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  1. Seizing the opportunity
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  The World Bank, Washington, DC

    Following the partial lifting of nuclear-related sanctions in November 2013 under the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), Iran's economy rebounded in 20141 and is estimated to have expanded by 0.5 percent in 2015. A less accommodative monetary... more

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    Following the partial lifting of nuclear-related sanctions in November 2013 under the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), Iran's economy rebounded in 20141 and is estimated to have expanded by 0.5 percent in 2015. A less accommodative monetary policy stance reduced inflationary pressures, with the Consumer Price Index falling to 8.9 percent in February 2016, from a peak of 45.1 percent in June 2013. Notwithstanding this positive development,the pace of job creation has remained weak and the unemployment rate rose to 11.7 percent in 2015, up from 10.6 percent in 2014. The fiscal balance of the central government also deteriorated, mostly due to low oil prices, from a deficit of 1.2 percent of GDP in 2014 to a deficit of 2.7 percent of GDP in 2015. Similarly, the current account surplus is estimated to have shrank from 3.8 percent of GDP in 2014 to 0.6 percent of GDP in 2015 due to falling oil receipts

     

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    Series: Iran economic monitor ; March 2016
    Subjects: AGRICULTURE; AUDITS; AVERAGING; BANKRUPTCY; BENCHMARKING; BENCHMARKS; BONDS; CAPACITY BUILDING; CAPITAL; CAPITAL GAINS; CAPITAL MARKETS; CENTRAL BANK; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITIVENESS; CONSUMERS; CONSUMPTION; CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS; CPI; CREDIT; DEBT; DEMAND; DEVALUATION; DEVELOPMENT; DISTRIBUTION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMIC OUTLOOK; ECONOMIC SECTORS; ECONOMIC SIZE; ECONOMY; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EQUILIBRIUM; EQUITY; EQUITY CAPITAL; EXCHANGE; EXOGENOUS VARIABLES; EXPECTATIONS; EXPECTED RETURN; EXPENDITURES; EXPORTS; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; FISCAL POLICIES; FISCAL POLICY; FREE TRADE; GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; INFLATION; INFLATION RATE; INFLUENCE; INTEREST; INTEREST RATE; INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVENTORIES; LABOR FORCE; LIQUIDITY; MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS; MACROECONOMICS; MARGINAL COST; MARKET PRICES; MARKETS; METALS; MINES; MODELS; MONETARY POLICY; MONEY; MONEY SUPPLY; NATURAL RESOURCES; NET EXPORTS; OIL; OIL PRICES; OPEC; OPPORTUNITY COST; ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES; OWNERSHIP; PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION; PAYMENTS; POLICY ENVIRONMENT; POLICY MAKERS; POTENTIAL OUTPUT; PRICE INCREASES; PRODUCERS; PRODUCTION; PROFITABILITY MEASURES; PROJECTIONS; PURCHASING POWER; REAL GDP; RESOURCES; REVENUES; RISK PREMIUM; RISKS; STOCK; SUBSIDY; TAX REVENUES; TAXES; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; TOTAL REVENUE; TRADE POLICIES; TRANSPARENCY; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; UNEMPLOYMENT RATES; VALUE; VALUE ADDED; VALUES; VARIABLES; WAGES; WEALTH; WELFARE
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 62 Seiten), Illustrationen
  2. Second-stage sampling for conflict areas
    methods and implications
    Published: March 2016
    Publisher:  World Bank Group, Poverty and Equity Global Practice Group, Washington, D.C.

    The collection of survey data from war zones or other unstable security situations is vulnerable to error because conflict often limits the implementation options. Although there are elevated risks throughout the process, this paper focuses... more

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    The collection of survey data from war zones or other unstable security situations is vulnerable to error because conflict often limits the implementation options. Although there are elevated risks throughout the process, this paper focuses specifically on challenges to frame construction and sample selection. The paper uses simulations based on data from the Mogadishu High Frequency Survey Pilot to examine the implications of the choice of second-stage selection methodology on bias and variance. Among the other findings, the simulations show the bias introduced by a random walk design leads to the underestimation of the poverty headcount by more than 10 percent. The paper also discusses the experience of the authors in the time required and technical complexity of the associated back-office preparation work and weight calculations for each method. Finally, as the simulations assume perfect implementation of the design, the paper also discusses practicality, including the ease of implementation and options for remote verification, and outlines areas for future research and pilot testing

     

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    Series: Policy research working paper ; 7617
    Subjects: Politische Instabilität; Datenerhebung; Statistischer Fehler; Random Walk; Mogadischu; Somalia; ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS; ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS; AGE; ALGORITHMS; BACK OFFICE; BACK-OFFICE; BEST PRACTICE; BUSINESS; CALCULATION; CASE; CASES; CELL PHONES; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTERING; COMPUTER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COUNTING; DATA COLLECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DESCRIPTION; DOCUMENT; EFFECTS; ENUMERATION; EQUIPMENT; ERRORS; ESTIMATES; ESTIMATING; HUMAN ERROR; IMAGE; IMAGES; IMPLEMENTATION PLANS; IMPLEMENTATIONS; INFORMATION; INTERVIEWS; MEASUREMENT; MEASURES; METHODOLOGIES; METHODOLOGY; METHODS; MISSING VALUES; MISSING VALUES; MODELING; MONITORING; NAVIGATION; NETWORK; OBJECT; OPEN ACCESS; PERFORMANCE; PHONES; PILOT TESTING; PRECISION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITIES; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY SAMPLES; PROTOCOL; PROTOCOLS; RANDOM SAMPLING; RANDOM SAMPLING; RANDOM WALK; RANDOM WALK; RESEARCH; RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS; RESEARCHERS; RESULT; RESULTS; RISK; ROUTING; SAMPLE DESIGN; SAMPLE DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLES; SAMPLING; SAMPLING DESIGNS; SATELLITE; SCENARIOS; SEARCH; SECURITY; SIMULATION; SIMULATIONS; SIZE; SMART PHONES; SOFTWARE; SPACE; STANDARD; STANDARD DEVIATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; SUPERVISION; SURVEY DATA; SURVEY DATA; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEYS; TARGET; TECHNICAL TRAINING; TECHNICAL TRAINING; TECHNIQUES; TECHNOLOGY; TESTING; THEORY; VARIABLES; VERIFICATION; WEB; WEIGHT; WEIGHTING; WWW
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 33 Seiten), Illustrationen
  3. MENA export performance and specialization
    the role of financial sector development and governance
    Published: March 2016
    Publisher:  World Bank Group, Middle East and North Africa Region, Office of the Chief Economist, Washington, D.C.

    Industry and financial profiles of MENA firms may underpin the observation that MENA country exports are below potential and skewed toward low value-added goods that are unable to spur rapid job creation and inclusive growth. To assess this link, the... more

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    Industry and financial profiles of MENA firms may underpin the observation that MENA country exports are below potential and skewed toward low value-added goods that are unable to spur rapid job creation and inclusive growth. To assess this link, the paper combines analysis highlighting external financing as a determinant of export performance, and analysis highlighting sector asset tangibility and governance. Why? Because high value-added sectors tend to have higher shares of intangible assets and to create innovative products requiring substantial research and development or investments, thereby making these sectors more dependent on external financing. Using sector- and firm-level export data with country-level indicators, the results indicate that countries with more developed financial sectors and stronger governance tend to have higher exports from sectors that are more reliant on finance external to the firm, and lower exports from sectors with higher shares of tangible assets. Interestingly, financial sector development boosts exports less in MENA than in non-MENA countries. To foster expansion of higher value exports, the results suggest a critical need for: (i) deeper financial sector development that strengthens market-based systems, such as asset registries and credit reporting agencies, and (ii) strengthening of legal and governance frameworks

     

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    Series: Policy research working paper ; 7616
    Subjects: Exportwirtschaft; Unternehmenserfolg; Kapitalstruktur; Corporate Governance; MENA-Staaten; AGENCY COSTS; AGENCY PROBLEMS; AGRICULTURE; ASSETS; BANK LOAN; BANKING; BARRIERS; BENCHMARK; BENCHMARKS; BORROWER; BORROWERS; BUSINESS CLIMATE; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; CAPITAL MARKET; CAPITAL MARKETS; CAPITAL STOCK; CASH FLOW; COLLATERAL; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES; COMPETITIVENESS; CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT; CORPORATE FINANCE; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; COUNTRY-LEVEL INDICATORS; CREDIT; DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; DEVELOPMENT POLICY; DOMESTIC MARKETS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ECONOMIC OUTCOMES; ENFORCEMENT; EQUITY; EXCHANGE; EXPORT GROWTH; EXPORT SECTORS; EXPORTS; EXTERNAL FINANCE; EXTERNAL FINANCING; FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL MARKETS; FINANCIAL PRODUCTS; FINANCIAL SECTOR; FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL SECTORS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FINANCIAL SYSTEMS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; FOREIGN INVESTMENT; GDP; GDP PER CAPITA; GLOBAL EXPORTS; GLOBAL MARKET; GOOD GOVERNANCE; GOODS; GOVERNANCE; GOVERNANCE INDICATOR; GOVERNANCE INDICATORS; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCENTIVES; INCOME; INCOME GROUP; INCOME LEVELS; INFLUENCE; INSURANCE; INTANGIBLE; INTANGIBLE ASSETS; INTEREST; INTEREST RATES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVENTORY; INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT CLIMATE; INVESTMENTS; INVESTOR; JOB CREATION; LABOR MARKETS; LEGAL FRAMEWORK; LEGAL FRAMEWORKS; LEGAL SYSTEM; LENDING; LINE OF CREDIT; LINES OF CREDIT; LIQUIDITY; LIVING STANDARDS; LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES; MACROECONOMIC STABILITY; MARKETS; MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES; MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CAPITAL; OUTCOMES; OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL STABILITY; PRICE; PRIVATE INVESTMENT; PROPERTY RIGHTS; REAL ESTATE; RISK DIVERSIFICATION; RISK OF EXPROPRIATION; SAVINGS; SAVINGS ACCOUNT; SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS; SECURITIES; SHARE; SHARES; THEORY; TRADE; TRADITIONAL BANKING; VALUE; VALUE ADDED; VARIABLES; WAGES; WORKING CAPITAL; WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS; WORLD TRADE
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 32 Seiten), Illustrationen
  4. The labor content of exports database
    Published: March 2016
    Publisher:  World Bank Group, Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice Group, Washington, D.C.

    This paper develops a novel methodology to measure the quantity of jobs and value of wages embodied in exports for a large number of countries and sectors for intermittent years between 1995 and 2011. The resulting Labor Content of Exports database... more

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    This paper develops a novel methodology to measure the quantity of jobs and value of wages embodied in exports for a large number of countries and sectors for intermittent years between 1995 and 2011. The resulting Labor Content of Exports database allows the examination of the direct contribution of labor to exports as well as the indirect contribution via other sectors of the economy for skilled and unskilled labor. The analysis of the new data sets documents several new findings. First, the global share of labor value added in exports has been declining globally since 1995, but it has increased in low-income countries. Second, in line with the standard Hecksher-Ohlin trade model, the composition of labor directly contained in exports is skewed toward skilled labor in high-income countries relative to developing countries. However, that is not the case for the indirect labor content of exports. Third, manufacturing exports are a key source of labor demand in other sectors, especially in middle- and low-income countries. And the majority of the indirect demand for labor spurred by exports is in services sectors, whose workers are the largest beneficiaries of exporting activities globally. Fourth, differences in the labor value added in exports share across developing countries appears to be driven more by differences in the composition of exports rather than in sector labor intensities. Finally, average wages typically increase rapidly enough with the process of economic development to more than compensate the loss in jobs per unit of exports. The paper also includes the necessary information to build the Labor Content of Exports database from the original raw data, including stata do-files and matlab files, as well as descriptions of the variables in the data set

     

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    Series: Policy research working paper ; 7615
    Subjects: Export; Wertschöpfung; Datenbank; ACCOUNTING; AGRICULTURE; AVERAGE WAGE; AVERAGE WAGES; BANK; BILATERAL TRADE; CLERKS; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES; COMPETITIVENESS; COUNTRY COMPARISONS; DEMAND; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT POLICY; DIRECT VALUE; DOMESTIC INPUTS; DOMESTIC PRODUCTION; DRIVERS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; ECONOMIES; ECONOMY; EFFECTS; EMPLOYEES; EMPLOYMENT; EQUILIBRIUM; EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS; EXPORT GROWTH; EXPORT PRODUCTION; EXPORT SECTOR; EXPORTS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; GDP; GDP PER CAPITA; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; GLOBAL TRADE; GOODS; GOVERNMENTS; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GROSS VALUE; INCOME; INCOME GROUPS; INCOME LEVELS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION; INPUTS; INSURANCE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENT; JOB; JOBS; LABOR; LABOR COMPENSATION; LABOR COSTS; LABOR DEMAND; LABOR FORCE; LABOR INTENSITIES; LABOR INTENSITY; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS; LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES; LABOR MARKETS; LABOR OFFICE; LABOR SHARE; LABOR VALUE; LABOR-INTENSIVE EXPORT; LABORERS; LAGS; LAND; MARKETS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MULTIPLIERS; NATIONAL INCOME; NATURAL RESOURCES; NOMINAL WAGES; OCCUPATIONS; ORGANIZATIONS; OUTCOMES; OUTPUTS; POLICIES; PREVIOUS STUDIES; PRICES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITIES; PRIVATE SERVICES; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENTS; SAVING; SECURITY; SERVANTS; SERVICES; SEWAGE; SHARES; SKILL GROUPS; SKILLED LABOR; SKILLED WORKERS; SUPPLIERS; SUPPLY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; THEORY; TOTAL EMPLOYMENT; TOTAL OUTPUT; TOTAL WAGES; TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE DATA; TRADE FLOWS; TRADE MODEL; TRADE POLICY; TRANSPORT; TRENDS; UNSKILLED LABOR; UNSKILLED WORKERS; VALUE; VALUE ADDED; VALUE OF OUTPUT; VARIABLES; WAGES; WATER SUPPLY; WORKER; WORKERS; WORLD TRADE; WTO
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 59 Seiten), Illustrationen
  5. Second-stage sampling for conflict areas
    methods and implications
    Published: March 2016
    Publisher:  World Bank Group, Poverty and Equity Global Practice Group, Washington, D.C.

    The collection of survey data from war zones or other unstable security situations is vulnerable to error because conflict often limits the implementation options. Although there are elevated risks throughout the process, this paper focuses... more

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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    The collection of survey data from war zones or other unstable security situations is vulnerable to error because conflict often limits the implementation options. Although there are elevated risks throughout the process, this paper focuses specifically on challenges to frame construction and sample selection. The paper uses simulations based on data from the Mogadishu High Frequency Survey Pilot to examine the implications of the choice of second-stage selection methodology on bias and variance. Among the other findings, the simulations show the bias introduced by a random walk design leads to the underestimation of the poverty headcount by more than 10 percent. The paper also discusses the experience of the authors in the time required and technical complexity of the associated back-office preparation work and weight calculations for each method. Finally, as the simulations assume perfect implementation of the design, the paper also discusses practicality, including the ease of implementation and options for remote verification, and outlines areas for future research and pilot testing

     

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    Series: Policy research working paper ; 7617
    Subjects: Politische Instabilität; Datenerhebung; Statistischer Fehler; Random Walk; Mogadischu; Somalia; ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS; ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS; AGE; ALGORITHMS; BACK OFFICE; BACK-OFFICE; BEST PRACTICE; BUSINESS; CALCULATION; CASE; CASES; CELL PHONES; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTERING; COMPUTER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COUNTING; DATA COLLECTION; DATA COLLECTION; DESCRIPTION; DOCUMENT; EFFECTS; ENUMERATION; EQUIPMENT; ERRORS; ESTIMATES; ESTIMATING; HUMAN ERROR; IMAGE; IMAGES; IMPLEMENTATION PLANS; IMPLEMENTATIONS; INFORMATION; INTERVIEWS; MEASUREMENT; MEASURES; METHODOLOGIES; METHODOLOGY; METHODS; MISSING VALUES; MISSING VALUES; MODELING; MONITORING; NAVIGATION; NETWORK; OBJECT; OPEN ACCESS; PERFORMANCE; PHONES; PILOT TESTING; PRECISION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITIES; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY SAMPLES; PROTOCOL; PROTOCOLS; RANDOM SAMPLING; RANDOM SAMPLING; RANDOM WALK; RANDOM WALK; RESEARCH; RESEARCH WORKING PAPERS; RESEARCHERS; RESULT; RESULTS; RISK; ROUTING; SAMPLE DESIGN; SAMPLE DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLES; SAMPLING; SAMPLING DESIGNS; SATELLITE; SCENARIOS; SEARCH; SECURITY; SIMULATION; SIMULATIONS; SIZE; SMART PHONES; SOFTWARE; SPACE; STANDARD; STANDARD DEVIATION; STANDARD DEVIATION; STANDARDS; STATISTICS; SUPERVISION; SURVEY DATA; SURVEY DATA; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEYS; TARGET; TECHNICAL TRAINING; TECHNICAL TRAINING; TECHNIQUES; TECHNOLOGY; TESTING; THEORY; VARIABLES; VERIFICATION; WEB; WEIGHT; WEIGHTING; WWW
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 33 Seiten), Illustrationen
  6. MENA export performance and specialization
    the role of financial sector development and governance
    Published: March 2016
    Publisher:  World Bank Group, Middle East and North Africa Region, Office of the Chief Economist, Washington, D.C.

    Industry and financial profiles of MENA firms may underpin the observation that MENA country exports are below potential and skewed toward low value-added goods that are unable to spur rapid job creation and inclusive growth. To assess this link, the... more

    Orient-Institut Beirut
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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    Universitätsbibliothek Clausthal
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    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
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    Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Fachhochschule Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
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    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
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    Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Medien- und Informationszentrum, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Industry and financial profiles of MENA firms may underpin the observation that MENA country exports are below potential and skewed toward low value-added goods that are unable to spur rapid job creation and inclusive growth. To assess this link, the paper combines analysis highlighting external financing as a determinant of export performance, and analysis highlighting sector asset tangibility and governance. Why? Because high value-added sectors tend to have higher shares of intangible assets and to create innovative products requiring substantial research and development or investments, thereby making these sectors more dependent on external financing. Using sector- and firm-level export data with country-level indicators, the results indicate that countries with more developed financial sectors and stronger governance tend to have higher exports from sectors that are more reliant on finance external to the firm, and lower exports from sectors with higher shares of tangible assets. Interestingly, financial sector development boosts exports less in MENA than in non-MENA countries. To foster expansion of higher value exports, the results suggest a critical need for: (i) deeper financial sector development that strengthens market-based systems, such as asset registries and credit reporting agencies, and (ii) strengthening of legal and governance frameworks

     

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    hdl: 10986/24157
    Series: Policy research working paper ; 7616
    Subjects: Exportwirtschaft; Unternehmenserfolg; Kapitalstruktur; Corporate Governance; MENA-Staaten; AGENCY COSTS; AGENCY PROBLEMS; AGRICULTURE; ASSETS; BANK LOAN; BANKING; BARRIERS; BENCHMARK; BENCHMARKS; BORROWER; BORROWERS; BUSINESS CLIMATE; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT; CAPITAL MARKET; CAPITAL MARKETS; CAPITAL STOCK; CASH FLOW; COLLATERAL; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES; COMPETITIVENESS; CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT; CORPORATE FINANCE; CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; COUNTRY-LEVEL INDICATORS; CREDIT; DEMOCRACY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; DEVELOPMENT POLICY; DOMESTIC MARKETS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; ECONOMIC OUTCOMES; ENFORCEMENT; EQUITY; EXCHANGE; EXPORT GROWTH; EXPORT SECTORS; EXPORTS; EXTERNAL FINANCE; EXTERNAL FINANCING; FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL MARKETS; FINANCIAL PRODUCTS; FINANCIAL SECTOR; FINANCIAL SECTOR DEVELOPMENT; FINANCIAL SECTORS; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FINANCIAL SYSTEMS; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; FOREIGN INVESTMENT; GDP; GDP PER CAPITA; GLOBAL EXPORTS; GLOBAL MARKET; GOOD GOVERNANCE; GOODS; GOVERNANCE; GOVERNANCE INDICATOR; GOVERNANCE INDICATORS; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCENTIVES; INCOME; INCOME GROUP; INCOME LEVELS; INFLUENCE; INSURANCE; INTANGIBLE; INTANGIBLE ASSETS; INTEREST; INTEREST RATES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVENTORY; INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT CLIMATE; INVESTMENTS; INVESTOR; JOB CREATION; LABOR MARKETS; LEGAL FRAMEWORK; LEGAL FRAMEWORKS; LEGAL SYSTEM; LENDING; LINE OF CREDIT; LINES OF CREDIT; LIQUIDITY; LIVING STANDARDS; LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES; MACROECONOMIC STABILITY; MARKETS; MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES; MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CAPITAL; OUTCOMES; OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL STABILITY; PRICE; PRIVATE INVESTMENT; PROPERTY RIGHTS; REAL ESTATE; RISK DIVERSIFICATION; RISK OF EXPROPRIATION; SAVINGS; SAVINGS ACCOUNT; SAVINGS ACCOUNTS; SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS; SECURITIES; SHARE; SHARES; THEORY; TRADE; TRADITIONAL BANKING; VALUE; VALUE ADDED; VARIABLES; WAGES; WORKING CAPITAL; WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS; WORLD TRADE
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 32 Seiten), Illustrationen
  7. The labor content of exports database
    Published: March 2016
    Publisher:  World Bank Group, Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice Group, Washington, D.C.

    This paper develops a novel methodology to measure the quantity of jobs and value of wages embodied in exports for a large number of countries and sectors for intermittent years between 1995 and 2011. The resulting Labor Content of Exports database... more

    Orient-Institut Beirut
    Online
    No inter-library loan
    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    Universitätsbibliothek Clausthal
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    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
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    Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Fachhochschule Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
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    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
    VS 2 (7615)
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    Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Medien- und Informationszentrum, Universitätsbibliothek
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    This paper develops a novel methodology to measure the quantity of jobs and value of wages embodied in exports for a large number of countries and sectors for intermittent years between 1995 and 2011. The resulting Labor Content of Exports database allows the examination of the direct contribution of labor to exports as well as the indirect contribution via other sectors of the economy for skilled and unskilled labor. The analysis of the new data sets documents several new findings. First, the global share of labor value added in exports has been declining globally since 1995, but it has increased in low-income countries. Second, in line with the standard Hecksher-Ohlin trade model, the composition of labor directly contained in exports is skewed toward skilled labor in high-income countries relative to developing countries. However, that is not the case for the indirect labor content of exports. Third, manufacturing exports are a key source of labor demand in other sectors, especially in middle- and low-income countries. And the majority of the indirect demand for labor spurred by exports is in services sectors, whose workers are the largest beneficiaries of exporting activities globally. Fourth, differences in the labor value added in exports share across developing countries appears to be driven more by differences in the composition of exports rather than in sector labor intensities. Finally, average wages typically increase rapidly enough with the process of economic development to more than compensate the loss in jobs per unit of exports. The paper also includes the necessary information to build the Labor Content of Exports database from the original raw data, including stata do-files and matlab files, as well as descriptions of the variables in the data set

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
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    hdl: 10986/24156
    Series: Policy research working paper ; 7615
    Subjects: Export; Wertschöpfung; Datenbank; ACCOUNTING; AGRICULTURE; AVERAGE WAGE; AVERAGE WAGES; BANK; BILATERAL TRADE; CLERKS; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES; COMPETITIVENESS; COUNTRY COMPARISONS; DEMAND; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT POLICY; DIRECT VALUE; DOMESTIC INPUTS; DOMESTIC PRODUCTION; DRIVERS; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC SYSTEMS; ECONOMICS; ECONOMIES; ECONOMY; EFFECTS; EMPLOYEES; EMPLOYMENT; EQUILIBRIUM; EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS; EXPORT GROWTH; EXPORT PRODUCTION; EXPORT SECTOR; EXPORTS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; GDP; GDP PER CAPITA; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; GLOBAL TRADE; GOODS; GOVERNMENTS; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GROSS VALUE; INCOME; INCOME GROUPS; INCOME LEVELS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION; INPUTS; INSURANCE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVESTMENT; JOB; JOBS; LABOR; LABOR COMPENSATION; LABOR COSTS; LABOR DEMAND; LABOR FORCE; LABOR INTENSITIES; LABOR INTENSITY; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS; LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES; LABOR MARKETS; LABOR OFFICE; LABOR SHARE; LABOR VALUE; LABOR-INTENSIVE EXPORT; LABORERS; LAGS; LAND; MARKETS; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MULTIPLIERS; NATIONAL INCOME; NATURAL RESOURCES; NOMINAL WAGES; OCCUPATIONS; ORGANIZATIONS; OUTCOMES; OUTPUTS; POLICIES; PREVIOUS STUDIES; PRICES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITIES; PRIVATE SERVICES; PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC SERVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENTS; SAVING; SECURITY; SERVANTS; SERVICES; SEWAGE; SHARES; SKILL GROUPS; SKILLED LABOR; SKILLED WORKERS; SUPPLIERS; SUPPLY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS; THEORY; TOTAL EMPLOYMENT; TOTAL OUTPUT; TOTAL WAGES; TRADE; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE DATA; TRADE FLOWS; TRADE MODEL; TRADE POLICY; TRANSPORT; TRENDS; UNSKILLED LABOR; UNSKILLED WORKERS; VALUE; VALUE ADDED; VALUE OF OUTPUT; VARIABLES; WAGES; WATER SUPPLY; WORKER; WORKERS; WORLD TRADE; WTO
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  8. Seizing the opportunity
    Published: 2016
    Publisher:  The World Bank, Washington, DC

    Following the partial lifting of nuclear-related sanctions in November 2013 under the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), Iran's economy rebounded in 20141 and is estimated to have expanded by 0.5 percent in 2015. A less accommodative monetary... more

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    Following the partial lifting of nuclear-related sanctions in November 2013 under the interim Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), Iran's economy rebounded in 20141 and is estimated to have expanded by 0.5 percent in 2015. A less accommodative monetary policy stance reduced inflationary pressures, with the Consumer Price Index falling to 8.9 percent in February 2016, from a peak of 45.1 percent in June 2013. Notwithstanding this positive development,the pace of job creation has remained weak and the unemployment rate rose to 11.7 percent in 2015, up from 10.6 percent in 2014. The fiscal balance of the central government also deteriorated, mostly due to low oil prices, from a deficit of 1.2 percent of GDP in 2014 to a deficit of 2.7 percent of GDP in 2015. Similarly, the current account surplus is estimated to have shrank from 3.8 percent of GDP in 2014 to 0.6 percent of GDP in 2015 due to falling oil receipts

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
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    hdl: 10986/24409
    Series: Iran economic monitor ; March 2016
    Subjects: AGRICULTURE; AUDITS; AVERAGING; BANKRUPTCY; BENCHMARKING; BENCHMARKS; BONDS; CAPACITY BUILDING; CAPITAL; CAPITAL GAINS; CAPITAL MARKETS; CENTRAL BANK; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPETITIVENESS; CONSUMERS; CONSUMPTION; CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS; CPI; CREDIT; DEBT; DEMAND; DEVALUATION; DEVELOPMENT; DISTRIBUTION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMIC OUTLOOK; ECONOMIC SECTORS; ECONOMIC SIZE; ECONOMY; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EQUILIBRIUM; EQUITY; EQUITY CAPITAL; EXCHANGE; EXOGENOUS VARIABLES; EXPECTATIONS; EXPECTED RETURN; EXPENDITURES; EXPORTS; FINANCIAL RESOURCES; FISCAL POLICIES; FISCAL POLICY; FREE TRADE; GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES; HUMAN CAPITAL; INCOME; INFLATION; INFLATION RATE; INFLUENCE; INTEREST; INTEREST RATE; INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVENTORIES; LABOR FORCE; LIQUIDITY; MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS; MACROECONOMICS; MARGINAL COST; MARKET PRICES; MARKETS; METALS; MINES; MODELS; MONETARY POLICY; MONEY; MONEY SUPPLY; NATURAL RESOURCES; NET EXPORTS; OIL; OIL PRICES; OPEC; OPPORTUNITY COST; ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES; OWNERSHIP; PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION; PAYMENTS; POLICY ENVIRONMENT; POLICY MAKERS; POTENTIAL OUTPUT; PRICE INCREASES; PRODUCERS; PRODUCTION; PROFITABILITY MEASURES; PROJECTIONS; PURCHASING POWER; REAL GDP; RESOURCES; REVENUES; RISK PREMIUM; RISKS; STOCK; SUBSIDY; TAX REVENUES; TAXES; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; TOTAL REVENUE; TRADE POLICIES; TRANSPARENCY; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; UNEMPLOYMENT RATES; VALUE; VALUE ADDED; VALUES; VARIABLES; WAGES; WEALTH; WELFARE
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