Based on a new database of State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) financial statements, we find that SOEs in Bosnia and Herzegovina are mostly in poor financial shape. We estimate the overall size and composition of the SOE sector, and identify individual companies that affect fiscal and macroeconomic...

Based on a new database of State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) financial statements, we find that SOEs in Bosnia and Herzegovina are mostly in poor financial shape. We estimate the overall size and composition of the SOE sector, and identify individual companies that affect fiscal and macroeconomic...

Over the past decade, rising oil prices have translated into high levels of public investment in most MENA and CCA oil exporters. This has prompted questions about the efficiency of public investment in generating growth and closing infrastructure gaps, as well as concerns about fiscal...

Oil Wars -- Contents -- Figures, Boxes, Tables and Maps -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Nigeria: political violence, governance and corporate responsibility in a petro-state -- 2 Drilling in deep water: oil, business and war in Angola -- 3 Greed and grievance in Chechnya -- 4...