Documentos e Relatórios
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The Impact of Language of Instruction in Schools on Student Achievement: Evidence from Malaysia Using the Synthetic Control Method (Inglês)
This paper employs the synthetic control method to examine the impact of using a non-native language as the medium of instruction in schools on a student’s learning. Exploiting an unanticipated policy...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS9517 Data do documento: 20 de janeiro de 2021 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Soh,Yew Chong,Del Carpio,Ximena Vanessa,Wang,Liang Choon
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Does Corruption Hurt Employment Growth of Financially Constrained Firms More ? (Inglês)
Payments of bribes and the expenses incurred on rent-seeking activities impose a significant financial burden on private firms, which is compounded when they do not have enough funds of their own or find...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS9286 Data do documento: 22 de junho de 2020 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Amin,Mohammad,Soh,Yew Chong
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Development Digest : Navigating the New Normal (Inglês)
Malaysia is no stranger to external shocks affecting its macroeconomy. Over the past two decades, it was buffeted by the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis (AFC), the 2001 global slowdown after 9/11, and the...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de Trabalho No. do relatório: 148238 Data do documento: 1 de abril de 2020 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Schmillen,Achim Daniel,Abdul Aziz,Ahmad Hafiz Bin,Maluda,Alyssia Thien Nga,Abdur Rahman,Amanina Binti,Myers,Bernard,David,Clarissa Crisostomo,Mendez Ramos,Fabian,Abraham,Facundo,Raad,Firas,Tessada,Jose,Foong,Joshua Chee Yan,Simler,Kenneth,Chuah,Lay Lian,Bandaogo,Mahama Abdel Samir Sidbewende,Dorfman,Mark Charles,Lee,Min Hui,Osman,Mohamed Rozani Bin Mohamed,Amin,Mohammad,Loayza,Norman V.,Record,Richard James Lowden,Schmukler,Sergio L.,Kuriakose,Smita,Yi,Soonhwa,Eknath,Varun,Kwakwa,Victoria,Loh,Wei San,Soh,Yew Chong,Binti Ali Ahmad,Zainab
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Does Greater Regulatory Burden Lead to More Corruption ? Evidence Using Firm-Level Survey Data for Developing Countries (Inglês)
Regulation often creates opportunities for public officials to extract bribes. If this is true, deregulation offers a simple way to combat corruption. However, empirical evidence on the corruption and...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS9149 Data do documento: 18 de fevereiro de 2020 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Amin,Mohammad,Soh,Yew Chong
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Corruption and Country Size : Evidence Using Firm-Level Survey Data (Inglês)
What sorts of conditions make some countries more prone to corruption than the others? This is an important question for understanding how corruption arises and how to combat it. The present paper attempts...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Documento de trabalho sobre pesquisa de políticas No. do relatório: WPS8864 Data do documento: 28 de maio de 2019 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Amin,Mohammad,Soh,Yew Chong
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Firm Performance and the Business Environment in Malaysia : A Comparison with High - Income and Upper - Middle - Income countries (Inglês)
Firm-level survey data on registered private firms reveal that firms in Malaysia have much lower labor productivity than their counterparts in 43 upper-middle-income and 14 high-income countries. It will...
Qualquer tipo de documento: Informativo No. do relatório: 138329 Data do documento: 1 de janeiro de 2019 Tipo de divulgação: Disclosed Autor: Amin,Mohammad,Soh,Yew Chong