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  Formal farmers organisations in the agricultural technology system: current roles and future challenges (ODI)

  Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1996

  Farmers organisations (FOs) need to be relatively sophisticated and well-funded to become involved in agricultural technology development and transfer. This is because of the complexity of understanding members technological needs and of building productive partnerships with other technology suppliers.
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  Situation and prospects for forest conservation and development: FAO State of the World's Forests 1997: Part 1

  State of the World's Forests, FAO, 1999
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  Growth, employment and redistribution: a macroeconomic strategy (South African Government policy document)

  African National Congress, 1999

  A strategy for rebuilding and restructuring the economy is set out in this document, in keeping with the goals set in the Reconstruction and Development Programme.
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  Industry structure and regulation

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  With increasing private provision of public infrastructure and redefinition of the role of government, a key question must be addressed: How should providers of infrastructure be regulated?
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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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  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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  Before main banks : a selective historical overview of Japan's prewar financial system

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  Among lessons learned from Japan's pre-war financial system: Business conglomerates that did not remain dependent on government patronage were more successful than others in making the transition to a modern industrial economy.
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  Developing commercial law in transition economies : examples from Hungary and Russia

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  Three things are essential to implement decentralized legal frameworks in any setting: reasonable laws, adequate institutions, and market oriented incentives. The problem in transition economies is that all three must to a large extent be built from scratch.
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  Have transport costs contributed to the relative decline of African exports? : some preliminary empirical evidence

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  Sub Saharan African countries often attribute their poor export performance to foreign trade barriers, despite lack of evidence to support that view.
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  In search of owners: lessons of experience with privatization and corporate governance in transition economies

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996

  Although each approach to privatization has its advantages, well designed voucher privatization may best meet the objectives of feasibility, governance, fairness, and institution building.Gray reviews the goals of privatization and evaluates various methods used to achieve them in different transition settings.

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