A Company Odyssey in the South

2020 ◽  
pp. 257-273
Author(s):  
Philippe D’Iribarne ◽  
Sylvie Chevrier ◽  
Alain Henry ◽  
Jean-Pierre Segal ◽  
Geneviève Tréguer-Felten
Keyword(s):  
National Culture ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Corporate Culture ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Cultural Meanings ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Cultural Traits ◽  
A Company

This chapter recounts the successive reforms experienced over almost thirty years by the Cameroon Electricity Corporation. Its history is emblematic of the issues facing companies in emerging countries. First of all, it illustrates the remarkable permanence, over the long term, of a set of Cameroonian cultural traits. However, these national culture specificities have only been addressed episodically during successive modernizations. The first part summarizes the analyses carried out in the early 1990s on the ‘hyper-centralization’ of the company and the subsequent implementation of a detailed procedures manual to reduce it. The second part displays the disappointing results of the universal management solutions later applied to comply with the privatization recommended by the World Bank. This story shows that changes in corporate culture are possible as long as they are in line with the persistent universes of cultural meanings.

scholarly journals The National Culture, Best Countries Rank Number, Corruption Performance Index, and Governance. A Study in 8 Countries.

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 5541-5547
Author(s):  
Tri Gunarsih ◽  
M Jusuf Wibisana
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
National Culture ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Performance Index ◽  
Power Distance ◽  
Rank Number ◽  
Governance Indicators ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World

This study implements correlation analysis to explore the relationships between the national culture; best countries rank number, Corruption Performance Index (CPI) and governance in 8 countries in the Europe region (Croatia, France, Hungary, and Italy) and Asia region (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippine, and Singapore). The national culture based on six dimensions of Hofstede et al. The best countries rank number based on usnews.com. The CPI based on transparency.org. The Governance based on The World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, in six expressions. The two highest of culture indicators is Malaysia (Power distance and Indulgence). The two most top indicators of culture are Hungary (Individualism and Masculinity), while the highest uncertainty avoidance is France, and the highest score of long term orientation is Singapore. The highest CPI Score is Singapore (84 out of 100 ratings), and the highest number of best countries is France (9 out of 80 countries). Six indicators of Culture correlate with governance indicators. CPI correlates with best countries rank number and five governance indicators. Country Rank correlates with six governance indicators. The results show that not all of the variables correlate with other variables, but governance correlates with all the three variables. These suggest that the improvement of national culture, the higher the rank number of the best countries and the higher the CPI will lead to being better governance.  

scholarly journals Skills Gap, Innovation, and Firms Performance in Zambia

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Yordanos Gebremeskel ◽  
Bupe Simuchimba ◽  
Chonzi Mulenga
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Sales Growth ◽  
Skills Gap ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Innovation Model ◽  
Skilled Workforce ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

This study examines the interaction between employees’ skill, innovation and firm’s performance. A skilled labour force has a significant impact on the innovation, performance and long-term competitiveness of the firm. Due to a weak educational system coupled with limited training facilities, most Zambian firms still face challenges in acquiring the required skilled workforce. The World Bank Skills Survey Zambia 2016 is used for the empirical analysis on 350 small, medium, and large enterprises. A binomial logit model is used for the innovation model and OLS regression model for performance measurement. We employ sales growth as a measure of firm performance. The results show that the number of professional & skilled employees and trainings were important factors of innovation. Furthermore, we find that innovation and location have an impact on the firms’ performance as measured by sales growth.

MEASURING LONG-TERM COMMODITY-LEVEL TRADE COSTS: THE CASE OF ASIA

2012 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 1250014
Author(s):  
SHINTARO HAMANAKA ◽  
ROMANA DOMINGO
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Trade Costs ◽  
Trade Facilitation ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Business Data

Despite its several inherent weaknesses, Doing Business compiled by the World Bank is still the most widely used assessment of the trade facilitation status among developing country policymakers as well as economists. In this paper, we suggest that the use of trade costs calculated based on trade statistics in conjunction with Doing Business data is helpful in drawing up sector-specific trade facilitation policies. Unlike Doing Business, we can obtain long-term commodity-level trade costs if trade statistics are used.

scholarly journals Rural Poverty and Land Degradation: A Review of the Current State of Knowledge

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (4II) ◽  
pp. 1053-1070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sohail Jehangir Malik ◽  
Hina Nazli
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current State ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Resource Degradation ◽  
The World ◽  
Short And Long Term

By highlighting the lack of rigorous evidence and calling for a greater understanding of the interaction of the two processes, a recent study [Nelson et al. (1997)] has called into question the strong perception that poverty is both a consequence as well as a cause of resource degradation.1 This perception which is widely held is strongly evident in the writings of the multilateral development agencies such as the World Bank (1990) and IFAD (1992) and exists despite extensive reviews which indicate that the short- and long-term implications of land degradation are not very clear [see Scherr and Yadav (1995)]. Similarly, while knowledge about poverty is expanding rapidly, thanks in large parts to the massive international focus and resources brought to bear on its understanding in the past ten.........................

The Concern and Contribution of the World Bank in Population Planning

1973 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 709-718
Author(s):  
Kandiah Kanagaratnam
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Population Growth Rates ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
Population Planning ◽  
Standards Of Living ◽  
The World ◽  
National Leaders ◽  
High Population Growth

The World Bank shares the widespread conviction that high population growth rates present a long-term threat to world viability and interfere with present efforts to improve standards of living. In trying to do something about the problem the Bank is moving on three fronts: increasing world awareness of the problems created by surging population growth; focusing the attention of national leaders on the demographic situation of their countries; assisting countries which want Bank assistance in building institutions and programs that will enable them to influence the growth of their populations.

scholarly journals APAKAH AUDIT LAPORAN KEUANGAN MENGURANGI SUAP?

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 536-542
Author(s):  
Stevani Kurniawati Lestari Galamba ◽  
Wehelmina Theresia Patric Nggebu
Keyword(s):  
World Bank ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Test Methods ◽  
T Test ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Financial Report ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World ◽  
Enterprise Survey ◽  
A Company

Audit financial report is the most important thing in a company. The function is to measure a financial report of a company whether it has fulfilled the standard and characteristic in arranging the financial report. The purpose of the report is to know the use of audit financial report in the company can reduce the bribery practice of government officials. Chi square test and T-test methods were used in this research. The purpose of using this research is to know the relation between variables which is the relation of audit financial report toward the bribe practice in the company. Secondary data from the world bank Indonesia enterprise survey in 2009 is used as the source of data. The results of the research showed that the company that has done the audit financial report tended to not involved in bribe practice.   Audit laporan keuangan adalah hal yang sangat penting dalam suatu perusahan dimana audit laporan keuangan berfungsi untuk menilai suatu laporan keuangan perusahaan telah memenuhi standar dan karakteristik dalam penyusunan laporan keuangan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk ingin mengetahui apakah dengan adanya audit laporan keuangan dalam suatu perusahaan dapat mengurangi praktik suap di kalangan pejabat pemerintah. Metode yang digunakan pada penelitian ini menggunakan uji chi square danuji T-test. uji  chi square dan uji  T-test bertujuan untuk mengetahui antar hubungan variabel, hubungan antar variabel dalam penelitian ini yaitu hubungan antara audit laporan keuangan terhadap tindakan suap dalam suatu perusahaan. Sumber data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu data sekunder yang diperoleh dari The World Bank Indonesia Enterprise Survey yang dilakukan pada tahun 2009. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa perusahaan yang telah melakukan audit atas laporan keuangan cenderung tidak terlibat dalam tindakan suap.

Malaysia's Economic Growth and Transition to High Income: An Application of the World Bank Long Term Growth Model (LTGM)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharmila Devadas ◽  
Jorge Guzman ◽  
Young Eun Kim ◽  
Norman Loayza ◽  
Steven Pennings
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Growth Model ◽  
High Income ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
The World
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