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two waves, 2002 and 2008, of a unique survey data set of 412 NGOs in Uganda we show that local donors do not implement …
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challenges facing post-conflict societies. Using experimental data from post-genocide Rwanda and Burundi, this paper shows that …
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Gender-based violence (GBV) at schools is a pervasive problem that affects millions of adolescent girls worldwide. In partnership with the Ministry of Education in Mozambique, we developed an intervention to increase the capacity of key school personnel to address GBV and to improve students’...
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When Vietnam entered WTO in 2007 it was granted an accession period up to 2014. During this period tariffs would have … Vietnam has many state-owned enterprises that do not behave in a profit maximizing way. The model simulations show that the … of income will take place among the poor rural households in Vietnam. We propose other tariff reforms that both raise …
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equivalent income. These differences are illustrated using household-level panel data from Russia and Vietnam. -- Prospect Theory …
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compliers, whose mediator reacts to the treatment, are identified. We provide an empirical application based on the Vietnam …
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What do state-owned enterprises (SOEs) do? How do they respond to market incentives? Can we expect substantial efficiency gains from trade liberalization in economies with a strong presence of SOEs? Using a new dataset of Vietnamese firms we document a set of empirical regularities...
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imports can also occur. These models when calibrated to 1995 data for Vietnam also suggest quantitatively much larger impacts …
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sentiment. Conducting consumer surveys with randomized control trials (RCTs) in Thailand and Vietnam during the COVID-19 … asymmetric across our sample countries, as it shows opposite appropriateness ratings of the governments’ reaction in Vietnam and … only in Vietnam, where the sign of the effect suggests that the treatments are viewed as positive news. Moreover, consumer …
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domestic firms in a low-income host country. The US-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement reduced US import tariffs on exports from … Vietnam. Tariff reductions led to entry of foreign and private firms and to employment expansion in formal manufacturing, with …
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