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Aid and governance in vulnerable states: Bangladesh and Pakistan since 1971

Khan, Mushtaq H. - 2013

Bangladesh and Pakistan had very divergent experiences with aid after 1971. Politics in Pakistan was less inclusive in … to Pakistan had very negative effects on its political and economic evolution. In contrast in Bangladesh the less …

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Structural transformation, inequality dynamics, and inclusive growth in Bangladesh

Raihan, Selim; Khan, Sunera Saba - 2020

The Bangladesh economy has undergone significant structural changes over the last four decades. The share of … overwhelmingly salient component of Bangladesh's export composition, this is due primarily to the rapid expansion of the ready … Bangladesh economy, aiming to tackle inequality and promote inclusive growth. …

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Earnings inequality and the changing nature of work: Evidence from Labour Force Survey data of Bangladesh

Bidisha, Sayema Haque; Mahmood, Tanveer; Rahman, Mahir A. - 2021

different rounds of Labour Force Survey data of Bangladesh and combined it with occupation network data of the United States …

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Emerging public debt challenges in sub-Saharan Africa

Were, Maureen - 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)'s public debt burden remains a challenge to development. Key drivers of public debt include large-scale financing of infrastructure development, adverse impact of multiple shocks including COVID-19 pandemic, maturity mismatches, and high vulnerability to exchange rate...

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Public debt sustainability and debt dynamics: The case of Tanzania

Were, Maureen; Mollel, Lekinyi - 2020

Rising public debt in sub-Saharan Africa remains a matter of concern. We provide an analysis of public debt and debt sustainability in Tanzania, focusing on external debt. Though current and previous analyses using the IMF-World Bank debt sustainability framework indicate low risk of public...

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Land issues in Vietnam 2006-14: Markets, property rights, and investment

Markussen, Thomas - 2015

This paper uses five waves of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) to analyse land issues in Viet Nam from a number of different angles. The VARHS provides panel data at plot as well as household level and I use this rich data set to present descriptive results on...

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Gender and distributional preferences: Experimental evidence from India

Sharma, Smriti - 2015

We conduct a lab experiment to assess whether gender of dictators and recipients, and distributional preferences affect allocations in a modified dictator game where both parties perform a cognitive task and the resulting pie to be split is the sum of both parties' earnings. Our key results are...

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Social and political capital in rural Viet Nam

Markussen, Thomas - 2015

This paper exploits five waves of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) to investigate issues of social and political capital in rural Viet Nam. I analyse membership of the Communist Party, 'mass organizations' (Farmers' Union, Women's Union, etc.) and other voluntary...

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Structural transformation, biased technological change, and employment in Vietnam

Abbott, Philip Chase; Tarp, Finn; Wu, Ce - 2015

Employment in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia has grown more slowly than GDP over the last several decades. This means GDP per capita is rising. Vietnamese policymakers, however, are concerned that ongoing structural transformation is creating too few jobs. We use data for seven aggregated sectors...

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Thailand's development strategy and growth performance

Warr, Peter - 2011

Thailand's development strategy has been strongly market-oriented and open to trade and investment flows with the rest of the world. Since the late 1950s, its growth performance has been outstanding. Poverty incidence has declined dramatically, but economic inequality has increased. Economic...

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