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Public enterprises (PEs) earn an average 10 percent of GDP in developing countries. Many governments are reexamining the role of the state, so questions about whether to divest PEs or make them more efficient are likely to intensify. The Bank will increasingly be called upon for advice and...
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. Three projects are considered - in India, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. The results are still tentative in terms of both …
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industrial growth in India. The expected annual sales growth rate of an enterprise is lower where labor regulation is greater …
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This paper studies the relationship between the growth of China and India in world merchandise trade and Latin American … and Caribbean commercial flows from two perspectives. First, the authors focus on the opportunity that China and India … and Caribbean exports of non-fuel merchandise. In general, China's and to a large extent India's growing presence in world …
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This paper examines the extent to which the growth of China and India in world markets is affecting the patterns of … direction of the trade specialization pattern of China and India. Labor-intensive sectors (both unskilled and skilled) probably … have been negatively affected by the growing presence of China and India in world markets, while natural resource and …
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A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India compiled by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 27 percent of …
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Although both China and India are labor-abundant and dependant on manufactures, their export mixes are very different … twice as important for India as for China, which is much better integrated into global production networks. Even assuming … India also begins to integrate into global production chains and expands exports of manufactures, there seems to be …
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The decade following India's accession to the World Trade Organization's Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property … patent system is more than a statute. This paper discusses the steps that India must still take to develop an effective … analysis combines data studies of historical and recent patenting activity in India and by Indians, interviews with Indian …
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A recent survey of 1,948 retail stores in India conducted by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 19 percent …
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