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
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank Institute
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9,494
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
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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8,474
3.
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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8,292
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
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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5,112
5.
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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4,666
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
Working Paper Series
Amherst College and Peking University
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4,367
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
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank (Formerly)
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3,723
8.
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
Harvard University - Department of Economics, Harvard University - 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
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
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2,917
The New Comparative Economics
NBER Working Paper No. w9608
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 05 Apr 2003
Last Revised: 17 Jun 2003
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115
The New Comparative Economics
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 3882
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 17 Jun 2003
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13
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2,917
9.
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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2,423
10.
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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2,158
11.
The Social Rate of Return on Infrastructure Investments
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2390
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Harvard University - T.H. Chan School of Public Health and University of Bristol - Department of Economics
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1,741
12.
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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1,702
13.
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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1,473
14.
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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1,472
15.
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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1,450
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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102
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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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1,450
16.
An Analysis of South Africa's Value Added Tax
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3671
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 09 Aug 2005
Working Paper Series
Development Prospects Group, The World Bank, South Africa National Treasury, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and United States Naval Academy - Department of Economics
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1,208
17.
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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1,044
Does Decentralization Increase Government Responsiveness to Local Needs? Evidence from Bolivia
Journal of Public Economics, 2003
Posted: 14 Mar 2003
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1,044
18.
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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956
19.
India's Public Health System: How Well Does it Function at the National Level?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3447
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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842
20.
International Cooperation and the Reform of Public Procurement Policies
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3720
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 17 Oct 2005
Working Paper Series
University of Oxford - Said Business School and Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
There are 2 versions of this paper
International Cooperation and the Reform of Public Procurement Policies
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3720
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 17 Oct 2005
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800
International Cooperation and the Reform of Public Procurement Policies
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 4663
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 07 Dec 2004
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25
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800
21.
Individual Attitudes Toward Corruption: Do Social Effects Matter?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3122
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Poverty Reduction Group (PRMPR) and New York University (NYU) - Department of Economics
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795
22.
Anti-Corruption Policies and Programs: A Framework for Evaluation
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2501
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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745
23.
Implementing Decentralized Local Governance: A Treacherous Road with Potholes, Detours, and Road Closures
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3353
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and Lahore School of Economics
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710
24.
Sector Organization, Governance, and the Inefficiency of African Water Utilities
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2890
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and University of Montreal - Department of Economics
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709
25.
Governance and the City: An Empirical Exploration into Global Determinants of Urban Performance
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3712
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 23 Sep 2005
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), World Bank Institute and World Bank Institute
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683
26.
Does a Country Need a Promotion Agency to Attract Foreign Direct Investment? A Small Analytical Model Applied to 58 Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3028
Number of pages: 23
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS)
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633
27.
Does Grease Money Speed Up the Wheels of Commerce?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2254
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) and Columbia Business School - Finance and Economics
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613
28.
A Review of the Political Economy of Governance: From Property Rights to Voice
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3315
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Inter-American Development Bank
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583
29.
Democratization and Clientelism: Why are Young Democracies Badly Governed?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3594
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 24 Jun 2005
Working Paper Series
Inter-American Development Bank
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572
30.
Democracy, Credibility and Clientelism
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3472
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 27 Oct 2004
Working Paper Series
Inter-American Development Bank and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Democracy, Credibility and Clientelism
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3472
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 27 Oct 2004
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565
Democracy, Credibility, and Clientelism
The Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Vol. 24, Issue 2, pp. 371-406, 2008
Posted: 16 Sep 2008
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565
31.
Improving Child Nutrition Outcomes in India: Can the Integrated Child Development Services Program Be More Effective?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3647
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 25 Jul 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region and World Bank
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552
32.
Localization and Corruption: Panacea or Pandora's Box?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3486
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 13 Jan 2005
Working Paper Series
Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey and World Bank
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530
33.
Can Student Loans Improve Accessibility to Higher Education and Student Performance? An Impact Study of the Case of Sofes, Mexico
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3425
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
CPB Netherlands Bureau of Economic Policy Analysis and World Bank
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528
34.
Politics, Transaction Costs, and the Design of Regulatory Institutions
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2073
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and University of Toulouse 1 - Industrial Economic Institute (IDEI)
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528
35.
Public Spending and Outcomes: Does Governance Matter?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2840
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Public Spending and Outcomes: Does Governance Matter?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2840
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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502
Public Spending and Outcomes: Does Governance Matter?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2840
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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62
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502
36.
Do More Transparent Governments Govern Better?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3077
Number of pages: 41
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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478
37.
Regulation and Macroeconomic Performance
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3469
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 12 Jan 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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476
38.
Bridging the Economic Divide within Nations: A Scorecard on the Performance of Regional Development Policies in Reducing Regional Income Disparities
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2717
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and World Bank
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473
39.
Tax Systems in Transition
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2947
Number of pages: 60
Posted: 19 Mar 2003
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Europe and Central Asia Region and Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change
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463
40.
Child Mortality and Public Spending on Health: How Much Does Money Matter?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1864
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
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460
41.
Kenyan Exports of Nile Perch: Impact of Food Safety Standards on an Export-Oriented Supply Chain
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3349
Number of pages: 87
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Guelph - Department of Agricultural Economics and Business and University of Nairobi - Institute for Development Studies
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458
42.
The Implications of Hyperbolic Discounting for Project Evaluation
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1943
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Maryland - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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447
43.
The Power of Information: Evidence from a Newspaper Campaign to Reduce Capture
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3239
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
The World Bank and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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439
44.
An International Statistical Survey of Government Employment and Wages
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1806
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Independent, Independent and United Airlines World Headquarters-WHQKB - Information Services Division
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436
45.
Does Decentralization Increase Spending on Public Infrastructure?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1457
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) and World Bank
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433
46.
Road Infrastructure Concession Practice in Europe
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2675
Number of pages: 47
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Independent and Independent
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431
47.
Small-Scale Irrigation Dams, Agricultural Production, and Health: Theory and Evidence from Ethiopia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3494
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 19 Jan 2005
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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421
48.
Public Spending and the Poor: What We Know, What We Need to Know
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1476
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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418
49.
Hospital Governance and Incentive Design: The Case of Corporatized Public Hospitals in Lebanon
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2727
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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411
50.
Aid Dependence and the Quality of Governance: A Cross-Country Empirical Analysis
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2396
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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408
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