SSRN World Bank: Private Sector Development (Topic)

1.

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

Daniel Kaufmann, Aart Kraay and Massimo Mastruzzi

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

Downloads 9,367

2.

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

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 8,158

3.

Governance Matters

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2196

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 05 Nov 1999

Working Paper Series

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 7,695

4.

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 4,907

5.

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 4,462

6.

Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Performance: The Case of Chinese Stock Companies

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1794

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 07 Dec 1997

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Xiaonian Xu and Yan Wang

Amherst College and Peking University

Downloads 4,245

7.

Public vs. Private Ownership: The Current State of the Debate

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2420

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 26 Mar 2001

Working Paper Series

Mary M. Shirley and Patrick Walsh

World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank (Formerly)

Downloads 3,657

8.

The Corporate Governance of Banks: A Concise Discussion of Concepts and Evidence

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3404

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

Working Paper Series

Ross Levine

UC Berkeley

Downloads 2,875

9.

The New Comparative Economics

Harvard Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 2002; Yale SOM Working Paper No. ES-24; World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3054

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 21 Dec 2004

Working Paper Series

Andrei Shleifer, Edward L. Glaeser, Florencio Lopez de Silanes, Rafael La Porta and Simeon Djankov

Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - John F. Kennedy School of Government, Department of Economics, SKEMA Business School, Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

There are 3 versions of this paper

Downloads 2,859

10.

How Tax Policy and Incentives Affect Foreign Direct Investment: A Review

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2509

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Jacques P. Morisset and Nede Pirnia

World Bank - Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS) and World Bank

Downloads 2,756

11.

Small- and Medium-Size Enterprise Financing in Eastern Europe

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2933

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Leora F. Klapper, Virginia Sarria-Allende and Victor Sulla

World Bank, IAE Business School - Universidad Austral and World Bank - Research Department

Downloads 2,493

12.

Global Logistics Indicators, Supply Chain Metrics, and Bilateral Trade Patterns

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3773

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 14 Dec 2005

Working Paper Series

Warren H. Hausman, Hau L. Lee and Uma Subramanian

Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford Graduate School of Business and delete

Downloads 2,000

13.

Do Bilateral Investment Treaties Attract Foreign Direct Investment? Only a BitAnd They Could Bite

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3121

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

Working Paper Series

Mary Hallward-Driemeier

World Bank - Research Department

Downloads 1,958

14.

How Foreign Investment Affects Host Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1745

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

Working Paper Series

Magnus Blomstrom and Ari Kokko

Stockholm School of Economics - Department of Economics and Stockholm School of Economics

Downloads 1,919

15.

Privatization in Competitive Sectors: The Record to Date

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2860

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

Working Paper Series

Sunita Kikeri and John Nellis

World Bank and Center for Global Development

Downloads 1,913

16.

Financing Small and Medium-Size Enterprises with Factoring: Global Growth and Its Potential in Eastern Europe

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3342

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Marie H. R. Bakker, Gregory F. Udell and Leora F. Klapper

World Bank, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance and World Bank

Downloads 1,866

17.

INFRISK: A Computer Simulation Approach to Risk Management in Infrastructure Project Finance Transactions

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2083

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

Working Paper Series

Mansoor Dailami, Ilya Lipkovich and John Van Dyck

World Bank, World Bank and World Bank

Downloads 1,773

18.

Mutual Fund Investment in Emerging Markets: An Overview

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2529

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Jun 2001

Working Paper Series

Graciela Kaminsky, Richard K. Lyons and Sergio L. Schmukler

George Washington University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,734

19.

Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: Policies Also Matter

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2481

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Jacques P. Morisset

World Bank - Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS)

Downloads 1,446

20.

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 1,442

21.

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 1,438

22.

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

Randall Morck and Bernard Yin Yeung

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

Downloads 1,425

23.

Small and Medium Enterprises, Growth, and Poverty: Cross-Country Evidence

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3178

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Thorsten Beck and Ross Levine

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

Downloads 1,423

24.

Expropriation of Minority Shareholders: Evidence from East Asia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2088

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

Working Paper Series

Joseph P. H. Fan, Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov and Larry H.P. Lang

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, Bank for International Settlements, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Finance

Downloads 1,417

25.

Does Foreign Direct Investment Increase the Productivity of Domestic Firms? In Search of Spillovers Through Backward Linkages

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2923

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 08 Jan 2003

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Beata Smarzynska Javorcik

University of Oxford - Department of Economics

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 1,368

26.

Development Financing during a Crisis: Securitization of Future Receivables

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2582

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Suhas Laxman Ketkar and Dilip Ratha

CompuServe and World Bank

Downloads 1,316

27.

Leasing to Support Small Businesses and Microenterprises

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1857

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Joselito Gallardo

World Bank

Downloads 1,240

28.

Rural and Micro Finance Regulation in Ghana: Implications for Development and Performance of the Industry

THE ECONOMY OF GHANA: ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES ON STABILITY, GROWTH AND POVERTY, Ernest Aryeetey and Ravi Kanbur, eds., Woeli Publishing Services and James Currey, 2008, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 49

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 07 May 2011

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William F. Steel and David O. Andah

University of Ghana - Adminstration and affiliation not provided to SSRN

Downloads 1,130

29.

Foreign Direct Investment and Poverty Reduction

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2613

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Michael U. Klein, Carl Aaron and Bita Hadjimichael

Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, East West Management Institute, Washington DC and World Bank

Downloads 1,024

30.

Issues in Income Tax Reform in Developing Countries

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 267

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Charles W. Calomiris

Columbia University - Columbia Business School

Downloads 1,010

31.

International Cartel Enforcement: Lessons from the 1990s

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2680

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 Apr 2001

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Simon J. Evenett, Margaret C. Levenstein and Valerie Y. Suslow

University of Oxford - Said Business School, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Survey Research Center and Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School

Downloads 1,001

32.

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 985

33.

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 963

34.

Small-Scale Private Service Providers of Water Supply and Electricity: A Review of Incidence, Structure, Pricing, and Operating Characteristics

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3727

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Oct 2005

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Mukami Kariuki and Jordan Schwartz

World Bank and World Bank

Downloads 937

35.

Ownership and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Czech Republic

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1737

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Aug 1997

Working Paper Series

Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov and Gerhard Pohl

Bank for International Settlements, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and World Bank

Downloads 931

36.

Does Foreign Bank Penetration Reduce Access to Credit in Developing Countries? Evidence from Asking Borrowers

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2716

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 03 Oct 2001

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

Texas A&M International University - A.R. Sanchez Jr., School of Business, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Downloads 926

37.

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

38.

Dynamic Cities and Creative Clusters

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3509

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 03 Feb 2005

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Weiping Wu

Columbia University - Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Downloads 898

39.

Privatization: Trends and Recent Developments

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3765

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Nov 2005

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Sunita Kikeri and Aishetu Fatima Kolo

World Bank and World Bank

Downloads 873

40.

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 849

41.

The Ability of Banks to Lend to Informationally Opaque Small Businesses

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2656

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 16 Feb 2001

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Allen N. Berger, Leora F. Klapper and Gregory F. Udell

University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business, World Bank and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 830

42.

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

43.

Foreign Entry in Turkey's Banking Sector, 1980-97

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2462

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Cevdet Denizer

Center for Economics and Econometrics

Downloads 827

44.

Corporate Diversification in East Asia: The Role of Ultimate Ownership and Group Affiliation

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2089

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Joseph P. H. Fan, Stijn Claessens, Simeon Djankov and Larry H.P. Lang

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - School of Accountancy, Bank for International Settlements, London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Finance

Downloads 776

45.

Thailand's Corporate Financing and Governance Structures

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2003

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Pedro Alba, Stijn Claessens and Simeon Djankov

World Bank, Bank for International Settlements and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

Downloads 762

46.

Small and Medium-Size Enterprise Support Policies in Japan

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1403

Number of pages: 90 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Shujiro Urata and Motoshige Itoh

Waseda University-Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies and University of Tokyo - Faculty of Economics

Downloads 738

47.

What Determines the Quality of Institutions?

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2764

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Roumeen Islam and Claudio E. Montenegro

World Bank and World Bank Group

Downloads 730

48.

The Global Growth of Mutual Funds

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3055

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Deepthi Fernando, Leora F. Klapper, Victor Sulla and Dimitri Vittas

World Bank, World Bank, World Bank - Research Department and World Bank - Financial Sector Development

Downloads 724

49.

The Maturity Structure of Debt: Determinants and Effects on Firms' Performance? Evidence from the United Kingdom and Italy

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1699

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Fabio Schiantarelli and Alessandro Sembenelli

Boston College - Department of Economics and University of Turin - Department of Economics and Financial Sciences G. Prato

Downloads 714

50.

Ownership, Competition, and Corruption: Bribe Takers versus Bribe Payers

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2783

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Jan 2002

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George R. G. Clarke and Lixin Colin Xu

Texas A&M International University - A.R. Sanchez Jr., School of Business and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)

Downloads 701

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