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Mental Health Patterns and Consequences : Results from Survey Data in Five Developing Countries
Das, Jishnu; Do, Quy-Toan; Friedman, Jed - 2012
surveys in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Indonesia, and Mexico, along with special surveys from India and Tonga, show similar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552292
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Tools for Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Green Growth : The U.S. and Mexico
Harrington, Winston; Morgenstern, Richard; Velez-Lopez, … - 2013
This paper examines the processes used in the United States and Mexico to assess the economic costs and benefits of … policy. Mexico represents a case where a developing country has made clear advances in reforming its economy and in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557123
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Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Mexican Households : The Effect of the Doha Development Agenda
Nicita, Alessandro - 2012
Empirical evidence suggests that global trade reforms are unlikely to produce analogous results across countries, especially when analyzing their effect on poverty. This implies that the analysis of trade reform on social welfare cannot be generalized and needs to be conducted on a country by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554165
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The Case for Tradable Remedies in WTO Dispute Settlement
Bagwell, Kyle; Mavroidis, Petros C.; Staiger, Robert W. - 2013
developing countries, Mexico has tabled a proposal to introduce tradable remedies within the Dispute Settlement Understanding … since its inception, the authors find some support for Mexico's perception that developing countries face a practical … of Bagwell, Mavroidis, and Staiger (2003), they describe arguments that lend some support to the efficacy of Mexico …
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Is Green Growth Good for the Poor?
Dercon, Stefan - 2013
The developing world is experiencing substantial environmental change, and climate change is likely to accelerate these processes in the coming decades. Due to their initial poverty, and their relatively high dependence on environmental capital for their livelihoods, the poor are likely to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557113
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The Role of Technological Change in Green Growth
Popp, David - 2013
By reducing the costs of environmental protection, technological change is important for promoting green growth. This entails both the creation of new technologies and more widespread deployment of existing green technologies. This paper reviews the literature on environmentally friendly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557120
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Impact of Behavioral Issues on Green Growth Policies and Weather-Related Disaster Reduction in Developing Countries
Kunreuther, Howard; Michel-Kerjan, Erwann - 2013
This paper focuses on how developing countries can change the way they prepare for disasters so they are better equipped to sustain economic growth. It discusses the importance of considering the goals of key decision makers and the need to understand the perceptions, systematics biases, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557122
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India???s Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability : What Are the Tradeoffs?
Mani, Muthukumara; Markandya, Anil; Sagar, Aarsi - 2013
One of the key environmental problems facing India is that of particle pollution from the combustion of fossil fuels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557090
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The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries
Das, Jishnu; Hammer, Jeffrey; Leonard, Kenneth - 2012
and middle-income countries-India, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Paraguay. The authors describe two methods-testing doctors and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552286
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Sovereign Natural Disaster Insurance for Developing Countries : A Paradigm Shift in Catastrophe Risk Financing
Ghesquiere, Francis; Mahul, Olivier - 2012
Economic theory suggests that countries should ignore uncertainty for public investment and behave as if indifferent to risk because they can pool risks to a much greater extent than private investors can. This paper discusses the general economic theory in the case of developing countries. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552793