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Loss aversion and trade policy
Freund, Caroline L. - 2004
"Freund and Ozden provide new survey evidence showing that loss aversion and reference dependence are important in shaping people's perception of trade policy. Under the assumption that agents' welfare functions exhibit these behavioral elements, they analyze a model with a welfare-maximizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522949
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Development communication sourcebook : broadening the boundaries of communication
Mefalopulos, Paolo - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521366
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Communicating the impact of communication for development : recent trends in empirical research
Inagaki, Nobuya - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521856
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The role of opinion leaders in the diffusion of new knowledge : the case of integrated pest management
Savastano, Sara - 2006
"The paper reviews the literature on the characteristics and impact of opinion leaders on the diffusion of new knowledge, concluding that there is no clear evidence on whether opinion leaders are more effective if they are similar in socioeconomic attributes to the other farmers rather than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522145
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World Congress on Communication for Development : Lessons, Challenges, and the Way Forward
World Bank - 2012
The first World Congress on Communication for Development (WCCD) took place in Rome, Italy, on October 25-27, 2006. The … main goal of the WCCD was to position and promote the field of Communication for Development in the overall agenda of … development and international cooperation. Toward this end, three types of stakeholders, who rarely interact, gathered in Rome …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563154
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Financing Information and Communication Infrastructure Needs in the Developing World : Public and Private Roles
World Bank - 2012
reform, and oversight. Advanced information and communication infrastructure (ICI) are increasingly important to doing … investment, and ensure the continued evolution, and spread of information and communication infrastructure. These strategies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012563406
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Communications for Development of Water, Sanitation, and Infrastructure Projects
World Bank - 2014
Ten years after the World Bank institutionalized the use of Communications for Development, the Water and Sanitation Program for Latin America and the Caribbean and the World Bank office in Peru held the 'constructive dialogue: communications for development of water, sanitation, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560872
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A road to trust
Labonne, Julien - 2008
"The authors explore the relationship between transaction costs and generalized trust. Using panel data from 2,100 households in 135 rural communities of the Philippines, the paper shows that where transaction costs are reduced (proxied by road construction), there is an increase in generalized...
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Building trust : developing the Russian financial sector
Fuchs, Michael Joseph (contributor) - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523810