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Measurement and Meaning
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This report presents three case studies drawn from World Bank work in Latin America.  Each of these studies?one each from Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay?illustrates the gains that can be derived from combining the use of quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Foreign Investment and Restructuring
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Although the official rhetoric in most transition economies has been in favor of foreign direct investment (FDI), few countries have succeeded in attracting sizable inflows. Hungary stands out among those countries that have done so effectively. Several factors helped Hungary to get ahead of...
Services Unbound
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Digital Technologies and Policy Reform in East Asia and Pacific Paperback Services will be central to the transition of East Asia and Pacific to a high-income region. This report argues that deeper reforms could unleash a virtuous cycle of increasing economic opportunity and enhanced human...
Digital Africa
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Technological Transformation for Jobs Paperback Adoption of better technologies by enterprises can generate better and more jobs for African countries' growing populations, including for lower-skilled people. The book recommends policies to ensure availability of affordable digital...
The Innovation Paradox
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Paperback Developing-Country Capabilities and the Unrealized Promise of Technological Catch-Up
Convergence in Information and Communication Technology
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Strategic and Regulatory Considerations Paperback This book provides a detailed analysis of the strategic and regulatory dimension of convergence. It offers policymakers and regulators examples from countries around the world as they address convergence.
Building Science, Technology and Innovation Capacity in Rwanda
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Paperback This book provides new insights into the science, technology, and innovation (STI) capacity building process and shows that STI capacity building is not a luxury activity suitable primarily for wealthy countries but an absolute necessity for poor countries that hope to become richer.
Global Production Networking and Technological Change in East Asia
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Paperback In the coming decades, East Asian economies must face the challenges of an increasingly globalized marketplace. This book explores changing parameters of competition, and argues that success ultimately depends on the ability of the region's firms to harness the potential of global...
Institutional Elements of Tax Design and Reform
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Paperback This book consists of a collection of papers that analyze the constraints on fiscal systems imposed by problems of institutions, administrations, and incentives in developing and post-Socialist economies.
Generating Public Sector Resources to Finance Sustainable Development
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Revenue and Incentive Effects Paperback This specific objective of this book is to explore potential avenues for generating more resources for the public sector to invest in sustainable development.
Poverty and Ethnicity
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A Cross-Country Study of Roma Poverty in Central Europe Paperback This survey addresses the ethnic dimension of poverty across countries, covering Roma in Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania and evaluates the welfare of Roma from a quantitative perspective.
A Sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies
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Paperback 'A Sourcebook for Poverty Reduction Strategies' is a guide intended to help low-income countries with the development and strengthening of their poverty reduction strategies. This book has been designed as a resource for analysis and discourse on poverty reduction policies and...
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