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Maintaining Momentum to 2015? An impact evaluation of interventions to improve maternal and child health and nutrition in Bangladesh
White, Howard; Masset, Edoardo; Blondal, Nina; … - EconWPA - 2005
Bangladesh has experienced rapid fertility decline and reductions in under-five mortality over the last three decades … Bank and other agencies. By contrast, nutrition began to improve only in the 1990s and remains high. The Bangladesh …
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Environmental and Natural Resource Degradation in Intensive Agriculture in Bangladesh
Pagiola, Stefano - EconWPA - 2004
in Bangladesh have tended to mask evidence of declining productivity. Although data are weak, numerous sources of …-term trials by the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) also indicate that intensive rice cultivation can result in declining … Research Institute (IRRI). There is considerable debate over the exact causes of declining productivity. In Bangladesh, the …
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Returns to education in Bangladesh
Asadullah, M Niaz - EconWPA - 2005
This paper reports labour market returns to education in Bangladesh using data from recent nationwide household survey …
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The environmental protection authority as a monopoly
Taylor, Leon - EconWPA - 1998
Small jurisdictions vie for economic development by relaxing pollution controls. This can cause damaging spillovers. Many policy analysts recommend replacing the small jurisdictions with a single authority that taxes development. But as the sole producer of development rights to a unique area,...
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Biodiversität richtig managen - Effizientes Portfoliomanagement als effektiver Artenschutz
Figge, Frank - EconWPA - 2004
Der Verlust an Biodiversität gilt als eines der zentralen Umweltprobleme. Um die Bedeutung der Biodiversität aufzuzeigen, wird heute in Wissenschaft und Praxis meist der Wert einzelner Arten oder Ökosysteme bestimmt. Die zugrundeliegende Überlegung ist, dass eine Art oder ein Ökosystem...
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The Iberian Tigers versus The Celtic Tiger: Economic Growth Paths in an Economic History Perspective
Sequeira, Tiago Neves - EconWPA - 2003
The years following the Second World War were those of the greatest economic growth that Europe had ever seen. If the countries of the Iberian Peninsula, neutral in the conflict and ruled by dictatorial regimes, enjoyed that growth and had participated in the convergence phenomenon, Ireland,...
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CORRUPTION AND BRIBERY IN THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
NWAOBI, DR. GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2004
Nigeria is going through a difficult political and economic transition after decades of independence.Yet, Nigeria remains a society rich in cultural, linguistic, religious, ethnic and political diversity. Today, the average Nigerian struggles hard to make ends meet; sees himself or herself as...
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The Rise in Returns to Education and the Decline in Household Savings
Chanda, Areendam - EconWPA - 2005
This paper explores the consequences of rising returns to human capital investment on the personal savings rate. Over the past two decades, the return to college education has increased relative to high school education leading economists to argue the presence of 'skill biased technological...
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Growth and Convergence across the U.S: Evidence from County-Level Data
Higgins, Matthew; Levy, Daniel; Young, Andrew - EconWPA - 2005
We use U.S. county data (3,058 observations) and 41 conditioning variables to study growth and convergence. Using OLS and 3SLS-IV we report on the full sample and metro, non-metro, and 5 regional samples: (1) OLS yields convergence rates around 2 percent; 3SLS yields 6–8 percent; (2)...
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Health Economics : some stylized facts
ULMANN, Philippe - EconWPA - 2003
The study of the stylized facts of economic growth has allowed an advance of this field of economic analysis in its empirical and theorical works. Today, Health Economics is faced with new requirements of society, i.e. better care at a sustainable cost. Furthermore, since the problems linked...
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