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    A public goods approach to regulation of utilities

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001
    A process for achieving a fair process of utilities regulation needs to take into consideration the interest of consumers as well as those of the investors and the government. This paper conceptualises the problem of regulation as a problem of provision of a pure public good.
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    Determinants and policies to foster the competitiveness of SME clusters: evidence from Latin America

    Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2001
    This paper attempts to identify key determinants of competitiveness in SME clusters, with special reference to Latin America.
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    Distributive impact of privitization and the regulation of utilities in Chile

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001
    This paper provides an idea of the effect of privatisation on efficiency and attempts to understand whether those who oppose further privatisation can justify their position on the grounds that privatisation negatively impacts on the poor.Conclusionsregulatory problems in Chile did not offset the gains achieved through cost reductions and efficiency.
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    AIDS, economic growth and the HIPC initiative in Honduras

    WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001
    This paper explores how the AIDS epidemic is effecting Honduras's macroeconomic health.
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    Debt relief: still failing the poor

    WIDER Development Conference on Debt Relief, 2001
    Paper argues that many developing countries will still be spending more on debt than on basic education or health after receiving HIPC debt relief. It further states that the World Bank has used wildly optimistic growth projections for the 22 HIPC countries.
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    Are greener national accounts better?

    Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2001
    This article asks whether greener national accounting measures provide better indicators of long-run economic possibilities.
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    Household size and composition in the developing world

    Population Council, USA, 2001
    This study uses data from recent household surveys in 43 developing countries to describe the main dimensions of household size and composition in the developing world.The study finds that:average household size varies only modestly among regions, ranging from 5.6 in the Near East/North Africa to 4.8 in Latin Americahousehold size is found to be positively associated with the level
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    Living arrangements of older adults in the developing world: an analysis of DHS household surveys

    Population Council, USA, 2001
    Using data from Demographic and Health Surveys, this study examines living arrangements of older adults in 43 developing countries and compares patterns by gender, world regions, and macro-level measures of socioeconomic development.The article concludes that:average household sizes are large, but a substantially higher proportion of elderly adults live alone than do individuals in othe
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    HIPC: flogging a dead process

    Jubilee Research, 2001
    This article reviews and criticises the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative.The article shows that:all 23 HIPCs will very soon have unsustainable levels of debt again, if realistic projections for economic growth and commodity prices are used, instead of the World Bank/IMF’s over-optimistic economic growth and inflated commodity price projectionsonly 3 countries, Ugand
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    Global integration and growth in Honduras and Nicaragua

    World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001
    Paper discusses the experience with opening up to the global economy of Honduras and Nicaragua. Neither country has yet succeeded in launching rapid, export-oriented growth.Some of the reasons are weak linkages between the export sector and the rest of the economy are ambiguous signals to private sector producers emanating from economic policy, and low levels of labour productivity.

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