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The Macro-Economic and Sectoral Impacts of HIV and AIDS in India
Ojha, Vijay P.; Pradhan, Basanta K. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
The adverse economic impact of HIV and AIDS occurs at three levels : the individual/household, sector, and national or … the impact of HIV and AIDS on affected households, which it finds to be seriously adverse, and, therefore, a matter of … acute concern. At the same time, the study underplays the adverse economywide impact of AIDS. Given the current prevalence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363935
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Understanding the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Child and Maternal Health among the Poor : Opportunities for South Asia
Cader, Azra Abdul; Perera, Lakwimashi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
The economic crisis hit many countries in 2007 and the effects are still being felt, especially in poorer developing nations. Much of the debate surrounding the economic crisis and its impacts has focused on the financial and economic aspects—import/export impacts, economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653162
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Understanding the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Child and Maternal Health among the Poor : Opportunities for South Asia
Cader, Azra Abdul; Perera, Lakwimashi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
The economic crisis hit many countries in 2007 and the effects are still being felt, especially in poorer developing nations. Much of the debate surrounding the economic crisis and its impacts has focused on the financial and economic aspects—import/export impacts, economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653179
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Understanding the Impact of the Economic Crisis on Child and Maternal Health among the Poor : Opportunities for South Asia
Cader, Azra Abdul; Perera, Lakwimashi - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2011
The economic crisis hit many countries in 2007 and the effects are still being felt, especially in poorer developing nations. Much of the debate surrounding the economic crisis and its impacts has focused on the financial and economic aspects—import/export impacts, economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009653185
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Migration, Policy and Welfare in the Context of Developing Economies : A Simple Extended Family Approach
Hussain, S.M. Turab - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
After giving an overview of the state of migration policy in developing countries with special reference to Pakistan this paper essentially revisits the issue of policy and its effect on rural to urban migration under an extended family theoretical framework. This specific approach is motivated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363491
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International Remittances and Household Expenditures : The Philippine Case
Tabuga, Aubrey D. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2007
This paper examines the general relationship between remittances and household expenditures in the Philippines by doing a cross-sectional analysis of the 2003 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES). Unlike past research works, it provides a comprehensive overview of the effect of remittance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363577
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Impact of Microfinance on Rural Households in the Philippines
Kondo, Toshio; Aniceto Orbeta Jr.; Dingcong, Clarence; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2008
This paper reports on the impact evaluation study of the Rural Microenterprise Finance Project (RMFP) in the Philippines. RMFP aimed to support efforts of the Government of the Philippines to strengthen rural financial institutions by assisting organizations that employed the Grameen Bank...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363603
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Family Business Groups and Tunneling Framework : Application and Evidence from Pakistan
Ikram, Atif; Naqvi, Syed Ali Asjad - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2005
In Pakistan there is a ubiquity of firms in which there exists a controlling shareholder, usually in the form of the family. By and large this control is maintained via crossshareholding and inter-locked directorships which in turn is facilitated by the pyramidal organization of these firms....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363746
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The Relationship between Chronic Poverty and Household Dynamics : Evidence from Indonesia
Widyanti, Wenefrida; Suryahadi, Asep; Sumarto, Sudarno; … - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
The composition of households frequently change due to births, deaths, divorces, marriages, the departure of children from home, and other compositional changes. Consequently, a large number of people undergo some fundamental change in household arrangements during relatively short periods of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009363791
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Children and Household Savings in the Philippines
Aniceto C. Orbeta Jr. - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
This paper examines the relationship between household savings and family size. Household savings are important indicators for family welfare not only in terms of its investment and income generation prospects but also, and perhaps more importantly given pervasive borrowing constraints and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365222