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Universal Health Coverage in the Philippines
Bredenkamp, Caryn; Buisman, Leander R. - 2015
Philippines’ health strategy. Yet, as this paper shows using eight household surveys, health spending increased by 150 percent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012564666
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Distortions in the International Migrant Labor Market : Evidence from Filipino Migration and Wage Responses to Destination Country Economic Shocks
McKenzie, David; Theoharides, Caroline; Yang, Dean - 2012
The authors use an original panel dataset of migrant departures from the Philippines to identify the responsiveness of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552146
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Rising Growth, Declining Investment : The Puzzle of the Philippines
Bocchi, Alessandro Magnoli - 2012
The economy of the Philippines is open to trade and capital inflows, and has grown rapidly since 2002. Over the last 10 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552369
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So You Want to Quit Smoking : Have You Tried a Mobile Phone?
Labonne, Julien; Chase, Robert S. - 2012
from 2,100 households in 135 communities of the Philippines collected in 2003 and 2006, the analysis finds that mobile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552448
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Do Community-Driven Development Projects Enhance Social Capital? Evidence from the Philippines
Labonne, Julien; Chase, Robert S. - 2012
Philippines in which communities competed for block grants for infrastructure investment. The analysis uses a unique data set of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552469
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A Road to Trust
Labonne, Julien; Chase, Robert S. - 2012
,100 households in 135 rural communities of the Philippines, the paper shows that where transaction costs are reduced (proxied by road …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552498
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Yield Impact of Irrigation Management Transfer : Story from the Philippines
Bandyopadhyay, Sushenjit; Shyamsundar, Priya; Xei, Mei - 2012
Philippines to estimate the impact of irrigation management transfer on irrigation association performance and on rice yields …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552748
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Early Childhood Development through an Integrated Program : Evidence from the Philippines
Armecin, Graeme; Behrman, Jere R.; Duazo, Paulita - 2012
More attention and resources have been devoted in recent years to early childhood development (ECD) in low- and middle-income countries. Rigorous studies on the effectiveness of ECD-related programs for improving children's development in various dimensions in the developing world are scant. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553745
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Group versus Individual Liability : A Field Experiment in the Philippines
Gin??, Xavier; Karlan, Dean S. - 2012
authors worked with a bank in the Philippines to conduct a field experiment to examine these issues. They randomly assigned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553830
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Doha Scenarios, Trade Reforms, and Poverty in the Philippines : A Computable General Equilibrium Analysis
Cororaton, Caesar B.; Cockburn, John; Corong, Erwin - 2012
Since the early 1980s the Philippines has undertaken substantial trade reform. The current Doha Round of World Trade … households in the wake of falling world prices and demand for the Philippines' agricultural exports. The authors find that the … poverty, especially in rural areas and among the unemployed, self-employed, and rural low-educated. The Philippines is found …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554193