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In this paper we use novel historical data on economics and social rights from the constitutions of 201 countries and an instrument variable strategy to answer two important questions. First, do economic and social rights provisions in constitutions reduce poverty? Second, does the strength of...
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-experimental design, in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Three borrower groups are compared: Current borrowers; Pipeline borrowers and Non …. For Pakistan, there is no evidence that micro-credit effects employment. However, for Bangladesh, there is robust evidence …
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"The Food for Education (FFE) program was introduced to Bangladesh in 1993. This paper evaluates the effect of this …
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This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … found to be more extensive in Bangladesh than in China, and is very much a problem for rural children in both countries. The … of child income as well as in the demographic composition. -- child poverty ; economic growth ; Bangladesh ; China …
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– in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools …
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This paper uses the Bangladesh famine of 1974 as a natural experiment to estimate the impact of intrauterine … Bangladesh famine were 32 percent more likely to die within one month of birth compared to their siblings who were not in utero …
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-poverty program in Bangladesh, and find that our measures of multidimensional poverty have fallen significantly for participants. This …
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