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Political institutions and human development : Does democracy fulfil its 'constructive' and 'instrumental' role?

Vollmer, Sebastian - 2009

performance of democracy is rather independent of the circumstances. However, democracy leads to more redistribution in favor of …

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Wealth : crucial but not sufficient evidence from Pakistan on economic growth, child labor, and schooling

Hou, Xiaohui - 2009

"The relationship between wealth and child labor has been widely examined. This paper uses three rounds of time …-series, cross-sectional data to examine the relationship between wealth and child labor and schooling. The paper finds that wealth … enrollment for rural girls from 1998 to 2006. This increase is independent of wealth (measured by per capita expenditure …

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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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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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Decentralization, democracy, and development : recent experience from Sierra Leone

Zhou, Yongmei (contributor) - 2009

This publication addresses the question of whether political, fiscal, and administrative decentralization improves government effectiveness and the debate on whether it is a viable and desirable state-building strategy for post-conflict countries. The publication is a collection of eight papers...

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Democracy and reforms

Amin, Mohammad - 2009

"The authors use a sample of 147 countries to investigate the link between democracy and reforms. Democracy may be … economic institutions. The results provide robust support for the claim that democracy is good for growth-enhancing reforms …

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Democracy, credibility, and clientelism

Keefer, Philip - 2005

"Keefer and Vlaicu demonstrate that sharply different policy choices across democracies can be explained as a consequence of differences in the ability of political competitors to make credible pre-electoral commitments to voters. Politicians can overcome their credibility deficit in two ways....

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Democracy, public expenditures, and the poor

Keefer, Philip - 2003

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Democratic Governance in Mexico : Beyond State Capture and Social Polarization

World Bank - 2012

Mexico is in the midst of a transition. The defeat of the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) in the 2000 presidential election marked a watershed, and with the repeated defeat of the PRI in the 2006 election, the era of the single?party dominance appears to be long gone. The demise of the...

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