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Exploring the links between HIV/AIDS, social capital, and development
David, Antonio C. - 2008
"This paper attempts to quantify the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on social capital with cross-country data. Using data from the World Values Survey, the authors estimate reduced-form regressions of the main determinants of social capital controlling for HIV prevalence, institutional quality,...
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Do community-driven development projects enhance social capital? : evidence from the Philippines
Labonne, Julien - 2008
"This paper explores the social capital impacts of a large-scale, community-driven development project in the Philippines in which communities competed for block grants for infrastructure investment. The analysis uses a unique data set of about 2,100 households collected before the project...
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Violence in Colombia : building sustainable peace and social capital
2000
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Hard lessons : primary schools, community, and social capital in Nigeria
Francis, Paul A. - 1998
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CDD (Community Driven Development) and Social Capital Impact : Designing a Baseline Survey in the Philippines
World Bank - 2012
The baseline survey of the KALAHI-CIDSS project in the Philippines is an attempt to generate such insights and strengthen learning about CDD programs through rigorous evaluations. This evaluation follows the "good practices" prescribed by experts in that it collects quality baseline data in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553478
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Nugormesese : An Indigenous Basis of Social Capital in a West African Community
World Bank - 2012
The primary objective of this article is to present nugormesese as an indigenous mechanism of social capital in Buem-Kator, a farming community on the Ghana side of the Ghana-Togo border area. The concept of social capital will be minimally defined to refer to the capability of social norms and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012555844
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Together We Stand, Divided We Fall : Levels and Determinants of Social Capital in Argentina
World Bank - 2013
The study looks at recent analytical work concerning social issues in Argentina, which suggest both inequality, and unemployment are worsening, aggravated by pessimism and despair - partly shaped by a recession of almost three years - as well as by the inadequacy of public institutions. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558717
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Introduction and summary to the handbook of trade policy and WTO accession for development in Russia and the CIS
Tarr, David - 2005
Accession for Development in Russia and the CIS. The key policy conclusions of each of the chapters are highlighted in this … described here is available on the website www.worldbank.org/trade/russia-wto. This paper first explains the potential … first part treats trade policy (with applications to Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States [CIS]). The second …
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The impact on Russia of WTO accession and the DOHA agenda : the importance of liberalization of barriers against foreign direct investment in services for growth and poverty reduct...
Rutherford, Thomas Fox - 2005
households gaining. They find that global free trade would result in a weighted average gain to households in Russia of 0 … of 0.2 percent of consumption). Russia, as a net food importer, loses from subsidy elimination, and the gains to Russia … from tariff cuts in other countries are too small to offset these losses. The results strongly support the view that Russia …
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