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Migration, school attainment, and child labor : evidence from rural Pakistan
Mansuri, Ghazala - 2006
proposals to open international labor markets to allow for the temporary economic migration of low-skilled workers from … from migrants to their communities of origin underscores this aspect of migration. However, migration can also transform … returns to investment in human capital. The author explores the relationship between temporary economic migration and …
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Manpower and international labor migration in the Middle East and North Africa
Serageldin, Ismail (contributor) - 1983
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Gender and governance in rural services : insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia
2010
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Violence against women and girls : lessons from South Asia
Solotaroff, Jennifer L. - 2014
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Transactional sex as a response to risk in Western Kenya
Robinson, Jonathan - 2009
"Formal and informal commercial sex work is a way of life for many poor women in developing countries. Though sex workers have long been identified as crucial in affecting the spread of HIV/AIDS, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the nature of sex-for-money transactions remains poorly...
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Are women more credit constrained? : experimental evidence on gender and microenterprise returns
De Mel, Suresh J. - 2008
"This paper analyzes data from a randomized experiment on mean returns to capital in Sri Lankan micro-enterprises. The findings show greater returns among men than among women; indeed, returns were not different from zero for women. The authors explore different explanations for the lower...
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The Malaysia-Indonesia remittance corridor : making formal transfers the best option for women and undocumented migrants
Hernández-Coss, Raúl (contributor) - 2008
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The environment for women's entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa/ Nadereh Chamlou
Chamlou, Nadereh - 2008
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Gender and economic growth in Kenya : unleashing the power of women
Ellis, Amanda (contributor) - 2007
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