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Barbosa, Marcelo Ponte; Costa, Leandro Oliveira - 2019

There is a widespread policy view that a lack of job opportunities at home is a key reason for migration, accompanied by suggestions of the need to spend more on creating these opportunities to reduce migration. Self-employment is widespread in poor countries, and faced with a lack of existing...

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Demography, urbanization and development : rural push, urban pull and... urban push?

Jedwab, Remi; Christiaensen, Luc J.; Gindelsky, Marina - 2015

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Informal economy and the World Bank

Benjamin, Nancy Claire; Beegle, Kathleen; Recanatini, … - 2014

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COVID-19 mortality in rich and poor countries : a tale of two pandemics?

Schellekens, Philip; Sourrouille, Diego - 2020

the excessive skew towards rich countries is inconsistent with demography. Simulations based on reasonable ranges for …

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Identifying catch-up trajectories in child growth : new methods with evidence from young lives

Jones, Sam; Behrman, Jere R.; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Anand, Paul - 2018

Definitions of catch-up growth in anthropometric outcomes among young children vary across studies. This paper distinguishes between catch-up in the mean of a group toward that of a healthy reference population versus catch-up within the group, associated with a narrowing of the outcome...

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Global inequality in a more educated world

Ahmed, Syud Amer; Bussolo, Maurizio; Cruz, Marcio José … - 2017

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Do demographics matter for African child poverty?

Batana, Yélé Maweki; Cockburn, John - 2018

The effect of demographics on poverty measurement based on per capita consumption is well known. The size and composition of the household can affect the well-being of everyone in the household, with respect to total consumption within that household. Failure to address this issue may often lead...

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The growth of transport sector CO 2 emissions and underlying factors in Latin America and the Caribbean

Timilsina, Govinda R. (contributor); … - 2008

"This study examines the factors responsible for the growth of transport sector carbon dioxide emissions in 20 Latin … factors driving transport sector carbon dioxide emissions growth in the countries considered. The results imply that fiscal … countries where the economic activity effect is the primary driver for transport sector carbon dioxide emissions growth. By …

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Fiscal policy instruments for reducing congestion and atmospheric emissions in the transport sector : a review

Timilsina, Govinda R. (contributor); … - 2008

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A review of regulatory instruments to control environmental externalities from the transport sector

Timilsina, Govinda R.; Dulal, Hari Bansha - 2009

"This study reviews regulatory instruments designed to reduce environmental externalities from the transport sector …

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