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  Ghana's Labor Market (1987-92)

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999

  The rate of return to education in Ghana increases with higher education and work experience. The return for each additional year of schooling ranges from 4 to 6 percent, quite high for a Sub-Saharan African country.
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  What Drives Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from Satellite and Socioeconomic Data

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999

  Road network expansion is strongly associated with increased deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Pfaff analyzes the determinants of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
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  Improving India's Saving Performance

  International Monetary Fund Working Papers, 1997

  The double task of poverty alleviation and maintaining pace with fast-growing neighbor countries in Asia has prompted the Indian government to announce the target of achieving 7 percent annual growth or more over the next 10 years. Against this background, this paper discusses recent trends in Indian saving behavior and reviews policy options to increase domestic saving.
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  Capacity Development: How can Donors do it Better?

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1999
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  Personal and Institutional Factors in Capacity Building and Institutional Development

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1997

  The central focus of this paper is an analysis of the concepts of capacity and capacity building and their role in public service management. The civil service plays a central role not only in economic development, but also in the development process as a whole. The focus therefore will be on what constitutes capacity? How is capacity developed or built?
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  International Experience with Institutional Development and administrative Reform: Some Pointers for Success

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1999

  Whatever their stage of development, all countries need to enhance institutional capacity so that they can keep up with advances in this age where the rate of change is greater than at any previous time in history. All lay stress on the central importance of management capacity within the public service.
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  The International Contestability of Markets -- Economic perspectives: Issues Paper

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999

  For a number of years analytical work and discussions have taken place in the Trade Committee and in various other fora on the “new” dimensions of market access arising in world of deepening economic integration.
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  Support of Private Sector Development

  Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1999

  The "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.
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  Integrating Developing Countries in a Globalising World Economy: Key Points Emerging from the DAC Informal Expert Meeting on Capacity Development for Trade (11 March 1997)

  Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 1999
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  Evaluation of Finnish Personnel as Volunteers in Development Cooperation

  Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department for International Development Cooperation / FINNIDA, 1999

  The aim of this evaluation is to determine the relevance of the Finnish Volunteer Programme through examination of its three main objectives namely, developmental contribution, bridge-building and internationalisation. In respect of each objective, the analysis has been carried out to reflect the results of the programme and the functioning of the organisation.

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