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On "good" politicians and "bad" policies : social cohesion, institutions, and growth
Ritzen, J. M. M. - 2000
One of the primary reasons that otherwise good politicians enact bad policies in countries all over the world, but especially in low-income countries, is that they face significant constraints in their efforts to bring about reform. These constraints, the "room for maneuver", are shaped by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524276
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Determinants of international emergency aid : humanitarian need only?
Fink, Guenther - 2009
"The authors use an original data set covering more than 400 recent natural disasters to analyze the determinants of international emergency aid. Although humanitarian need is a major determinant of emergency relief payments, the results imply that political and strategic factors play a crucial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394133
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Location decisions and nongovernmental organization motivation : evidence from rural Bangladesh
Fruttero, Anna - 2003
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The role of nongovernmental organizations in primary education : a study of six NGOs in India
Shanti Jagannathan - 2001
Nongovernmental organizations working in education in India are professional resource centers and innovators able to teach children who are educationally disadvantaged. The Indian government could improve the effectiveness of primary education by increasing its collaboration with such organizations
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010524102
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Inequality of opportunity and economic development
Ferreira, Francisco H. G. - 2006
"Just as equality of opportunity becomes an increasingly prominent concept in normative economics, the authors argue that it is also a relevant concept for positive models of the links between distribution and aggregate efficiency. Persuasive microeconomic evidence suggests that inequalities in...
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Equity in educational expenditures : / can government subsidies help?
Das, Jishnu - 2004
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Inequality of outcomes and inequality of opportunities in Brazil
Bourguignon, François - 2003
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Valuing mortality and morbidity in the context of disaster risks
L. Cropper, Maureen - 2009
"Benefit-cost analyses of disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects are an important tool for evaluating the efficiency of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394126
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Natural disasters and human capital accumulation
Crespo-Cuaresma, Jesús - 2009
"The author assesses empirically the relationship between natural disaster risk and investment in education. Although … enrollment and natural disaster risk. This result is exclusively driven by geological disasters. Natural disaster risk exposure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394156
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Natural disasters and the dynamics of intangible assets
López, Ramón - 2009
temporary shock such as a natural disaster may leave permanent consequences for the economy. An obvious permanent effect of a … one-time disaster shock is that physical man-made and natural assets owned especially by poor households may end up … completely wiped out. The disaster may not be the direct cause; it may be that poor households would have to obtain minimum …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394168