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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....

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Turkey - Performance Based Contracting Scheme in Family Medicine : Design and Achievements

World Bank - 2014

overall family medicine program. It describes and assesses Turkey's performance based payment scheme in family medicine with … feasible. Three focus groups were conducted with Family Medicine Practice (FMP) doctors, FMP health personnel and division …

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Uruguay : Family Agriculture Development

World Bank - 2013

of the present report are: a) to analyze the main characteristics of family agriculture as well as its development … measures aimed at reducing vulnerabilities and increasing development opportunities for family producers; and d) contribute to … presenting a set of policy recommendations and measures to support an economic and environmentally sustainable family agriculture …

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Business environment and the incorporation decision

Demirguç-Kunt, Asli - 2004

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Solid Waste Management Holistic Decision Modeling

World Bank - 2013

selection, and will contribute to client decision-making. The goal of the study was to fully explore the use of the United … States Environmental Protection Agency and the Research Triangle Institute (EPA/RTI) holistic decision model to study …

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Gender Assessment in Benin : Women's Participation in Economic Opportunities and Decision-Making

World Bank - 2021

Gender equality is important for development - it mattersnot only for women and girls, and boys and men but also for communities and societies - for povertyreduction and economic growth. This assessment report provides an in-depth description of the gaps between women and men in Benin regarding...

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Estimating household responses to trade reforms : net consumers and net producers in rural Mexico

Porto, Guido Gustavo - 2005

"This paper explores an empirical methodology to assess the impacts of trade reforms on household behavior in developing countries. It focuses on consumption and income responses: when price reforms take place, households modify consumption and production decisions and local labor markets...

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The economic consequences of health shocks

Wagstaff, Adam - 2005

, remittances, and so on, from family and friends following the health shock. Medical spending is found to increase following an …

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Financial Consumer Protection and Fintech : An Overview of New Manifestations of Consumer Risks and Emerging Regulatory Approaches

World Bank - 2022

This note provides: (1) an overview of new manifestations of consumer risks that are significant and cross-cutting across four key fintech products: digital microcredit, P2PL, investment-based crowdfunding, and e-money; and (2) examples of emerging regulatory approaches to target such risks....

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The Role of Consumer Consent in Open Banking : Financial Inclusion Support Framework

World Bank - 2021

Open banking schemes provide consumers with more choice and new financial products and services through the use of technology, particularly application programing interfaces (API's). The main objective of this paper is to provide guidance on how to implement consumer consent protocols to access...

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