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Privatization, public investment, and capital income taxation
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997Huizinga and Nielsen investigate the optimal boundary between the public and private production sectors. They use a model in which government and private production coexist in which a range of production activities can be carried out by either the government or the private sector.In effect, the government determines which activities to maintain within the public sector and which to privatize.DocumentSafe and sound banking in developing countries : we're not in Kansas anymore
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997Making banking safe and sound in developing countries requires (1) paying more attention to factors that restrict banks' ability and willingness to diversify risk and (2) giving three key groups owners (and managers), the market, and supervisors more incentive and ability to monitor banks and ensure their prudent corporate governance.Drawing on earlier work, Caprio reviews some of the salientDocumentInstitutional Obstacles to Doing Business: Region by Region Results from a Worldwide Survey of the Private Sector
Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999More than 3,600 entrepreneurs world-wide respond to a survey about problems with uncertainty in dealings with the state.Case studies and anecdotal evidence have suggested that uncertainty about policies, laws, and regulations has hampered development of the private sector in many developing countries.DocumentWhat Role for the Private Sector?: A Pragmatic Approach to EU ACP Relations
European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1999DocumentSupport of Private Sector Development
Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1999The "DAC PSD Orientations" consitute a significant step forward in forstering more coherent and effective international co-operation to help developing countries enjoy the benefits of more open and dynamic market-based economies. They address the fundamentals of privatisation, financial sector reform and enterprise development.DocumentBanking crises in Latin America in the 1990s : lessons from Argentina, Paraguay, and Venezuela
International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997This paper reviews three banking crises that took place in Latin America in the 1990s.those of Argentina, Paraguay, and Venezuela.and draws lessons about the factors affecting the macroeconomic impact. The causes of such crises influence their macroeconomic effect.DocumentAuthorities' roles and organizational issues in systemic bank restructuring
International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997DocumentThe determinants of banking crises : evidence from developing and developed countries
International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997In the 1980s and early 1990s several countries experienced severe banking crises. This study attempts to identify which features of the economic environment tend to breed banking sector problems by econometrically estimating the probability of a systemic crisis using a multivariate logit model.