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Does Governance Contribute to Pro-poor Growth? Evidence from Pakistan
Haq, Rashida; Zia, Uzma - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
the lowest percentile as compared to other countries. The dimensions of pro-poor growth, which include poverty, inequality … inequality have worsened and the share in income and expenditure for the bottom 20 percent has also decreased, while inflation … that there is a strong relationship between good governance and reduction in poverty and inequality. It is concluded that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365047
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Trends in Household Vulnerability
Albert, Jose Ramon G.; Ramos, Andre Philippe - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
This paper presents a few of the latest statistics on income poverty, growth and inequality, and makes a case about the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365247
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The Pattern of Growth in Indonesia after the Economic Crisis 1997/1998 : Does the Primary Sector Still Need to Support Economic Growth?
Hirawan, Fajar Bambang; Cesaratto, Sergio - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper aims to examine the pattern of growth in Indonesia, especially after the economic crisis 1997/1998. Indonesia suffered a catastrophic economic crisis from the year 1997 until 1999 and the economy improved from the year 2000 even though it was still dependant on the non-economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363511
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Trade Liberalisation, Financial Development and Economic Growth
Khan, Muhammad Arshad; Qayyum, Abdul - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper empirically investigates the impact of trade and financial liberalisation on economic growth in Pakistan using annual observations over the period 1961-2005. The analysis is based on the bound testing approach of cointegration advanced by Pesaran, et al. (2001). The empirical findings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365136
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Tourism Satellite Account for India
Shukla, Rajesh - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
With the growing recognition of tourism as a source of employment generating growth in the country, improved understanding of what tourism is, its role in the economy and its relationship to other parts of the economy is important. The Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) is a new framework recently...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365257
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Sustainable Development Framework for Local Governance
Cabalfin, Michael R.; Yap, Josef T. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
inequality; and the importance of institutions to growth. Local development experience also reveals the interrelatedness of the …; the role of health to human capital; the significance of human capital to poverty and inequality; the value of human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363294
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Sustainable Development Framework for Local Governance
Cabalfin, Michael R.; Yap, Josef T. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
inequality; and the importance of institutions to growth. Local development experience also reveals the interrelatedness of the …; the role of health to human capital; the significance of human capital to poverty and inequality; the value of human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363564
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Determinants of Job Turnover Intentions : Evidence from Singapore
Xing, Xiaolin; Yang, Zhenlin - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
This paper explores both observable and unobservable variables that would affect employed workers decisions on job change. We find that age, job satisfaction, satisfaction with working environment or job security, and firm size are among the major factors determining workers intentions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363348
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The Measurement and Trends of Unemployment in Indonesia : The Issue of Discouraged Workers
Suryadarma, Daniel; Suryahadi, Asep; Sumarto, Sudarno - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
This study provides an overview of the concepts used to measure unemployment in Indonesia and their consequences for … the measured unemployment trends. One finding shows that BPSs decision in 2001 to relax the definition of labor force by … including discouraged workers has resulted in an artificially high open unemployment rate and disguises the actual decline in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363353
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'Bed and Board' in Lieu of salary : Women and Girl Children Domestics in Post Partition Calcutta (1951-1981)
Chakravarty, Deepita; Chakravarty, Ishita - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2010
Research on women's work has attempted to analyse how the interplay of market and patriarchy leads women and men to perform different economic roles in society. This segregation on the basis of gender or the sex-typing of work plays an important role both from the demand and supply sides in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363783