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The costs of favoritism : is politically-driven aid less effective?
Dreher, Axel; Klasen, Stephan; Vreeland, James Raymond; … - 2010
As is now well documented, aid is given for both political as well as economic reasons. The conventional wisdom is that politically-motivated aid is less effective in promoting developmental objectives. We examine the ex-post performance ratings of World Bank projects and generally find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003942325
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UN interventions : the role of geography
Duque, Juan Carlos; Jetter, Michael; Sosa, Santiago - 2014
This paper argues that UN military interventions are geographically biased. For every 1,000 kilometers of distance from the three Western permanent UNSC members (France, UK, US), the probability of a UN military intervention decreases by 4 percent. We are able to rule out several alternative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010259536
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Does a food for education program affect school outcomes? : The Bangladesh case
Meng, Xin (contributor); Ryan, Jim G. (contributor) - 2007
"The Food for Education (FFE) program was introduced to Bangladesh in 1993. This paper evaluates the effect of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003429632
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Family planning as an investment in development : evaluation of a program's consequences in Matlab, Bangladesh
Joshi, Shareen (contributor); Schultz, T. Paul (contributor) - 2007
"The paper analyzes 141 villages in Matlab, Bangladesh from 1974 to 1996, in which half the villages received from 1977 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003451844
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Early childbirth, health inputs and child mortality : recent evidence from Bangladesh
Maitra, Pushkar (contributor); Pal, Sarmistha (contributor) - 2007
This paper examines the relationship between early childbearing and child mortality in Bangladesh, a country where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003597970
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Economic growth and child poverty reduction in Bangladesh and China
Begum, Syeda Shahanara; Deng, Quheng; Gustafsson, Björn - 2011
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379598
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School access, resources, and learning outcomes : evidence from a non-formal school program in Bangladesh
Dang, Hai-anh; Sarr, Leopold; Asadullah, Niaz - 2011
– in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract hard-to-reach children to schools …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009244021
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Poisoning the mind : arsenic contamination of drinking water wells and children's educational achievement in rural Bangladesh
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Chaudhury, Nazmul - 2011
Bangladesh has experienced the largest mass poisoning of a population in history owing to contamination of groundwater … Bangladesh using recent nationally representative data on secondary school children. We unambiguously find a negative and … well-being ; Bangladesh …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009306840
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Cognitive, non-cognitive skills and gender wage gaps : evidence from linked employer-employee data in Bangladesh
Nordman, Christophe J.; Sarr, Leopold R.; Sharma, Smriti - 2015
We use a first-hand linked employer-employee dataset representing the formal sector of Bangladesh to explain gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288539
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Corruption in the health sector : evidence from unofficial consultation fees in Bangladesh
Abdallah, Wahid; Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Iqbal, Kazi - 2015
We study the incidence and extent of bribes paid to the doctors in the public health facilities which are cleverly identified using a nationally representative survey. The survey asks households about the fees paid to public doctors, not about the bribe, which makes it less prone to reporting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309082