Documents & Reports
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Globalization and innovation in emerging markets (English)
Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging markets to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using data on firms in 27 transition economies, the authors test...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4808 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Author: Gorodnichenko, Yuriy,Svejnar,Jan,Terrell,Katherine D.
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Minimum wages in developing countries : helping or hurting workers? (English)
This policy note reviews the literature on the effects of minimum wages on labor markets in developing countries. The authors begin by elucidating the challenges to ascertaining these effects, especially...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 47071 Document Date: December 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Terrell,Katherine D.,Almeida,Rita Kullberg
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Does gender matter for firm performance ? evidence from Eastern Europe and Central Asia (English)
Using 2005 firm level data for 26 countries in Eastern and Central Europe, this paper estimates performance gaps between male and female-owned businesses, while controlling for location by industry and...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS4705 Document Date: September 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sabarwal,Shwetlena,Terrell,Katherine D.
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Beyond transition 16 (3) (Russian)
In this issue: The Role of Institutions and Efficiency in Ukraine. Democracy Promotion in Ukraine: the Role of the EU. The Ukrainian Labor Market in Transition. Donetsk: A Powerful Business Empire. Economic...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 35667 Document Date: July 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Akimova, Irina,Aslund,Anders,Austin, D. Andrew,Brown, David,Duenwald, Christoph,Earle,John Sutherland,Fidrmuc, Jan,Gerxhani, Klarita,Gueorguiev,Nikolay,Kosyaeva, Tatyana,Lehmann,Hartmut,Ono, Jody Lanfrey,Schaechter, Andrea,Solonenko, Iryna,Terrell,Katherine D.,Tiffin, Andrew,Wilcox, Nathaniel,Zelenyuk, Valentin,Zimmer, Kerstin
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Beyond transition 16 (3) (English)
In this issue: The Role of Institutions and Efficiency in Ukraine. Democracy Promotion in Ukraine: the Role of the EU. The Ukrainian Labor Market in Transition. Donetsk: A Powerful Business Empire. Economic...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 35667 Document Date: July 1, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Akimova, Irina,Aslund,Anders,Austin, D. Andrew,Brown, David,Duenwald, Christoph,Earle,John Sutherland,Fidrmuc, Jan,Gerxhani, Klarita,Gueorguiev,Nikolay,Kosyaeva, Tatyana,Lehmann,Hartmut,Ono, Jody Lanfrey,Schaechter, Andrea,Solonenko, Iryna,Terrell,Katherine D.,Tiffin, Andrew,Wilcox, Nathaniel,Zelenyuk, Valentin,Zimmer, Kerstin