria, producers), and knowledge sharing of good practices at the local level
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  • 76
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Public Investment Review
    Abstract: In the context of Romania's push toward sustainable and inclusive development, the government has asked the World Bank to support the harmonization of public investments financed by the European Union and the state budget. The current report describes the national program for local development (PNDL's) framework and project cycle and provides an overview of the program's project portfolio in 2014. It also draws a number of preliminary observations and presents some potential policy measures, based on a review of 289 technical-economic documentations (in most cases feasibility studies) for new investments proposed for PNDL financing in 2014. The aim is to understand gaps and opportunities in the PNDL's programming and implementation, and also to help develop the MRDPA's capacity for assessing received proposals. This report seeks to contribute to the overall objective of improving the design and implementation of state-budget-funded investment programs under the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MRDPA) - primarily the PNDL. Chapter one gives introduction; chapter two presents PNDL background and portfolio assessment; chapter three presents main challenges related to the quality of projects submitted for PNDL financing; and chapter four presents preliminary observations and policy measures recommendations
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  • 77
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Energy Sector Management Assistance Program Papers
    Abstract: Access to energy and economic development go hand in hand. Improving electricity supply and distribution boosts economic growth, creates jobs, and expands the reach of educational and health services. It can also empower women, providing income-generating opportunities and enabling them to spend their time more productively. Unfortunately, more than 589 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) live without access to electricity: only 35 percent of the population in SSA has access, compared with 96 and 78 percent in East Asia Pacific and South Asia, respectively. For most Africans, electric power is inaccessible, unaffordable, or unreliable. The lack of both quality energy services and access to modern sources of fuel, such as natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), diesel, and biofuels, traps them in a world of poverty. The World Bank Group's engagement in the energy sector is designed to help client countries secure the affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy supply needed to end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity. The Bank's approach mirrors the objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative, achieving universal access, accelerating improvements in energy efficiency, and doubling the global share of renewable energy by 2030. The Bank recognizes that each country determines its own path for achieving its energy aspirations: each country's sustainable energy transition involves a unique mix of opportunities and challenges, prompting different emphases on access, efficiency and renewable
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  • 78
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Public Investment Review
    Abstract: Romania faces today the critical need to enhance the coordination of public investment programs and projects in order to 'do more with less,' maximizing development impact given limited financial resources available. In this context, 'value for money' is the key guiding principle of public investments, making this final report is both critically important and timely. Romania's preparations for the 2014-2020 EU programming period are in full swing, with multiple operational programs recently approved. In parallel, the Government is working on revamping instruments financed entirely from the state budget. The core focus is on the National Local Development Program (PNDL), the main state-budget-funded investment program for local infrastructure development, though findings and recommendations may be extrapolated to other state-budget-funded instruments (e.g., the Environment Fund) and, indeed, as decentralization and regionalization may evolve in the future, subnational governments may also apply the lessons of this work. The main goal of this work is to recommend and facilitate the adoption of prioritization and selection criteria that enhance coordination at the level of infrastructure programs and the projects they finance
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  • 79
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Public Investment Review
    Abstract: The 2014-2015 Romania Regional Development 2 Program is the continuation of the World Bank's technical assistance to the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration (MRDPA). Building on the previous engagement, the current work addresses a fundamental question: given Romania's persistent development challenges, how can the country do more with less when it comes to the public infrastructure it needs? The key is to enhance coordination and harmonization of different funding sources, particularly infrastructure programs financed from the state budget and from EU structural funds. The National Local Development Program (PNDL), managed by the MRDPA, is reviewed in depth, though the conclusions typically hold for all state-budget-funded programs. This synthesis report summarizes the main findings and recommendations from eight final reports and 24 knowledge sharing workshops organized in all eight regions in Romania in 2015. Several 'bonus' outputs were also produced, going beyond the terms of this technical assistance (three investment guides, an applicant guide, and an operational manual). This synthesis report - along with all the outputs it draws from - is meant as a practical tool for policymakers at the national, regional, and local level. It also seeks to inform a broader audience of private and nongovernmental stakeholders
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  • 80
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Other papers
    Abstract: The global toll of human suffering and material loss due to disasters has led to growing public concern and expanded institutional response in the form of disaster relief and recovery assistance from individuals, governments, and intergovernmental organizations. Initial humanitarian concern has primarily been focused on dealing with the consequences of disasters. However, we must begin to address the causes of these events while ensuring the implementation of policies to reduce disaster risks or losses. Low- and middle-income countries will experience a doubling of their building stocks in the next 15- 20 years, and it is crucial to assure that this new construction does not recreate and expand the disaster vulnerability of the present. Priority must be placed on the production of safe and resilient cities, communities, and homes. While safer, code-compliant construction may add to initial construction costs, these investments can be balanced against the reduced loss of life and property in future disasters. The agenda provides the international community with an opportunity to leverage regulatory governance as a powerful means to shift the focus from post-disaster relief and response to proactive population protection, disaster prevention, and sustainable and resilient urban development
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  • 81
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 pages)
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)
    Abstract: This report presents an analysis of the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs and policies that affect young children in Macedonia and recommendations to move forward. The Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) initiative produces comparative data and knowledge on education policies and institutions, with the aim of helping countries systematically strengthen their education systems. SABER evaluates the quality of education policies against evidence-based global standards, using new diagnostic tools and detailed policy data.This report is part of a series of reports prepared by the World Bank using the Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER-ECD) framework and includes analysis of early learning,health, nutrition and social and child protection policies and interventions in Macedonia, along with regional and international comparisons. SABER-ECD identifies three core policy goals that countries should address to ensure optimal ECD outcomes and they are as follows: 1) establishing an enabling environment; 2)implementing widely; and 3) monitoring and assuring quality. To conclude, Macedonia has successfully established many elements of a strong ECD system, including essential healthcare and standards for early childhood education. It may need to strengthen its intersectoral coordination and finance systems. The country's biggest challenge may be how to expand preprimary enrollment,especially to children from poor families,while maintaining quality
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    Washington, D.C : The World Bank
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource
    Series Statement: World Bank E-Library Archive
    Series Statement: Investment Climate Assessment
    Abstract: The objective of this report is to facilitate a productive policy dialogue in support of Armenia's efforts to build a more dynamic economy capable of thriving in an increasingly knowledge-driven global marketplace. The report supports the objectives of the Armenian government's national development strategy, which focuses on economic versatility and robust job creation. While Armenia faces a complex set of macroeconomic challenges, this report will concentrate on a select number of issues crucial to the creation of a more open, adaptable and resilient economy. Armenia's medium-term outlook is complicated by a mix of adverse domestic and external factors, but there is reason for cautious optimism. Despite its considerable progress over the past two decades Armenia is still struggling to free itself from the vestiges of central planning. As the period of macroeconomic adjustment following the global financial crisis comes to a close the authorities are renewing their efforts to build a sophisticated modern economy based on human-capital accumulation and technological innovation. Recognizing that Armenia is at a critical juncture in its development, this report identifies a number of reforms designed to increase competitiveness on both the supply and demand sides of the economy
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  • 83
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd
    ISBN: 9781784713188
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v) , cm
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als State capitalism
    Keywords: Staatskapitalismus ; Capitalism ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Staatskapitalismus
    Abstract: This book takes as its starting point the question of whether contemporary state capitalism simply uses different tools than earlier or other variants of capitalism, or whether it is an altogether new kind of economic regime. It brings together key research and commentary which will help to define the concept of contemporary state capitalism as an economic model and present a nuanced view of state capitalism in action. The editor has selected the articles on the basis of their academic merit, but has also included articles representative of the specific academic climate of a certain time such as Marxist-based concepts. Although these may look 'out-of date' or have been dismissed as unsatisfactory, they are nevertheless important for an understanding of the development of the debate. A clear original introduction by the editor provides an illuminating guide to this topic and indicates new areas for further study and analysis
    Abstract: Colin Crouch (2005), 'Models of Capitalism' -- Richard Whitley (2007), 'The Contingent Nature of National Business Systems: Types of States and Complementary Institutions' -- Bruno Amable (2000), 'Institutional Complementarity and Diversity of Social Systems of Innovation and Production' -- Michael Carney, Eric Gedajlovic and Xiaohua Yang (2009), 'Varieties of Asian Capitalism: Toward an Institutional Theory of Asian Enterprise' -- Gary G. Hamilton and Nicole Woolsey Biggart (1988), 'Market, Culture, and Authority: A Comparative Analysis of Management and Organization in the Far East' -- John Shuhe Li (2003), 'Relation-based versus Rule-based Governance: An Explanation of the East Asian Miracle and Asian Crisis' -- Paul W. Kuznets (1988), 'An East Asian Model of Economic Development: Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea' -- Robert Wade (1993), 'Managing Trade: Taiwan and South Korea as Challenges to Economics and Political Science' -- Chung H. Lee (1992), 'The Government, Financial System, and Large Private Enterprises in the Economic Development of South Korea' -- W.G. Huff (1995), 'The Developmental State, Government, and Singapore's Economic Development since 1960' -- Natasha Hamilton-Hart (2000), 'The Singapore State Revisited' -- Masahiko Aoki (2013), 'Historical Sources of Institutional Trajectories in Economic Development: China, Japan and Korea Compared' -- Gérard Roland (2002), 'The Political Economy of Transition' -- Timothy Frye and Andrei Shleifer (1997), 'The Invisible Hand and the Grabbing Hand' -- David Lipton and Jeffrey Sachs (1990), 'Creating a Market Economy in Eastern Europe: The Case of Poland' -- Richard Whitley and Laszlo Czaban (1998), 'Institutional Transformation and Enterprise Change in an Emergent Capitalist Economy: The Case of Hungary' -- Jonathan Isham, Michael Woolcock, Lant Pritchett and Gwen Busby (2005), 'The Varieties of Resource Experience: Natural Resource Export Structures and the Political Economy of Economic Growth' -- Matthew Gray (2011), 'A Theory of 'Late Rentierism' in the Arab States of the Gulf' -- Rolf Schwarz (2008), 'The Political Economy of State-Formation in the Arab Middle East: Rentier States, Economic Reform, and Democratization'
    Abstract: H. Mahdavy (1970), 'The Patterns and Problems of Economic Development in Rentier States: The Case of Iran' -- Ümit Cizre-Sakallhoglu and Erinç Yeldan (2000), 'Politics, Society and Financial Liberalization: Turkey in the 1990s' -- Roy Karadag (2010), 'Neoliberal Restructuring in Turkey: From State to Oligarchic Capitalism' -- Victor Nee and Sonja Opper (2012), 'Entrepreneurs and Institutional Innovation' -- Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann and Andrei Shleifer (1997), 'The Unofficial Economy in Transition' -- Michael L. Katz and Carl Shapiro (1994), 'Systems Competition and Network Effects' -- Barbara Krug and Hans Hendrischke (2012), 'Market Design in Chinese Market Places' -- Barbara Krug (2012), 'Political Embeddedness in China: Strengths and Limitations' -- Joel S. Hellmann, Geraint Jones and Daniel Kaufmann (2003), 'Seize the State, Seize the Day: State Capture and Influence in Transition Economies' -- Joel S. Hellmann (1998), 'Winners Take All: The Politics of Partial Reform in Postcommunist Transitions' -- Andrew G. Walder (2003), 'Elite Opportunity in Transitional Economies' -- Nan Lin (2011), 'Capitalism in China: A Centrally Managed Capitalism (CMC) and Its Future' -- Heinrich Best (2005), 'Stabilizing Democracy in Eastern Europe under the Condition of Highly Volatile Political Elites' -- David Stark (1996), 'Recombinant Property in East European Capitalism' -- Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Atif Mian (2005), 'Do Lenders Favor Politically Connected Firms? Rent Provision in an Emerging Financial Market' -- Mike W. Peng (2003), 'Institutional Transitions and Strategic Choices' -- Jay Pil Choi and Marcel Thum (2009), 'The Economics of Politically-connected Firms' -- Mara Faccio (2006), 'Politically Connected Firms' -- Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny (1994), 'Politicians and Firms'
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Ian Bremmer (2009), 'State Capitalism Comes of Age: The End of the Free Market?' -- Henrique Schneider (2012), 'State-capitalism and Globalization - A Challenge to Whom?' -- Paul Dragos Aligica and Vlad Tarko (2012), 'State Capitalism and the Rent-seeking Conjecture' -- Alex Dupuy and Barry Truchil (1979), 'Problems in the Theory of State Capitalism' -- James Petras (1977), 'State Capitalism and the Third World' -- Theda Skocpol and Kenneth Finegold (1982), 'State Capacity and Economic Intervention in the Early New Deal' -- Ben Turok (1980), 'Zambia's System of State Capitalism' -- Markus Jäntti, Juho Saari and Juhana Vartiainen (2006), 'Growth and Equity in Finland' -- Karen Farsoun (1975), 'State Capitalism in Algeria' -- Larry Diamond (2002), 'Thinking about Hybrid Regimes' -- Raymond D. Duvall and John R. Freeman (1981), 'The State and Dependent Capitalism' -- Beatriz Magaloni (2008), 'Credible Power-Sharing and the Longevity of Authoritarian Rule' -- Andrew J. Nathan (2003), 'Authoritarian Resilience' -- Douglass C. North (1991), 'Institutions' -- Douglass C. North (1993), 'The New Institutional Economics and Development' -- Oliver E. Williamson (1991), 'Economic Institutions: Spontaneous and Intentional Governance' -- Victor Nee (2000), 'The Role of the State in Making a Market Economy' -- Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny (1994), 'The Politics of Market Socialism' -- Peter A. Hall and Daniel W. Gingerich (2009), 'Varieties of Capitalism and Institutional Complementarities in the Political Economy: An Empirical Analysis'
    Abstract: Robert E. Hoskisson, Mike Wright, Igor Filatotchev and Mike W. Peng (2013), 'Emerging Multinationals from Mid-Range Economies: The Influence of Institutions and Factor Markets' -- John Child and Suzana B. Rodrigues (2011), 'How Organizations Engage with External Complexity: A Political Action Perspective'
    Note: The recommended readings are available in the print version, or may be available via the link to your library's holdings
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  • 84
    ISBN: 9781783479740
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 211 p) , ill , cm
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Makeshift work in a changing labour market
    DDC: 331.1209485
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    Keywords: Arbeitsmarktpolitik ; Wirtschaftsliberalismus ; Schweden ; Welfare state ; Employability ; Labor market ; Sweden Social conditions ; Sweden Social policy ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Schweden ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit
    Abstract: 'Whatever happened to the Swedish model? Once the prime example of a Nordic welfare state, Sweden's labour market is now a highly individualized competitive arena. With attention to detail as well as global trends, this important book describes the dismantling of the Swedish welfare state across various arenas where being employable is increasingly framed as an individual responsibility. This book offers unique insight into current shifts from state to market, from institutional loyalty to marketing of self.'--Marianne Lien, University of Oslo, Norway. 'What remains of the emblematic Swedish model of the welfare state? Taking the example of labor market policy, Makeshift Work brings to light a major shift: from the commodification of work to the commodification of workers. In depth empirical investigations into the institutional and individual consequences of this shift make this book a reference for understanding the current transformations in Swedish society and more generally brings into focus the challenges facing Europe as a whole.'--Bénédicte Zimmermann, EHESS, France. 'The rise and development of the Swedish model of labour market policy has been thoroughly dealt with in many important social science and economic analyses, but the present dismantling of the model and its consequences have only started to be understood. This book is therefore an extremely important contribution in that it combines concrete analyses of changes in the infrastructure of employment services and of the implications thereof from a human perspective.'--Jan Ch. Karlsson, Karlstad University, Sweden. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, people who had never before had cause to worry about losing their jobs entered the ranks of the unemployed for the first time. In Sweden, the welfare state has been radically challenged and mass unemployment has become a reality in what used to be viewed as a model case for a full employment society. With an emphasis on Sweden in the context of transnational regulatory change, Makeshift Work in a Changing Labour Market discusses how the market mediates employment and moves on to explore the ways in which employees adjust to a new labour market. Focusing on the legibility, measurability and responsibility of jobseekers, the expert contributors to this book bring together an analysis of activation policy and new ways of organizing the mediation of work, with implications for the individual jobseeker. Students and researchers of lab ...
    Abstract: pt. I. A market to mediate employment takes shape -- pt. II. People in the new labour market
    Note: Includes bibliographical references and index
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd
    ISBN: 9781784718053
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (672 p) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Acs, Zoltán J., 1947 - Global entrepreneurship, institutions and incentives
    Keywords: Unternehmer ; Theorie ; Welt ; Entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship Political aspects ; Globalization ; Entrepreneurship Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Entrepreneurship
    Abstract: This book presents some of Zoltán J. Ács' most important contributions since the turn of the new millennium, with a particular intellectual focus on knowledge spillover entrepreneurship. It studies the evolution of global entrepreneurship and pays attention to the role of institutions and the incentives they create for economic agents who become either productive or unproductive entrepreneurs. For productive entrepreneurs, those that create wealth for themselves and for society, the author offers a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship as a new way to help understand the entrepreneurial ecosystem. For those that create wealth only for themselves the author develops a theory of destructive entrepreneurship that undermines the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The book also presents an explanation of the role of philanthropy in reconstituting wealth to complete the circuits of capital in the theory of capitalist development. Finally, the author examines several public policy issues including immigration and technology transfer. This volume will be required reading for students and scholars of entrepreneurship, economics and public policy
    Abstract: pt. 1. Incentives and the many faces of entrepreneurship -- pt. 2. The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship -- pt. 3. Cities, knowledge and entrepreneurship -- pt. 4. Countries, institutions and entrepreneurship -- pt. 5. Capitalism, philanthropy and democracy -- pt. 6. Institutions, incentives and public policy
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    ISBN: 9781782549109
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (200 p) , cm
    Series Statement: New horizons in money and finance
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    Keywords: Ponzi schemes ; Electronic books
    Abstract: A Ponzi scheme is one of the simplest, albeit effective, financial frauds to engineer, and new schemes keep coming forward. Despite this, however, people continue to invest in them. How are we to account for the seemingly never-ending lure of such schemes? In providing answers to this central question, this concise and well-researched book examines how Ponzi schemes operate, how they differ from pyramid schemes, Ponzi finance and other financial arrangements. The author questions whether the victims have only themselves to blame, why fraudsters think that they can avoid detection, and what important insights behavioural finance theory and psychology can add. Particular attention is paid to the reasons behind the failure of financial regulation, and the types of regulatory changes needed to protect investors and avoid repetitions. The analysis is informed by case studies of 11 Ponzi schemes in the US, UK, Australia and New Zealand. Finance and business academics interested in the operation of Ponzi schemes, and how they differ from pyramid schemes, will find this book invaluable, as will students of economics, finance, behavioural decision-making and psychology. Lawyers, psychologists, regulatory agencies and financial institutions will also benefit considerably from the analysis
    Abstract: 1. An outline of the book -- 2. How do Ponzi schemes work? : comparing them to other financial activities -- 3. Charles Ponzi's scheme re-examined -- 4. Bernard Madoff and the 'mother of all Ponzi schemes' -- 5. Allen Stanford : the cricketing impresario -- 6. Five other case studies : from shaking down the FBI to bitcoin fraud -- 7. Preying on the Amish -- 8. What can behavioural finance tell us? -- 9. What would psychologists say? -- 10. What can be done about Ponzi schemes? -- 11. Summary and conclusions
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    ISBN: 9781783479368
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 257 pages) , diagrams
    Series Statement: New horizons in the economics of sport
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Andreff, Wladimir, 1946 - Disequilibrium sports economics
    DDC: 338.4/7796
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    Keywords: Sportökonomik ; Equilibrium (Economics) ; Sports Economic aspects ; Electronic books ; Sportökonomie
    Abstract: For decades, sports economics has been set within the framework of equilibrium economics, in particular when modelling team sport leagues. Based on a conviction that this does not reflect real life, this book addresses a gap in the literature and opens up a new research area by applying concepts drawn from disequilibrium economics. It is divided into two parts, the first of which focuses on economic disequilibrium in sports markets and competitive imbalance in sporting contests. The second part concentrates on soft budget constraints and their consequences for club governance and management. -- This pioneering book is the first to tackle non-mainstream economics in sport and offers a first approach to disequilibrium sports economics. Providing a new metric of competitive balance and opening up new avenues of future research, this is essential reading for economists and those researching sport across many disciplines. -- ‘This is an interesting book worth reading for every sports economist because it introduces a thought provoking approach to the growing field of sports economics. The authors show how disequilibrium economics may improve our understanding of puzzling economic phenomena in sports. I congratulate the editor and the contributors for this new book and the novel perspectives provided therein!’ (Helmut M. Dietl, University of Zurich, Switzerland).
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  • 88
    ISBN: 9781784711108
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 298 p) , ill , cm
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    Keywords: Academic-industrial collaboration ; Inventions ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 'What is similar and what is different about the relationships between how universities and public laboratories interact with firms in developing, as contrasted with advanced, industrial economies? How do these differences reflect and support the differences witnessed in on-going innovations? This book is the first large-scale report on these matters, and their implications for policy in developing countries.'--From the foreword by Richard R. Nelson, Columbia University, US. Interactions between firms and universities are key building blocks of innovation systems. With a focus on developing countries, this book presents novel comparative research spanning three continents. The result is a more universal and dynamic view of the shaping and reshaping of interactions between firms and universities within different countries in various stages of development. Through expert contributions, a combination of empirical investigations and theoretical discussion is presented, existing studies on innovation systems are quantified and further avenues of research suggested. Readers will establish a more universal understanding of the vibrant relationship between firms and universities, and how this affects innovation for the future. Scholars of innovation, evolutionary economics, science and technology studies, and development studies will find the original research to be of great value. This book will also appeal to public research organizations and policy makers
    Abstract: pt. I. Interactions across regions at different stages of development -- pt. II. Dynamic interactions : matches and mismatches over time -- pt. III. Toward a framework of global interactions between universities and firms
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    ISBN: 9781784716219
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trade in Asia
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    Keywords: Außenhandel ; Außenwirtschaftstheorie ; Asien ; Electronic books ; Asia Commerce ; Electronic books ; Asien ; Außenhandel ; Wirtschaftliche Integration ; Interregionaler Handel ; Association of Southeast Asian Nations
    Abstract: This comprehensive research review discusses seminal contributions that have increased our understanding of trade in Asia. Early debates centered on the advantages and disadvantages of joining the global economy as exporters to the high-income countries, while trade within Asia was of minor importance. Increasingly, however, trade spilled across Asian borders, and as production chains became more complex attention has shifted towards the organization of international trade within Asia and specifically the operation of global or regional value chains. The review examines the wider literature and will serve as a valuable resource for researchers, students and practitioners
    Abstract: Miriam Manchin and Annette O. Pelkmans-Balaoing (2008), 'Clothes Without an Emperor: Analysis of the Preferential Tariffs in ASEAN', Journal of Asian Economics, 19 (3), June, 213-23 -- Peter A. Petri, Michael G. Plummer and Fan Zhai (2012), 'ASEAN Economic Community: A General Equilibrium Analysis', Asian Economic Journal, 26 (2), 93-118 -- Guillaume Gaulier, Françoise Lemoine and Deniz Ünal-Kesenci (2007), 'China's Emergence and the Reorganisation of Trade Flows in Asia', China Economic Review, 18 (3), 209-43 -- Prema-Chandra Athukorala (2008), 'Singapore and ASEAN in the New Regional Division of Labor', Singapore Economic Review, 53 (3), December, 479-508 -- Prema-Chandra Athukorala (2011), 'Production Networks and Trade Patterns in East Asia: Regionalization or Globalization?', Asian Economic Papers, 10 (1), Winter/Spring, 65-95
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Kaname Akamatsu (1961), 'A Theory of Unbalanced Growth in the World Economy', Review of World Economics, 86 (3), 196-217 -- Kiyoshi Kojima (2000), 'The "Flying Geese" Model of Asian Economic Development: Origin, Theoretical Extensions, and Regional Policy Implications', Journal of Asian Economics, 11 (4), Autumn, 375-401 -- James Riedel (1988), 'Economic Development in East Asia: Doing What Comes Naturally?', in Helen Hughes (ed.), Achieving Industrialization in East Asia, Chapter 1, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1-38, references -- William R. Cline (1982), 'Can the East Asian Model of Development be Generalized?', World Development, 10 (2), February, 81-90 -- Gustav Ranis (1985), 'Can the East Asian Model of Development Be Generalized? A Comment', World Development, 13 (4), April, 543-5 -- World Bank (1993), 'Overview: The Making of a Miracle', in The East Asian Miracle: Economic Growth and Public Policy, New York, NY: Published for the World Bank by Oxford University Press, 1-26, references -- Mary Amiti and Jozef Konings (2007), 'Trade Liberalization, Intermediate Inputs, and Productivity: Evidence from Indonesia', American Economic Review, 97 (5), December, 1611-38 -- Bee Yan Aw, Sukkyun Chung and Mark J. Roberts (2000), 'Productivity and Turnover in the Export Market: Micro-Level Evidence from the Republic of Korea and Taiwan (China)', World Bank Economic Review, 14 (1), January, 65-90 -- G.K. Helleiner (1973), 'Manufactured Exports from Less-Developed Countries and Multinational Firms', Economic Journal, 83 (329), March, 21-47 -- Gary Gereffi (1999), 'International Trade and Industrial Upgrading in the Apparel Commodity Chain', Journal of International Economics, 48 (1), June, 37-70 -- Chia Siow Yue and Lee Tsao Yuan (1993), 'Subregional Economic Zones: A New Motive Force in Asia-Pacific Development', in C. Fred Bergsten and Marcus Noland (eds), Pacific Dynamism and the International Economic System, Chapter 7, Washington, DC: Institute for International Economics in association with The Pacific Trade and Development Conference Secretariat, 225-69 -- Richard Pomfret (1996), 'Sub-regional Economic Zones', in Bijit Bora and Christopher Findlay (eds), Regional Integration and the Asia-Pacific, Chapter 14, Oxford University Press: Melbourne, 207-22, references -- Christopher M. Dent and Peter Richter (2011), 'Sub-Regional Cooperation and Developmental Regionalism: The Case of BIMP-EAGA', Contemporary Southeast Asia, 33 (1), April, 29-55 -- Peter A. Petri (1993), 'The East Asian Trading Bloc: An Analytical History', in Jeffrey A. Frankel and Miles Kahler (eds), Regionalism and Rivalry: Japan and the United States in Pacific Asia, Chapter 1, Chicago, IL and London, UK: University of Chicago Press, 21-52 -- Peter Drysdale, Andrew Elek and Hadi Soesastro (1998), 'Open Regionalism: The Nature of Asia Pacific Integration', in Peter Drysdale and David Vines (eds), Europe, East Asia and APEC: A Shared Global Agenda?, Chapter 5, Cambridge, UK and Melbourne, Australia: Cambridge University Press, 103-35 -- M. Kabir Hassan (2001), 'Is SAARC a Viable Economic Block? Evidence from Gravity Model', Journal of Asian Economics, 12 (2), Summer, 263-90 -- Jayant Menon (2007), 'Bilateral Trade Agreements', Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 21 (2), November, 29-47 -- Richard Pomfret (2009), 'Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific Region: How Wide, How Deep?', Journal of the Korean Economy, 10 (3), December, 285-306 -- John Ravenhill (2009), 'East Asian Regionalism: Much Ado about Nothing?', Review of International Studies, 35, Supplement, February, 215-35 -- Mari Pangestu, Hadi Soesastro and Mubariq Ahmad (1992), 'A New Look at Intra-ASEAN Economic Co-operation', ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 8 (3), March, 333-52
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    ISBN: 9781784715830
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Capital controls
    Keywords: Kapitalverkehrskontrolle ; Kapitalmobilität ; Kritik ; Welt ; Monetary policy ; Capital movements ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The global financial crisis and its aftermath saw boom-bust cycles in cross-border capital flows of astounding magnitude. Issues of capital account liberalization and the imposition of capital controls are back in the headlines, and on researchers' agendas. This comprehensive and timely research review covers many of the themes central to the issue of capital account liberalization, and provides a balanced assessment of the role that capital controls might play in the effective management of capital flows to reap their benefits
    Abstract: Kristin J. Forbes (2007), 'One Cost of the Chilean Capital Controls: Increased Financial Constraints for Smaller Traded Firms' -- Jonathan D. Ostry, Atish R. Ghosh, Marcos Chamon and Mahvash S. Qureshi (2012), 'Tools for Managing Financial-Stability Risks from Capital Inflows' -- Hali Edison and Carmen M. Reinhart (2001), 'Stopping Hot Money' -- Sebastian Edwards (1999), 'How Effective are Capital Controls?' -- Martin Feldstein and Charles Horioka (1980), 'Domestic Saving and International Capital Flows' -- Atish R. Ghosh (1995), 'International Capital Mobility Amongst the Major Industrialised Countries: Too Little or Too Much?' -- Menzie D. Chinn and Hiro Ito (2006), 'What Matters for Financial Development? Capital Controls, Institutions, and Interactions'
    Abstract: Rod Falvey and Cha Dong Kim (1992), 'Timing and Sequencing Issues in Trade Liberalisation' -- Guillermo A. Calvo (1988), 'Costly Trade Liberalizations: Durable Goods and Capital Mobility' -- Ronald I. McKinnon and Huw Pill (1997), 'Credible Economic Liberalizations and Overborrowing' -- Masaya Sakuragawa and Koichi Hamada (2001), 'Capital Flight, North-South Lending, and Stages of Economic Development' -- Leonardo Bartolini and Allan Drazen (1997), 'Capital-Account Liberalization as a Signal' -- Vittorio Grilli and Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti (1995), 'Economic Effects and Structural Determinants of Capital Controls' -- Richard N. Cooper (1999), 'Should Capital Controls be Banished?' -- James Tobin (1996), 'A Currency Transactions Tax, Why and How' -- Olivier Jeanne and Anton Korinek (2010), 'Excessive Volatility in Capital Flows: A Pigouvian Taxation Approach' -- Jonathan D. Ostry, Atish R. Ghosh, Marcos Chamon and Mahvash S. Quresih (2011), 'Capital Controls: When and Why?' -- Carmen M. Reinhart and R. Todd Smith (2002), 'Temporary Controls on Capital Inflows' -- Peter Garber and Mark P. Taylor (1995), 'Sand in the Wheels of Foreign Exchange Markets: A Skeptical Note' -- Michael P. Dooley (1996), 'Capital Controls and Emerging Markets' -- Harris Dellas and Alan Stockman (1993), 'Self-Fulfilling Expectations, Speculative Attack, and Capital Controls' -- Daniel Gros (1992), 'Capital Controls and Foreign Exchange Market Crises in the EMS' -- Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr. (2006), 'Capital Controls, Liberalizations, and Foreign Direct Investment' -- Sebastian Edwards and Roberto Rigobon (2009), 'Capital Controls on Inflows, Exchange Rate Volatility and External Vulnerability' -- José De Gregorio, Sebastian Edwards and Rodrigo O. Valdés (2000), 'Controls on Capital Inflows: Do They Work?' -- Eliana Cardoso and Ilan Goldfajn (1998), 'Capital Flows to Brazil: The Endogeneity of Capital Controls'
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Herbert G. Grubel (1968), 'Internationally Diversified Portfolios: Welfare Gains and Capital Flows' -- Alan C. Stockman and Alejandro Hernández D. (1988), 'Exchange Controls, Capital Controls, and International Financial Markets' -- Maurice Obstfeld (1995), 'Risk-Taking, Global Diversification, and Growth' -- Vihang Errunza and Etienne Losq (1989), 'Capital Flow Controls, International Asset Pricing, and Investors' Welfare: A Multi-Country Framework' -- Sebastian Edwards and Jonathan D. Ostry (1992), 'Terms of Trade Disturbances, Real Exchange Rates, and Welfare: The Role of Capital Controls and Labor Market Distortions' -- Harris Dellas and Oded Galor (1992), 'Growth via External Public Debt and Capital Controls' -- Dani Rodrik and Arvind Subramanian (2009), 'Why Did Financial Globalization Disappoint?' -- Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas and Olivier Jeanne (2006), 'The Elusive Gains from International Financial Integration' -- Dennis P. Quinn and A. Maria Toyoda (2008), 'Does Capital Account Liberalization Lead to Economic Growth?' -- Alessandra Bonfiglioli (2008), 'Financial Integration, Productivity and Capital Accumulation' -- Hali J. Edison, Ross Levine, Luca Ricci and Torsten Sløk (2002), 'International Financial Integration and Economic Growth' -- Graciela Laura Kaminsky and Sergio L. Schmukler (2008), 'Short-Run Pain, Long-Run Gain: Financial Liberalization and Stock Market Cycles' -- M. Ayhan Kose, Eswar E. Prasad and Marco E. Terrones (2009), 'Does Financial Globalization Promote Risk Sharing?' -- Ross Levine (2001), 'International Financial Liberalization and Economic Growth' -- E. Borensztein, J. De Gregorio and J. Lee (1998), 'How Does Foreign Direct Investment Affect Economic Growth' -- Brian J. Aitken and Ann E. Harrison (1999), 'Do Domestic Firms Benefit from Direct Foreign Investment? Evidence from Venezuela' -- Ronald I. McKinnon (1973), 'The Transition: Exchange-Rate Flexibility and the Role of Foreign Capital' -- Dani Rodrik (1987), 'Trade and Capital-Account Liberalization in a Keynesian Economy' -- Sebastian Edwards and Sweder van Wijnbergen (1986), 'The Welfare Effects of Trade and Capital Market Liberalization'
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd
    ISBN: 9781783471898
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 324 p) , ill , cm
    Series Statement: Eu-SPRI forum on science, technology and innovation policy
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    Keywords: Technological innovations Government policy ; Government purchasing ; Electronic books
    Abstract: 'This is a very timely book! Public procurement for innovation has become a prominent tool of demand-side innovation policy in recent years. A better understanding of the underlying assumptions and intentions, as well as the opportunities of this bundle of instruments and their limitations, is highly relevant for both innovation policy analysts, students and practitioners. The book presents the latest knowledge and insights of world-leading experts in the field of public procurement for innovation.'--Stefan Kuhlmann, University of Twente, the Netherlands, President of the European Forum for Studies of Policies for Research and Innovation. Public procurement for innovation (PPI) is a demand-side innovation policy instrument. It occurs when a public organization places an order for the fulfillment of certain functions or needs, which cannot be met at that moment or within a reasonable period of time through a new or improved product. Providing evidence of the benefits to public and private actors from selective use of this policy instrument, this book illustrates the requirements and constraints for its operationalization. It significantly improves our knowledge of the key determinants of effective public procurement, aiming to promote innovative capabilities in the supplying sectors and beyond. It also provides case studies and conceptual contributions that help extend the frontier of our understanding in areas where there are still significant knowledge gaps. Scholars interested in the study of innovation policies and practitioners involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of PPI will benefit from this state-of-the-art exploration
    Abstract: pt. I. Conceptual framework -- pt. II. Case studies
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    ISBN: 9780857937834
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 374 p) , ill , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Hossain, Akhand Akhtar Central banking and monetary policy in Muslim-majority countries
    DDC: 332.4/91767
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    Keywords: Geldpolitik ; Islamisches Finanzsystem ; Islamische Staaten ; Bahrain ; Bangladesch ; Ägypten ; Indonesien ; Iran ; Malaysia ; Pakistan ; Saudi-Arabien ; Türkei ; Inflation (Finance) ; Money Religious aspects ; Islam ; Macroeconomics ; Monetary policy ; Electronic books ; Islamische Staaten ; Zentralbanksystem ; Geldpolitik
    Abstract: The introduction of Islamic banking and finance across the globe strengthens the argument for low and stable inflation and rule-based monetary policy for sustained economic growth. Although Islamic banking and finance may have created some complexities in financial transactions it remains consistent with Classical monetary theory and has created opportunities for improving the infrastructure of central banks and monetary policy to maintain both price and economic stability. This book reviews key aspects of central banking and monetary policy in selected Muslim-majority countries which have introduced Islamic banking and finance alongside conventional banking since the 1980s. The selected countries are Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. While reviewing country-specific experiences and issues in inflation and monetary policy, and analysing them from an historical context, emphasis is given to the evolution of Islamic banking and finance and the consequent institutional developments for maintaining price stability. Macroeconomic problems under these regimes are also highlighted and their policy implications drawn. This volume will be of great value to students and researchers interested in Islamic banking and finance, and macroeconomic and monetary policy issues in Muslim-majority countries
    Abstract: 1. Introduction -- 2. Bahrain -- 3. Bangladesh -- 4. Egypt -- 5. Indonesia -- 6. Iran -- 7. Malaysia -- 8. Pakistan -- 9. Saudi Arabia -- 10. Turkey
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    ISBN: 9781783473649
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (296 p) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The impact of globalization on Argentina and Chile
    DDC: 338/.04/0982
    Keywords: 1880-2012 ; Globalisierung ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Konzern ; Unternehmenspolitik ; Öffentlich-private Partnerschaft ; Wirtschaftspolitik ; Internationale Wirtschaft ; Argentinien ; Chile ; Entrepreneurship ; Entrepreneurship ; Economic development ; Globalization Economic aspects ; Economic development ; Chile Economic conditions ; Argentina Economic conditions ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This unique book compares the effects of globalization on two differing Latin American countries, Argentina and Chile, while utilizing both the historical lens of the late nineteenth century and the status of the modern economy to draw its conclusions. Focusing on these two eras of globalization, leading business historians based in Europe, Latin America, and the United States examine the impact of multinationals, the growth of business groups, and the conflicted relations between business and government. Specifically, this book provides a compelling new historical perspective on current economic and political crises in Argentina and Chile. The contributors offer a pioneering comparative study of the complex and non-linear impact of globalization, and the evolution of business systems in the two neighboring countries. They draw on literature which had previously only been available in Spanish, setting this book apart from its competitors. The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile will be a valuable resource for economic and business historians, Latin Americanists, and management scholars who research and teach international business and globalization
    Abstract: 1. Business groups in 19th and 20th century Argentina / Maria Inés Barbero -- 2. Corporate governance and ownership in Chile, 1854-2012 / Gonzalo Islas -- 3. Multinationals, business groups and Chile's energy politics / Marcelo Bucheli -- 4. Multinational enterprises in Argentina : from primary commodity exporter to the new liberal era / Andrés López -- 5. Spanish business in Argentina and Chile since 1880 / Javier Vidal Olivares -- 6. Staffing and management in British multinationals in Argentina and Chile, 1930-1970 / Rory M. Miller -- 7. From a guaranteeing state to an entrepreneurial state : the relationship between Argentina's state and urban utility companies, 1880-1955 / Norma Silvana Lanciotti -- 8. Public-private relations in Chile after 1990 / Oscar Muñoz Gomá -- 9. Argentine and Chilean business in the second global economy select bibliography / Geoffrey Jones and Andrea Lluch
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    ISBN: 9781784710583
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 146 p) , ill , cm
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    Keywords: Individualism ; Political science Economic aspects ; Political science Philosophy ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Inspired by F.A. Hayek's Individualism and Economic Order, this book, edited by Yong Yoon, stands in contrast to the themes of that work by emphasizing that collective action operates differently from the way the market works. The chapters comprise papers written by James M. Buchanan, both with and without Yoon's co-authorship, after the publication of his Collected Works. In this book, the authors analyze political disorder that is caused by individualism and self-interest in democracy, focusing specifically on the American political commons. Buchanan and Yoon expertly examine a variety of topics within this theme: the public choice approach to political disorder, rigorous economic models, the dysfunction of American fiscal institutions, the psychological aspects of political rules, and Fukuyama's vetocracy as a case of anti-commons. Readers will gain many new insights from Individualism and Political Disorder, and it will prove invaluable for academics and students in an array of areas, such as economics, politics, public policy and public administration, social psychology, and law and economics
    Abstract: pt. 1. Analysis and application -- pt. 2. America's fiscal tragedy
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  • 95
    ISBN: 9781782545514
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (232 pages)
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    Keywords: Research Government policy ; Science ; Research ; European Union ; Electronic books ; Europäische Union ; Wissenschaftspolitik
    Abstract: 1. Towards European science : an introduction / Linda Wedlin and Maria Nedeva -- 2. From "science in Europe" to "European science" / Maria Nedeva and Linda Wedlin -- 3. European Research Area : an evolving policy agenda / Terttu Luukkonen -- 4. Actor constellations in the European Funding Area / Dietmar Braun -- 5. Executive governance of European science - technocratic, segmented, and path dependent? / Åse Gornitzka -- 6. Transnational organizations defining quality and excellence / Linda Wedlin and Tina Hedmo -- 7. Organizing knowledge institutions - standardizing diversity / Ivar Bleiklie ... [et al.] -- 8. Academies and their roles in policy decisions / Lars Engwall -- 9. The internationalisation of research institutes / Laura Cruz-Castro, Koen Jonkers and Luis Sanz-Menéndez -- 10. Quo vadis European science? / Linda Wedlin and Maria Nedeva.
    Abstract: Since the European Research Area was launched at the beginning of the century, significant efforts have been made to realise the vision of a coherent space for science and research in Europe. But how does one define such a space and measure its development? This timely book analyses the dynamics of change in the policy and governance of science and research within Europe over the past decade. It widens the scope of traditional policy analysis by focusing attention on the interaction between policy rationales, new governance mechanisms, and the organisational dynamics of the scientific field. The contributors build a novel analytical framework to understand the European research space as one shifting from a fragmented space of "Science in Europe" to one that is labeled "European Science". The chapters explore the dynamics of this shift through the lenses of political science, organisation theory, science policy and related analytical traditions. Towards European Science is an interdisciplinary book which will attract a wide set of scholars and professionals interested in science policy, governance and scientific practice. It will also be of use to university leaders and managers, as well as policy-makers and practitioners working on issues of internationalisation and the Europeanisation of science
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    ISBN: 9781783477920
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (288 p) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Leadership in spaces and places
    DDC: 658.4/092
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    Keywords: Arbeitsplatz ; Arbeitsgestaltung ; Führungsstil ; Projektmanagement ; Interkulturelles Management ; Virtuelles Team ; Leadership ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Work that used be tied to offices, cubicles and desks is undergoing a major transformation in terms of where, when and how it is carried out. Space and materiality of workplaces have long been taken for granted amongst organization studies scholars. But the changing definition of work and workspace has, in recent years, inspired a growing number of scholars to reconsider organizational theories and practices. By combining new research on leadership and workspaces, Leadership in Spaces and Places argues for a radical reconceptualization of leadership. Leadership is not only defined by leaders themselves, but is also affected by the built environment. With contributions from both scholars and practitioners alike, the authors discuss leadership in six different contexts: workspaces in change, open office spaces, virtual workspaces, service spaces, cultural spaces, institutional spaces. The book is aimed at two audiences: leadership, organization and management scholars interested in cutting-edge leadership research; and managers, architects and workplace designers who want to update their knowledge on how workplace design contributes to organizational purposes and leadership
    Abstract: pt. I. Workspaces in change -- pt. II. Open-office spaces -- pt. III. Virtual workspaces -- pt. IV. Service spaces -- pt. V. Cultural spaces -- pt. VI. Institutional spaces
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    ISBN: 9781784716424
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    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v) , cm
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    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Trade and inequality
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    Keywords: Außenhandel ; Soziale Ungleichheit ; Industrieökonomik ; Mikroökonomik ; Heterodoxe Ökonomik ; Free trade ; Income distribution ; Electronic books ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Quelle ; Welthandel ; Soziale Ungleichheit
    Abstract: This volume brings together the most influential theoretical and empirical contributions to the topic of trade and inequality from recent years. Segregating it into four key areas, the collection forms a comprehensive study of the subject, targeted at academic readers familiar with the main trade models and empirical methods used in economics. The first two parts cover empirical evidence on trade and inequality in developed and developing countries, while the third and fourth sections confront transition dynamics following trade liberalization and new theoretical contributions inspired by the previously-discussed empirical evidence, respectively. Presented with an extensive original introduction by the editor, Trade and Inequality will be an invaluable tool in the study of this field to advanced undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty alike
    Abstract: Elhanan Helpman, Oleg Itskhoki, Stephen Redding (2010), 'Inequality and Unemployment in a Global Economy' -- Pol Antràs, Luis Garicano and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (2006), 'Offshoring in a Knowledge Economy' -- Arnaud Costinot, Jonathan Vogel and Su Wang (2012), 'Global Supply Chains and Wage Inequality'
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Adrian Wood (1995), 'How Trade Hurt Unskilled Workers' -- Amit Khandelwal (2010), 'The Long and Short (of) Quality Ladders' -- David H. Autor, David Dorn and Gordon H. Hanson (2013), 'The China Syndrome: Local Labor Market Effects of Import Competition in the United States' -- Robert C. Feenstra and Gordon H. Hanson (1999), 'The Impact of Outsourcing and High-Technology Capital on Wages: Estimates for the United States, 1979-1990' -- David Hummels, Rasmus Jørgensen, Jakob Munch and Chong Xiang (2014), 'The Wage Effects of Offshoring: Evidence from Danish Matched Worker-Firm Data' -- Maarten Goos, Alan Manning and Anna Salomons (2014), 'Explaining Job Polarization: Routine-Biased Technological Change and Offshoring' -- Orazio Attanasio, Pinelopi K. Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik (2004), 'Trade Reforms and Wage Inequality in Colombia' -- Guido G. Porto (2006), 'Using Survey Data to Assess the Distributional Effects of Trade Policy' -- Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik (2005), 'Trade, Wages, and the Political Economy of Trade Protection: Evidence from the Colombian Trade Reforms' -- Petia Topalova (2010), 'Factor Immobility and Regional Impacts of Trade Liberalization: Evidence on Poverty from India' -- Brian K. Kovak (2013), 'Regional Effects of Trade Reform: What Is the Correct Measure of Liberalization?' -- Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg and Nina Pavcnik (2003), 'The Response of the Informal Sector to Trade Liberalization' -- Eric A. Verhoogen (2008), 'Trade, Quality Upgrading and Wage Inequality in the Mexican Manufacturing Sector' -- Irene Brambilla, Daniel Lederman and Guido Porto (2012), 'Exports, Export Destinations, and Skills' -- Brian McCaig (2011), 'Exporting Out of Poverty: Provincial Poverty in Vietnam and U.S. Market Access' -- Erhan Artuç, Shubham Chaudhuri and John McLaren (2010), 'Trade Shocks and Labor Adjustment: A Structural Empirical Approach' -- Rafael Dix-Carneiro (2014), 'Trade Liberalization and Labor Market Dynamics' -- Gueorgui Kambourov (2009), 'Labour Market Regulations and the Sectoral Reallocation of Workers: The Case of Trade Reforms' -- Arnaud Costinot and Jonathan Vogel (2010), 'Matching and Inequality in the World Economy'
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  • 98
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd
    ISBN: 9781784716127
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v)
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Keywords: Income ; Finance, Personal ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Since its emergence in the 1980s, the subject of Household Finance has rapidly grown into a critical area of economic focus. Research, policy and practitioner interest has increased as household portfolios have become more complicated in response to financial innovation and new challenges in retirement financing. Whilst the earliest research was initially focussed on the limited tendency to hold stocks and diversify risk, recent work has developed into a broader exploration of the challenges posed by limited financial literacy, cognition, behavioural biases and cultural predispositions, and the ways to overcome them through financial education, advice, institutional reform and regulation. Including an original introduction by the editor, Household Finance brings together the most essential papers on the subject together in a comprehensive three-volume collection, and will be an invaluable resource for researchers - including practitioners with an interest in research - and students alike
    Abstract: Karen E. Dynan, Jonathan Skinner and Stephen P. Zeldes (2004), 'Do the Rich Save More?' -- Nikolai Roussanov (2010), 'Diversification and Its Discontents: Idiosyncratic and Entrepreneurial Risk in the Quest for Social Status' -- Jessica A. Wachter and Motohiro Yogo (2010), 'Why Do Household Portfolio Shares Rise in Wealth?' -- Daniel Bergstresser and James Poterba (2004), 'Asset Allocation and Asset Location: Household Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances' -- John Y. Campbell, Yeung Lewis Chan and Luis M. Viceira (2003), 'A Multivariate Model of Strategic Asset Allocation' -- Robert M. Dammon, Chester S. Spatt and Harold H. Zhang (2004), 'Optimal Asset Location and Allocation with Taxable and Tax-Deferred Investing' -- Francisco Gomes, Alexander Michaelides and Valery Polkovnichenko (2009), 'Optimal Savings with Taxable and Tax-Deferred Accounts' -- Brad M. Barber and Terrance Odean (2000), 'Trading Is Hazardous to Your Wealth: The Common Stock Investment Performance of Individual Investors' -- Brad M. Barber and Terrance Odean (2001), 'Boys Will Be Boys: Gender, Overconfidence, and Common Stock Investment' -- Brigitte C. Madrian and Dennis F. Shea (2001), 'The Power of Suggestion: Inertia in 401(k) Participation and Savings Behavior' -- Mark Grinblatt and Matti Keloharju (2001), 'What Makes Investors Trade?' -- Christian Gollier and Richard J. Zeckhauser (2002), 'Horizon Length and Portfolio Risk' -- Julie Agnew, Pierluigi Balduzzi and Annika Sundén (2003), 'Portfolio Choice and Trading in a Large 401(k) Plan' -- Rob Alessie, Stefan Hochguertel and Arthur van Soest (2004), 'Ownership of Stocks and Mutual Funds: A Panel Data Analysis' -- Markus K. Brunnermeier and Stefan Nagel (2008), 'Do Wealth Fluctuations Generate Time-Varying Risk Aversion? Micro-Evidence on Individuals' Asset Allocation' -- Laurent E. Calvet, John Y. Campbell and Paolo Sodini (2009), 'Fight or Flight? Portfolio Rebalancing by Individual Investors' -- Mark Grinblatt and Matti Keloharju (2009), 'Sensation Seeking, Overconfidence, and Trading Activity' -- Yannis Bilias, Dimitris Georgarakos and Michael Haliassos (2010), 'Portfolio Inertia and Stock Market Fluctuations' -- George M. Korniotis and Alok Kumar (2011), 'Do Older Investors Make Better Investment Decisions?'
    Abstract: Lauren E. Willis (2011), 'The Financial Education Fallacy' -- Esther Duflo and Emmanuel Saez (2002), 'Participation and Investment Decisions in a Retirement Plan: The Influence of Colleagues' Choices' -- Harrison Hong, Jeffrey D. Kubik and Jeremy C. Stein (2004), 'Social Interaction and Stock-Market Participation' -- Markku Kaustia and Samuli Knüpfer (2012), 'Peer Performance and Stock Market Entry' -- Dimitris Georgarakos, Michael Haliassos and Giacomo Pasini (2014), 'Household Debt and Social Interactions' -- Roman Inderst and Marco Ottaviani (2009), 'Misselling through Agents' -- Daniel Bergstresser, John M.R. Chalmers and Peter Tufano (2009), 'Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Brokers in the Mutual Fund Industry' -- John Y. Campbell, Howell E. Jackson, Brigitte C. Madrian and Peter Tufano (2011), 'Consumer Financial Protection' -- Andreas Hackethal, Michael Haliassos and Tullio Jappelli (2012), 'Financial Advisors: A Case of Babysitters?' -- Roman Inderst and Marco Ottaviani (2012), 'Financial Advice' -- Utpal Bhattacharya, Andreas Hackethal, Simon Kaesler, Benjamin Loos and Steffen Meyer (2012), 'Is Unbiased Financial Advice to Retail Investors Sufficient? Answers from a Large Field Study' -- Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales (2006), 'Does Culture Affect Economic Outcomes?' -- Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales (2008), 'Trusting the Stock Market' -- Una Okonkwo Osili and Anna L. Paulson (2008), 'Institutions and Financial Development: Evidence from International Migrants in the United States' -- Amir Barnea, Henrik Cronqvist and Stephan Siegel (2010), 'Nature or Nurture: What Determines Investor Behavior?' -- Laurent E. Calvet and Paolo Sodini (2014), 'Twin Picks: Disentangling the Determinants of Risk-Taking in Household Portfolios' -- Sanford J. Grossman and Guy Laroque (1990), 'Asset Pricing and Optimal Portfolio Choice in the Presence of Illiquid Durable Consumption Goods' -- Michael C. Fratantoni (2001), 'Homeownership, Committed Expenditure Risk, and the Stockholding Puzzle' -- Marjorie Flavin and Takashi Yamashita (2002), 'Owner-Occupied Housing and the Composition of the Household Portfolio'
    Abstract: Mark Grinblatt, Matti Keloharju and Juhani T. Linnainmaa (2012), 'IQ, Trading Behavior, and Performance' -- Andrew B. Abel, Janice C. Eberly and Stavros Panageas (2013), 'Optimal Inattention to the Stock Market with Information Costs and Transactions Costs' -- Robert B. Barsky, F. Thomas Juster, Miles S. Kimball and Matthew D. Shapiro (1997), 'Preference Parameters and Behavioral Heterogeneity: An Experimental Approach in the Health and Retirement Study' -- Luigi Guiso and Monica Paiella (2008), 'Risk Aversion, Wealth, and Background Risk' -- Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David Huffman and Uwe Sunde (2010), 'Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?' -- Morgan Kelly (1995), 'All Their Eggs in One Basket: Portfolio Diversification of US Households' -- Shlomo Benartzi and Richard H. Thaler (2001), 'Naive Diversification Strategies in Defined Contribution Saving Plans' -- Valery Polkovnichenko (2005), 'Household Portfolio Diversification: A Case for Rank-Dependent Preferences' -- Stijn van Nieuwerburgh and Laura Veldkamp (2010), 'Information Acquisition and Under-Diversification' -- Joshua D. Coval and Tobias J. Moskowitz (1999), 'Home Bias at Home: Local Equity Preference in Domestic Portfolios' -- Gur Huberman (2001), 'Familiarity Breeds Investment' -- Luigi Guiso and Tullio Jappelli (2005), 'Awareness and Stock Market Participation' -- Annamaria Lusardi and Olivia S. Mitchell (2007), 'Baby Boomer Retirement Security: The Roles of Planning, Financial Literacy, and Housing Wealth' -- Laurent E. Calvet, John Y. Campbell and Paolo Sodini (2007), 'Down or Out: Assessing the Welfare Costs of Household Investment Mistakes' -- Laurent E. Calvet, John Y. Campbell and Paolo Sodini (2009), 'Measuring the Financial Sophistication of Households' -- Dimitris Christelis, Tullio Jappelli and Mario Padula (2010), 'Cognitive Abilities and Portfolio Choice' -- James J. Choi, David Laibson and Brigitte C. Madrian (2011), '$100 Bills on the Sidewalk: Suboptimal Investment in 401(k) Plans' -- Maarten van Rooij, Annamaria Lusardi and Rob Alessie (2011), 'Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation' -- Mark Grinblatt, Matti Keloharju and Juhani Linnainmaa (2011), 'IQ and Stock Market Participation'
    Abstract: Maria Concetta Chiuri and Tullio Jappelli (2003), 'Financial Market Imperfections and Home Ownership: A Comparative Study' -- John Y. Campbell and João F. Cocco (2003), 'Household Risk Management and Optimal Mortgage Choice' -- João F. Cocco (2004), 'Portfolio Choice in the Presence of Housing' -- Rui Yao and Harold H. Zhang (2005), 'Optimal Consumption and Portfolio Choices with Risky Housing and Borrowing Constraints' -- Todd Sinai and Nicholas S. Souleles (2005), 'Owner-Occupied Housing as a Hedge Against Rent Risk' -- Raj Chetty and Adam Szeidl (2007), 'Consumption Commitments and Risk Preferences' -- Atif Mian and Amir Sufi (2009), 'The Consequences of Mortgage Credit Expansion: Evidence from the U.S. Mortgage Default Crisis' -- Ronel Elul, Nicholas S. Souleles, Souphala Chomsisengphet, Dennis Glennon and Robert Hunt (2010), 'What Triggers Mortgage Defaults' -- Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales (2013), 'The Determinants of Attitudes Toward Strategic Default on Mortgages' -- Atif Mian and Amir Sufi (2011), 'House Prices, Home Equity-Based Borrowing and the US Household Leverage Crisis' -- David B. Gross and Nicholas S. Souleles (2002), 'Do Liquidity Constraints and Interest Rates Matter for Consumer Behavior? Evidence from Credit Card Data' -- David B. Gross and Nicholas S. Souleles (2002), 'An Empirical Analysis of Personal Bankruptcy and Delinquency' -- Scott Fay, Erik Hurst and Michelle J. White (2002), 'The Household Bankruptcy Decision' -- David Laibson, Andrea Repetto and Jeremy Tobacman (2001), 'A Debt Puzzle' -- Carol C. Bertaut, Michael Haliassos and Michael Reiter (2008), 'Credit Card Debt Puzzles and Debt Revolvers for Self-Control' -- Stephan Meier and Charles Sprenger (2010), 'Present-Biased Preferences and Credit Card Borrowing' -- Irina A. Telyukova (2013), 'Household Need for Liquidity and the Credit Card Debt Puzzle'
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): Luigi Guiso, Michael Haliassos and Tullio Jappelli (2003), 'Household Stockholding in Europe: Where Do We Stand and Where Do We Go?' -- Dimitris Christelis, Dimitris Georgarakos and Michael Haliassos (2013), 'Differences in Portfolios Across Countries: Economic Environment Versus Household Characteristics' -- European Central Bank (2013), 'The Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey: Results from the First Wave' -- Irwin Friend and Marshall E. Blume (1975), 'The Demand for Risky Assets' -- N. Gregory Mankiw and Stephen P. Zeldes (1991), 'The Consumption of Stockholders and Nonstockholders' -- Zvi Bodie, Robert C. Merton and William F. Samuelson (1992), 'Labor Supply Flexibility and Portfolio Choice in a Life Cycle Model' -- Michael Haliassos and Carol C. Bertaut (1995), 'Why Do So Few Hold Stocks?' -- Luigi Guiso, Tullio Jappelli and Daniele Terlizzese (1996), 'Income Risk, Borrowing Constraints, and Portfolio Choice' -- William R.M. Perraudin and Bent E. Sørensen (2000), 'The Demand for Risky Assets: Sample Selection and Household Portfolios' -- John Heaton and Deborah Lucas (2000), 'Portfolio Choice and Asset Prices: The Importance of Entrepreneurial Risk' -- Luis M. Viceira (2001), 'Optimal Portfolio Choice for Long-Horizon Investors with Nontradable Labor Income' -- Michael Haliassos and Alexander Michaelides (2003), 'Portfolio Choice and Liquidity Constraints' -- Annette Vissing-Jorgensen (2003), 'Perspectives on Behavioral Finance: Does "Irrationality" Disappear with Wealth? Evidence from Expectations and Actions' -- Harvey S. Rosen and Stephen Wu (2004), 'Portfolio Choice and Health Status' -- João F. Cocco, Francisco J. Gomes and Pascal J. Maenhout (2005), 'Consumption and Portfolio Choice Over the Life Cycle' -- Francisco Gomes and Alexander Michaelides (2005), 'Optimal Life-Cycle Asset Allocation: Understanding the Empirical Evidence' -- John Y. Campbell (2006), 'Household Finance' -- Steven J. Davis, Felix Kubler and Paul Willen (2006), 'Borrowing Costs and the Demand for Equity Over the Life Cycle' -- Nicholas Barberis, Ming Huang and Richard H. Thaler (2006), 'Individual Preferences, Monetary Gambles, and Stock Market Participation: A Case for Narrow Framing'
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd
    ISBN: 9781784713126
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (1 v)
    Series Statement: Elgar research reviews in economics
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als The economic role of the state
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    Keywords: Staatliche Einflussnahme ; Economic policy ; State, The Economic aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This research review covers the main theories and justifications for and against state intervention as they have developed over two centuries. It also incorporates an institutional approach to the role of the state in enforcing "the rules of the game" of the economy as well as examining specific issues including market failure, rent-seeking and regulation. Economists and political scientists alike will find this to be the ideal guide to the classic and modern arguments surrounding the state's role in the economy
    Abstract: James M. Buchanan (1976), 'The Justice of Natural Liberty' -- Gordon Tullock (1967), 'The Welfare Costs of Tariffs, Monopolies, and Theft' -- Armen A. Alchian (2006), 'Some Economics of Property Rights' -- Mancur Olson (1993), 'Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development' -- David Friedman (1989), 'What is Anarchy? What is Government?' -- Jack Hirshleifer (1995), 'Anarchy and its Breakdown' -- Avinash K. Dixit (2004), 'Economics With and Without the Law' -- James E. Rauch (2005), 'Getting the Properties Right to Secure Property Rights: Dixit's Lawlessness and Economics' -- Timothy Frye and Andrei Shleifer (1997), 'The Invisible Hand and the Grabbing Hand' -- Andrei Shleifer (2009), 'The Age of Milton Friedman' -- Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson (2005), 'Unbundling Institutions' -- Barry R. Weingast (1995), 'The Economic Role of Political Institutions: Market-Preserving Federalism and Economic Development'
    Abstract: Recommended readings (Machine generated): David Hume (1985 [1777]), 'Of the Independency of Parliament' -- David Hume (2000), 'Of the Origin of Justice and Property', 'Of the Rules, Which Determine Property' and 'Of the Transference of Property By Consent' -- Adam Smith (1961 [1776]), 'Of the Sources of the General or Public Revenue of the Society' -- Frédéric Bastiat (1850 [2007]), The Law -- Jean-Baptiste Say (2001 [1880]), 'Of the Effect of Government Regulations Intended to Influence Production' -- Simon Newcomb (1870), 'The Let-Alone Principle' -- Herbert Spencer (1981 [1843]), 'The Proper Sphere of Government' -- John Stuart Mill (1909 [1848]), 'Of the Grounds and Limits of the Laisser-faire or Non-interference Principle' -- John Maynard Keynes (2012 [1926]), 'The End of Laissez-Faire' -- R.G. Tugwell (1932), 'The Principle of Planning and the Institution of Laissez Faire' -- J.E. Meade (1954), 'External Economies and Diseconomies in a Competitive Situation' -- Paul A. Samuelson (1954), 'The Pure Theory of Public Expenditure' -- Francis M. Bator (1958), 'The Anatomy of Market Failure' -- George J. Stigler and Paul A. Samuelson (1963), 'A Dialogue on the Proper Economic Role of the State' -- Ludwig von Mises (2005), 'Liberal Economic Policy' -- Friedrich A. Hayek (1980), 'Individualism: True and False' -- R.H. Coase (1959), 'The Federal Communications Commission' -- R.H. Coase (1960), 'The Problem of Social Cost' -- Murray N. Rothbard (1974), 'The Anatomy of the State'
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  • 100
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    Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd
    ISBN: 9781781003435
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (456 p) , cm
    Series Statement: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
    Parallel Title: Available in another form
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Handbook on ethics and marketing
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    Keywords: Marketing ; Marketingtheorie ; Unternehmensethik ; Business ethics ; Marketing Moral and ethical aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Exploring both the theoretical and the applied aspects of the role ethics plays in marketing, this Handbook analyzes key issues in order to advance our understanding and provide an overview of the state of the art in this vital field. Nationally and internationally recognized contributors cover the most important, timely developments in marketing ethics as well as trends and ideas for a future research agenda. Topics such as consumer ethics, morality in marketing and corporate social responsibility are covered with breadth and depth to paint a current and comprehensive picture of the field today. This innovative book will be a valuable resource for both students and academics wishing to keep abreast of crucial developments in the field of business ethics. New, comprehensive insight from the world's experts in the field will also provide guidance for company executives and policy decision makers
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