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    Russian unemployment : its magnitude, characteristics and regional dimensions

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    The contraction in net employment has been smaller in Russia than in Eastern Europe, but Russian unemployment has been increasing and will probably increase further.Registered unemployment in Russia is now 2 percent; surveys indicate a true rate of between 5 and 6 percent.
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    Efficiency in Bulgaria's schools : a non-parametric study

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    More efficient use of school classrooms in Bulgaria's sparsely populated rural areas could free up funds to spend on other educational essentials.In Eastern European countries in large social sectors such as education, inefficiency and technical deficiencies are the legacy of the old command economy.Bogetic and Chattophadyay examine the technical efficiency of classroom use (defined as the n
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    Rural nonfarm employment : a survey

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    Although governments in some countries are implementing projects to support small scale and rural enterprises, more commonly the rural non farm sector operates in a policy environment that is biased against it.
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    Stock market development and financial intermediaries : stylized facts

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    The three most developed stock markets are in Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and the most underdeveloped markets are in Colombia, Nigeria, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe.
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    Stock market development and firm financing choices

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    Are banks and stock markets complements or substitutes?
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    Environmental regulation and development : a cross - country empirical analysis

    New Ideas in Pollution Regulation, World Bank, 1995
    Paper develops comparative indices of environmental policy and performance for thirty-one countries, using a quantified analysis of reports prepared for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED).
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    Environmental inspections and emissions of the pulp and paper industry : the case of Quebec

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    Both inspections and the threat of inspections reduce pollution emissions. Moreover, inspections induce plants to report their emissions levels more frequently to regulators.Since the early 1970s, industrial countries have enacted (or amended) many environmental laws and regulations to control and improve air and water quality.
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    Trade reform design as a signal to foreign investors : lessons for economies in transition

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    The design of trade policy reform can encourage or discourage foreign direct investment by revealing the government's commitment to protect the interests of foreign investors. The optimal policy is analyzed under four scenarios.
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    Educational attainment in developing countries : new estimates and projections disaggregated by gender

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    Expectations are that educational attainment will grow most in the Middle East and North Africa and least in Sub Saharan Africa. It should improve greatly in South Asia, where the level of attainment is lowest. The gender gap in education may have risen in the past decade.
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    Estimating the world at work

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995
    What is the work status of the world's working age population?

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