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Amiti, Mary - 2005

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Endowments, location or luck? : evaluating the determinants of sub-national growth in decentralized Indonesia

McCulloch, Neil - 2008

"Indonesia's "big bang" decentralization in 2001 shifted much of the responsibility for local economic development from central government to district and city governments, which today number more than 450. But the performance of these districts has varied widely. This paper attempts to...

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Agglomeration, transport, and regional development in Indonesia

Deichmann, Uwe (contributor) - 2005

"How effective are public interventions in addressing significant regional disparities in formal manufacturing concentration in a developing economy? Deichmann, Kaiser, Lall, and Shalizi examine the aggregate and sectoral geographic concentration of manufacturing industries for Indonesia, and...

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Pesticide traders' perception of health risks : evidence from bangladesh

Dasgupta, Susmita - 2005

"As pesticide traders are important sources of information about the health impacts of pesticides, a crucial understanding of their perception is necessary to guide further pesticide information dissemination efforts through this channel. To this end, a 2003 survey of 110 Bangladeshi pesticide...

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