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The demographic and socio-economic distribution of excess mortality during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda
Walque, Damien de - 2009
demographic consequences of the Rwandan genocide and how the excess mortality due to the conflict was distributed in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394144
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On the contribution of demographic change to aggregate poverty measures for the developing world
Ravallion, Martin - 2005
and non-poor in the developing world. The author estimates that selective mortality-whereby poorer people tend to have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522620
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The long-term legacy of the Khmer Rouge period in Cambodia
Walque, Damien de - 2004
contributes to the literature on the economic analysis of conflict. Using mortality data for siblings from the Cambodia … Demographic and Health Survey in 2000, he shows that excess mortality was extremely high and heavily concentrated during 1974 … educated background were more likely to die. Infant mortality was also at very high levels during the period, and disability …
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Managing the Fiscal Implications of Public-Private Partnerships in a Sustainable and Resilient Manner
World Bank - 2023
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) can sometimes be perceived as a means for delivering infrastructure for free. A more nuanced but still inexact view is that they are a mechanism to overcome fiscal constraints. Some argue, perhaps rightly, that often governments enter PPP contracts without...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014579953
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Population growth and policies in sub-Saharan Africa
1986 - 2. print
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Population Issues in the 21st Century : The Role of the World Bank
World Bank - 2013
The objective of this paper is to discuss some obstacles and opportunities presented by population processes in order to prioritize areas for investment and analytical work as background information for the 2007 HNP Sector Strategy. Within HNP, two areas fall within population: (1) reproductive,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012558291
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Ethiopia - Public Finance Review
World Bank - 2012
The 2009 Public Finance Review (PFR) has three chapters. The first deals with broad public finance topics such as aggregate fiscal management, efficient allocation of public spending, revenue performance, and trends and usage of external aid. The second chapter deals with how inflation affects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012550942
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Croatia - Restructuring Public Finance to Sustain Growth and Improve Public Services : A Public Finance Review
World Bank - 2012
The year 2000 was a turning point in Croatian history, marked by closing the chapter of the war and the first phase of transition. With that, the country turned its attention to the "second transition,"the principle goal of which is to place Croatia on a path to the European Union (EU). While...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552914
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Croatia - Restructuring Public Finance to Sustain Growth and Improve Public Services : A Public Finance Review
World Bank - 2012
The year 2000 was a turning point in Croatian history, marked by closing the chapter of the war and the first phase of transition. With that, the country turned its attention to the "second transition,"the principle goal of which is to place Croatia on a path to the European Union (EU). While...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552997