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An Analysis of the Chinese Industrial Reforms
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Evidence from China
May 1998 On average, performance contracts do not improve productivity in China's state enterprises and may even reduce it. But when they contain all ...
Using a large panel dataset of Chinese industrial firms, the authors examine the determinants of access to loans from formal financial intermediaries ...
Firm-level Evidence from China
The importance of a country's "investment climate" for economic growth has recently received much attention. Hallward-Driemeier, Wallsten, and Xu addr...
Test of Alternative Theories
Although theoretical models make distinct predictions about the relationship between financial sector development and income inequality, little empiri...
Evidence from Chinese Villages
While the literature on consumption insurance is growing fast, little research has been conducted on how rural consumption insurance is affected by de...
The Attempt to Privatize the Water and Sanitation Utility of Lima, Peru
That Lima's water system was in near-crisis was not enough to bring about radical change. Partial reforms to reduce many of the city's worst problems ...
Learning from World Bank Experience
How to make firm-level surveys more consistent, yielding data more relevant to policy analysis....
Volume 28, Number 1, 2011
The Asian Development Review is a professional journal for disseminating the results of economic and development research carried out by staff and res...
Reform aimed at decentralizing ownership and control rights seems to work when it creates incentives for managers and employees to learn and to work h...
In moving toward a more m ......
Learning from the World Bank Experience on Firm Surveys
Rigorous data-collection is important for accurate policy analysis. The paucity of data in developing and transition economies makes policy analysis i...
How Characteristics of Bribe Takers and Payers Affect Bribe Payments to Utilities
How to make firm-level su ......
China is now the world's largest destination of foreign direct investment (FDI), despite assessments highlighting its institutional deficiencies. But ...