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Deterring Kickbacks and Encouraging Entry in Public Procurement Markets : Evidence from Firm Surveys in 88 Developing Countries

Knack, Stephen - 2017

There is relatively little systematic evidence on the links between procurement systems and outcomes such as competition and corruption levels. This paper adds to the evidence base, using data on almost 34,000 firms from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys, in 88 countries that also have...

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Do Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills Explain the Gender Wage Gap in Middle-Income Countries? An Analysis Using STEP Data

Tognatta, Namrata - 2016

Gender-based wage discrimination is a highly researched area of labor economics. However, most studies on this topic have focused on schooling and paid limited attention to the mechanisms through which cognitive and noncognitive skills influence wages. This paper uses data from adults in seven...

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Business Practices in Small Firms in Developing Countries

McKenzie, David - 2015

in Bangladesh, Chile, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, and Sri Lanka. This paper shows that variation in business practices …

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Benefit Sharing in REDD+

World Bank - 2011

International policies to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) envisage the creation of financial incentive mechanisms that reward forest protection efforts and adequately compensate those actors that face new costs. In order for REDD+ to achieve these objectives,...

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Improving Efficiency in the Health Sector : As Assessment of Vietnam's Readiness for Integration of Care

Teo, Hui Sin - 2020

Vietnam has achieved impressive improvements in its health outcomes over the last few decades. Life expectancy has …, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Vietnam has also risen sharply. These trends imply a shift in the health needs of Vietnam …, Vietnam's health service delivery system is hospital-centric, which is both expensive and not well-suited to the management of …

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Unraveling a Secret : Vietnam's Outstanding Performance on the PISA test

Parandeka, Suhas D. - 2016

This paper seeks to find an empirical explanation of Vietnam's outstanding performance on the Programme for … the unique exception of Vietnam, are typically clustered at the lower end of the range of the Programme for International … student Assessment scores. The paper compares Vietnam's performance with that of a set of seven developing countries from the …

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State Secretaries Reform in Ukraine : Attempt to Delineate Responsibilities between Ministers and Senior Civil Servants

Balabushko, Oleksii - 2016

The relationship between politicians and senior officials has been on the reform agenda in many countries, often on the premise that balance between technical, nonpartisan appointments and ensuring the responsiveness of public servants to the policies of the current government could be improved...

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Privilege-Resistant Policies in the Middle East and North Africa : Measurement and Operational Implications

Mahmood, Syed Akhtar - 2009

Renewing the social contract, one of the pillars of the new World Bank Group strategy for the Middle East and North Africa, requires a new development model built on greater trust; openness, transparency, inclusive and accountable service delivery; and a stronger private sector that can create...

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PEFA, Public Financial Management, and Good Governance

Kristensen, Jens Kromann - 2019

This project, based on the Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) data set, researched how PEFA can be used to shape policy development in public financial management (PFM) and other major relevant policy areas such as anticorruption, revenue mobilization, political economy...

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PEFA, Public Financial Management, and Good Governance

World Bank Group - 2019

The research is based on the PEFA framework and methodology for assessing public financial management performance and the data set that is generated from the PEFA assessments. The research quantified PEFA scores and aggregated them into overall scores which required developing assumptions on...

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