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On the utility consistency of poverty lines

Lokshin, Michael - 2003

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Greek Logistics : Unlocking Growth Potential through Regulatory Reform and Complementary Measures

World Bank - 2014

logistics sector in Greece and to develop policy recommendations. The World Bank is carrying out the project at the request of … a technical assistance package provided by the World Bank Group to the Government of Greece on enhancing the business … environment and trade logistics. The package has been facilitated by the Task Force for Greece (TFGR, an arm of the European …

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Greece - Learning Poverty Brief, 2022

World Bank - 2022

All children should be able to read by age 10. Reading is a gateway for learning as the child progresses through school - and conversely, an inability to read constrains opportunities for further learning. Reading proficiency is also critical for foundational learning in other subjects. In low-...

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Greco-Roman lessons for public debt management and debt market development

Vittas, Dimitri - 2004

"Greece and Italy initiated efforts to improve public debt management and develop their domestic debt markets …

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Public-private sector wage differentials and returns to education in Djibouti

Anás Casero, Paloma - 2006

"Do public sector workers earn a wage premium in Djibouti and are the returns to education different across the sectors? The authors estimate private and public sector wage earnings using 1996 household survey data, while controlling for selectivity using Heckman's two stage approach. They find...

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Estimates of government net capital stocks for 26 developing countries, 1970-2002

Hurlin, Christophe - 2006

"The authors provide various estimates of the government net capital stocks for a panel of 26 developing countries over the period 1970-2001. Two kinds of internationally comparable series of public capital stocks are presented. The first estimates are based on the standard perpetual inventory...

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Cross-country empirical studies of systemic bank distress : a survey

Demirguç-Kunt, Asli - 2005

"A rapidly growing empirical literature is studying the causes and consequences of bank fragility in contemporary economies. The authors reviews the two basic methodologies adopted in cross-country empirical studies-the signals approach and the multivariate probability model-and their...

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The relative richness of the poor? : Natural resources, human capital, and economic growth

Bravo Ortega, Claudio - 2005

"Are natural resources a blessing or a curse? Bravo-Ortega and De Gregorio present a model in which natural resources have a positive effect on the level of income and a negative effect on its growth rate. The positive and permanent effect on income implies a welfare gain. There is a growth...

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Why should we care about child labor? The education, labor market, and health consequences of child labor

Dehejia, Rajeev H. - 2005

"Although there is extensive literature on the determinants of child labor and many initiatives aimed at combating it, there is limited evidence on the consequences of child labor on socioeconomic outcomes such as education, wages, and health. Beegle, Dehejia, and Gatti evaluate the causal...

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Population age structure and the budget deficit

Chen, Derek Hung Chiat - 2004

"Chen focuses on the effects of age structure changes on the size of budget deficits of national governments. More specifically, he determines whether differences in age structure can account for the observed differences in budget deficits across countries as well as across time. By way of an...

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