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Multilateral debt relief through the eyes of financial markets

Raddatz, Claudio E. - 2009

"The economic benefits of debt relief for recipient countries have been the subject of arduous debate, at least partly motivated by the difficulty of identifying the causal effect of debt relief on economic performance-given that performance itself may drive the decision to grant relief. This...

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Trade diversion under selective preferential market access

Borchert, Ingo - 2008

"Through its diverse trade preference schemes, the European Union provides different groups of developing countries with different degrees of market access. This paper is the first to demonstrate empirically that such staggered market access induces sizable trade diversion to the detriment of...

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Harmonisation, Alignment, Results : progress Report On Aid Effectiveness

2007

The international community is committed to helping partner countries meet the Millennium Development Goal of halving global poverty by 2015. Providing more effective aid and increasing its impact on development is one important contribution to this end. This report takes stock of progress made...

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Assessment of the Impact of the Crisis on New PPI Projects : Update Five

World Bank - 2012

Investment commitments to infrastructure projects with private participation (Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) projects) reaching closure in developing countries grew by 22 percent in the third quarter of 2009, and by 10 percent in the first three quarters of the year, compared with...

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Overlooked : Examining the Impact of Disasters and Climate Shocks on Poverty in the Europe and Central Asia Region

World Bank - 2021

When a disaster strikes, it not only affects households' physical assets, but also their income levels and ability to contribute to the local economy. Critically, these socio-economic disparities shape not only the severity of shocks on household-level economies, but also the duration of...

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Regional, multilateral, and unilateral trade policies of MERCOSUR for growth and poverty reduction in Brazil

Gurgel, Angelo (contributor) - 2003

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Municipal Mergers and Associations

World Bank - 2022

This Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions (EFI) note reviews international experiences and lessons in promoting local government mergers and municipal associations. It seeks to inform efforts to advance institutional reforms in Croatia and address the problem of low local government...

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Competitiveness and growth in Brazilian cities : local policies and actions for innovation

Zhang, Ming (contributor) - 2009

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Clusters of competitiveness

Nallari, Raj - 2013

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Bank competition and financial stability

Berger, Allen N. - 2008

"Under the traditional "competition-fragility" view, more bank competition erodes market power, decreases profit … margins, and results in reduced franchise value that encourages bank risk taking. Under the alternative "competition … suggest that - consistent with the traditional "competition-fragility" view - banks with a greater degree of market power also …

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