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The Extent of the Market and Stages of Agricultural Specialization

Emran, M. Shahe; Shilpi, Forhad - 2012

This paper provides empirical evidence of nonlinearity in the relationship between crop specialization in a village economy and the extent of the market (size of the urban market) relevant for the village. The results suggest that the portfolio of crops in a village economy becomes more...

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Isolation and Subjective Welfare : Evidence from South Asia

Fafchamps, Marcel; Shilpi, Forhad - 2012

Using detailed geographical and household survey data from Nepal, this article investigates the relationship between …

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Impact of Social Fund on the Welfare of Rural Households : Evidence from the Nepal Poverty Alleviation Fund

Parajuli, Dilip; Acharya, Gayatri; Chaudhury, Nazmul - 2012

The Nepal Poverty Alleviation Fund is a World Bank supported community-driven development program. Its objective is to …

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The Effect of Male Migration for Work on Employment Patterns of Females in Nepal

Lokshin, Michael; Glinskaya, Elena - 2012

This paper assesses the impact of work-related migration by males on the labor market behavior of females in Nepal …. Using data from the 2004 Nepal household survey, the authors apply the Instrumental Variable Full Information Maximum … argue that strategies for economic development in Nepal should take into account such gender aspects of the migration …

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Poverty, Social Divisions, and Conflict in Nepal

Do, Quy-Toan; Iyer, Lakshmi - 2012

violent conflict in Nepal. They find that conflict intensity is significantly higher in places with greater poverty and lower …

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Lokshin, Michael; Bontch-Osmolovski, Mikhail; … - 2012

poverty in Nepal of local and international migration for work. They apply an instrumental variable approach to deal with … Nepal occurring between 1995 and 2004 can be attributed to increased levels of work-related migration and remittances sent … reduction in Nepal should consider aspects of the dynamics of domestic and international migration. …

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Monsoon Babies : Rainfall Shocks and Child Nutrition in Nepal

Tiwari, Sailesh; Jacoby, Hanan G.; Skoufias, Emmanuel - 2013

income effects on early childhood anthropometric outcomes in rural Nepal and to provide evidence on the persistence of these …

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Education and Civil Conflict in Nepal

Valente, Christine - 2013

Between 1996 and 2006, Nepal experienced violent civil conflict as a consequence of a Maoist insurgency, which many …

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Estimating the Endogenously Determined Intrahousehold Balance of Power and Its Impact on Expenditure Pattern : Evidence from Nepal

Koolwal, Gayatri; Ray, Ranjan - 2013

The collective approach to household behavior relaxes the restrictive features of the unitary model by specifying household welfare as a weighted combination of the individuals' utilities. But the weights are assumed fixed or exogenous to the analysis. The authors extend the collective approach...

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The Spatial Division of Labor in Nepal

Fafchamps, Marcel; Shilpi, Forhad - 2013

the authors examine how economic activity and market participation are distributed across space. Applying a nonparametric von Thunen model to Nepalese data, the authors uncover a strong spatial division of labor. Nonfarm employment is concentrated in and around cities, while agricultural wage...

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