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    The use of subsidies by Development Finance Institutions in the infrastructure sector

    Overseas Development Institute, 2007
    Development finance institutions (DFIs) help the private sector to overcome risks posed by projects with large sunk costs. This paper explores the nature and extent of DFI subsidisation to private sector infrastructure in developing countries.
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    Banking for development: private banks and aid donors in developing countries

    OECD Development Centre, 2007
    Over the past decade, aid donors have shown interest for the private financial sector while, at the same time, private banks have shown increasing concern for corporate social responsibility. Private banks are actively involved in developing countries where they generate employment and introduce best practices.
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    Supermarkets and the poor in Vietnam

    Making markets work better for the poor, 2006
    The number of supermarkets in Vietnam is increasing due to government incentives, increased urbanisation and growing purchasing power. However, for price and access reasons, street vending remains the dominant retail mode. Poor consumers also often reject shopping at supermarkets because of freshness concerns. For many, supermarkets serve as pure entertainment.
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    Determinants of the capital structure of Ghanaian firms

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2008
    This study compares the capital structures of publicly quoted firms, large unquoted firms, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana. It finds that:
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    Supporting small forest enterprises: a cross sectoral review of best practice

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
    This paper discusses the challenges small and medium forest enterprises (SMFEs) face in various economies, and reviews the growing consensus on best practice support structures.
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    Privatization and enterprise performance in Nigeria: case study of some privatized enterprises

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2008
    This study examinesthe post-privatisation performance of some formerly state-owned enterprises in Nigeria. Comparing data from five years before and five years after privatisation, the study finds significant increases in the following indicators:
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    Global economic prospects 2008: technology diffusion in the developing world

    International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minsk, 2008
    In the aftermath of 2007's credit turmoil, the global economy faces several serious downside risks:
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    No additionality, new conditionality: a critique of the World Bank’s proposed climate investment funds

    Third World Network, 2008
    The World Bank is planning to establish a portfolio of climate investment funds (CIFs) to provide financing for climate-related activities. The stated objective of the funds is to provide concessional finance for policy reforms and investments that achieve development goals through a transition to a low carbon development path and climate resilient economy.
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    Economic and social survey of Asia and the Pacific 2008

    United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
    Examines the region’s key short and medium term prospects and challenges in macroeconomic and selected social areas and studies long-term development issues for the developing countries in the region.
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    The private sector in the Arab world – road map towards reform

    The Arab Reform Initiative, 2007
    This paper explores the role of the private sector and the conditions of the birth of a national bourgeoisie in the Arab world. Traditionally, the oil-exporting rentier states of the Middle East do not depend on taxation and the private sector is often only an extension of the state on which it depends for contracts, import licenses and the like.

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