This paper proposes a sector taxonomy of the rationale for the presence of state-owned enterprises in specific industries. The taxonomy is conceptualized only on an efficiency-based rationale for state...
This paper develops a novel methodology to construct a harmonized cross-country database of the state’s footprint in markets: the Businesses of the State database. The methodology of the database is built...
Collusive agreements among competitors create unmitigated harm. When competitors agree to limit competition, i.e. to form economic cartels, the poor pay up to 50 percent more for essential goods, growth...
Even though many countries have opened to trade, markets in developing economies oftenunderperform due to anticompetitive behavior and restrictive regulatory frameworks by a fewdominant players. Effective...
The objective of this deliverable of Component 5, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), of the Cluster Competitiveness Project (P154353) is to outline the requirements of a functional M&E setup and to present...
In Ukraine, the government’s economic interventions have a major influence on market outcomes. The propensity of SOEs and politically connected firms in concentrated markets to lobby for regulatory protections...
This paper describes how different policy distortions have been impeding better integration of Brazil's external and internal product markets and discusses how these distortions have prevented domestic...
Brazil enters the election year 2018 with an economy that is gradually recovering from the deepest recession in its recent economic history. This book is motivated by the need to understand the possible...
Brazil enters the election year 2018 with an economy that is gradually recovering from the deepest recession in its recent economic history. This book is motivated by the need to understand the possible...
Stagnant productivity growth and high disparities in productivity levels across Mexican states have been holding back economic growth. In general, Mexico’s federal government has a solid competition policy...
Argentina needs to lift and stabilize economic growth to create more and better jobs while reigniting productivity to bring income closer to that of more advanced economies. Integration into global markets...
Argentina needs to lift and stabilize economic growth to create more and better jobs while reigniting productivity to bring income closer to that of more advanced economies. Integration into global markets...
Sustainable economic development has played a major role in the decline Of global poverty in the past two decades. There is no doubt that competitive markets are key drivers of economic growth and productivity...
Este informe aplica para el Estado de Tabasco la metodología desarrollada y aplicada en otras jurisdicciones por el Grupo Banco Mundial incluida en el Markets and Competition Policy Assessment Tool (MCPAT)...
This publication provides an assessment of new developments and recent trends on competition advocacy based on an innovative and comprehensive conceptual framework that builds on practical implementation...
Promoting faster growth and poverty alleviation through competition is particularly important for South Africa, which is facing weak economic growth and limited fiscal resources and has to look to avenues...
For the economy to attain its full potential, the Philippines requires an efficient water transport system. However, this is presently not the case. The domestic shipping industry is characterized by high...
Many developing economies still do not fully enjoy the benefits of competitive markets. Distorted markets reduce investment opportunities, increase business risks, raise the cost of essential business...
Developing countries have enough obstacles to overcome, disadvantages of geography, climate, access to finance, lack of resources, poor infrastructure, without the additional burden of markets that do...
Many developing economies still do not fully enjoy the benefits of competitive markets. Distorted markets reduce investment opportunities, increase business risks, raise the cost of essential business...