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Where to Sell? Market Facilities and Agricultural Marketing 在哪里销售?市场设施及农产品市场

World Bank: Infrastructure (Topic) Pub Date : 2007-12-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-4455

Forhad Shilpi, D. Umali-Deininger

引用次数: 32

Product Market Regulation in Bulgaria: A Comparison With OECD Countries 保加利亚产品市场监管:与经合组织国家的比较

World Bank: Infrastructure (Topic) Pub Date : 2007-11-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-4393

M. Fay, Donato De Rosa, Stella Ilieva

引用次数: 4

Cote d'Ivoire Volatility, Shocks and Growth 科特迪瓦:波动、冲击和增长

World Bank: Infrastructure (Topic) Pub Date : 2007-11-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-4415

Z. Bogetic, Carlos Espina, John H. Noer

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引用次数: 5

How Relevant is Targeting to the Success of an Antipoverty Program? 目标与反贫穷计划的成功有多大关系?

World Bank: Infrastructure (Topic) Pub Date : 2007-11-01 DOI: 10.1093/wbro/lkp009

M. Ravallion

引用次数: 121

Heard Melodies are Sweet, but Those Unheard are Sweeter: Understanding Corruption Using Cross-National Firm-Level Surveys 听到的旋律是甜美的，但听不到的旋律更甜美:用跨国公司层面的调查来理解腐败

World Bank: Infrastructure (Topic) Pub Date : 2007-11-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-4413

Nathan M. Jensen, Quan Li, Aminur Rahman

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引用次数: 15

Cote d'Ivoire: From Success to Failure a Story of Growth, Specialization, and the Terms of Trade 科特迪瓦:从成功到失败——关于增长、专业化和贸易条件的故事

World Bank: Infrastructure (Topic) Pub Date : 2007-11-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-4414

Z. Bogetic, John H. Noer, Carlos Espina

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引用次数: 11

Network Effects of the Productivity of Infrastructure in Developing Countries 发展中国家基础设施生产力的网络效应

World Bank: Infrastructure (Topic) Pub Date : 2005-12-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-3808

Christophe Hurlin

引用次数: 54

Explaining U.S. Immigration, 1971-98 解释美国移民，1971-98

World Bank: Infrastructure (Topic) Pub Date : 2004-03-18 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-3252

Ximena Clark, T. Hatton, J. Williamson

引用次数: 12

On the Measurement of Market-Oriented Reforms 论市场化改革的测度

World Bank: Infrastructure (Topic) Pub Date : 2003-12-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-3371

Norman Loayza, Raimundo Soto

引用次数: 1

A Multioutput Cost Function for Port Terminals: Some Guidelines for Regulation 港口码头的多产出成本函数:一些监管指南

World Bank: Infrastructure (Topic) Pub Date : 2003-10-01 DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-3151

B. Tovar, S. Jara-Díaz, L. Trujillo

引用次数: 11