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Zambia during the 1990s, and to explore the poverty impacts of non-traditional export growth. We look at consumption and …In this paper, we have two main objectives: to investigate the links between globalization and poverty observed in …
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We examine the effects of cold weather periods on family budgets and on nutritional outcomes in poor American families. Expenditures on food and home fuels are tracked by linking the Consumer Expenditure Survey to temperature data. Using the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination...
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We examine the extent to which food insecurity questions and the standard poverty measure are correlated with various … related to the diets of children. In contrast, poverty predicts dietary outcomes among preschoolers. Among adults, both … poverty and food insecurity questions are good predictors of many dietary outcomes …
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This paper investigates whether the securitization of corporate bank loans had an impact on the price of corporate debt. Our results suggest that loan facilities that are subsequently securitized are associated with a 15 basis point lower spread than that of loans that are not subsequently...
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the rapid expansion of access to PMTCT in Zambia during the period 2000-2007 and provides some of the first evidence on …
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and corruption; fines lead to extortion of the innocent. Zambia has attempted to solve its problem with subsidies alone …
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effect of at scale drug provision in a poor country, using the phased roll-out of ART in Zambia, a setting where …
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unprecedented rates, resulting in large reductions in extreme poverty and a significant expansion of the middle class. But more … development quest. The sample includes seven developing countries—Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia, India, Vietnam and Brazil —all …
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Many technology adoption decisions are made under uncertainty about the costs or benefits of subsequent investments in the technology after the initial take-up. As new information is realized, agents may prefer to abandon a technology that appeared profitable at the time of take-up. Low rates of...
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implement the methodology in a field experiment in Zambia using door-to-door marketing of a home water purification solution. We …
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