SSRN World Bank: Governance (Topic)

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Governance Matters VI: Governance Indicators for 1996-2006

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4280

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 11 Jul 2007

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Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi

Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute

Downloads 22,550

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

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Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi

Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute

Downloads 9,374

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

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Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi

Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute

Downloads 9,331

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

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Joel S. Hellman, Geraint Jones and Daniel Kaufmann

World Bank - Governance and Public Sector Reform, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)

Downloads 8,172

5.

Governance Matters

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2196

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 05 Nov 1999

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Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Pablo Zoido

Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

Downloads 7,721

6.

Aggregating Governance Indicators

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2195

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 05 Nov 1999

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Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Pablo Zoido

Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

Downloads 5,915

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

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Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Pablo Zoido

Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

Downloads 4,915

8.

Growth Without Governance

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2928

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Jul 2002

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Daniel Kaufmann and Aart Kraay

Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

Downloads 4,474

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

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Daniel Kaufmann, Joel S. Hellman, Geraint Jones and Mark A. Schankerman

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

Downloads 3,986

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

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Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Harry Huizinga

World Bank - Development Research Group and Tilburg University - Center for Economic Research (CentER)

Downloads 3,276

11.

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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James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio Jr. and Ross Levine

Auburn University, Williams College and UC Berkeley

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 3,127

12.

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

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Erik Berglöf and Ernst-Ludwig von Thadden

Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science and Universitaet Mannheim

Downloads 3,115

13.

Investment and Saving in China

World Bank Policy Research Paper Series No. 3633

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 28 Jul 2005

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Louis Kuijs

World Bank

Downloads 2,790

14.

Investor Protection, Ownership, and the Cost of Capital

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2834

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 19 Mar 2002

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Charles P. Himmelberg, R. Glenn Hubbard and Inessa Love

Goldman, Sachs & Co., Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics and World Bank - Development Economics Data Group (DECDG)

Downloads 2,524

15.

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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Daniel Lederman, Norman Loayza and Rodrigo R. Soares

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

Downloads 2,503

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

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Shang-Jin Wei

Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics

Downloads 2,324

17.

Corruption and Decentralized Public Governance

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3824

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 25 Jan 2006

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Anwar Shah

World Bank

Downloads 2,289

18.

Decentralization and Service Delivery

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3603

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Jun 2005

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Junaid Kamal Ahmad, Shantayanan Devarajan, Stuti Khemani and Shekhar Shah

World Bank, World Bank Middle East and North Africa Region, World Bank and World Bank

Downloads 2,136

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

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Ruth Alsop and Nina Heinsohn

World Bank and World Bank

Downloads 2,055

20.

A Framework for Regulating Microfinance Institutions

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2061

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Hennie van Greuning, Joselito Gallardo and Bikki Randhawa

World Bank, World Bank and World Bank

Downloads 1,948

21.

Financial Regulation and Performance: Cross-Country Evidence

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2037

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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James R. Barth, Gerard Caprio Jr. and Ross Levine

Auburn University, Williams College and UC Berkeley

Downloads 1,939

22.

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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Ross Levine, Norman Loayza and Thorsten Beck

UC Berkeley, World Bank - Research Department and City University London - Sir John Cass Business School

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,916

23.

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

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Emmanuel Ablo and Ritva Reinikka

World Bank and The World Bank

Downloads 1,857

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

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Alan Gelb, Benn Eifert and Nils Borje Tallroth

World Bank, World Bank and World Bank

Downloads 1,666

25.

Corruption, Public Finances, and the Unofficial Economy

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2169

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 25 Feb 2000

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Simon Johnson, Daniel Kaufmann and Pablo Zoido

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

Downloads 1,624

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

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Simeon Djankov, Caralee McLiesh, Tatiana Nenova and Andrei Shleifer

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

Downloads 1,585

27.

Decentralization: The Way Forward for Rural Development?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1475

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Andrew N. Parker

World Bank

Downloads 1,449

28.

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

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Antonio Estache and Tomas Serebrisky

Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

Downloads 1,449

29.

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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Simeon Djankov, Florencio Lopez de Silanes, Rafael La Porta and Andrei Shleifer

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

Downloads 1,440

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

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Sarah Bott, Andrew Morrison and Mary Ellsberg

Independent, World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and Independent

Downloads 1,438

31.

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

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Randall Morck and Bernard Yin Yeung

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and National University of Singapore - Business School

Downloads 1,427

32.

Balance, Accountability, and Responsiveness: Lessons about Decentralization

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2021

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Anwar Shah

World Bank

Downloads 1,387

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

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Jean-Eric Aubert

World Bank

Downloads 1,386

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

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Branko Milanovic, Mark Gradstein and Yvonne Ying

World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Ben-Gurion University of the Negev - Department of Economics and World Bank - Research Department

Downloads 1,247

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

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Gerard Caprio Jr., Luc Laeven and Ross Levine

Williams College, European Central Bank (ECB) and UC Berkeley

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,219

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

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Anwar Shah

World Bank

Downloads 1,183

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

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Robert D. Ebel and Serdar Yilmaz

affiliation not provided to SSRN and World Bank

Downloads 1,130

38.

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

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George R. G. Clarke, Robert Cull, Maria Soledad Martinez Peria and Susana M. Sanchez

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)

Downloads 1,034

39.

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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Jean-Paul Faguet

London School of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,019

40.

Transparency, Liberalization, and Financial Crisis

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2286

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 27 Mar 2001

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Gil Mehrez and Daniel Kaufmann

International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI)

Downloads 1,010

41.

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

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Norman Loayza, Ana Maria Oviedo and Luis Servén

World Bank - Research Department, University of Maryland - Department of Economics and World Bank - Office of the Chief Economist

Downloads 998

42.

Enforcement and Corporate Governance

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3409

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Erik Berglöf and Stijn Claessens

Institute of Global Affairs, London School of Economics and Political Science and Bank for International Settlements

Downloads 964

43.

Public Health in India: An Overview

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3787

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 05 Jan 2006

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Monica Das Gupta

World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

Downloads 953

44.

Tools for Legislative Oversight: An Empirical Investigation

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3388

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Riccardo Pelizzo and Rick Stapenhurst

Nazarbayev University and McGill University - Institute for the Study of International Development

Downloads 933

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

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Mansoor Dailami and Robert B. H. Hauswald

World Bank and American University - Department of Finance and Real Estate

Downloads 918

46.

Toward Better Regulation of Private Pension Funds

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1791

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 31 Jul 1997

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Hemant C. Shah

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Downloads 918

47.

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

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Carlo Carraro, Carmen Marchiori and Alessandra Sgobbi

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

Downloads 917

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

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Susan Rose-Ackerman and Jacqueline Coolidge

Yale Law School and World Bank - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

Downloads 854

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

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Josef Ludger Loening

University of Goettingen (Gottingen) - Ibero-America-Institute for Economic Research

Downloads 835

50.

Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2979

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Jan 2003

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Scott Wallsten

Technology Policy Institute

Downloads 828

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