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The fungibility of health aid reconsidered
Sijpe, Nicolas Van de - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013
This paper draws further attention to the importance of taking into account off-budget aid when estimating the degree of foreign aid fungibility.  It does so by re-evaluating the results of a recent, influential paper which concluded that health aid is fully fungible in the long run.  Allowing...
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Is foreign aid fungible?  Evidence from the education and health sectors
Sijpe, Nicolas Van de - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010
This paper takes a fresh look at the issue of foreign aid fungibility.  Unlike the bulk of existing empirical studies, I employ panel data that contain information on the specific purpose for which aid is given.  This allows me to link aid given for education and healt purposes to recipient...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004426
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Social Capital and Development
Fafchamps, Marcel - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2004
study of social capital. This term has been used in many different ways to cover a broad range of phenomena (Durlauf … & Fafchamps 2002). Perhaps it is best seen as a way of federating research programs in various social sciences, If so, the quest … appropriate the term differently depending on how it fits in their paradigm. What is important is that the phrase social capital …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051085
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The Economic Causes and Consequences of Social Instability in China
Knight, John - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2012
Social instability is a concept that economists rarely analyse, and yet it can lurk behind much economic policy …-making.  China’s leadership has often publicly expressed its concerns to avoid ‘social instability’.  It is viewed as a threat … maintenance of social stability.  This paper examines the likely economic determinants of social instability, using both surveys …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133081
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Rich States, Poor States: Convergence and Polarisation in India
Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2006
The distribution dynamics of incomes across Indian states are examined using the entire income distribution rather than using standard regression approaches. The period 1965 to 1997 exhibits twin-peaked dynamics: there are two income convergence clubs at 50% and 125% of the national average...
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Education and the Poverty Trap in Rural China
Knight, John; Shi, Li; Quheng, Deng - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008
This is an attempt to view the relationships involving education and income as forming a system, and one that can generate a poverty trap.  The setting is rural China, and the data are from a national household survey for 2002, designed with research hypotheses in mind.  Enrolment is high in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004217
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Vulnerability, Shocks and Persistence of Poverty - Estimates for Semi-Arid Rural South India
Imai, Katsushi; Gaiha, Raghav - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2002
This paper focuses on vulnerability of rural households to poverty when a negative crop shock occurs. Of particular concern is the possibilty of some sections experiencing long spells of poverty as a consequence of such shocks. The analysis is based on the ICRISAT panel survey of households in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005047772
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Political Connections and Social Networks in Targeted Transfer Programmes: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
Dercon, Stefan; Caeyers, Bet - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2008
, based on some general targeting rules related to needs.  This opens the door for local social and political processes to … impact on who gets access.  Despite increasingly large scale social protection programmes in Africa, we have limited evidence … food aid transfers.  We investigate whether social networks and political connections matter for access.  We find evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011004143
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Does Abolishing Fees Reduce School Quality?  Evidence from Kenya
Bold, Tesssa - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011
In 2003 Kenya abolished user fees in all government primary schools. We find that this Free Primary Education (FPE) policy resulted in a decline in public school quality and increased demand for private schooling.  However, the former did not reflect a decline in value added by public schools -...
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What should fiscal councils do?
Wren-Lewis, Simon; Calmfors, Lars - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011
Fiscal councils now exist in a number of countries.  This paper first considers the extent of deficit bias, potential explanations for it, and how independent institutions could help reduce it.  Are fiscal councils complements to or substitutes for fiscal rules, and why do none at  present...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008852051