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Identifying Aid Effectiveness Challenges in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States
Ishihara, Yoichiro - 2012
Fragile and conflict-affected states face daunting challenges for development. Aid has a greater importance on development in these states than in others, and therefore aid effectiveness management and delivery of aid bears serious consideration. Despite its significance, aid effectiveness is...
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Beyond Aid : New Sources and Innovative Mechanisms for Financing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ratha, Dilip; Mohapatra, Sanket; Plaza, Sonia - 2012
Given Sub-Saharan Africa's enormous resource needs for growth, poverty reduction, and other Millennium Development Goals, the development community has little choice but to continue to explore new sources of financing, innovative private-to-private sector solutions, and public-private...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552395
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Shorter, Cheaper, Quicker, Better : Linking Measures of Household Food Security to Nutritional Outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, and Tanzania
Tiwari, Sailesh; Skoufias, Emmanuel; Sherpa, Maya - 2013
Using nationally representative household survey data from five countries -- three from South Asia (Bangladesh …, Pakistan, and Nepal) and two from Sub-Saharan Africa (Tanzania and Uganda) -- this paper conducts a systematic assessment of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012560187
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Remittances and Natural Disasters : Ex-post Response and Contribution to Ex-ante Preparedness
Mohapatra, Sanket; Joseph, George; Ratha, Dilip - 2012
survey data in Bangladesh shows that per capita consumption was higher in remittance-receiving households than in others …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552084
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Madrasas and NGOs : Complements or Substitutes? Non-State Providers and Growth in Female Education in Bangladesh
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Chaudhury, Nazmul - 2012
There has been a proliferation of non-state providers of education services in the developing world. In Bangladesh, for … instance, Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee runs more than 40,000 non-formal schools that cater to school-drop outs from … (Islamic faith schools). Most madrasa high schools in Bangladesh are financed by the sate and include a modern curriculum …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552296
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Spatial Specialization and Farm-Nonfarm Linkages
Deichmann, Uwe; Shilpi, Forhad; Vakis, Renos - 2012
Using individual level employment data from Bangladesh, this paper presents empirical evidence on the relative … Bangladesh. …
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Migration, Sorting and Regional Inequality : Evidence from Bangladesh
Shilpi, Forhad - 2012
Using household level data from Bangladesh, this paper examines the differences in the rates of return to household …, causing returns differences between the regions to persist. To reduce regional inequality in welfare in Bangladesh, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552403
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Changing Norms about Gender Inequality in Education : Evidence from Bangladesh
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Das, Maitreyi Bordia - 2012
Using a recent household survey for two cohorts of married women, this paper examines norms about gender equality in education for children and adults. Among the main findings are that gender education gap norms have changed: younger generations of women are more positive about female vs. male...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552852
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Improving Indoor Air Quality for Poor Families : A Controlled Experiment in Bangladesh
Dasgupta, Susmita; Huq, Mainul; Khaliquzzaman, M. - 2012
. Results from controlled experiments in Bangladesh are analyzed to test whether changes in these determinants can have …
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The Poverty Impact of Rural Roads : Evidence from Bangladesh
Khandker, Shahidur R.; Bakht, Zaid; Koolwal, Gayatri B. - 2012
impacts of rural road projects using household-level panel data from Bangladesh. Rural road investments are found to reduce …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553699