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Information, identification, or neither? Experimental evidence on role models in Viet Nam

Narciso, Gaia; Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn - 2018

How can development programmes reach out to remote communities? This paper presents experimental evidence on the impact of a role models intervention that aims to inspire ethnic minority households to start businesses and diversify income sources. The experiment took place in three provinces of...

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A human rights-consistent approach to multidimensional welfare measurement applied to sub-Saharan Africa

Arndt, Channing; Mahrt, Kristi; Hussain, M. Azhar; … - 2017

Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Progress is frequently measured using the multidimensional poverty index. While elegant … and useful, the multidimensional poverty index is in reality inconsistent with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights … consistency with basic principles, discuss the properties of the multidimensional poverty index and first-order dominance, and …

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Political connections and investment in rural Vietnam

Markussen, Thomas; Tarp, Finn - 2011

This paper uses household panel data from rural Vietnam to explore the effects of having a relative in a position of …

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Social capital, network effects and savings in rural Vietnam

Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn; Van Den Broeck, Katleen - 2012

formally. In this paper, we explore the extent to which social networks in rural Vietnam can play a role in increasing formal …

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Risk and investment: Evidence from rural Viet Nam

Newman, Carol; Tarp, Finn - 2018

This paper explores the impact of exposure to uninsured risks on the investment decisions of farmers. We distinguish between households' perceived exposure to uninsured risk, measured as past exposure to deviations in average rainfall levels, and the actual realization of shocks. We examine how...

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Corporate social responsibility in a competitive business environment

Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Trifkovic, Neda - 2016

Using a specially designed survey instrument in combination with a representative sample of Vietnamese enterprises, we explore firm-level efficiency effects of corporate social responsibility. We find a positive relationship between adoption of corporate social responsibility initiatives and...

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The transmission of socially responsible behaviour through international trade

Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn; Trifkovic, Neda - 2016

We investigate the relationship between the corporate social responsibility practices of local domestic firms and their engagement with foreign markets using four waves of panel data on a sample of more than 4,500 manufacturing firms from Viet Nam. We develop a measure of corporate social...

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Imports, supply chains, and firm productivity

Newman, Carol; Rand, John; Tarp, Finn - 2016

This paper explores the relationship between imports and firm productivity, focusing on imported intermediates. Using firm-level data on over 20,000 manufacturing firms in Viet Nam, we find evidence for competition-induced productivity gains from trade. We show that gains in intermediate sectors...

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Welfare dynamics in rural Viet Nam: Learning from regular, high-quality panel data

McKay, Andrew D.; Singhal, Saurabh; Tarp, Finn - 2018

While many studies of welfare dynamics have been conducted using panel data sets with two or three waves, much richer insights can be obtained where more waves are available. This paper analyses this issue for the case of the Viet Nam Access to Resources Household Survey, a carefully collected...

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Multidimensional assessment of child welfare for Tanzania

Arndt, Channing; Leyaro, Vincent; Mahrt, Kristi; Tarp, Finn - 2016

We contribute to the literature on trends in living standards in Tanzania by analysing child welfare using two multi-dimensional approaches, first-order dominance (FOD) and Alkire-Foster (AF). Between 1991/92 and 2010, remarkably similar area rankings emerge that suggest a widening gap between...

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