This report focuses on the goal of
accelerating Pakistan's economic growth, and on the
related challenge of strengthening export competitiveness.
It emphasizes that...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 35499Date: April 25, 2006
Tax systems influence the volume and
location of firms' investments. Tax policy instruments
are widely used by developing and industrial countries alike
to stimulate...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 35934Date: April 19, 2006
This study focuses on the labor market
in Turkey; forces outside the labor market also affect job
creation. Thus an effective job creation strategy will
require a multi-pronged...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 33254Date: April 14, 2006
Despite being considered one of
India's lagging states, Rajasthan made impressive
progress during the 1980s and 1990s. The economy diversified
significantly, and the...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 32585Date: January 25, 2006
This report carries out a detailed
evaluation of the 2002 labor reform in Colombia, and in
doing so, it also assesses the performance of the Colombian
urban labor market...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 32068Date: November 1, 2005
This report carries out a detailed
evaluation of the 2002 labor reform in Colombia, and in
doing so, it also assesses the performance of the Colombian
urban labor market...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 32068Date: November 1, 2005
The edtion of the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA) economic developments and prospects
reportsanalyzes the region's short-term growth
prospects given global forecasts...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 32994Date: April 1, 2005Author:
De Kleine Feige,Annette I. ;
Dyer,Paul D. ;
Keller,Jennifer L. ;
Riordan,Elliot Joseph ;
Streifel,Shane S.
The report aims analyze the development
strategy of the government of Punjab. The report begins by
examining the main elements of its economic strategy. This
strategy...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 29373Date: March 31, 2005
This report addresses a range of themes
related to trade and competitiveness in the Dominican
Republic. The analysis examines past trade performance and
the many factors...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 30542Date: March 28, 2005
The World Bank's June 23 report,
"Disengagement, the Palestinian Economy and the
Settlements," warns of the potential disintegration of
the Palestinian economy under...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 32972Date: December 1, 2004
Poland along with seven other Central
European and Baltic countries, joined the European Union
(EU) on May 1, 2004. This was a historical event, marking
the country's...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 30466Date: November 8, 2004
This is the first Economic Report on
Afghanistan by the World Bank in a quarter-century. It is
intended to contribute to a better understanding of the core
challenges...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 29551Date: September 9, 2004
This report represents a snapshot of a
dialogue between the State of Piaui and the World Bank and
focuses on the strategies and actions the State Government
may wish...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 24484Date: July 31, 2003
This report represents an effort to
identify policy options for long-run growth and poverty
reduction that are compatible with the high degree of
macroeconomic volatility...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 26215Date: June 30, 2003
This report represents an effort to
identify policy options for long-run growth and poverty
reduction that are compatible with the high degree of
macroeconomic volatility...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 26215Date: June 30, 2003
Regulatory reform in all its
aspects--deregulation, re-regulation, simplification, and
building new institutional capacities for developing and
applying high quality...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 25783Date: June 25, 2003
Regulatory reform in all its
aspects--deregulation, re-regulation, simplification, and
building new institutional capacities for developing and
applying high quality...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 25783Date: May 13, 2003
Fiscal management and broader
macroeconomic policy is complicated when government
financing is highly dependent on natural resource revenues
and therefore susceptible...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 25710Date: April 1, 2003
The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
(MBRS) is one of the most significant ecosystems in the
tropical western Atlantic extending more than 1000 km along
Mexico, Belize,...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 60016Date: January 1, 1998
For the last 30 years, industry has been
the leading sector of Yugoslavia's economy. Across the
country industry is also quite diversified, though four
major subsectors...
Type: General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth StudyReport#: 9754Date: June 26, 1991
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