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The long-term outcomes of refugees : tracking the progress of the East African Asians
Anders, Jake; Burgess, Simon M.; Portes, Jonathan - 2018
Refugees are often perceived as an economic "burden", as the current debate on the European refugee crisis illustrates. But there is little quantitative evidence on the medium-term outcomes of refugees in the UK. We fill this gap by looking at the case of "East African Asians" who arrived as...
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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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Re-orient? : MNC penetration and contemporary shifts in the global political economy
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
This article analyses IMF estimates of economic growth in 180 countries (IMF, 2009), and inks the results to the "Re-orient" approach, put forward by Frank, 1998. With global economic gravitation shifting to the Indian Ocean/Pacific region, the article also analyses the role of MNC (foreign...
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Volume, risk, complexity : what makes development finance projects succeed or fail?
Eilers, Yota; Kluve, Jochen; Langbein, Jörg; Reiners, … - 2023
In 2022, governments around the world committed USD 211 bn. to official development assistance. Despite these high contributions, systematic assessments of the determinants of success - or failure - of development aid projects remain limited, particularly for bilateral development aid. This...
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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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Liquidity or capital? : the impacts of easing credit constraints in rural Mexico
Aparicio, Gabriela; Bobić, Vida; De Olloqui, Fernando; … - 2021
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of easing credit constraints for rural producers in Mexico through loans provided by a national public development finance institution (DFI). In contrast to most of the existing literature, the study focuses on the effect of medium-sized loans over a two-...
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Openness and technological innovation in East Asia : have they increased the demand for skills?
Almeida, Rita - 2009
This paper asks whether the increased openness and technological innovation in East Asia have contributed to an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902447
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Educational production in East Asia : the impact of family background and schooling policies on student performance
Woessmann, Ludger (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Influence of freedom of choice on happiness
Koohborfardhaghighi, Somayeh; Summers, Christopher R.; … - 2022
The literature on happiness shows that there are many factors that influence a person's happiness. Extending previous studies, we investigate the role of the freedom of choice as a key contributing construct in influencing a person's happiness. We define two hypothetical sub-constructs for the...
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Education, governance, trade and distance : impact on technology diffusion and the East Asia-Latin America productivity gap
Schiff, Maurice W.; Wang, Yanling - 2017
America - specifically South America and Mexico (SAM) - and East Asia, over the 32 years preceding the Great Recession (1976 … (closest) North; ii) the East Asia - SAM education gap's impact equals that of trade plus governance; iii) an increase in SAM …’s ETG to East Asia's level raises TFP by over 100 percent and fully accounts for its TFP gap with East Asia; and iv) South …
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