1.
Governance Matters VI: Governance Indicators for 1996-2006
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4280
Number of pages: 94
Posted: 11 Jul 2007
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute
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22,714
2.
Governance Matters Iii: Governance Indicators for 1996-2002
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3106
Number of pages: 116
Posted: 18 Jun 2003
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute
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9,464
3.
Governance Matters IV: Governance Indicators for 1996-2004
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series No. 3630
Number of pages: 135
Posted: 05 May 2005
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute
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9,442
4.
Seize the State, Seize the Day: State Capture, Corruption and Influence in Transition
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2444
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 12 Oct 2000
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Governance and Public Sector Reform, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
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8,406
5.
Governance Matters
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2196
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 05 Nov 1999
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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8,112
6.
Aggregating Governance Indicators
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2195
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 05 Nov 1999
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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6,323
7.
Governance Matters Ii: Updated Indicators for 2000-01
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2772
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 28 Jan 2002
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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5,050
8.
Growth Without Governance
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2928
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 20 Jul 2002
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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4,629
9.
Measuring Governance, Corruption, and State Capture: How Firms and Bureaucrats Shape the Business Environment in Transition Economies
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2312
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 05 Jun 2001
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Governance and Public Sector Reform, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and London School of Economics and Political Science
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4,215
10.
Determinants of Commercial Bank Interest Margins and Profitability: Some International Evidence
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1900
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group and Tilburg University - Center for Economic Research (CentER)
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3,375
11.
The Changing Corporate Governance Paradigm: Implications for Transition and Developing Countries
Conference Paper, Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics, Washington D.C.
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 29 Sep 1999
Working Paper Series
Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science and Universitaet Mannheim
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3,222
12.
Bank Regulation and Supervision: What Works Best?
Univ. of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2725
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 17 May 2001
Working Paper Series
Auburn University, Williams College and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Bank Regulation and Supervision: What Works Best?
Univ. of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2725
Number of pages: 65
Posted: 17 May 2001
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3,175
Bank Regulation and Supervision: What Works Best?
NBER Working Paper No. w9323
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 15 Nov 2002
Last Revised: 30 Oct 2010
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146
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3,175
13.
Investment and Saving in China
World Bank Policy Research Paper Series No. 3633
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 28 Jul 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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2,872
14.
Accountability and Corruption: Political Institutions Matter
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2708
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region, World Bank - Research Department and Columbia University - School of International & Public Affairs (SIPA)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Accountability and Corruption: Political Institutions Matter
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2708
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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2,606
Accountability and Corruption: Political Institutions Matter
Economics & Politics, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 1-35, March 2005
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 16 Feb 2005
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32
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2,606
15.
Investor Protection, Ownership, and the Cost of Capital
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2834
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 19 Mar 2002
Working Paper Series
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics and World Bank - Development Economics Data Group (DECDG)
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2,564
16.
Corruption in Economic Development: Beneficial Grease, Minor Annoyance, or Major Obstacle?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2048
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics
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2,551
17.
Corruption and Decentralized Public Governance
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3824
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 25 Jan 2006
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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2,411
18.
Decentralization and Service Delivery
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3603
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 27 Jun 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank, World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank and World Bank
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2,150
19.
Measuring Empowerment in Practice: Structuring Analysis and Framing Indicators
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3510
Number of pages: 123
Posted: 10 Feb 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank and World Bank
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2,082
20.
Financial Regulation and Performance: Cross-Country Evidence
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2037
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Auburn University, Williams College and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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2,020
21.
A Framework for Regulating Microfinance Institutions
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2061
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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1,977
22.
Do Budgets Really Matter? Evidence from Public Spending on Education and Health in Uganda
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1926
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and The World Bank
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1,964
23.
Financial Intermediation and Growth: Causality and Causes
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2059
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 27 Oct 2000
Working Paper Series
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, World Bank - Research Department and City University London - Sir John Cass Business School
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Financial Intermediation and Growth: Causality and Causes
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2059
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 27 Oct 2000
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1,941
Financial Intermediation and Growth: Causality and Causes
Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 46, pp. 31-77, August 2000
Posted: 10 Oct 2000
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1,941
24.
The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy and Economic Management in Oil-Exporting Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2899
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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1,695
25.
Corruption, Public Finances, and the Unofficial Economy
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2169
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 25 Feb 2000
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business
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1,654
26.
Who Owns the Media?
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1919; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2620
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 26 Apr 2001
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), World Bank - International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank, South Asia and Harvard University - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Who Owns the Media?
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1919; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2620
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 26 Apr 2001
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1,616
Who Owns the Media?
NBER Working Paper No. w8288
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 10 May 2001
Last Revised: 22 Oct 2010
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81
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1,616
27.
Where Do We Stand on Transport Infrastructure Deregulation and Public-Private Partnership?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3356
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
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1,538
28.
Special Issues Relating to Corporate Governance and Family Control
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3406
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Alberta - Department of Finance and Statistical Analysis and National University of Singapore - Business School
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1,478
29.
Decentralization: The Way Forward for Rural Development?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1475
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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1,467
30.
Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Middle and Low-Income Countries: A Global Review and Analysis
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3618
Number of pages: 61
Posted: 13 Jul 2005
Working Paper Series
Independent, World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and Independent
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1,462
31.
Balance, Accountability, and Responsiveness: Lessons About Decentralization
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2021
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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1,460
32.
The Regulation of Entry
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1904, KSG Working Paper No. 01-015; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2661
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 04 Oct 2000
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), SKEMA Business School, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and Harvard University - Department of Economics
There are 4 versions of this paper
The Regulation of Entry
Harvard Institute of Economic Research Paper No. 1904, KSG Working Paper No. 01-015; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2661
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 04 Oct 2000
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1,445
The Regulation of Entry
NBER Working Paper No. w7892
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 08 Sep 2000
Last Revised: 19 Oct 2010
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100
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57
The Regulation of Entry
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship
Posted: 01 Dec 2009
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1,445
33.
Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries: A Conceptual Framework
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3554
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 12 May 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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1,398
34.
Democracy and Income Inequality: An Empirical Analysis
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 411; World Bank Research Working Paper No. 2561
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 12 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Department of Economics and World Bank - Research Department
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1,272
35.
Governance and Bank Valuation
EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 1699; World Bank Working Paper No. 3202
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 02 Jan 2004
Working Paper Series
Williams College, European Central Bank (ECB) and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
There are 2 versions of this paper
Governance and Bank Valuation
EFA 2004 Maastricht Meetings Paper No. 1699; World Bank Working Paper No. 3202
Number of pages: 48
Posted: 02 Jan 2004
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1,229
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53
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1,229
36.
Fiscal Decentralization in Developing and Transition Economies: Progress, Problems, and the Promise
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3282
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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1,200
37.
On the Measurement and Impact of Fiscal Decentralization
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2809
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN and World Bank
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1,147
38.
The Impact of Regulation on Growth and Informality Cross-Country Evidence
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3623
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 14 Jul 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Research Department, University of Maryland - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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1,061
39.
Foreign Bank Entry: Experience, Implications for Developing Countries, and Agenda for Further Research
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2698
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 03 Oct 2001
Working Paper Series
Texas A&M International University - A.R. Sanchez Jr., School of Business, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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1,045
40.
Does Decentralization Increase Government Responsiveness to Local Needs? Evidence from Bolivia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2516
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 16 Feb 2001
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Does Decentralization Increase Government Responsiveness to Local Needs? Evidence from Bolivia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2516
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 16 Feb 2001
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1,037
Does Decentralization Increase Government Responsiveness to Local Needs? Evidence from Bolivia
Journal of Public Economics, 2003
Posted: 14 Mar 2003
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1,037
41.
Transparency, Liberalization, and Financial Crisis
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2286
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 27 Mar 2001
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)
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1,030
42.
Public Health in India: An Overview
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3787
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 05 Jan 2006
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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1,002
43.
Enforcement and Corporate Governance
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3409
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science and Bank for International Settlements
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991
44.
Tools for Legislative Oversight: An Empirical Investigation
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3388
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Nazarbayev University and McGill University - Institute for the Study of International Development
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955
45.
Risk Shifting and Long-Term Contracts: Evidence from the Ras Gas Project
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2469
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and American University - Department of Finance and Real Estate
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949
46.
Advances in Negotiation Theory: Bargaining, Coalitions and Fairness
FEEM Working Paper No. 66.05, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3642, University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Dept. of Economics Research Paper Series No. 08/06
Number of pages: 57
Posted: 19 May 2005
Working Paper Series
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
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940
47.
Toward Better Regulation of Private Pension Funds
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1791
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 31 Jul 1997
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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930
48.
High-Level Rent-Seeking and Corruption in African Regimes: Theory and Cases
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1780
Number of pages: 62
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Yale Law School and World Bank - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
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897
49.
Effects of Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education on Economic Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3610
Number of pages: 80
Posted: 08 Jul 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Goettingen (Gottingen) - Ibero-America-Institute for Economic Research
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868
50.
Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2979
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 27 Jan 2003
Working Paper Series
Technology Policy Institute
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851
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