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Economic governance of MFIs : inside the black box

Arun, Thankom; Annim, Samuel Kobina - 2010

This paper investigates a relationship between economic governance and the dual objectives of Microfinance Institutions … atmosphere that will enhance the achievement of microfinance social objectives. -- microfinance ; dual objectives ; economic …

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Multidimensional targeting and evaluation : a general framework with an application to a poverty program in Bangladesh

Robano, Virginia; Smith, Stephen C. - 2013

Many poverty, safety net, training, and other social programs utilize multiple screening criteria to determine eligibility. We apply recent advances in multidimensional measurement analysis to develop a straightforward method for summarizing changes in groups of eligibility (screening)...

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The impact of micro-credit on employment : evidence from Bangladesh and Pakistan

Kahn, Azhar; Rahman, Twyeafur; Wright, Robert E. - 2016

This paper examines the impact of micro-credit on employment. Household-level data was collected, following a quasi-experimental design, in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Three borrower groups are compared: Current borrowers; Pipeline borrowers and Non-borrowers. Pipeline borrowers are included to...

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War and endogenous democracy

Ticchi, Davide (contributor); Vindigni, Andrea (contributor) - 2008

through the extension of franchise. This is because democracy always implements a highly redistributive fiscal policy, which … makes fighting hard incentive-compatible for the citizens-soldiers. We show that a transition to democracy is more likely to … evidence consistent with our theory is also provided. -- Autocracy ; democracy ; wars ; redistribution …

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Operation Allied Force: unintended consequences of the NATO bombing on children's outcomes

Lebedinski, Lara; Migali, Giuseppe; Popovic, Milos; … - 2021

This is the first paper that estimates the causal effect of the NATO's Operation Allied Force in Serbia in 1999, on children who were in the womb during the bombing. We investigate the in utero effect in terms of short-term outcomes, such as birthweight, as well as medium-term outcomes measured...

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The true cost of war

Artuc, Erhan; Gomez-Parra, Nicolas; Onder, Harun - 2023

Measuring the economic impact of a war is a daunting task. Common indicators like casualties, infrastructure damages, and gross domestic product effects provide useful benchmarks, but they fail to capture the complex welfare effects of wars. This paper proposes a new method to estimate the...

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Does war foster cooperation or parochialism? : evidence from a natural experiment among Turkish conscripts

Kıbrıs, Arzu; Cesur, Resul - 2023

Exploiting a natural experiment and an innovative survey design, we study the social and political legacies of armed conflict exposure (ACE) among Turkish conscripts. Our empirical framework identifies the causal impact and isolates the mediating pathways for the average male randomly picked...

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Consensual and conflictual democratization

Cervellati, Matteo (contributor); … - 2006

theoretical predictions. -- democratization ; oligarchy ; conflict ; consensual democracy ; inequality ; commitment …We study the process of endogenous democratization from inefficient oligarchic systems in an economy where … the conditions under which democratization initially takes place. The political regime and the extent of redistribution …

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Trade, peace and democracy : an analysis of dyadic dispute

Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor); … - 2006

peace ; democracy …

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Democracy, dictatorship and the cultural transmission of political values

Ticchi, Davide; Verdier, Thierry; Vindigni, Andrea - 2013

individual commitment across citizens to defend democracy against a potential military coup, and it is an endogenous state … and the state. Parents invest resources in order to transmit their own political values (commitment to democracy) to their … between political regimes and political culture diffusion. Consolidated democracy emerges when sufficiently many people are …

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