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A curse of comparison? : Evidence on reference groups for relative income concerns

Kuegler, Alice - 2009

"This paper proposes that individuals care about the relative income of proximate reference groups. Making use of self …-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a … reference point for new sample data from Venezuela. Having greater perceived income than one's siblings is found to be …

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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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The elimination of Madagascar's vanilla marketing board, ten years on

Cadot, Olivier - 2006

contributed to raise purchase prices and the cash income of vanilla farmers. But the effect on farmers' consumption remains small …

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INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and Complementary Services : Status Report

World Bank - 2013

ongoing work under a joint energy study entitled INGENS - Income Generation through Energy and. Complementary Services. INGENS …

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Decentralization, economic development, and growth in Turkish provinces

Tosun, Mehmet S. - 2008

"There have been important developments in the decentralization of the government structure in Turkey since the early 1980s. This paper examines economic development and growth in Turkish provinces. Although there is a rich literature on the economic effects of government decentralization from...

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Poverty and regional development in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Dillinger, William R. - 2007

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Regional subsidies and industrial prospects of lagging regions

Lall, Somik V. - 2006

"Large and sustained differences in economic performance across regions of developing countries have long provided motivation for fiscal incentives designed to encourage firm entry in lagging areas. But empirical evidence in support of these policies has been weak at best. The authors undertake...

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Growth spillover effects and regional development patterns : the case of Chinese provinces

Luo, Xubei - 2005

"The author discusses regional development patterns in China and examines effective ways of using development aid to attain regional balanced growth through optimizing growth spillover effects. Based on provincial panel data from 1978-99 she constructs an indicator "neighborhood performance" to...

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Agglomeration, transport, and regional development in Indonesia

Deichmann, Uwe (contributor) - 2005

geographic distribution of firms. Based on the estimated location choice model, they illustrate the potential impacts of policy … interventions on manufacturing distribution by simulating the effectiveness of transport improvements on relocation of firms. The …

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Jordan : supporting stable development in a challenging region: a joint World Bank-Islamic Development Bank evaluation

Hassan, Fareed M. A. - 2004

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