1.
Democracy, Public Expenditures, and the Poor
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3164
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Inter-American Development Bank and World Bank
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401
2.
Donor Fragmentation and Bureaucratic Quality in Aid Recipients
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3186
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University College London
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238
3.
Health Care on the Frontlines: Survey Evidence on Public and Private Providers in Uganda
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper
Number of pages: 64
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
The World Bank, Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES) and World Bank
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129
4.
On the Use of Transparent Formulae to Allocate Federal Education Transfers
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3171
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Lead Economist, World Bank and World Bank
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48
5.
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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797
6.
Production and Cost Functions and Their Application to the Port Sector: A Literature Survey
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3123
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Universidad de Chile and Departamento de Analisis Economico Aplicado
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233
7.
A Multioutput Cost Function for Port Terminals: Some Guidelines for Regulation
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3151
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Universidad de Chile and Departamento de Analisis Economico Aplicado
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149
8.
Social Sector Expenditures and Rainy-Day Funds
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3131
Number of pages: 18
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and World Bank
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78
9.
Governance of Public Pension Funds: Lessons from Corporate Governance and International Evidence
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3110
Number of pages: 35
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
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365
10.
Can Fiscal Rules Help Reduce Macroeconomic Volatility in the Latin America and Caribbean Region?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3080
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Latin America and Caribbean Region
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324
11.
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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482
12.
Working for God? Evaluating Service Delivery of Religious Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers in Uganda
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3058
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
The World Bank and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Working for God? Evaluating Service Delivery of Religious Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers in Uganda
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3058
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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284
Working for God? Evaluating Service Delivery of Religious Not-for-Profit Health Care Providers in Uganda
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3058
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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284
13.
Ghost Doctors: Absenteeism in Bangladeshi Health Facilities
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3065
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
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212
14.
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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634
15.
Impregnated Nets Cannot Fully Substitute for Ddt: Field Effectiveness of Malaria Prevention in Solomon Islands
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3044
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), Ministry of Health and Medical Services - Solomon Islands, World Health Organization, Ministry of Health and Medical Services - Solomon Islands and University of Colorado at Denver - Health Sciences Center
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75
16.
An Introduction to Financial and Economic Modeling for Utility Regulators
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3001
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), Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE) - Training center Economicos of the Regulation, World Bank and Universidad Nacional de Córdoba y Macroenergía S.A.
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380
17.
Vouchers for Basic Education in Developing Countries: A Principal-Agent Perspective
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3005
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and World Bank
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276
18.
Decentralization and Public Services: The Case of Immunization
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2989
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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252
19.
Information-Based Instruments for Improved Urban Management
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3002
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG), World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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177
20.
Partisan Politics and Intergovernmental Transfers in India
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3016
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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154
21.
From Knowledge to Wealth: Transforming Russian Science and Technology for a Modern Knowlege Economy
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2974
Number of pages: 59
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Europe and Central Asia Region
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152
22.
Wage Differentials and State-Private Sector Employment Choice in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2959
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and CapAnalysis
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58
23.
Recurrent Expenditure Requirements of Capital Projects: Estimation for Budget Purposes
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2938
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, World Bank and Colby College
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263
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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25.
The Impact of Cash Budgets on Poverty Reduction in Zambia: A Case Study of the Conflict between Well-Intentioned Macroeconomic Policy and Service Delivery to the Poor
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2914
Number of pages: 34
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
delete, World Bank and World Bank
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176
26.
Federal Politics and Budget Deficits: Evidence from the States of India
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2915
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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155
27.
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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711
28.
Agricultural Land Reform in Postwar Japan: Experiences and Issues
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2111
Number of pages: 56
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Seikei University - Faculty of Economics
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368
29.
Stabilizing Intergovernmental Transfers in Latin America: A Complement to National/Subnational Fiscal Rules?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2869
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank - Economic Development Institute
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99
30.
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)
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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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504
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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504
31.
A Decade of Fiscal Transition
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2835
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and The World Bank
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129
32.
Pooling, Savings, and Prevention Mitigating the Risk of Old Age Poverty in Chile
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2849
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Europe and Central Asia Region
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33.
Autonomy, Participation, and Learning in Argentine Schools: Findings and Their Implications for Decentralization
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2766
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Business and Management Science
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180
34.
Are Public Sector Workers Underpaid? Appropriate Comparators in a Developing Country
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2747
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Independent and World Bank
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187
35.
Fiscal Adjustment and Contingent Government Liabilities: Case Studies of the Czech Republic and Macedonia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2177
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank, World Bank and World Bank
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150
36.
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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479
37.
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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415
38.
Agricultural Markets in Benin and Malawi: The Operation and Performance of Traders
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2734
Number of pages: 74
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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126
39.
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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435
40.
Helping People Help Themselves: Toward a Theory of Autonomy-Compatible Help
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2693
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Phil. Dept. UC at Riverside
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380
41.
Comparative Life Expectancy in Africa
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2668
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and Georgetown University - Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS)
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104
42.
Public Policy Toward Non-Governmental Organizations in Developing Countries
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2639
Number of pages: 26
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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398
43.
Technical Efficiency Gains from Port Reform: The Potential for Yardstick Competition in Mexico
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2637
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Departamento de Analisis Economico Aplicado
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193
44.
Does Indonesia Have a "Low-Pay" Civil Service?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2621
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank and Wellesley College - Department of Economics
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202
45.
State Ownership and Labor Redundancy: Estimates Based on Enterprise-Level Data from Vietnam
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2599
Number of pages: 42
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
SECO, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Switzerland and World Bank
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46.
Fiscal Federalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Dayton Challenge
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1714
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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103
47.
Decentralization and Accountability: Are Voters More Vigilant in Local than in National Elections?
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2557
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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225
48.
The Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing: The Reform Program of Vietnam
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2573
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
World Bank
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The Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing: The Reform Program of Vietnam
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2573
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
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107
The Gender Implications of Public Sector Downsizing: The Reform Program of Vietnam
World Bank Research Observer, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 167-189, Fall 2002
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
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107
49.
The Design of Incentives for Health Care Providers in Developing Countries: Contracts, Competition, and Cost Control
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2547
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and World Bank
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228
50.
When Do Special Interests Run Rampant? Disentangling the Role of Elections, Incomplete Information and Checks and Balances in Banking Crises
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2543
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Inter-American Development Bank
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