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The Rise of Middle Kingdoms : Emerging Economies in Global Trade
Hanson, Gordon H. - 2012
-income countries into the global economy. Led by China and India, the share of developing economies in global exports more than doubled … between 1994 and 2008. One feature of new trade patterns is greater South-South trade. China and India have booming demand for …-South commerce overtakes North-North flows. China's export specialization evolves rapidly over time, revealing a capacity to speed up …
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Remembering to Pay? Reminders vs. Financial Incentives for Loan Payments
Cadena, Ximena - 2014
We report the results from a field experiment with a micro lender in Uganda to test the effectiveness of privately implemented incentives for loan repayment. Using a randomized control trial we measure the impact of three different treatments: Borrowers are either given a lump sum cash reward...
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Insurance Underwriter or Financial Development Fund : What Role for Reserve Pooling in Latin America?
Eichengreen, Barry - 2010
The accumulation of international reserves by emerging markets raises the question of how to best utilize these funds. This paper explores two routes through which the pooling of reserves could enhance stability and welfare. First, the reserve pool could be used for emergency lending in response...
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The Adding Up Problem : A Targeting Approach
Krishna, Kala - 2010
This paper looks at the problem of making multiple lending decisions which affect the supply of the product when the consequences of these lending decisions are interrelated via the effect on the world price of the product. This is termed the 'adding up problem'. It is argued that thinking of...
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Why is There Multilateral Lending?
Rodrik, Dani - 2010
Why should multilateral lending exist in a world where private capital markets are well developed and governments have their own bilateral aid programs? If lending by the World Bank, IMF, and regional development banks has an independent rationale, it must rest on advantages generated by the...
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Whither the World Bank and the IMF?
Krueger, Anne O. - 2021
On their fiftieth anniversary, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank were" extensively reviewed, both to mark the occasion and to consider, often critically roles and performance. This paper reviews the functions of the two institutions in light of their" evolution over the past...
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Agoa Rules : The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Special Fabric Provisions
Edwards, Lawrence - 2011
locally. When the MFA was removed, constrained countries such as China moved strongly into precisely the markets in which AGOA …
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Building Peace : The Impact of Aid on the Labor Market for Insurgents
Plumb, Radha - 2011
Employment growth could reduce violence during civil conflicts. To determine if increased employment affects violence we analyzed varying employment in development programs run by different US military divisions in Iraqi districts. Employment levels vary with funding periods and the military...
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Modest, Secure and Informed : Successful Development in Conflict Zones
Berman, Eli - 2013
Most interpretations of prevalent counterinsurgency theory imply that increasing government services will reduce rebel violence. Empirically, however, development programs and economic activity sometimes yield increased violence. Using new panel data on development spending in Iraq, we show that...
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The Determinants of Food Aid Provisions to Africa and the Developing World
Nunn, Nathan - 2014
We examine the supply-side and demand-side determinants of global bilateral food aid shipments between 1971 and 2008. First, we find that domestic food production in developing countries is negatively correlated with subsequent food aid receipts, suggesting that food aid receipt is partly driven...
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