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Poverty, Inequality and Permeability to Globalization Effects : A Study of Select Villages in Udalguri Subdivision of Assam

Mishra, SK; Daimari, Prasen - EconWPA - 2005

Globalization is a deliberate decision to open up a national economy to the forces of product, factor and money markets … regime and went in for globalization in the early 1990’s. However, globalization of the Indian Economy has been defensive … in the social spirit and prowess, so much needed to benefit from globalization. Acute poverty is the major structural …

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Child Malnutrition, Social Development and Health Services in the Andean Region

CARLOS, LARREA; PEDRO, MONTALVO; ANA, RICAURTE - EconWPA - 2005

This study analyzes social, ethnic and regional determinants of child malnutrition, as well as the effects of access to health services in the Andean Region, through a comparison between Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. These three countries share a profile with high stunting prevalence and strong...

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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

Bank and other agencies. By contrast, nutrition began to improve only in the 1990s and remains high. The Bangladesh … Integrated Nutrition Program (BINP) has played a small role, if any, in this progress, which is mainly attributable to higher …

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Poverty, Dietary Imbalance and Sickness among Casual Labourer Households in Shillong (India)

Mishra, SK; Lyngskor, JW - EconWPA - 2005

The objective of this study is to bring out the case of poverty, undernourishment and health conditions of casual labourers in Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, India. Casual labourers are those workers who work for a very short duration (for a few hours, a day or at most a few days under...

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Poverty, Dietary Imbalance and Sickness among Casual Labourer Households in Shillong (India)

Mishra, SK; Lyngskor, JW - EconWPA - 2005

The objective of this study is to bring out the case of poverty, undernourishment and health conditions of casual labourers in Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, India. A large section of the unskilled labourers work as casual workers. Casual labourers are those workers who work for a very...

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Is there a Daily Discount Rate? Evidence from the Food Stamp Nutrition Cycle

Shapiro, Jesse M. - EconWPA - 2003

A central prediction of the quasi-hyperbolic model of time preference is that consumers will be impatient over short-run tradeoffs. I present the first nonlaboratory test of this implication using data on the nutritional intake of food stamp recipients. Caloric intake declines by 10 to 15...

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America Latina: Hambre y Alimentos en Abundancia

Lewin, Paul - EconWPA - 2005

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Policy Reform in Networks Infrastructure: The Case of Mexico

Tovar-Landa, Ramiro - EconWPA - 1997

This paper addresses the recent Mexico experience in the opening to competition in networks infrastructure mainly in …

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Un Análisis de cointegración con corrección de errores de las Fugas de Capital y la Inestabilidad Política en México , An econometric model of capital flight in Mexico

Diaz-Bautista, Alejandro; Andrade, Cesar Alfredo Olivas - EconWPA - 2005

Resumen El presente estudio se centra en analizar los factores que provocan el éxodo de capital en México, entre los … interés entre México y Estados Unidos y el diferencial en las tasas de inflación México-Estados Unidos. De igual forma, se … México. Asimismo, se plantean los modelos más comunes para la estimación de la fuga de capital aplicados a México. Abstract …

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Restaurant Prices and the Mexican Peso

Jr, Thomas M Fullerton; Coronado, Roberto - EconWPA - 2004

Mexican peso. Sample data are from El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. A battery of statistical tests indicate that the …

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