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    2016 Lao PDR Enterprise Survey by World Bank Group

    Published 2017
    “…The main highlights from the survey are: firms in Lao PDR lag behind comparator countries in terms of annual sales and employment growth; fewer firms use bank financing than in 2012, but the proportion of bank-financed investments has increased; compared to 2012, Laotian firms spend less time to obtain permits and to comply with regulations; fewer firms in Lao PDR are offering formal training compared to 2012 and to regional comparators; and firms consider informal competitors as the biggest business environment obstacle.…”


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    Better Neighbors by Bown, Chad P., Lederman, Daniel, Pienknagura, Samuel, Robertson, Raymond

    Published 2016
    “…This book proposes a renewal of 'Open Regionalism' in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) aimed at achieving the region's goals of high growth with stability. …”


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    The Global Jobs Challenge

    Published 2025
    “…The world faces a jobs challenge of historic proportions that will shape global prosperity and stability for decades to come. …”

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    2010 Mexico Enterprise Survey : Country Highlights by World Bank, International Finance Corporation

    Published 2014
    “…This report presents following highlights from the survey: Mexican firms added jobs at over 5 percent but saw only modest gains in sales and productivity; however, productivity growth was due to gains from Mexico's small firms; Mexican firms cite informality, tax rates, access to finance, and crime as top obstacles; a greater proportion of Mexican firms face competition from the informal sector; Mexican firms exhibit lower levels of access to financial intermediation; and while losses due to crime in Mexico are high significantly fewer firms actually pay for security.…”



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    Global Financial Development Report 2014 : Financial Inclusion by World Bank

    Published 2013
    “…The interest reflects an increased recognition that financial inclusion can be a driver of economic growth and poverty alleviation, and that many individuals and firms are excluded unnecessarily from even basic financial services. …”


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    A Step Ahead by World Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

    Published 2017
    “…A Step Ahead: Competition Policy for Shared Prosperity and Inclusive Growth puts forward a research agenda that advocates the importance of market competition, effective market regulation, and competition policies for achieving inclusive growth and shared prosperity in emerging and developing economies. …”



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    Employment in Crisis by Packard, Truman G., Silva, Joana, Sousa, Liliana D., Robertson, Raymond

    Published 2021
    “…These crises have taken their toll on careers, wage growth, and productivity. Employment in Crisis: The Path to Better Jobs in a Post-COVID-19 Latin America provides new evidence on the effects of crises on the region’s workers and firms and suggests several policy responses that can bolster long-term and inclusive economic growth. …”



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    Natural Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean : Beyond Booms and Busts? by Sinnott, Emily, Nash, John, de la Torre, Augusto

    Published 2012
    “…Production of precious metals, sugar, rubber, grains, coffee, copper, and oil have at various periods of history made countries in Latin America-and their colonial powers-some of the most prosperous in the world. In some ways, these commodities may have changed the course of history in the world at large. …”



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    World Development Report 2011 by World Bank

    Published 2012
    Subjects: “…ECONOMIC GROWTH…”


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