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This paper presents the case of World Bank support to the mass titling component of the Cambodia Land Management and Administration Project. This was a project for which there was clear national demand, as evidenced by the fact that the Cambodian governme
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Notwithstanding the unprecedented attention devoted to reducing poverty and fostering human development via scaling up social sector spending, there is surprisingly little rigorous empirical work on the question of whether social spending is effective in
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The reduction of child mortality is one of the most universally accepted Millennium Goals. However, there is a … child mortality is mainly determined by the evolution of macroeconomic environment. The influence of per capita income level … on mortality is frequently underlined. But a given income growth does not have the same effect on child survival if it is …
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The Millennium Development Goals have become the frame of reference for most of the development community: the standard by which performance will ultimately be judged. Given their importance, considerable attention has been paid as to whether these goals will be met or not. The overwhelming...
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The paper uses cross-country regression analysis to assess health effects of structural adjustment reforms in …
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century. That said, the disease still accounts for a significant burden of childhood morbidity and mortality in low- and …The reduction in deaths from diarrheal diseases is one of the significant public health successes of the twentieth …
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This paper focuses on the determinants of infant and child mortality in Kenya. It specifically examines how infant and … child mortality is related to the household?s environmental and socio-economic characteristics, such as mother?s education … used to analyze the determinants of child mortality. Duration models are easily applicable to the problem of child …
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This paper investigates some of the existing hypotheses regarding the transmission of different colonial legacies to modern day economic growth. The fact that different colonial strategies were pursued by different colonizers in various territories suggests possible ramifications for current...
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The distinct features of inclusive growth within the context of sub-Saharan Africa are identified. The anatomy of growth is analysed by exploring the interrelationship among growth, inequality, and poverty. The present growth spell appears to have been re
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