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  Agricultural statistics for China, 1949-1990

  China Dimensions, 1999
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  World Bank and poverty reduction in China (China Briefing)

  China Development Brief, 1999
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  Maps of distribution of indigenous people in rainforests of Philippines, Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Moluccan Islands (FTRP / AFPT)

  Future of Tropical Rainforest Peoples, 1999
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  Maps of distribution of indigenous population in rainforests of Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra (FTRP / APFT)

  Future of Tropical Rainforest Peoples, 1999
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  Informal regulation of industrial pollution in developing countries : evidence from Indonesia

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  The pollution intensity of emissions is much higher for plants located in poorer, less educated communities than in richer, better educated ones. This difference appears to be too large to reflect preferences alone.
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  Policy - based finance, financial regulation, and financial sector development in Japan

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  Is Japan a good model for developing countries? Certainly macroeconomic stability, good information systems, effective monitoring, and financial discipline are essential for smooth functioning, efficient financial systems.
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  Energy price increases in developing countries : case studies of Malaysia,Indonesia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Colombia and Turkey

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  Six case studies show that raising energy prices to eliminate subsidies does not harm the poor, growth, inflation, or industrial competitiveness. And public revenues improve.When domestic energy prices in developing countries fall below opportunity costs, price increases are recommended to conserve fiscal revenue and to ensure efficient use of resources.
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  The 1985 - 94 global real estate cycle : its causes and consequences

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  The rapid emergence of a global financial system in the late 1980s was signaled in the real estate sector of most OECD countries and some middle income NIE countries by unusually strong booms followed by exceptionally sharp, protracted real estate busts. Can we draw any lessons by probing the unappealing trilogy of "bad luck, bad policy, and bad banking that has affected the sector?
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  The Emerging Legal Framework for Private Sector Development in Viet Nam's Transitional Economy

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999

  Private (especially foreign) investors find Viet Nam's legal framework the most serious impediment to investment. Policy changes to reverse the former command system may be enough to initiate the transition.
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  Indonesia : labor market policies and international competitiveness

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  Indonesia's labor market in the 1990s is characterized by rising labor costs, reduced worker productivity, and increasing industrial unrest. The main problem is generous, centrally mandated, but unenforceable worker benefits.

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