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In the River They Swim
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Издател: Templeton Press
"In The River They Swim" is a collection of essays written by men and women directly involved in efforts to address poverty in developing countries. The book emphasizes a needed paradigm shift away from poverty relief toward wealth creation. Relieving poverty is a short-term solution. Economic development is the route to lifting the citizenry of
Incentive Reforms in Developing Country Bureaucracies
Dilip Mookherjee
Издател: The World Bank
What major problems are likely to be encountered in designing and implementing pay-for-performance mechanisms for public bureaucrats? This paper examines this question in the context of tax administration, drawing on both economic theory and recent reform efforts in developing countries. Incentive schemes may or may not increase corruption; more
Incentives and Prices for Motor Vehicles
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Издател: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
We address the construction of price indexes for consumer vehicles using data collected from a national sample of dealerships. The dataset contains highly disaggregate data on actual sales prices and quantities, along with information on customer cash rebates, financing terms, and much more. Using these data, we are able to capture the actual cash
Income, Inequality, and Poverty during the Transition from Planned to Market Economy
Издател: The World Bank
This book is about income, inequality, and poverty during the remarkable period of collapse of Communism and the construction of capitalism in the 18 formerly socialist countries. It covers a period of almost ten years, from the time of the early Gorbachevian reforms of 1987-88 to approximately 1996. The goal of this book is to describe what
Industrial Development Through Small-Firm Cooperation
Frank Pyke
Издател: International Labour Office
The object of this short monograph is to draw on research and ideas from recent sectoral and local development studies in order to propose elements that could form part of an appropriate institutional framework for upgrading industrial sectors - particularly in the manufacturing sphere, such as those producing clothing, ceramics, machinery or
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