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This paper explores the impact of remittances on poverty, education, and health in 11 Latin American countries using nationally representative household surveys and making an explicit attempt to account for one of the inherent costs associated with migration-the potential income that the migrant...
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This paper presents a survey of recent research on the economics of infrastructure in developing countries. Energy … between infrastructure and economic growth (at the economy-wide, regional and sectoral level) and the composition, sequencing … and efficiency of alternative infrastructure investments, including the arbitrage between new investments and maintenance …
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state owned enterprises with a focus on infrastructure sectors. In the case of developing countries, empirical studies have …
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Projects and reforms targeting infrastructure services can affect consumer welfare through changes in the price … quality of infrastructure services within the broader theoretical perspective of welfare measurement. The study outlines the … approach to analyzing the effects of interruptions in the supply of infrastructure services on household welfare. …
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The authors provide various estimates of the government net capital stocks for a panel of 26 developing countries over the period 1970-2001. Two kinds of internationally comparable series of public capital stocks are presented. The first estimates are based on the standard perpetual inventory...
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infrastructure such as power and telecom as well as in soft infrastructure such as customs administration. The authors focus … climate is better. For locations to take advantage of opportunities in the international market, they need good infrastructure …
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This paper presents a basic assessment of the financial performance of infrastructure service operators in developing …
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The authors review the evidence on the state of infrastructure in the developing world, emphasizing the investment … monitor infrastructure needs and policies. …
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In many poor countries, the recent increases in prices of staple foods raise the real incomes of those selling food, many of whom are relatively poor, while hurting net food consumers, many of whom are also relatively poor. The impacts on poverty will certainly be very diverse, but the average...
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This paper examines the economic impact of international remittances on countries and households in the developing world. To analyze the country-level impact of remittances, the paper estimates an econometric model based on a new data set of 115 developing countries. Results suggest that...
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