Download or read book The Design and Sequencing of Trade and Investment Policy Reform written by Brian Levy and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How different levels of political commitment and different degrees of organizational capability affect the design, sequence, and outcomes of trade and investment policy reform in twelve Bank- supported countries.

Download or read book The Design and Sequencing of Trade and Investment Policy Reform written by Brian Levy and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book U S Trade and Investment Policy written by Andrew H. Card and published by Council on Foreign Relations. This book was released on 2011 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From American master Ward Just, returning to his trademark territory of "Forgetfulness "and "The Weather in Berlin," an evocative portrait of diplomacy and desire set against the backdrop of America's first lost war

Download or read book Lessons in Trade Policy Reform written by Vinod Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trade reform programs have two main objectives. The first is to help raise economic growth and employment generation by improving resource allocation and economywide efficiency. The second is to help improve the balance of payments by strengthening the competitiveness of the external sector and expanding exports and efficient import substitutes. This paper evaluates developing country experience with trade policy reforms and makes recommendations for improving the design and implementaion of those reforms. It assesses the extent and effectiveness of the reforms under adjustment programs in the 1980s, highlighting practical problems and constraints, both economic and politcal. Broadly speaking, it considers three issues: (1) the potential conflicts between trade policy reforms and macroeconomic stabilization efforts; (2) the supply response to trade policy reforms, in the context of export prospects and domestic and external constraints; and (3) the sequencing, timing and duration of import reforms, their relation to internal reforms, and the associated transitional costs. The paper finds that trade policy reform, when implemented well, has contributed to improved economic performance in developing countries. The paper also finds that well-designed trade policy reforms do not conflict with other priorites except in special cases; usually they enhance growth.

Download or read book Perestroyka and Its Implications for European Socialist Countries written by Bela A. Balassa and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perestroyka, introduced in the Soviet Union to reform the economy after the "period of stagnation" under Brezhnev, involves combining centralized planning with elements of a market economy. For it to succeed, certain micro and macro conditions need to be fulfilled.

Download or read book Indicative Planning in Developing Countries written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Taxation of Financial Intermediation written by Christophe Chamley and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Africa and the World Trading System written by T. Ademola Oyejide and published by Africa World Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume set presents the results of a research project initiated by the African Economic Research Consortium. The project intended to identify and examine the critical analytical and policy issues involved in Africa's economic links with the rest of the world, particularly in the context of the emerging global trading system. The project had two distinct but closely related component parts. The first was based on empirical, region-wide analysis and was designed to provide the framework for the menu of issues explored.

Download or read book Earmarking Government Revenues in Colombia written by W. A. McCleary and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reducing and rationalizing the earmarking of government funds will give Colombia's government more flexibility. The extent of earmarking could be sharply reduced by limiting its application to revenue- sharing between levels of government and to cases where the benefit applies.

Download or read book Mexicos External Debt Restructuring in 1989 90 written by Sweder van Wijnbergen and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who in the end profited most from the official resources devoted to Mexico's last debt restructuring : Mexico or its commercial creditors? Mexico. But in establishing the basis for long- term growth the package seems a reasonable compromise between the conflicting interests of Mexico and its commercial creditors.

Download or read book Investment Climate Reforms written by World Bank World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Private firms are at the forefront of the development process, providing more than 90 percent of jobs, supplying goods and services, and representing a significant source of tax revenues. Their ability to grow, create jobs, and reduce poverty depends critically on a well-functioning investment climate--defined as the policy, legal, and institutional arrangements underpinning the functioning of markets and the level of transaction costs and risks associated with starting, operating, and closing a business. The World Bank Group has provided extensive support to investment climate reforms. This evaluation by the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) assesses the relevance, effectiveness, and social value of World Bank Group support to investment climate reforms as it relates to concerns for inclusion and shared prosperity. IEG finds that the World Bank Group has supported a comprehensive menu of investment climate reforms and has improved investment climate in countries, as measured by number of laws enacted, streamlining of processes and time, or simple cost savings for private firms. However, the impact on investment, jobs, business formation, and growth is not straightforward. Regulatory reforms need to be designed and implemented with both economic and social costs and benefits in mind; IEG found that, in practice, World Bank Group support focuses predominantly on reducing costs to businesses. In supporting investment climate reforms, the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation use two distinct but complementary business models. Despite the fact that investment climate is the most integrated business unit in the World Bank Group, coordination is mostly informal, relying mainly on personal contacts. IEG recommends that the World Bank Group expand its range of diagnostic tools and integrate them in the areas of the business environment not yet covered by existing tools; develop an approach to identify the social effects of regulatory reforms on all groups expected to be affected by them beyond the business community; and exploit synergies by ensuring that World Bank and IFC staff improve their understanding of each other's work and business models.

Download or read book Commodity Price Forecasts and Futures Prices written by Boum-Jong Choe and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Growth oriented Adjustment Programs written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rural urban Growth Linkages in India written by P. B. R. Hazell and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Human Factor in Governance written by W. McCourt and published by Springer. This book was released on 2006-10-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the ways governments manage public employees in developing countries, and how this in turn impacts on the success of national development and governance strategies. It presents seven in-depth case studies from developing countries in Africa and Asia and proposes ways forward for Human Resource Management in developing countries.

Download or read book Fiscal Frameworks and Financial Systems in East Asia written by Wendy Dobson and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of financial frameworks focuses on corporate finance and analyzes the relationship between financing patterns and the level of development of securities markets and financial liberalization in the region.

Download or read book Institutional Barriers to Economic Development written by Jan Winiecki and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-26 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers key issues including financial markets, labour markets, competition and intervention, social security, property rights to provide a wide-ranging and invaluable study of economic development in transitional economies.