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Where has all the money gone? : Foreign aid and the quest for growth
Chatterjee, Santanu (contributor);  … - 2007
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....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003607741
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Does female empowerment promote economic development?
Doepke, Matthias; Tertilt, Michele - 2011
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? We develop a series of noncooperative family bargaining models to understand what kind of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009238664
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Does development reduce migration?
Clemens, Michael A. - 2014
The most basic economic theory suggests that rising incomes in developing countries will deter emigration from those countries, an idea that captivates policymakers in international aid and trade diplomacy. A lengthy literature and recent data suggest something quite different: that over the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423766
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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