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    <title>The face of urban poverty: Explaining the prevalence of slums in developing countries</title>
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    <description>Title: The face of urban poverty: Explaining the prevalence of slums in developing countries
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Arimah, Ben C.
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: One of the most visible and enduring manifestations of urban poverty in developing countries is the formation and proliferation of slums. While attention has focused on the rapid pace of urbanization as the sole or major factor explaining the proliferation of slums and squatter settlements in developing countries, there are other factors whose impacts are not known with much degree of certainty. It is also not clear how the effects of these factors vary across regions of the developing world. This paper accounts for differences in the prevalence of slums among developing countries using data drawn from the recent global assessment of slums undertaken by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme. The empirical analysis identifies substantial inter-country variations in the incidence of slums both within and across the regions of Africa, Asia as well as, Latin America and the Caribbean.</description>
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    <title>Efficiency of commercial banks in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative analysis of domestic and foreign banks</title>
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    <description>Title: Efficiency of commercial banks in sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative analysis of domestic and foreign banks
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Kiyota, Hiroyuki
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: Utilizing the stochastic frontier approach, this study conducts a comparative analysis of profit efficiency and cost inefficiency of commercial banks operating in 29 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries by bank ownership (domestic bank, SSA foreign bank or non-SSA foreign bank), as well as by the bank size during 2000-07. Tobit regressions are employed to assess the impact of environmental factors on the efficiency of commercial banks. The key findings of this empirical analysis suggest that foreign banks tend to outperform domestic banks in terms of profit efficiency. In terms of efficiency by bank size, the smaller the bank, the more profit efficient the bank will be; medium or relatively large banks tend to be the most cost efficient.</description>
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    <title>The new grand bourgeoisie under post-communism</title>
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    <description>Title: The new grand bourgeoisie under post-communism
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Szelényi, Iván
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: In the former socialist redistributive economies, the transition to market economy and the conversion to private ownership followed different trajectories. The paper offers an overview on how a new class of grand bourgeoisie was formed in three different regions of the transition: Central Europe, Russia and China. In Central Europe this new class often was recruited from the ranks of the socialist technocratic elite who used their managerial skills, inside knowledge and political connections to convert public property into private wealth. The large propertied class of Central Europe is well formed, and private property rights are secure. In Russia, the new grand bourgeoisie was typically 'appointed' by the top political boss, and as leadership changed, the members of this class had to assure the new leader of their loyalty. Failure to do so meant loss of property, exile or jailed. In China, the transition to market economy occurred 'from below'. Many of the wealthy started out with small private businesses that expanded over time. Once they became known to be wealthy, they needed political protection and were vulnerably to political rivalry. Private property in China - much like in Russia - is still rather insecure, and politics are in command.</description>
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    <title>Rethinking China's path of industrialization</title>
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    <description>Title: Rethinking China's path of industrialization
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&lt;br/&gt;Authors: Wu, Harry X.
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&lt;br/&gt;Abstract: This study shows that China's post-1949 state-led industrialization has closely followed an underlying path that began in the late nineteenth century. It was initiated by pressing national defence needs and has since been motivated by the same and strong incentives for a faster catch-up with the West despite radical regime shifts. Government determined or influenced resource allocation benefited selected industries and hence nurtured vested interest groups connecting and integrating with the ruling elite, which have strengthened and sustained the path. This means that the path is inherently inefficient which is evidenced by a newly constructed dataset. Reform measures can only temporarily improve efficiency performance, but are unable to break the path in the absence of a genuine political democracy.</description>
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