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We examine the interaction between foreign aid and binding borrowing constraint for a recipient country. We also analyze how these two instruments affect economic growth via non-linear relationships. First of all, we develop a two-country, two-period trade-theoretic model to develop testable...
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World Bank projects and generally find that projects that are potentially politically motivated – such as those granted to … governments holding a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council or an Executive Directorship at the World Bank … Council members with higher short-term debt, however, a negative quality rating is more likely. So we find evidence that World …
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The Food for Education (FFE) program was introduced to Bangladesh in 1993. This paper evaluates the effect of this program on school participation and duration of schooling using a household survey data collected in 2000, after 7 years of operation of the program. Using propensity score matching...
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the quantity-quality trade-off across the entire distribution. Using data from the Indonesia Family Life Survey and …
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This paper documents the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased incidence of malaria. The evidence is consistent with an ecological response. I show that land use change, anti-malarial programs or migration cannot explain the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased malarial...
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Tanah bengkok (bengkok land) in Java, Indonesia boasts a unique institution where elected village leaders receive …
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In many parts of the world, several decades of intensively applying Green Revolution technologies came at environmental … information provision and training as one driver for the adoption of organic farming practices in Indonesia. We use a randomized …
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middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to … linear (Brazil and South Africa) to being U- or J-shaped (India, Jordan, and Indonesia), or a mixture of both (Bolivia …
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recoveries from disability on both employment status and hours worked using panel data from Indonesia. We find that changes in … towards a need for social protection policies with a focus on health, disability, and employment in Indonesia …
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