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  Institutions and private sector development in Vietnam

  The East Asian Bureau of Economic Research, 2007

  Vietnam's macroeconomic success has largely been driven by the expansion of the private sector and thus by the micro level. Microeconomic foundations of strong macroeconomic performance included formal recognition of private property rights, the right of doing business and competition laws.
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  The resource curse: which institutions matter?

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007

  Countries rich in natural resources on average grow more slowly than countries without such
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  The precarious state of public finance

  Global Policy Forum, 2007

  As part of the ongoing debate over sustainable development financing, this paper identifies and examines the obstacles to effective mobilisation of domestic revenues in Southern countries.
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  Does good government draw foreign capital? explaining China' s exceptional foreign direct investment inflow

  World Bank, 2007

  This paper explores the linkages between good governance and foriegn direct investment (FDI) in China, which is now the world 's largest destination of FDI, despite its institutional deficiencies. The analysis compares the quality of China’s institutions with other developing countries.
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  Gulf Research Centre (GRC)

  The Gulf Research Center (GRC) is an independent research institute located in Dubai , United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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  Privatising basic utilities in Africa: a rejoinder

  International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007

  This paper offers a critical analysis of Bayliss and McKinley’s 2007 IPC Policy Research Brief on “Privatising Basic Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: the MDG Consequences”.The author agrees with their statement that African governments were pushed into accepting private participation in basic infrastructure by international financial institutions and donors.
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  Why are there so few black-owned firms in Africa? preliminary results from enterprise survey data

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2007

  Much of the growth in Sub-Saharan Africa in the past decade has come from extractive industries, rather than from private, entrepreneurial activity.
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  The handshake: why do governments and firms sign private sector participation deals? Evidence from the water and sanitation sector in developing countries

  World Bank, 2006

  This paper uses a new dataset, "WATSAN," of private sector participation (PSP) projects for water and sanitation in developing countries to examine the determinants of the number of projects signed for each country between 1990 and 2004.
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  Privatisation of water: public-private partnerships: do they deliver to the poor?

  Development Fund, Norway, 2006

  This document discusses three main themes: how privatisation has been promoted by international financial institutions and other donors as a strategy for financing water services; the effects on the poor of different kinds of privatisation of water services in developing countries; and policy recommendations for the provision of water to the poor.The report shows that the World Bank acknowledge
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  The privatization of social services in Chile: an evaluation

  Global Development Network, 2003

  The privatization of social services in Chile began in 1981. This reform of social services created a system where there is competition between private providers, although the State kept a regulatory and supervisory role.

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