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Improving Energy Efficiency of the Belarusian Economy: an Economic Agenda: May 21, 2007 15:19
The paper argues that improving the energy efficiency in the country requires a comprehensive reform of the energy sector, which includes the corporatization of energy companies, introduction of independent regulation, a sufficient tariff reform and – where possible – stimulation of competition through liberalization.

Energy and Water consumption No comments yet
Tags: energy, reform, competition, efficiency, belarus
Import Substitution and Export Promotion Policies, Including the Issues of Strengthening the Balance of Payments: May 15, 2007 09:51
This report considers the issues of efficiency of the trade policy based on import substitution, or export promotion, on the basis of world experience.

Foreign Trade No comments yet
Tags: import, issue, export, efficiency
Energy Efficiency fact cards: May 15, 2007 09:54
Energy efficiency is a key issue in the Bank’s countries of operations. All these countries exceed the EU average for energy intensity, some use almost seven times as much energy as western Europe per unit of GDP. High energy usage is partly to due to the cold climate and the needs of heavy industry but there is also a legacy of enormous reliance on inefficient Soviet-era energy systems. This set of fact cards show the reality behind the 'burning issue' of energy efficiency in the Bank's countries of operations.

Energy and Water consumption No comments yet
Tags: energy, efficiency, Soviet, Europe
Cost efficiency of banks in transition: Evidence from 289 banks in 15 post-communist countries: May 15, 2007 09:54
To understand the transformation of banking in the post-communist transition, this paper examines the cost efficiency of 289 banks in 15 east European countries. The findings showed that banking systems in which foreign-owned banks have a larger share of total assets record lower costs and that the association between a country’s progress in banking reform and cost efficiency is non-linear. Early stages of reform are associated with cost reductions, while costs tend to rise at more advanced stages. Private banks are more efficient than state-owned banks, but there are differences among private banks. Privatised banks with majority foreign ownership are the most efficient and those with domestic ownership are the least.

Banking Sector No comments yet
Tags: bank, cost, efficiency, post-communist, soviet
Do market pressures induce economic efficiency ? The case of Slovenian manufacturing, 1994-2001: December 3, 2007 17:05
The Slovenian transition represents a slow, but steady liberalization of constraints on competition. Using a unique longitudinal data set on all manufacturing firms in Slovenia over the period 1994-2001, the authors analyze how firm efficiency changed, in response to changing competitive pressures, holding constant firm attributes.

Economic Development No comments yet
Tags: market, pressure, economic, efficiency, Slovenian, manufacture
Improving Energy Efficiency of the Belarusian Economy: an Economic Agenda: January 18, 2008 12:18
This paper considers measures to improve incentives for efficient energy use and measures to improve it.

Power industry No comments yet
Tags: energy, efficiency, Belarus, independent, regulation, tariff, reform