Documentos e informes
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Do Crises hit Female-Managed and Male-Managed Firms Differently? Evidence from the 2008 Financial Crisis (Inglés)
While efforts are currently in place to collect data on the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, this note looks at the experience of the 2008 financial crisis to gain insights on possible differential...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 152886 Fecha del documento: 10 de septiembre de 2020 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Ahmed,Tanima,Muzi,Silvia,Ueda,Kohei
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Firm Performance and the Business Environment in Malaysia : A Comparison with High - Income and Upper - Middle - Income countries (Inglés)
Firm-level survey data on registered private firms reveal that firms in Malaysia have much lower labor productivity than their counterparts in 43 upper-middle-income and 14 high-income countries. It will...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 138329 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2019 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Amin,Mohammad,Soh,Yew Chong
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Navigating the Landscape of Transactions : Understanding Firms’ Transactional Governance Structures in Six Latin American Countries (Inglés)
This note summarizes findings from a new paper, which lays out a methodology to determine the types of mechanisms, be they the legal system, civil organizations, or shared business interest, that firms...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 152936 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2019 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Francis,David C.
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Female Top Managers in Malaysia (Inglés)
Recent firm-level survey data collected by the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys (ES) shows that about a quarter of all Malaysian firms have a female top manager. Female top managers are more likely to be...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 138328 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2018 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Amin,Mohammad,Mayoral,Amanda
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What Do Exporters in Malaysia Look Like? (Inglés)
Taking advantage of recent Enterprise Surveys data, this note aims to provide a first set of observations on the performance and regulatory constraints of Malaysia’s exporting firms. The findings provide...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 138327 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2017 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Amin,Mohammad,Arlet,Jean Nicolas,Ulku,Hulya
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Women Workers in Malaysia’s Private Sector (Inglés)
This note analyzes various issues related to women workers in Malaysia’s formal private sector. Using the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys data, the proportion of women among all workers in Malaysia is...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 138330 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2017 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Amin,Mohammad,Mayoral,Amanda
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Informal firms in Myanmar (Inglés)
Using survey data on informal firms in Myanmar, a number of issues related to firm-size,productivity, business environment, gender disparity and registration costs and benefits arediscussed. The findings...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 111251 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Amin,Mohammad
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Legal institutions and women’s employment (Inglés)
This note explores the role of legal institutions in influencing women’s employment in private firms in developing countries. Both a holistic and specific approach to legal institutions is adopted. Regarding...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 111250 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2016 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Amin,Mohammad,Islam,Asif Mohammed
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Enterprise surveys : Papua New Guinea county profile 2015 (Inglés)
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 111259 Fecha del documento: 1 de agosto de 2015 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Enterprise surveys : Malaysia country profile 2015 (Inglés)
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 111258 Fecha del documento: 1 de marzo de 2015 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Enterprise surveys : Philippines country pofile 2015 (Inglés)
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy’s private sector...
Tipo de documento: Documento de trabajo Número del informe: 111260 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2015 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Does firm-size matter in the informal sector? (Inglés)
Newly available data on informal firms in 11 African countries shows that informal firms while generally small can vary substantially in size. Using these data, this note explores the relevance of firm-size...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 92275 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2014 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Amin,Mohammad,Huang,Xie
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Presence of women in top managerial positions (Inglés)
The presence of female top managers in the private sector signals the existence of high paying jobs for women and also serves as further encouragement for other women to seek better employment. This note...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 92276 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2014 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Amin, Mohammad,Islam,Asif Mohammed
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Running a business in Indonesia (Inglés)
Recently obtained enterprise surveys data indicate that senior managers in Indonesia spend the least amount of time dealing with the requirements of government regulations when compared to countries in...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 65102 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Running a business in Vietnam (Inglés)
New data from enterprise surveys indicate that Vietnamese firms have several comparative advantages over firms in other similarly populated countries and countries in the same income group. Senior manager's...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 65103 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Running a business in the Kyrgyz Republic (Inglés)
New data from enterprise surveys indicate that business regulation reforms in the Kyrgyz Republic, such as simplifying tax payment procedures, are positively impacting the private sector. Firms interviewed...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 65104 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Running a Business in Kazakhstan (Inglés)
New enterprise surveys data indicate that firms in Kazakhstan are more likely to face corruption and are less integrated in global trade when compared to the rest of the countries in the Easter Europe...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 63664 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Running a business in Brazil (Inglés)
Brazilian firms are more integrated into their country's financial system than other firms in the rest of the Latin American region Brazil has the highest proportion of firms who finance investment using...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 63663 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed
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Education and the structure of informal firms in Latin America (Inglés)
A recent survey of unregistered or informal firms in Argentina and Peru shows that about 74 percent of the owners have a secondary or higher education. This note compared firms by the education level of...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 63665 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Amin, Mohammad
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Total factor productivity across the developing world (Inglés)
Total factor productivity (TFP) is a crucial measure of efficiency and thus an important indicator for policymakers. Using micro level data from manufacturing industries in 80 developing countries, this...
Tipo de documento: Resumen Número del informe: 68273 Fecha del documento: 1 de enero de 2011 Tipo de divulgación: Disclosed Autor: Saliola,Federica,Seker, Murat