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Assessing the impact of the investment climate on productivity using firm-level data : methodology and the cases of Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua
Escribano, Alvaro - 2005
-Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Observations in logarithms (logs) of the variables, and not in rates of growth, are pooled from all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522579
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Voice lessons : local government organizations, social organizations, and the quality of local governance
Alatas, Vivi - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523453
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From users to custodians : changing relations between people and the state in forest management in Tanzania
Wily, Liz - 2001
In the face of scarce public resources and burgeoning demand from the growing population for agricultural land and woodland products. Tanzania has increasingly recognized the need to bring individuals, local groups, and communities into the policy, planning, and management process if woodlands...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524064
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Can maquila booms reduce poverty? : evidence from Honduras
De Hoyos, Rafael E. - 2008
women in the expanding maquila sector. A simulation exercise shows that, at a given point in time, poverty in Honduras would … 1.1 percent of the active population in Honduras, this contribution to poverty reduction is significant. "--World Bank …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520970
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Leveling the intra-household playing field : compensation and specialization in child labor allocation
V. Del Carpio, Ximena - 2009
created by a social program in Nicaragua. The paper shows that households that randomly received a conditional cash transfer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394116
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Cash transfers, behavioral changes, and cognitive development in early childhood : evidence from a randomized experiment
Macours, Karen - 2008
analyzes the impact of a randomized cash transfer program on cognitive development in early childhood in rural Nicaragua. It …
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Does child labor always decrease with income? : an evaluation in the context of a development program in Nicaragua
Del Carpio, Ximena V. - 2008
obtained in the context of a conditional cash transfer program in a poor region of Nicaragua in 2005 and 2006. The program has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521065
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Do regional trade pacts benefit the poor? : an illustration from the Dominican Republic-Central American free trade agreement in Nicaragua
Bussolo, Maurizio - 2006
the Central American Free Trade Area agreement on Nicaragua. The authors use a general equilibrium macro model to simulate … can be as important as growth. The main policy message that emerges from the paper is that Nicaragua should consider …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522210
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Investment and income effects of land regularization : the case of Nicaragua
Deininger, Klaus W. - 2002
In situations where tenure insecurity is pervasive (as in Nicaragua), systematic efforts of land regularization can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523788