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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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-poverty program in Bangladesh, and find that our measures of multidimensional poverty have fallen significantly for participants. This …
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well-being of the very poor women in Bangladesh. Programme impact is assessed on a wide range of monetary and nonmonetary …
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empirical illustration documenting changes in sanitation deprivation in Bangladesh showcases the measures' ability to identify …
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impacts of rural road projects using household-level panel data from Bangladesh. Rural road investments are found to reduce …
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This paper describes the design of a multi-stage stratified sample for the Bangladesh Household Income and Expenditure … Survey 2016/17. This survey instrument will be used by the Government of Bangladesh to estimate reliable poverty and welfare …
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