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"Millions of households in developing countries receive financial support from family members working overseas. How do the economic prospects of overseas migrants affect origin-household investments-in particular, in child human capital and household enterprises? Yang examines Philippine...
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,100 households in 135 rural communities of the Philippines, the paper shows that where transaction costs are reduced (proxied by road …
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Philippines in which communities competed for block grants for infrastructure investment. The analysis uses a unique data set of …
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"More attention and resources have been devoted in recent years to early childhood development (ECD) in low- and middle-income countries. Rigorous studies on the effectiveness of ECD-related programs for improving children's development in various dimensions in the developing world are scant....
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"Since the early 1980s the Philippines has undertaken substantial trade reform. The current Doha Round of World Trade … households in the wake of falling world prices and demand for the Philippines' agricultural exports. The authors find that the … poverty, especially in rural areas and among the unemployed, self-employed, and rural low-educated. The Philippines is found …
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