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development until countries reach upper-middle income, and only thereafter falls. This note quantifies the shape of the mobility …
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Despite the widespread occurrence of humanitarian emergencies such as epidemics, earthquakes, droughts, floods and violent conflict and despite the significant financial resources devoted to humanitarian assistance, systematic learning from such interventions using rigorous theory-based impact...
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-disaster development assistance to Haiti. We find that the effects of matching new seasonal agricultural jobs in the US with Haitian … and the potential for policies of this kind to complement more traditional forms of development and humanitarian …
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This paper examines fungibility as a possible explanation for the "missing link" between foreign aid and economic growth. The composition of aid plays a crucial role in determining the composition of government spending and, consequently, the magnitude of fungibility and its impact on growth....
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research is needed to distinguish between alternative theoretical models. -- female empowerment ; gender equality ; development …
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Fragile and conflict-affected states face daunting challenges for development. Aid has a greater importance on … development in these states than in others, and therefore aid effectiveness ?management and delivery of aid ? bears serious …-affected states (recipients) and development partners (providers) are mutually accountable for aid effectiveness; therefore, this …
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Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? The authors develop a series of noncooperative family bargaining models to understand what kind...
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. Third, when examining the relationship between International Development Association aid volatility and growth, it isolates … International Development Association aid volatility due to the recipient country's performance from that due to other sources. The … Development Association aid separately, the volatility arising from the recipient country's International Development Association …
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With the use of comparable data from seven West African capitals, we attempt to assess the rationale behind development …
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community-based development schemes with heterogeneous groups. Not only information on the distribution of aid resources through …
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