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Distinguishing Constraints on Financial Inclusion and Their Impact on GDP, TFP, and the Distribution of Income
Dabla-Norris, Era - 2015
A general equilibrium model featuring multiple realistic sources of financial frictions is developed to study how different constraints interact in equilibrium. We highlight, distinguish, and evaluate their differential impacts and rich interactions. The economic impact of financial inclusion...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013030631
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Aid in Transition : EU Development Cooperation with Russia and Eurasia
Grigoriadis, Theocharis N. - 2015
This book is the one of the first-if not the first one-to address aid effectiveness from a comparative economics perspective. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the transition of its republics to market structures and representative forms of government, the European Commission had...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012402221
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The Unintended Consequences of Ngo-Provided Aid on Government Services in Uganda
Deserranno, Erika; Nansamba, Aisha; Qian, Nancy - 2022
government’s capacity to provide similar services in rural Uganda. In villages with a government health worker at baseline, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013307511
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The Consumption Effects of the Disposition to Sell Winners and Hold Losers
Loos, Benjamin; Meyer, Steffen; Pagel, Michaela - 2022
We use individual-level data on all security trades, holdings, spending, and income from an online retail bank. We study the effects of an exogenous change in the displayed purchase prices of the mutual funds in individuals’ portfolios. We find that individuals are more likely to sell what we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321646
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Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa : Context, Challenges, Cases
Achtenhagen, Leona (ed.); Brundin, Ethel (ed.) - 2016
: The case of Rwanda as a developmental state -- Chapter 10: Artisanal mining in Rwanda: The trade-off between … entrepreneurial activity and environmental impact -- Chapter 11: Tourism as emerging industry in Rwanda: The role of training and … development for the hotel sector -- Chapter 12: Privatization of firms in Rwanda: The role of corporate governance practices …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398005
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Factor Market Failures and the Adoption of Irrigation in Rwanda
Jones, Maria; Kondylis, Florence; Loeser, John; … - 2021
We examine constraints to adoption of new technologies in the context of hillside irrigation schemes in Rwanda. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013311650
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Cape Verde and Mozambique as Development Successes in West and Southern Africa
Braga de Macedo, Jorge - 2010
This paper applies an interpretation of how globalization and governance (G&G) interact with convergence given Cape Verde and Mozambique's particular geographical and historical contexts. We hold that development success under globalization entails, necessarily but not exclusively, positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135763
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When Economic Reform Goes Wrong : Cashews in Mozambique
McMillan, Margaret - 2009
Mozambique liberalized its cashew sector in the early 1990s in response to pressure from the World Bank. Opponents of the reform have argued that the policy did little to benefit poor cashew farmers while bankrupting factories in urban areas. Using a welfare-theoretic framework, we analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012767812
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Landmines and Spatial Development
Chiovelli, Giorgio - 2020
No abstract avaLandmine contamination affects the lives of millions in many conflict-ridden countries long after the cessation of hostilities. Yet, little research exists on its impact on post-conflict recovery. In this study, we explore the economic consequences of landmine clearance in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012824919
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Directed Giving : Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment
Batista, Catia - 2014
We investigate the determinants of giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment with large stakes. Study participants in urban Mozambique play dictator games where their counterpart is the closest person to them outside their household. When given the option, dictators do a large fraction of giving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045276