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Overcoming Obstacles to Liberalization of the Telecom Sector in Estonia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Hungary

Author : Robert Bruce

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 48 pages

File Size : 41,28 MB

Release : 1999-01-01

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 9780821345153

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This study emerges from discussions with representatives of the World Bank and high-level representatives of government and the telecommunications services industry in Hungary, Estonia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Hungary. It considers the problems inherent with the liberalization of the telecom sector. This publication is a Technical Paper sponsored by the Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network of the World Bank's Europe and Central Asia Division. It is part of a comprehensive series regarding the many important factors that influence European Union (EU) accession in the Central and East European countries (CEEC). The topics in the series cover both the social and economic aspects of accession across a broad range of sectors. The series also provides background information for specific acceding countries. These publications will be of interest to EU member and candidate countries, their ministries, and any one studying the accession issue.



Trade and Cost Competitiveness in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia

Author : Peter Havlik

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 80 pages

File Size : 17,93 MB

Release : 2000-01-01

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780821347966

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Although the four countries considered in this study are the most developed transition countries in Europe, their average wages are only a fraction of West European levels. While the labor costs would theoretically give the Central and Eastern European (CEEC) countries an advantage, capital shortages and the lack of skills required for a market economy prevent its use. The report was prepared under the auspices of the World Bank by Peter Havlik, Deputy Director of the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (WIIW). This report reviews wage and labor productivity developments and examines the evolution of export competitiveness. It also summarizes the main findings from the ongoing research by WIIW on the impact of foreign direct investment on restructuring and provides some policy recommendations.



Foreign Investment and Restructuring

Author : Michelle Riboud

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 52 pages

File Size : 47,25 MB

Release : 2000

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780821345948

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Although the official rhetoric in most transition economies has been in favor of foreign direct investment (FDI), few countries have succeeded in attracting sizable inflows. Hungary stands out among those countries that have done so effectively. Several factors helped Hungary to get ahead of other transition economies in terms of attracting FDI. This volume analyzes Hungary's achievement, the scope and depth of FDI and the effect of FDI on Hungary's economy and foreign trade. This report will interest European Union member and candidate countries, foreign ministries, think tanks, and libraries.



Does Eurosclerosis Matter?

Author : Michelle Riboud

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 74 pages

File Size : 35,39 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780821350904

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"Whether or not labor market rigidities are an important contributor to persistently high levels of unemployment remains at the center of an important debate in Europe. European labor markets are often viewed as rigid and inflexible in opposition to those in North America where legislation is less protective and fosters more mobility. This paper shows that the labor market policies adopted by Central and Eastern European countries, aspiring to join the European Union, do not appear excessively rigid. However, significant and wide- ranging economic reform programs make it difficult to assess the impact of labor market institutions."





Institutional Reform for Irrigation and Drainage

Author : Fernando J. Gonzalez

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 188 pages

File Size : 17,61 MB

Release : 2002-01-01

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 9780821351789

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If sustainable management of tropical forests is to be accomplished and deforestation brought under control, the on-the-ground performance of existing forest concessions, along with the allocation of new concessions, will have to be strengthened. This study examines the failures of forest concessions and the loss of tropical forests due to mismanagement during the last two decades. It also emphasizes the potential gains resulting from strengthening the allocation, management, and supervision of concessions by concentrating on improving procedures, introducing performance incentives, and monitoring key performance elements



Coping With the Cold

Author : Julian A. Lampietti

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 72 pages

File Size : 39,82 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Energy policy

ISBN : 9780821353288

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Forestry in the Middle East and North Africa

Author : Idah Pswarayi-Riddihough

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 68 pages

File Size : 27,42 MB

Release : 2002-01-01

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 9780821351635

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Annotation This book details the World Bank assisted forestry projects implemented in the MENA region over the last ten years. It contains a definition of forests in the region and describes their current status.



Urban Air Quality Management

Author : Masami Kojima

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 72 pages

File Size : 49,26 MB

Release : 2001-01-01

Category : Science

ISBN : 9780821349489

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This book details the context within which policy decisions and objectives for the property tax system are made in the transitional economies of Central and Eastern Europe. It shows how these policy decisions evolve as a part of the transitional reforms still in process. This book offers the chance to review the experiences of transitional countries in initiating and implementing fiscal instruments during a decade of enormous transformations. The research for the case studies, included in this book, was sponsored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.



Furthering Judicial Education

Author : Waleed Haider Malik

Publisher : World Bank Publications

Page : 112 pages

File Size : 39,83 MB

Release : 2002-01-01

Category : Law

ISBN : 9780821352144

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This publication contains the proceedings of an international conference, held in Guatemala in October 2001, with participants from law schools, judges, practitioners and government officials from a number of Latin American countries and elsewhere. The conference theme focused on the links between judicial excellence, judicial reform and good practices in the performance of judicial education programmes. Topics considered include: the concept of judicial excellence, ethics and the role of human rights training, e-learning and distance education, in-service training and evaluation, the role of education in promoting judicial reform and attitudinal change in the courts system.