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    Does democracy facilitate the economic transition? An empirical study of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
    The paper analyzes empirically whether political freedom and civil liberties help or hinder economic liberalization, using panel data from 25 postcommunist countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union between 1992 and 1997. They identify the channels through which political freedom affects economic liberalization during the transition.
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    Roads and realities: how to promote road contracting in developing countries

    Water Engineering and Development Centre, 2000
    Book available in full-text contains ideas, methods and techniques for the provision of local road networks. It is aimed at policy-makers, construction professionals and students involved in the practical side of the sector and development specialists in and outside the sector.
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    Zimbabwe election scenario: tough test for observers

    Southern African Research and Documentation Centre, 2000
    Zimbabwe's fifth parliamentary elections present more than a tough challenge for observer groups from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) who must reconcile the disquiet over the selective accreditation of international monitors, an electoral process marred by violence and intimidation, and the impact of all this on transparency and the voter's freedom to pick a party of choice.Th
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    Agricultural policy in Africa after adjustment

    Danish Institute for International Studies, 2000
    This study looks at agricultural policy in Africa since structural adjustment, with the aim of drawing conclusions about policies for the post-adjustment era.The study suggests that while some of the changes brought about under agricultural structural adjustment go too far, in many other respects they do not go far enough.
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    Bureaucratic structure and performance

    United Nations University, 2000
    This report presents the first findings of a United Nations University project with the objectives to:undertake the first systematic data collection on bureaucratic structure and performance in Africa, with data collected from in 20 countriesexpand the existing global dataset; and, empirically assess which incentives and organizational structures of bureaucracies affect bureaucrat
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    Anti-corruption policies and programs: a framework for evaluation

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
    This article focuses on anti-corruption policies and programs and attempts to explore frameworks for evaluation in this domain.In a largely corruption-free environment, anti-corruption agencies, ethics offices, and ombudsmen strengthen the standards of accountability.
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    State-Community synergies in development: laying the basis for collective action

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
    This article suggests that higher levels of the state can catalyze the development effectiveness of local administrations and communities, forming alliances with them and improving development outcomes while also gaining legitimacy and popular support.
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    Institutions, politics, and contracts: the attempt to privatize the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
    This article deals with various issues surrounding the privatization of the the Water and Sanitation Utility of Lima, Peru. Lima's water system was in near-crisis, but this was not enough to bring about radical change. Partial reforms to reduce many of the city's worst problems were carried out under public management.
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    Estimating the effects of corruption: implications for Bangladesh

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
    This article attempts to explore the effects of corruption in Bangladesh. The article begins with a brief statement concerning the link between corruption and economic growth.
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    Investigating corruption

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
    The article begins by commenting that the World Bank agency has little to say theoretically about the control of bureaucratic corruption, perhaps the greatest agency problem that exists.

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