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When do legislators pass on "pork"? : the determinants of legislator utilization of a constituency development fund in India
Keefer, Philip - 2009
"The authors examine a unique public spending program that is proliferating across developing countries, the constituency development fund, to investigate when legislators exert more effort on behalf of their constituents. Using data from India, they find that legislator effort is significantly...
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Strengthening Oversight by Legislatures
World Bank - 2012
About 90 percent of the world's nearly 200 sovereign states have national legislatures or parliaments. With the spread of democracy and the rise of multiparty political systems, these bodies are playing larger roles in government. Increasingly, legislatures and their members perform four...
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Capital utilization in manufacturing : Colombia, Israel, Malaysia, and the Philippines
Bautista, Romeo M. (contributor) - 1981
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A road to trust
Labonne, Julien - 2008
,100 households in 135 rural communities of the Philippines, the paper shows that where transaction costs are reduced (proxied by road …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521053
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Do community-driven development projects enhance social capital? : evidence from the Philippines
Labonne, Julien - 2008
Philippines in which communities competed for block grants for infrastructure investment. The analysis uses a unique data set of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521081
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Early childhood development through an integrated program : evidence from the Philippines
Behrman, Jere R. (contributor) - 2006
"More attention and resources have been devoted in recent years to early childhood development (ECD) in low- and middle-income countries. Rigorous studies on the effectiveness of ECD-related programs for improving children's development in various dimensions in the developing world are scant....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522139
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Doha scenarios, trade reforms, and poverty in the Philippines : a computable general equilibrium analysis
Cororaton, Caesar Bucia - 2005
"Since the early 1980s the Philippines has undertaken substantial trade reform. The current Doha Round of World Trade … households in the wake of falling world prices and demand for the Philippines' agricultural exports. The authors find that the … poverty, especially in rural areas and among the unemployed, self-employed, and rural low-educated. The Philippines is found …
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International migration, human capital, and entrepreneurship : evidence from Philippine migrants' exchange rate shocks
Yang, Dean - 2005
"Millions of households in developing countries receive financial support from family members working overseas. How do the economic prospects of overseas migrants affect origin-household investments-in particular, in child human capital and household enterprises? Yang examines Philippine...
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Contracting models of the Phillips Curve : empirical estimates for middle-income countries
Agénor, Pierre-Richard - 2003
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Asian corporate recovery : findings from firm-level surveys in five countries
Dwor-Frecaut, Dominique (contributor);  … - 2000
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