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		<title><![CDATA[WORLD BANK EXTENDS $56 MLN LOAN TO ASSIST FINANCING TOURISM PROJECT]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5561/is_200702/ai_n22704198]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to "Jordan Times", Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit briefed a delegation from the World Bank on the government's efforts to achieve political and economic reform. The prime minister described the country's economic performance as extremelyAccording to "Jordan Times", Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit briefed a delegation from the World Bank on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[JORDAN: WORLD BANK EXTENDS $56 MLN LOAN TO ASSIST FINANCING TOURISM PROJECT.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200702/ai_n25732668]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to "Jordan Times", Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit  briefed a delegation from the World Bank on the government's  efforts to achieve political and economic reform. The prime minister  described the country's economic performance as extr  According to "Jordan Times", Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit  briefed a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Lag Structure Of The Impact Of Business Ownership On Economic Performance In OECD Countries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=282444]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper investigates the impact of changes in the number of business owners on three measures of economic performance, viz. employment growth, Gross Domestic Product GDP growth and labor productivity growth. Particular attention is devoted to the lag structure. The analysis is performed at the country level for 21 OECD...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TURKEY: TURKEY'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IS VERY GOOD - IMF PRESIDENT.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200609/ai_n26224983]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Turkiye, International Monetary Fund President Rodrigo  de Rato said that Turkey's economic growth performance was very  good. Speaking to reporters in Singapore, Rato said that structural  reforms and economic policies carried out in Turke  According to Turkiye, International Monetary Fund President Rodrigo  de...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Human Resources, The Labour Market And Economic Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=312559]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Siting the Lab in the CEP Centre for Economic Performance allows the planned work to draw on the expertise and knowledge of the labour market derived from the Centre's previous years of research. Author now turn to an overview of the main questions tackled by CEP in this period and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Productivity, Exporting And The Learning-By-Exporting Hypothesis: Direct Evidence From UK Firms]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=317621]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Case study evidence suggests that exporting firms learn from their clients. But econometric evidence, mostly using exporting and TFP growth, is mixed. We use a UK panel data set with firm-level information on exporting and productivity. Our innovation is that we also have direct data on the sources of learning...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Innovation Leadership, Technological Coherence and Economic Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=178815]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The central research question in this paper is: what is the relationship between the economic performance of the firm and strategies of being a technological leader versus a technological follower, and strategies of established technological coherence versus novelty in technological combination? This paper presents a quantitative investigation that enables to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TURKEY: IMF PRAISES TURKEY'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE.(Brief Article)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200504/ai_n26202103]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Milliyet, International Monetary Fund Managing  Director Rodrigo Rato praised Turkey's economic performance,  calling it "impressive." Rato ...  According to Milliyet, International Monetary Fund Managing  Director Rodrigo Rato praised Turkey's economic performance,  calling it "impressive." Rato stated that the IMF could handle  Turkey's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OECD: Disappointing economic performance in Mexico.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5586/is_200503/ai_n23875401]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY, Mar 02, 2005 (Corp Mex - Business Brief/Corporate  Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- Source: El Economista    MEXICO CITY, Mar 02, 2005 (Corp Mex - Business Brief/Corporate  Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- Source: El Economista  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OECD: Disappointing economic performance in Mexico.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5586/is_200503/ai_n23875371]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY, Mar 02, 2005 (El Economista/Corporate Mexico by  Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- The Organization of Economic  Cooperation and Development OECD said in a report that the economic  performance of Mexico in the last decade has been  MEXICO CITY, Mar 02, 2005 (El Economista/Corporate...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Trade And FDI]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=316296]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The external sector has always been the key to Ghana's economic performance. Good economic performance as in the late 1950s and early 1960s was associated with good trade performance while poor economic performance as in the late 1960s and 1970s was associated with a severe contraction of the external sector....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Capital Markets Enhance Economic Performance and Facilitate Job Creation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=156182]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Well-developed capital markets generate many economic benefits, including higher productivity growth, greater employment opportunities, and improved macroeconomic stability. To focus on these significant benefits, this paper examines three issues: the importance of capital markets in facilitating superior economic performance, how the capital markets foster job creation, and necessary preconditions for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Regulatory Reform And Economic Performance In US Electricity Generation]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=315747]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper investigates the effect of the introduction of incentive regulation upon the Total Factor Productivity TFP growth of electricity generation companies in the United States, using sample data on 61 firms observed over a 13-year period from 1986 to 1998. Empirical estimates of TFP growth are obtained using three...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Technological Diversification and Economic Performance: A Within-Industry Perspective]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=162589]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper aims at a better understanding of how firms arrange and profit from their technological competencies. In particular, it presents a contribution to the diversification-performance literature by dealing with a still poorly researched aspect of diversification, namely technological diversification, while controlling for market diversification. Results suggest that firms that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Kerry Campaign Hosts Conference Call Today at Noon; Rep. Emmanuel, Sperling to Discuss White House Economic Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200406/ai_n21836442]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[-- Rep. Emmanuel & Gene Sperling: Bush Is Either Out Of Touch Or Deliberately Misleading On The Economy  -- Rep. Emmanuel & Gene Sperling: Bush Is Either Out Of Touch Or Deliberately Misleading On The Economy  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Employment and Taxes]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=135519]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper considers the impact of taxation policy on market work. On the basis of the evidence, it finds that a 10 percentage point rise in the tax wedge will reduce overall labor input provided via the market by around 2 per cent of the population of working age. The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does Regional Economic Performance Affect Bank Conditions? New Analysis of an Old Question]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=111027]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The idea that regional economic performance affects bank health is intuitive and broadly consistent with the aggregate banking data. That said micro-level research on this relationship provides a mixed picture of the importance, size, and timing of regional variables for bank performance. This paper helps in reconciling the heterogeneous findings...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Further Evidence on the Link Between Finance and Growth: An International Analysis of Community Banking and Economic Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=116977]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The paper discusses both the finance-growth and the community banking literature by testing the effects of the relative health of community banks on economic growth, and investigating potential transmission mechanisms for these effects using data from 1993-2000 on 49 nations. Data from both developed and developing nations suggest that greater...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Law, Share Price Accuracy and Economic Performance: The New Evidence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=162475]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The value of mandatory securities disclosure is intensely debated. Two big questions occupy much of the attention: Do more accurate share prices contribute to the efficient provision of goods and services in the economy? Even if they do, will mandatory disclosure effectively contribute to share price accuracy? To date, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Power Of Negative Thinking: Government Regulation And Economic Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=287240]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The author start off with a proposition duly overstated - which should fit comfortably with the remarks of other contributors to this conference on supply-side economics: it is futile to focus so heavily on tax incentives to encourage economic activity at a time when the governmental regulatory apparatus is imposing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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