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Hamilton, Kirk - 2005

"The World Bank has been publishing estimates of adjusted net or "genuine" saving since 1999. This measure of saving treats depletion of natural resources as a type of economic depreciation. Hamilton uses recent theoretical results relating growth in saving to growth in future consumption to...

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Does asymmetric information cause the home equity bias?

Bravo-Ortega, Claudio - 2005

"The home equity bias is one of the many puzzles existing in international finance. This puzzle is characterized by the …-Ortega tries to explain the effect of asymmetric information in the home equity bias puzzle. While asymmetric information helps to … also consistent with home equity bias reversals. One proposition generalizes these results. Simulations corroborate the …

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Enhancing Development Benefits to Local Communities from Hydropower Projects : A Literature Review

World Bank - 2013

The World Bank began a three-year pilot initiative to develop a framework for enhancing development benefits to local communities in hydropower projects. There has been a wide array of approaches in the past two decades that all have in common the objective of designing and implementing means...

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Gender in Russia : A Review of Literature (Based on Domestic Publications, 1993-2003)

World Bank - 2013

This study examines the gender profile of the Russian Federation through a comprehensive review of the current literature (1248 publications on gender issues throughout the transition decade) on the conditions of women and men and on the gender disparities in a number of indicators. The report...

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Good Practices in National Systems for Environmental and Social Impact Assessment : A Literature Review

World Bank - 2022

National systems for environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) are designed to improve the environmental and social performance of projects and support countries' sustainable development strategies. The objectives of this Literature Review are to identify trends, findings and gaps in...

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Measuring health as a component of living standards

Ho, Teresa J. - 1982

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Measuring skilled migration rates : the case of small states

Docquier, Frédéric - 2009

"Recent changes in information and communication technologies have contributed to a dramatic increase in the degree of integration and interdependency of countries, markets, and people. Against this background, one aspect of particular concern for small states is the international movement of...

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On defining and measuring the informal sector

Arabsheibani, G. Reza - 2006

"A range of alternative empirical definitions of informal activity have been employed in the literature. Choice of definition is often dictated by data availability. Different definitions may imply very different conceptual understandings of informality. In this paper the authors investigate the...

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On the contribution of demographic change to aggregate poverty measures for the developing world

Ravallion, Martin - 2005

"Recent literature and new data help determine plausible bounds to some key demographic differences between the poor and non-poor in the developing world. The author estimates that selective mortality-whereby poorer people tend to have higher death rates-accounts for 10-30 percent of the...

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Analyzing urban poverty : a summary of methods and approaches

Baker, Judy - 2004

"In recent years an extensive body of literature has emerged on the definition, measurement, and analysis of poverty …

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