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Blockchain : Opportunities for Private Enterprises in Emerging Markets (Английский)
Blockchain is an emerging technology that offers the possibility of re-engineering economic models and enabling the creation of markets and products that were previously unavailable or unprofitable across...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы Номер отчета: 134063 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2019 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Miller,Douglas,Mockel,Peter,Myers,Gordon I.,Niforos,Marina,Ramachandran,Vijaya,Rehermann,Thomas,Salmon,John
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Ethiopia’s Potential as a Manufacturing Destination : Results From the Enterprise Surveys (Английский)
Industrial location responds to many factors, including geography, transport, logistics and ease of integration into global value chains, domestic market size and agglomeration potential, labor and management...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 140248 Дата подготовки документа: 1 апреля 2018 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Gelb,Alan Harold,MeyerChristian J.,Ramachandran,Vijaya,Wadhwa,Divyanshi
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Can blockchain technology address de-risking in emerging markets? (Английский)
Block chain, or distributed ledger technology, has the potential to address many problems in emerging markets. In this note the authors consider whether block chain can be used to mitigate the problem...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 115707 Дата подготовки документа: 24 мая 2017 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Ramachandran,Vijaya,Rehermann,Thomas
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Blockchain : opportunities for private enterprises in emerging market (Английский)
The six chapters that follow provide an overview of the technology (chapter one) and its unfolding applications in emerging markets (chapter two). Chapter three examines whether blockchain can be used...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы Номер отчета: 121278 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2017 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Niforos, Marina,Ramachandran,Vijaya,Rehermann,Thomas,Kpere-Daibo,Ofeoritse Ruth
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Stunted growth : why don't African firms create more jobs ? (Английский)
Many countries in Africa suffer high rates of underemployment or low rates of productive employment; many also anticipate large numbers of people to enter the workforce in the near future. This paper asks...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS6727 Дата подготовки документа: 1 декабря 2013 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Iacovone,Leonardo,Ramachandran,Vijaya,Schmidt,Martin
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What matters to African firms ? the relevance of perceptions data (Английский)
Can perceptions data help us understand investment climate constraints facing the private sector? Or do firms simply complain about everything? In this paper, the authors provide a picture of how firms'...
Типу документа: Рабочий документ в рамках исследования вопросов политики Номер отчета: WPS4446 Дата подготовки документа: 1 декабря 2007 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Gelb,Alan Harold,Ramachandran,Vijaya,Shah,Manju Kedia,Turner,Ginger Leigh
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Why do firms choose to be informal? Evidence from enterprise surveys in Africa (Английский)
This analysis looks at the determinants of firms' decisions to locate in the informal vs. formal sector. The authors test the hypothesis that firm decision-making regarding formality is based on a model...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы (нумерованная серия) Номер отчета: 41971 Дата подготовки документа: 1 сентября 2007 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Desai,Vyjayanti Tharmaratnam,Ingram,Michael,Ramachandran,Vijaya
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How does influence-peddling impact industrial competition? Evidence from enterprise surveys in Africa (Английский)
Prior research has emphasized that the high costs and risks arising from a poor investment climate-lack of clear property rights, macro-instability, the burden of regulation and taxation, poor infrastructure...
Типу документа: Оценка инвестиционного климата Номер отчета: 41972 Дата подготовки документа: 1 сентября 2007 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Ramachandran,Vijaya,Shah,Manju Kedia,Tata,Gaiv Maneck
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Challenges of African growth : opportunities, constraints, and strategic directions (Английский)
Poverty in Africa is largely the outcome of slow growth. With the region hosting 10 percent of the world's population but a staggering 30 percent of the world's poor, the challenges it faces are enormous...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 39989 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2007 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Chakraborti,Lopamudra,Lijane,Lebohang,Ndulu,Benno Joseph,Ramachandran,Vijaya,Wolgin,Jerome Morris
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South Africa - an assessment of the investment climate (Английский)
The objective of the South Africa Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is to evaluate the investment climate in South Africa in all its operational dimensions and to promote policies to strengthen the private...
Типу документа: Публикации Номер отчета: 39990 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2007 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Clarke, George R.G.,Habyarimana,James Paul,Ingram,Michael,Kaplan, David,Ramachandran,Vijaya
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Why are there so few black-owned firms in in Africa? Preliminary results from enterprise survey data (Английский)
Much of the growth in Sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade has come from extractive industries, rather than from private, entrepreneurial activity. Furthermore, non-extractive activity in the private...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы (нумерованная серия) Номер отчета: 41993 Дата подготовки документа: 1 января 2007 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Ramachandran,Vijaya,Shah,Manju Kedia
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Does the private sector care about AIDS? Evidence from investment climate surveys in East Africa (Английский)
This paper analyzes the determinants of firms' decision to provide HIV/AIDS prevention activities. Using data from 860 firms and 4,955 workers in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, it shows that larger firms...
Типу документа: Развитие частного сектора, приватизация и индустриальная политика Номер отчета: 37171 Дата подготовки документа: 1 июня 2006 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Ramachandran,Vijaya,Shah,Manju Kedia,Turner,Ginger Leigh
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South Africa: an assessment of the investment climate (Английский)
The objective of the South Africa Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) is to evaluate the investment climate in South Africa in all its operational dimensions and promote policies to strengthen the private...
Типу документа: Оценка инвестиционного климата Номер отчета: 34907 Дата подготовки документа: 1 мая 2006 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Clarke, George R.G.,Eifert, Benn,Habyarimana,James Paul,Ingram, Mike,Kapery, Washeelah,Kaplan, David,Schwartz,Matthew,Ramachandran,Vijaya
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Summary of Zambia investment climate assessment (Английский)
The Zambian Investment Climate Assessment (ICA) was conducted to support the Zambian economy as it diversifies away from dependence on volatile copper extraction and enhances the competitiveness of its...
Типу документа: Краткие сведения Номер отчета: 33675 Дата подготовки документа: 1 сентября 2005 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Chikosi,Constantine,Cotton,Linda,Habyarimana,James Paul,Leechor,Chad,Ramachandran,Vijaya
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Business environment and comparative advantage in Africa: Evidence from the Investment Climate Data (Английский)
This paper ties together the macroeconomic and microeconomic evidence on the competitiveness of African manufacturing sectors. The conceptual framework is based on the newer theories that see the evolution...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы Номер отчета: 33662 Дата подготовки документа: 1 февраля 2005 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Eifert, Benn,Gelb,Alan Harold,Ramachandran,Vijaya
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Enhancing the competitiveness of Kenya's manufacturing sector: the role of the investment climate (Английский)
The objectives of the ICA are to assess the current performance of formal manufacturing firms, to identify the key constraints on their growth and competitiveness, and to prioritize and assess policy priorities...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы (нумерованная серия) Номер отчета: 33664 Дата подготовки документа: 1 ноября 2004 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Blattman,Christopher,Cotton,Linda,Desai,Vyjayanti Tharmaratnam,Elbadawi,Ibrahim Ahmed,Habyarimana,James Paul,Marchat,Jean Michel Noel,Ramachandran,Vijaya,Shah,Manju Kedia,Ajayi, Kehnide,Kimuyu,Peter K.,Ngugi,Rose,Bigsten,Arne L,Soderbom,Mans Martin
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Competitiveness and private sector development in Africa: cross country evidence from the World Bank's investment climate data,Competitiveness and private sector development in Africa: cross country evidence from the World Bank's investment climate data (Английский)
Investment Climate Survey data are now available for several member countries of the World Bank, including eight in Sub-Saharan Africa. These reports and the surveys that underpin them have generated very...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы Номер отчета: 33665 Дата подготовки документа: 1 октября 2004 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Eifert, Benn,Ramachandran,Vijaya
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Competitiveness and private sector development in Africa: cross country evidence from the World Bank's investment climate data : Competitivite et developpement du secteur prive en Afrique: une analyse comparative des donnees sur le climat des investissements de la Banque Mondiale (Французский)
Investment Climate Survey data are now available for several member countries of the World Bank, including eight in Sub-Saharan Africa. These reports and the surveys that underpin them have generated very...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы Номер отчета: 33665 Дата подготовки документа: 1 октября 2004 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Eifert, Benn,Ramachandran,Vijaya
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Competing in the global economy: an investment climate assessment for Uganda (Английский)
Uganda's economic growth since the late 1980s has resulted largely from restoring and rehabilitating the country's productive capacity. Going forward, growth will need to come increasingly from new investments...
Типу документа: Оценка инвестиционного климата Номер отчета: 33698 Дата подготовки документа: 1 августа 2004 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Cotton,Linda,Habyarimana,James Paul,Leechor,Chad,Marchat,Jean Michel Noel,Paton,John,Ramachandran,Vijaya,Shah,Manju Kedia,Wong,Michael D.
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Mozambique industrial performance and investment climate 2003 (Английский)
For Mozambique to achieve its ambitious poverty reduction goals, it must maintain an annual growth rate of 8 percent over the next seven years. While this is within the range of recent performance, sustaining...
Типу документа: Рабочие документы Номер отчета: 33695 Дата подготовки документа: 1 августа 2003 года Тип раскрытия информации: Disclosed Автор: Harding, Alan,Leechor,Chad,Nasir,John L.,Ramachandran,Vijaya,Shah,Manju Kedia,Srivastava,Pradeep,Wagle,Dileep M.,De Barros,Gilberto