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  The dynamics of poverty : why some people escape from poverty and others don't : an African case study

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  In urban areas of Cote d'Ivoire, human capital is the endowment that best explains welfare changes over time. In rural areas, physical capital especially the amount of land and farm equipment owned matters most.Empirical investigations of poverty in developing countries tend to focus on the incidence of poverty at a particular point in time.
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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 price rigidities : recent sectoral evidence from Argentina

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  Monetary and exchange rate policies have different effects on relative prices among economic sectors --- and thus significantly influence the real side of the economy.The hypothesis that the price adjustment to nominal shocks is instantaneous has been part of the monetarist approach explaining the inflationary process in Argentina.But Morisset and Revoredo argue that monetary and exchange ra
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  Testing the induced innovation hypothesis in South African agriculture : an error correction approach

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1995

  Apparently factor prices do matter in agricultural production and in the selection of production technology. And in South Africa, more attention should be focused on the technological needs of small scale farmers.
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  Price support at any price : costs and benefits of alternative agricultural policies for Poland

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996

  Poland's agriculture sector can defend its income only by becoming more efficient --- by relying less on price supports and reducing farm employment, among other things.Orlowski argues that Poland must choose an agricultural policy that promotes efficiency, structural change, and adjustment to the new market environment and eventual membership in the European Union.
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  Indonesia's cocoa boom : hands - off policy encourages smallholder dynamism

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996

  Indonesia's cocoa output, produced mainly by smallholders on the island of Sulawesi, increased a phenomenal 26 percent a year (average, compounded) between 1980 and 1994.
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  Different strategies of transition to a market economy : how do they work in practice?

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1996

  The government's ability to act fast and with determination is more important to radical economic reform than technical perfection in designing new policy instruments. Political consent to reform measures lasts a short time, so it should be used in full.
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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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