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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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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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' inability to cover short-term consumption needs with savings or credit. We conduct a field experiment in rural Zambia to …
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countries that have had large-scale school construction projects, Indonesia and Zambia. Consistent with the model, we find that … Indonesia, as well as a similar program in Zambia, we find evidence consistent with this prediction. Although the program had no …
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and agricultural production, we conducted a two-year randomized controlled trial with small-scale farmers in rural Zambia …
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