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Rapid demographic ageing is a growing public health issue in many low- and middle-income countries (LAMICs). Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a construct frequently used to define groups of people who may be at risk of developing dementia, crucial for targeting preventative interventions....

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Unilateral Facilitation Does Not Raise International Labor Migration from the Philippines

Beam, Emily; McKenzie, David; Yang, Dean - eSocialSciences - 2013

A large-scale randomized experiment was conducted in the Philippines testing the impact of unilaterally facilitating international labor migration. [BREAD Working Paper No. 396].

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Community Management is Good for Forests: Results from a Field Experiment in India

eSocialSciences; South Asian Network for Development SANDEE - 2011

The study looks at the relationship between indigenous people and their forest homes using a novel field field experiments approach. [Policy Brief No. 48-10]. URL:[http://www.sandeeonline.org/uploads/documents/publication/906_PUB_Policy_Brief_48_Rucha.pdf].

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Social Identity and Inequality: The Impact of China's Hokou System

Afridi, Farzana; Li, Sherry Xin; Ren, Yufei - eSocialSciences - 2010

economic incentives. They focus on China‟s decades old household registration system, or the hukou institution, which …

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Quality Healthcare and Health Insurance Retention: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in the Kolkata Slums

Delavallade, Clara - eSocialSciences - 2014

Healthcare in developing countries is often unreliable and of poor quality, thus reducing individuals incentives to use …

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Economic Policies and Agricultural Incentives: The Philippine Case

David, Cristina C. - eSocialSciences - 2013

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the impact of economic policies on Philippine agricultural incentives from 1960 … up to 1992. Apart from economic policies affecting price incentives, cover public expenditures for agricultural support … services which influence agricultural incentives by raising productivity will also be covered. …

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Policy and Processes that Enable Honey Export: A Case Study from India

Sharma, Harish K; Partap, Uma; Gurung, Min B - eSocialSciences - 2012

India started exporting a small amount of honey in 1991-1992 and has now established itself as an important honey exporter to the world market. The quantity exported has increased substantially, and today India exports honey to 62 countries, including Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United States,...

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Iraqâ€™s Last Window: Diffusing the Risks of a Petro-State

West, Johnny - eSocialSciences - 2011

cementing allegiance to an Iraqi nation, fostering transparency and careful resource management, and providing the incentives …

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Regulatory Structure for Financial Stability and Development

Goyal, Ashima - eSocialSciences - 2010

Stricter regulatory surveillance in emerging market economies (EMEs) largely insulated their financial systems from the crisis. Development and convergence of regulatory apparatus has been rapid. In some respects, EMEs may be closer to new global norms. The development of financial markets,...

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Sal Seeds, an Untapped Resource in India

Patnaik, Sanjoy - eSocialSciences - 2009

Sal seeds could provide effective livelihoods support for poor people when few alternative natural resource based strategies are available

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