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  Banking sector liberalization and the impact of foreign banks: the case of Russia

  Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research, Poland, 2004

  What is the impact of the presence of foreign-controlled banks on the Russian economy and banking system?The Russian experience has produced mixed evidence with regard to presumed advantages of the entry of foreign banks into an emerging market.The author finds that foreign-controlled banks: have increased the degree of financial intermediation have reallocated savings from forei
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  Private sector participation in health

  HLSP Institute, UK, 2004

  This document, from HLSP, examines a range of approaches to strengthening public-private sector partnerships in order to scale up affordable and quality-assured health services. The document summarises and assesses the evidence base for the impact of private sector interventions on the health of the poor and on the wider health systems.
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  Does privatization raise productivity? Evidence from comprehensive panel data on manufacturing firms in Hungary, Romania, Russia and Ukraine

  Institute of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2004

  Does privatisation affect firm productivity?The paper analyzes the productivity effects of privatisation using panel data on manufacturing firms in four transition economies.The authors found that privatisation:has a substantial positive effect on productivity in Romania, a smaller positive effect in Hungary, and a much lower, but still positive effect in Ukraine has a small nega
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  Effectiveness of private-sector extension in India and lessons for the new extension policy agenda

  Agricultural Research and Extension Network, 2005

  Mahindra Subhlabh Services Limited (MSSL) has initiated one-stop farm solutions centres called Mahindra Krishi Vihar in selected districts of India. This paper explores the performance of one such centre set up by a private entrepreneur under a franchise agreement with MSSL and finds that participant farmers could increase their crop yields and income.
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  Toilet wars: urban sanitation services and the politics of public-private partnerships in Ghana

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003

  This paper examines the impact of the new forms of partnership between the public authorities and private/citizen-based organisations on urban environmental sanitation in the two largest cities of Ghana, namely, Accra and Kumasi.
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  Unlocking public entrepreneurship and public economies

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2005

  This paper explores and expands on the hypothesis that unlocking human potential requires a rich network of institutional arrangements in both private and public spheres. Opening the private sphere to entrepreneurship and complex market organisation is well understood as a key to increasing the level and quality of private goods available to consumers.
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  Learning from the private sector: lessons for public health policy from South Africa

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  The market for primary health care in South Africa represents a growing opportunity for private providers targeting lower income employed workers, who often prefer not to use the public sector. A new model of service provision is emerging in the form of private companies providing fixed price primary care services in urban areas.
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  Reforming the delivery of public services: who decides?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  Several developing countries have recently initiated reforms to improve the ways in which public services such as health or water are delivered. These present a much harder task than the economic stabilisation reforms of the 1980s and 1990s. Unclear goals and uncertain benefits make their implementation difficult.
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  Approaches to results-based funding in tertiary education: identifying finance reform options for Chile

  Documents and Reports, 2004

  This paper profiles international experiences and discusses strengths and weaknesses in approaches to results-based funding of tertiary education in order to identify finance reform options for Chile.The paper is divided into the following sections: describes the Chilean public financing system of tertiary education; discusses the need for establishing data collection structures and identifies
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  Equity, privatization and cost recovery in urban health care: the case of Lao PDR

  Health Policy and Planning, 2002

  This article, published in Health Policy and Planning, reports on a study that assessed the impact of privatisation and cost recovery on health care equity in the Lao PDR. The study compared two urban neighbourhoods of different socioeconomic status, using in-depth interviews and focus group discussions to assess perceptions and utilisation of health care services.

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